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MicaelS

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81. In other words you can't empathize with others.

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 11:37 AM

Oct 2012

Someone who for instance:

(1) Regularly carries large amounts of cash.

(2) Drive a taxicab.

(3) Delivers pizza or any food, especially at night.

(4) Works the evening or night shift, such that travel to and from work entirely at night.

(5) Lives in a small town, village or rural area where the only law enforcement is the county Sheriff and it takes 30 minutes to 1 hour for them to respond.

(6) A man is who older, or disabled and no longer capable of fistfights.

(7) Any woman who does not want to get raped.

There are others, but those will do for starters.

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PSA: Starting tomorrow Oklahoma will be full of people openly carrying loaded guns. [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 OP

yep - John Wayne wannabes DrDan Oct 2012 #1

Oh relax. LAGC Oct 2012 #2

Either way, the gun toters are too paranoid to be allowed to walk around loose in public. RC Oct 2012 #9

You accuse people who carry a firearm of being "too paranoid." eqfan592 Oct 2012 #44

Hmmm. Sounds like "paranoia" is a little closer to home. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #49

Many gun 'mishaps' occur when someone uses someone else's weapon. randome Oct 2012 #40

Do you have any statistical evidence to support your assertion? (nt) eqfan592 Oct 2012 #42

No, I don't. randome Oct 2012 #54

Yee-Haw!!!! sadbear Oct 2012 #3

Deadwood reincarnated. ananda Oct 2012 #4

Wisconsin ALWAYS has had legal open carry. Amazingly enough, it did not turn into Deadwood. (nt) eqfan592 Oct 2012 #47

You elected and then re-elected Walker! ananda Oct 2012 #77

We also elected 3 socialist mayors in Milwaukee, something no other city can claim. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #80

The Sad - Yet Funny - Aspect To This Is That..... SingleSeatBiggerMeat Oct 2012 #5

You do understand that there's only one state in the nation where carry of some sort isn't legal? eqfan592 Oct 2012 #36

Gun controllers get their edumacation from the cinema and T.V. Oaters Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #64

Oklahoma drivers are the worst on all of I-40! Now they're loaded? BlueToTheBone Oct 2012 #6

You did note that only those with CCW permits can now openly carry ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #7

+1000 darkangel218 Oct 2012 #12

I do not understand the fear and false machismo that compels people to carry firearms LonePirate Oct 2012 #8

+1 sadbear Oct 2012 #10

- 1 darkangel218 Oct 2012 #14

You don't understand it because it has nothing to do with fear and false machismo glacierbay Oct 2012 #19

Why Don't You Complete That Notion? Paladin Oct 2012 #31

Oh what a load of bullshit. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #35

carrying a fire extinguisher around 24/7 would make more sense than a gun. uncle ray Oct 2012 #57

I've never once had to make use of a fire extinguisher. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #69

It's not about carrying a gun glacierbay Oct 2012 #39

Depends a lot on where you live ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #22

I don't either. I need a cell phone when I go out, not a gun. forestpath Oct 2012 #23

The people I know who carry firearms do so because they have been robbed slackmaster Oct 2012 #53

In other words you can't empathize with others. MicaelS Oct 2012 #81

Oh nice!! i wish i lived there! darkangel218 Oct 2012 #11

I'd wear my assless chaps. sadbear Oct 2012 #13

I dare you to. darkangel218 Oct 2012 #15

If I ever have the misfortune to be in Oklahoma, sadbear Oct 2012 #18

Wait. It's just the people who were already carrying concealed Robb Oct 2012 #16

Because it's (gasp) guns. nt. glacierbay Oct 2012 #20

You are missing emotion . What you sir are doing is using logic. former-republican Oct 2012 #29

You hit the nail right on the head. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #33

Yea you're seeing a lot of it in this thread former-republican Oct 2012 #61

Oh big time. When it comes down to it, we all agree on a lot more than we disagree on here. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #72

and really the question is Why? april Oct 2012 #17

Why not? glacierbay Oct 2012 #21

exactly!! :) darkangel218 Oct 2012 #25

Jesus. I'm definitely staying away from that cesspool of ignorance and idiocy. Aristus Oct 2012 #24

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #32

I admit, it doesn't require intelligence to avoid a place where a verbal argument Aristus Oct 2012 #52

"I was in fear for my life, he stepped toward me in a threatening manner." Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #75

That's pretty much every place in the world at all times, as the reality is that even where firearms eqfan592 Oct 2012 #78

I don't particularly like open carry of my handgun former-republican Oct 2012 #26

Open Carry is worse than Concealed Carry? ieoeja Oct 2012 #27

You really think people who carry are paranoid and frightened? eqfan592 Oct 2012 #30

I'm sorry, but that is completely idiotic on your part. (nt) eqfan592 Oct 2012 #28

No, I'm very secure in my believe that people can be civilized. sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #48

If you did happen to be dealing with someone who wants to do you harm Jennicut Oct 2012 #34

There are arguments that can be made for and against. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #38

True. That is a good argument the other way. Jennicut Oct 2012 #56

From a 30 year veteran cop glacierbay Oct 2012 #65

I couldn't agree more about gun safety. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #66

I don't know about your friend but, sarisataka Oct 2012 #87

Hey sinkingfeeling, would you feel safer if they were wearing uniforms? slackmaster Oct 2012 #37

Has nothing to do with safety. sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #43

OK, so it's all about emotion slackmaster Oct 2012 #45

It's about whether you believe in humanity and seek a civilized, peaceful world. I sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #50

You refuse to live your life afraid of others, but now you are afraid to go to Tulsa... slackmaster Oct 2012 #55

Not afraid to go to Tulsa, just want to keep my dollars in a place that doesn't sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #60

So what you're saying is that there is only one state in the US you're willing to spend money. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #63

Of course there are no people in the Middle East who seek to intimidate others slackmaster Oct 2012 #67

I have every right in the world to boycott a place I disagree with. Oklahoma and Texas sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #70

If you were really sincere in that position, you would spend the rest of your life in Illinois slackmaster Oct 2012 #74

It is amazing to me that they will boycott Tulsa..... NCTraveler Oct 2012 #85

It has nothing to do with fear of others. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #59

That's your right under the Constitution. I just don't see a need for it. Been here 65 sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #68

Been here 32 years, and I have had a need, unfortunately. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #76

I wish everyone in the world thought like you former-republican Oct 2012 #86

My plan is to laugh and point at them. CBGLuthier Oct 2012 #41

Who else do you go out of your way to incite a confrontation? n/t sarisataka Oct 2012 #82

That's fun. It's the Old West, podner! TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #46

There are hundreds of incidents of a criminal getting the drop on a citizen glacierbay Oct 2012 #58

My husband was in an armed robbery--his back was turned, and TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #73

I'm glad your husband is OK, but your argument is flawed horribly. eqfan592 Oct 2012 #83

Eh.. txdemsftw Oct 2012 #51

I'd rather know who's carrying as not know madokie Oct 2012 #62

How do you know if someone is carrying glacierbay Oct 2012 #71

This is legal in Salt Lake City. NCTraveler Oct 2012 #79

OC has it's place, hiking, fishing, hunting; outdoors type activities. ileus Oct 2012 #84

Locking REP Oct 2012 #88