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Stonepounder

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15. Well, I live about as far north in KY as is possible.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:48 PM
Jun 2016

Put a pin in a map where Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky meet and that's where I live. So, we are in the more liberal part of Ky. Not to say I don't see Confederate flags on pick-ups, but the people here are very friendly and helpful. We had an incident last Winter where a young lady (white) lost control of her car in a snowstorm and ended up in a river, stuck in her car. Two young men (black and looking like the stereotype of gang-bangers) immediatly rushed to her aid, one of them holding her head up out of the water and the other rushing to call 911. The medics credited them for saving the young lady's life. Both young men suffered from hypothermia from standing in the river holding her young lady's head so she didn't drown.

That kind of behavior is also typical of the part of Ky I live in. Along with the heroin epidemic. There are dealers who make regular car trips to Florida and the pain clinics to stock up on pain pills as well. From what I hear there are 'pain clinics' lining the highway just over the border into Fla where you can walk in and get prescriptions for all kinds of stuff just for the asking.

Country is going crazy, but there are lots of good people as well.

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Figures Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #1
I agree horrible but I don't give those other merchants a pass with cameras yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #2
Hidden camera? PdxSean Jun 2016 #13
I don't think the merchants knew they were on camera. Old Crow Jun 2016 #14
Think about this for a minute. Stonepounder Jun 2016 #3
That's really interesting to me. ZombieHorde Jun 2016 #5
It may be a state-by-state thing. Stonepounder Jun 2016 #6
Very likely to be a state by state thing. ZombieHorde Jun 2016 #8
Sorry greiner3 Jun 2016 #9
Well, I live about as far north in KY as is possible. Stonepounder Jun 2016 #15
Kentucky is in the midst of a major heroin epidemic IronLionZion Jun 2016 #12
Pretty sure that is a felony Chuuku Davis Jun 2016 #19
That's the problem with the Gun Show loophole. Stonepounder Jun 2016 #20
So that was an illegal private sale? SuperDutyTX Jun 2016 #4
That's the issue. progressoid Jun 2016 #21
I saw another article sarisataka Jun 2016 #7
That's a trick question. Who buys pr0n? TheBlackAdder Jun 2016 #10
You can get a hunting license when you're 12 IronLionZion Jun 2016 #11
I certainly won't flame you.. SuperDutyTX Jun 2016 #16
In 30 states, a child can still legally own a rifle or shotgun IronLionZion Jun 2016 #17
I'm sorry, but that is just effed up. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #18
So the 13 year old kid... Matt_R Jun 2016 #22
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