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In reply to the discussion: Lawmakers Ban Open Carry In Washington State Capitol After Gun Nuts Storm Building [View all]Duckhunter935
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Lawmakers Ban Open Carry In Washington State Capitol After Gun Nuts Storm Building [View all]
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
OP
What game are they hunting in Washington DC? Or where did they see a sign of a target range?
Thinkingabout
Jan 2015
#2
Washington State is split down the middle between Left Coast and Mountain West
starroute
Jan 2015
#59
It does indeed. The numerous millitary bases in western washington make for some additional
Veilex
Jan 2015
#140
Darwin and guns also do not mix well with the Christian warriors in gas masks.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#30
Who does not hate hypocrisy and double standards? And they are breaking out all over in the news.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#53
Gun Nuts: You Can Open Carry.....But Only If You Aren't Muslim......so, Christians only?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#11
I just noticed the other person on the right has a bayonet mounted on their rifle. nt
benz380
Jan 2015
#23
Oh my God, did not see that....hope the lawmakers also installed panic buttons.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#25
I believe he is saying the gun nuts should keep digging--in reference to the adage that
tblue37
Jan 2015
#110
Believe it or not, some kind of fucking body armor. Maybe a gun nut could clear that up?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#14
Ah, my fan club from the Gungeon arrives..careful there. Handling words without training is as
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#22
A gun nut will tell to you all the intricate details of how The Precious is very safe.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#21
So he is guilty of brandishing a weapon....nice to see you agree and tell us, sir.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#27
What do you call that position? With the finger in the trigger guard ready to go.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2015
#44
Wiki says in WA aiming a gun at another person is brandishing unless done in self-defense. nt
benz380
Jan 2015
#56
Don't fall for it. He's trying to derail the discussion by controlling the vocabulary.
Paladin
Jan 2015
#158
Right!!! I love how the gun-nutters make up terms to sound all smart and shit
mentalslavery
Jan 2015
#247
Do not let the gunners get you off track, the topic is the crazies with guns intimidating democracy
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#161
I saw those pictures also...the purpose is not "rights", the purpose is political intimidation.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#31
And, look, I brought my kid with me so he can see democracy in action....from the barrel of a gun?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#40
How did you tell who is the criminal and who is the good old boy? When they take aim?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#73
So Arizona hasn't got any Liberty Speakers, Sovereign Citizens, "Creativity" types?
countryjake
Jan 2015
#134
But he is surrounded by good white folks brandishing the protective armor of second amendment remedies?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#52
Probably scared crazy by the crazies waving guns around, just a wild guess. The lawmakers were.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#68
These damn fools do this and then wonder why some want more legislation to control guns as
RKP5637
Jan 2015
#57
The last photo should be "Exhibit 'A' in any gun control debate. It's a keeper.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#63
The irony is that the government collects records of their phone calls and computer searches
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#64
Apparently because there is a clause in the constitution that makes guns immune from laws?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#65
I think it is just the power rush, sexuality does not have to enter the equation, power in their
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#72
I see white people storming a government building with military assault weapons and
workinclasszero
Jan 2015
#81
They still kill efficiently; otherwise, gun fanciers would have no interest in acquiring them.
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#92
Nope. But they called an "assault rifle." In fact, they are marketed as that to you guys.
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#178
Gun nomenclature doesn't interest me, but it stands for Armalite. Fact is, assault rifles are
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#180
Yeah, the AR platform is a necessity for duck -- or any other type of -- hunting.
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#194
That's nice. You still promote guns here, and use a gun related reference in your user name.
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#198
A "non-assault" semi-auto still kills real good, that is so undeniable. Sandy Hook is the evidence.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#192
Well, even colt 1911s are marketed as Automatics. Semi-autos are capable of firing rapidly.
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#213
A two year in a shopping cart can kill an adult, they are all efficient in killing, it is what they do.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#95
Exactly. Parsing the firepower of each individual firearm in the gallery is pathetically deflective.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#106
Not only deflecting, I'd like to see him try telling the dope who had that old AR-10
countryjake
Jan 2015
#132
Angry children, too immature to understand their sad lives are their fault, not the gubermint.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#133
Intimidation, public mischief, criminal negligence, endangering a child, general foolishness?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#113
Maybe they ought to be when we allow terrorist gun nuts like that to intimidate people.
Hoyt
Jan 2015
#230
Ok. Since you admitted you robbbed people in the past, lets take you to jail first. N/T
beevul
Jan 2015
#232
Looks like they all lead lonely, empty lives...pity that poor child they placed right in the middle.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#97
Now hold on a second. When it comes to their safety they ban guns but don't give
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#102
The back pack could be concealing a gun? Take it out and brandish it though, good to go?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#107
Maybe they are prohibited because they are not harmless inanimate objects? Like a gun.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#126
How come gunners have no problem registering their kids with the government, but not their killing
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#111
They would need an "American Diaper". My next film project about gunners in America.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#114
No, we should not. We should continue to mock them and their lawmaker enablers. No support.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#129
"Black Panther Open Carry March" will have them scrambling for gun control faster than you can say
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#201
The guy in that picture looks like a Nazi. I can't wrap my mind around nuts with guns in the
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#137
Gun nuts are being used as pawns by those in power exactly as religious nuts are used. Useful Idiots.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#144
I would like a minority gun nut group to do the same on the same day the white gun nut group goes.....
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#145
White privilege is made more powerful when white folks have black guns. Like the police.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#148
Even as gun laws are the loosest they have been, ever, it is still the position of the gun nuts
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#151
I get under their skin and I keep burrowing..I am not trying to change their gun obsessed minds, I
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#156
They seem unaware of how childishly shrill they are, look at how they defend the gunners, yet
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#181
In WI-they are allowed in Capitol Building but not in lawmaker offices......
riversedge
Jan 2015
#188
This started when gun nuts stormed Oregon's capitol building 2 years ago...
cascadiance
Jan 2015
#199
I live in Georgia which has one of the most liberal carry policies in the nation.....
RationalMan
Jan 2015
#222
They're so fucking stupid! Gunners and tea-billies are really something.
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2015
#235