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Gun Control & RKBA

av8r1998

(265 posts)

31. This is the problem

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 11:52 AM

Feb 2013

Exactly. So why carry a gun around with you?

Gun != unsafe
Gun without proper holster and retention device = unsafe
Untrained and ill equipped user = unsafe

(the != means "Not Equals" for the non computer programmers out there)

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Woman accidentally shoots herself at Detroit's MotorCity casino [View all] SecularMotion Feb 2013 OP

another slab sided auto? ileus Feb 2013 #1

Explain to me how mikeysnot Feb 2013 #2

That's it in a nutshell. Women who have the gun in the purse are as good as unprotected to shraby Feb 2013 #4

Not really. Cork Feb 2013 #5

Yeah, sure. mikeysnot Feb 2013 #6

My wife can have hers out in less than a second with the purse she carrys. Cork Feb 2013 #7

Take the bullets out and try this on your wife in real life. mikeysnot Feb 2013 #8

It already happened to my wife. Cork Feb 2013 #10

Link please. mikeysnot Feb 2013 #15

Message auto-removed Cork Feb 2013 #23

So in other words you made it up. mikeysnot Feb 2013 #24

Message auto-removed Cork Feb 2013 #26

Doubling down on BS. mikeysnot Feb 2013 #30

Message auto-removed Cork Feb 2013 #32

44 posts in three days and gone. mikeysnot Feb 2013 #38

My Loving Wife has learned to just point and shoot through the purse. oneshooter Feb 2013 #17

and then they guy comes up behind her mikeysnot Feb 2013 #19

If the"guy" can't see the weapon, then how can he oneshooter Feb 2013 #20

No dreams on my end mikeysnot Feb 2013 #21

Do you have any prove that this has ever happened? oneshooter Feb 2013 #22

Here is a soundtrack for your dream. mikeysnot Feb 2013 #25

Just as I thought, another gun grabber special. oneshooter Feb 2013 #34

fail mikeysnot Feb 2013 #37

I am glad to see you admit that. oneshooter Feb 2013 #42

what are you eight. mikeysnot Mar 2013 #44

And yet another one of our "pro gun progressives"* is shown the door... apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #47

Safeties av8r1998 Feb 2013 #39

The brilliant "I Just Fucking Shot Myself" video comes to mind... SunSeeker Feb 2013 #3

Is there a dating service for these morons?!!! rdharma Feb 2013 #16

200 armed guards at any time in the casino safeinOhio Feb 2013 #9

a bright robber would know gejohnston Feb 2013 #12

Correct, but... av8r1998 Feb 2013 #28

It's really not about 'you' jimmy the one Feb 2013 #11

This is the problem av8r1998 Feb 2013 #31

So how does this compute? oldhippie Feb 2013 #13

It's Michigan, safeinOhio Feb 2013 #14

The only charges would be trespassing, and that would have to be in the case that the casino AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #48

Of course, she had not hand ANY alcohol to drink, RIGHT? nonoyes Feb 2013 #18

Yeah, I have been in a casino at that time many a night, and been "stone cold sober"... Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #40

Thanks for the insult. I have been to casino's and I know something nonoyes Feb 2013 #41

Please point out where, exactly, that I said that.... Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #43

NO, you never said that, but why excuse this person for being nonoyes Mar 2013 #45

What you are failing to realize, or comprehend, is that this is about YOU & YOUR assertion that.. Ghost in the Machine Mar 2013 #46

2 words av8r1998 Feb 2013 #27

Gotta love the Plaxico safety video! ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #35

Now THAT is FUNNY! av8r1998 Feb 2013 #36

more guns in her purse would have been the answer - all loaded of course. samsingh Feb 2013 #29

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