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Pelican

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80. Another fun statistic...

Thu May 2, 2013, 12:27 PM

May 2013

Millions and millions and millions of people, interact with gun owners every day and live to tell the tale.

Amazing isn't it?

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Quite Possibly The Dumbest Picture You'll See All Day [View all] ChoppinBroccoli May 2013 OP

I can't tell what the beagle is carrying. FSogol May 2013 #1

Acidic explosive fleas. randome May 2013 #2

You'll only know IDemo May 2013 #3

I was wondering about that myself. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #8

Me, too. If the dog is carrying, he can FINALLY do some real damage to the mailman. nt Nay May 2013 #26

The dog looks concerned. winter is coming May 2013 #4

Amurika, greatest education system on the planet Coyotl May 2013 #5

I was expecting a picture of Dubya... krispos42 May 2013 #6

I respect open carry. It's a good compromise between gun owners & non-owners. nt patrice May 2013 #7

You mean it's a good indication that the gun owner is scared shitless. baldguy May 2013 #10

A good compromise wherein the gun owner gets to parade around with his or her weapon.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #12

Sure. But in your home? All the time? I don't carry my cell phone at home, and I use it constantly. Buzz Clik May 2013 #17

Don't worry. randome May 2013 #18

Hell no... Pelican May 2013 #23

I think the goal in open carry is to intimidate others... hlthe2b May 2013 #25

Intimidate? When I see a non-police type openly carrying a weapon, I have winter is coming May 2013 #89

That's how we perceive THEM... I think THEY believe they are intimidating. hlthe2b May 2013 #90

Probably true, which makes it all the more laughable/pathetic. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #92

All that means is that we always have to defer to the most aggressive assholes out there Fumesucker May 2013 #28

+1000 baldguy May 2013 #33

To 'avoid' them, you need to be out of bullet range, too. randome May 2013 #39

At least give me the chance, that's all I really ask Fumesucker May 2013 #43

That IS very interesting. randome May 2013 #49

Except for the fact... Pelican May 2013 #53

Yesterday in fact Fumesucker May 2013 #55

I read it... Pelican May 2013 #60

You asked about aggressive people Fumesucker May 2013 #62

I asked in the context of the conversation... Pelican May 2013 #63

Here's your question verbatim.. Fumesucker May 2013 #69

Because you used the word always... Pelican May 2013 #70

When someone is aggressive toward you and there's no way to know if they are armed or not Fumesucker May 2013 #72

Probably something similar... Pelican May 2013 #73

The odds that the Boston bomber was going to shoot any given person were infinitesimal too Fumesucker May 2013 #75

That's because people are emotional... Pelican May 2013 #77

Actually, I can be billh58 May 2013 #79

Another fun statistic... Pelican May 2013 #80

And, billh58 May 2013 #82

omg Whisp May 2013 #9

You don't think that's their first dog, do you? Progressive dog May 2013 #38

They named him Snoopy IV. randome May 2013 #41

Looking at these two, I'd say more likely Snoopy XLVI hlthe2b May 2013 #61

Those two women ARE victims Sheepshank May 2013 #11

Precisely Sherman A1 May 2013 #19

But paranoid gun bearers are dangerous to Progressive dog May 2013 #42

That's not a "but" but an "and" n/t Sheepshank May 2013 #54

Nailed it BrotherIvan May 2013 #58

"No Victims Here". Yet. baldguy May 2013 #13

Open carry has nothing to do with the home Recursion May 2013 #14

Even the housepet is packing heat. Quantess May 2013 #15

If that beagle begs for food one more time, end him. Buzz Clik May 2013 #16

LOL. Redneck Fantasy Girls. Just hanging out in their TwilightGardener May 2013 #20

Here's their true fantasy... L0oniX May 2013 #96

Good grief! HappyMe May 2013 #21

Animal cruelty... hlthe2b May 2013 #22

You never know when a head of iceberg lettuce might attack... VOX May 2013 #24

blow 'em to smithereens if they do rurallib May 2013 #30

Sometimes the disguise slips and we see them for what they are. randome May 2013 #32

Unsee. UNSEE DAMMIT!! Robb May 2013 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author Aristus May 2013 #27

Quite Possibly The Dumbest OP I'll See All Day pintobean May 2013 #29

That's a more likely outcome than having some heathen untermenchen dead on the floor. baldguy May 2013 #35

Statistically that OP sentence hlthe2b May 2013 #36

Can you cite the statistics with a link? pintobean May 2013 #71

No one is wishing harm to this woman and death to her dog... hlthe2b May 2013 #81

Are you authorized to speak for the OP? pintobean May 2013 #84

You don't speak for the OP either.... hlthe2b May 2013 #85

Asking you to back up your claim isn't propaganda pintobean May 2013 #86

Apparently asking you to read is too much. hlthe2b May 2013 #87

I read the material. pintobean May 2013 #94

that a NRA-promoter denies anything contrary to their life view hlthe2b May 2013 #95

Your unrelated facts didn't confuse me. pintobean May 2013 #98

Why#2 Half-Century Man May 2013 #31

Re: hlthe2b May 2013 #40

? Half-Century Man May 2013 #50

BS NRA propaganda... Statistically guns are more likely to be used against those in the home. hlthe2b May 2013 #56

Where did you get that fact? Half-Century Man May 2013 #57

Peer reviewed literature--something YOU will never get from your beloved NRA hlthe2b May 2013 #59

Quit making assumptions please Half-Century Man May 2013 #66

Thank you for clarifying... hlthe2b May 2013 #67

People have been shot by their dogs before, it's not unheard of Fumesucker May 2013 #45

No argument Half-Century Man May 2013 #52

"Open Carry" applies to what you do in your own home? LeftinOH May 2013 #34

The photographer's name is Eli Meir Kaplan. Robb May 2013 #37

omg. bunnies May 2013 #44

Say Mmm... Fumesucker May 2013 #47

haha! bunnies May 2013 #51

Who in their right mind open carries around a child that young? Jennicut May 2013 #68

It's the "my gun is magic" paradigm. Robb May 2013 #74

"Who in their right mind ..." Nailed it. baldguy May 2013 #99

Regarding that last picture. Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #100

More pics of delusional paranoid cowards. nt Mnemosyne May 2013 #48

I don't understand the harness on the dog either. ileus May 2013 #64

I agree, it is a dumb photo. Jenoch May 2013 #65

Last night I had an email titled Victoria's Secret liberal N proud May 2013 #76

We'll be the judge of that. Be so kind as to post, please. randome May 2013 #78

It was an attachment to a file, not a link liberal N proud May 2013 #83

I assume this was an ad for a gel-filled bra? winter is coming May 2013 #91

Aww... cleanse your brain with this website alp227 May 2013 #93

Seeing that picture fills me with hope... winter is coming May 2013 #88

Why would you carry it around in the house? Rex May 2013 #97