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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOpen-carry advocates walked into a police station with a loaded rifle. Officers were not amused.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/07/open-carry-advocates-walked-into-a-police-station-with-a-loaded-rifle-officers-were-not-amused/?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer14922&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=.f4f36b45c844Is there some virus going around that eats brain cells?
KentuckyWoman
(7,417 posts)Bet on it.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)Or non-whites/non-Christians who will be perceived as terrorists?
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)Squinch
(60,067 posts)same assholes in Walmart, we're told (even by people here) that we should just ignore it, it's no big deal.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)Ignore it, and if the person with a gun starts shooting, Wayne LaPierre will show up and defend you.
Phoenix61
(18,888 posts)I can't believe how restrained the police were. I hope a 72 hour psych hold was ordered. As far as the brain eating virus, I don't think those guys ever had a fully functioning brain.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)"We could put rattlesnakes down our pants. Maybe cover ourselves in blood and go swimming with sharks. Other ideas? Anyone? Anyone?"
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)exboyfil
(18,372 posts)who didn't even know they were there until they started shooting at him.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)jeanmarc
(1,685 posts)The cops just knew these idiots were 'good guys' with a gun.
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