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passiveporcupine

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44. It doesn't matter

Fri Nov 27, 2015, 08:35 PM

Nov 2015

it was still a gun and she probably didn't know he had it. Not that that would have stopped her from trying to enforce the rules, but maybe if he was acting nasty, she might have talked to the owner first...and gotten help.

You think only people who have a criminal record use guns to kill people? Seriously?

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When he's not shooting people... RichGirl Nov 2015 #1

Yet another reason that the Founders wrote the Second Amendment. guillaumeb Nov 2015 #2

Typical NRA member. FUCK THE NRA. nt madinmaryland Nov 2015 #3

+ infinity NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #21

Very sad. louis-t Nov 2015 #4

In the entire digital world, I don't think there is a font big enough... lastlib Nov 2015 #13

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Nov 2015 #50

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gun owner murders woman nt msongs Nov 2015 #5

Disgusting POS. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #6

Up until the moment he shot that woman in the head ... Martin Eden Nov 2015 #7

Standing his ground, perhaps? LiberalElite Nov 2015 #8

Smoking in a restaurant is prohibited because it's bad for the health of others... tk2kewl Nov 2015 #9

Oh, Gawd... Fairgo Nov 2015 #10

its the height of absurdity tk2kewl Nov 2015 #11

The height of abnormality! chervilant Nov 2015 #12

It defies understanding! AlbertCat Nov 2015 #19

Emphatic thread win!! KamaAina Nov 2015 #47

So what is your solution? TeddyR Nov 2015 #14

reduce the number of guns Enrique Nov 2015 #16

First of all, don't let people walk around anywhere they like passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #18

How do we know it was a legal concealed weapon? hack89 Nov 2015 #22

concealed weapons just increase the odds. passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #24

So you have no idea whether he was legally carrying or not. hack89 Nov 2015 #37

WTF difference would that make? Don't even bother to justify the absurdity. nt Hekate Nov 2015 #43

I thought we were talking about legal concealed carry? hack89 Nov 2015 #53

It doesn't matter passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #44

The point is banning concealed carry would not make the world a safer place hack89 Nov 2015 #56

Yes, it would make the world a safer place passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #63

By that logic we should have no laws. whopis01 Nov 2015 #58

It illegal to shoot someone hack89 Nov 2015 #60

Well, the first thing we do is get rid of "mean people" - after that it's easy...nt jonno99 Nov 2015 #32

Folks like you need to quit feuling gun mania, as a start. Pass it on to gungeoneers. Hoyt Nov 2015 #33

Another good guy with his gawd-given right to a gun. valerief Nov 2015 #15

What was that propaganda "An Armed Society is a Polite Society"? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2015 #17

polite somehow. AlbertCat Nov 2015 #20

It must have been impolite to ask him to put out his cigarette passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #27

Perhaps it was state law or municipal bylaw. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2015 #29

This is why I don't want students bringing guns into my college class perdita9 Nov 2015 #23

Tragic and horrific.. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #25

I agree. Having a gun handy makes it much too easy to use the gun rather than one's brain. TryLogic Nov 2015 #45

Here's a better, more truthful headline bearssoapbox Nov 2015 #26

Gee,... MarianJack Nov 2015 #28

Here's the asshole, lest other assholes say he was probably black. valerief Nov 2015 #30

Poster yahoo for the concealed carry crowd. Hoyt Nov 2015 #34

Just what I expected. hifiguy Nov 2015 #46

You saying he looks meaner, makes him seem tuff. I diagree, nothing more than a punk juxtaposed Nov 2015 #48

His gun makes him a Big Man hifiguy Nov 2015 #59

Never forget: EVERYONE'S a law-abiding citizen . . . cer7711 Nov 2015 #31

I bet he's a misogynist. I hope he gets put away for a long time.nt raccoon Nov 2015 #35

If qwlauren35 Nov 2015 #36

Obviously he is defending his right as a US citizen to smoke. Maraya1969 Nov 2015 #38

Makes this shit so easy yeah but guns n' stuff Person 2713 Nov 2015 #39

We have a serious gun problem in this country liberalnarb Nov 2015 #40

Call it what it is . . FairWinds Nov 2015 #41

You can't cross anyone these days, they may be paking liberal N proud Nov 2015 #42

I can already see the NRA's solution: Would not have happened NCjack Nov 2015 #49

If she had a gun in her apron this could have been avoided. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #51

No, if she had a gun drawn and pointed and cocked at every customer she talked with... randome Nov 2015 #55

Yes, I was using sarcasm.. how often have we heard the RW wingnuts use that reasoning. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #61

Can we all take a breath for a moment and stop talking about the shooter? eggplant Nov 2015 #52

How horrible. nt MADem Nov 2015 #57

I've been to all those Waffle Houses on that stretch of 90 BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #62

Locking... Spazito Nov 2015 #64