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GreenStormCloud

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19. Who has advised that?

Reply to RedCappedBandit (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 08:12 PM

Oct 2013

Brandishing and wearing are NOT the same.

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SF passengers too absorbed in their electronic devices to notice man pulling gun [View all] n2doc Oct 2013 OP

so people should always be on the look out for gun nuts ? JI7 Oct 2013 #1

When left to their own devices... Blue Owl Oct 2013 #2

That is what the gun crowd wants, the 95% who don't carry to ignore gun toters. Hoyt Oct 2013 #3

It's considered rude to stare at strangers Fumesucker Oct 2013 #4

the point is situaional awareness... Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #5

+1 Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #6

Exactly. silverweb Oct 2013 #7

I would have calmly changed cars Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #9

And if you couldn't easily change cars? silverweb Oct 2013 #11

make yourself Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #12

Then I'd wish you were there. silverweb Oct 2013 #13

spend a week actually watching Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #15

Actually, my transit experiences have been mostly quite positive. silverweb Oct 2013 #17

the biggest change for Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #21

Very, very true. silverweb Oct 2013 #29

funny thing Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #30

Yikes! silverweb Oct 2013 #31

I do, thanks Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #32

I thought we were supposed to treat assholes brandishing their guns as totally normal? nt RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #8

Who has advised that? GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #19

Oh so you know exactly when he went from being a responsible gun owner Rex Oct 2013 #23

Yes. When he began to brandish. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #33

Yeah, I guess there's about a split second's difference RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #28

It is the double standard that the gun nuts have no answer to. Rex Oct 2013 #24

Well, that's disturbing. surrealAmerican Oct 2013 #10

Yup. silverweb Oct 2013 #14

And if they'd had their noses in books or newspapers... JHB Oct 2013 #16

Good point. treestar Oct 2013 #18

Precisely. What are the odds this bunch would have missed it too? JHB Oct 2013 #25

Great find! treestar Oct 2013 #26

Man pulls his penis out on a bus and nobody notices. nt madinmaryland Oct 2013 #20

would think it would have been smaller dembotoz Oct 2013 #22

and wiped his nose with it cvoogt Oct 2013 #36

Now that I might notice. n/t Butterbean Oct 2013 #38

Not Surprising BKH70041 Oct 2013 #27

It's our sad reality today Sebastians father Oct 2013 #34

What was the police record of the shooter? GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #35

Wow how sad gopiscrap Oct 2013 #37