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In reply to the discussion: Armed protesters rattle Texas moms' gun-control meeting [Updated - Police Were Called] [View all]Gothmog
(156,277 posts)62. Juanita Jean thinks that these idiots are the wee winkie parade
http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/11/10/oh-look-yall-its-a-wee-winkie-parade/
No, Honey, not like Deliverance. The guys in Deliverance could play the banjo. The only thing these guys can play is stoopid.
Now let me see if I have this right. They are the ones with guns. They are also the ones hiding behind cars. Im having trouble with computation here. If they have the guns and this is simply a protest, why are the hiding like they are fixing to ambush somedamnthing? Are they buying into David Dewhursts idea that tampons are dangerous weapons liable to come at you suddenly?
Good Lord, its a bunch of women having a meeting. If that scares you, let me tell you about what happens at a Tupperware Party.
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Armed protesters rattle Texas moms' gun-control meeting [Updated - Police Were Called] [View all]
TomCADem
Nov 2013
OP
You mean like this? Ain't saying it's bad/its good, just saying it is what it is ........
marble falls
Nov 2013
#45
My point is no point, Someone speculated on what would happen if a minority showed up armed....
marble falls
Nov 2013
#49
I'm against deliberate intimidation via force of arms in peaceful public areas.
Paladin
Nov 2013
#65
There is no comparison between the Panthers and the Teabillies once you get past legally armed.
marble falls
Nov 2013
#71
Not just yes, but HELL yes. The Panthers were making a political statement and the POS buttheads...
marble falls
Nov 2013
#68
Intent is what this issue swings on. The Panthers were making a political expression in the .....
marble falls
Nov 2013
#78
Gun Control vs. Gun Rights is inherently political. MDA has a political agenda and OCT has a
24601
Nov 2013
#83
Oh well in that case ..... The difference being the idiots were armed and the moms weren't.
marble falls
Nov 2013
#84
Both groups exercised their right to choose to be armed lawfully, or not. The difference is that
24601
Nov 2013
#86
Those yahoos were doing more than just open carrying. Intimidation is more like it.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#2
Exactly Hoyt. Open Carry is very different from having guns drawn when there is
Marie Marie
Nov 2013
#8
Maybe the law didn't look hard enough. Clearly intimidation, but it's Texas so a bunch
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#20
never understood why we have to wait until they kill the first victim before they are criminal
dembotoz
Nov 2013
#4
Such "he-men" those brave Texas gun-toters. Rounded up the posse to git 'em those uppity
libdem4life
Nov 2013
#5
Intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of imminent bodily injury...
TomCADem
Nov 2013
#22
it's a good thing no one in the restaurant decided they needed to "stand their ground"
yurbud
Nov 2013
#15
I saw a PBS Frontline episode on wrongly convicted guys cleared with DNA and the response of judges
yurbud
Nov 2013
#60
One ignorant gun humper intimidating those unarmed women is too many. Apparently OK with you.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#24
They got it close enough. The bigots in the open carry group have been ticked since
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#42
so the Mesa Grill restaurant must have allowed them or were they on the public space?
Sunlei
Nov 2013
#37
If there is an important new development in a story, a new LBN thread is justified.
Lasher
Nov 2013
#87