Gun Control & RKBA

Hoyt

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23. Yes they should. They need to show people carrying in public who have no business owning a gun.

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 05:42 PM

Feb 2012

Much less carrying in parks, family restaurants, churches, bars, nursery schools, etc.

They need to show people buying guns at gun shows with no background checks, people blasting away at silhouette targets, TBagger rallies, people sitting in Starbucks with a gun on their hip, and worse.

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Time Magazine ran a photo essay called "Gun Culture U.S.A." [View all] spin Feb 2012 OP

It's bullshit tularetom Feb 2012 #1

Absolutely not... socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #2

I own 3 handguns and shotguns. But some gun shows are scary to me. Some crazy people there. Logical Feb 2012 #3

photographers going for dramatic effect . . . Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #4

It's exactly the same sort of yellow 'journalism' as the tripe showing the most salacious pictures o Fortran Feb 2012 #5

paint ballers, toy guns, reenactment, hunters...not gun culture. ileus Feb 2012 #6

I didn't see anything terrible about the pictures at all. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #7

Agreed. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #40

Very incomplete, as it almost completely ignored the vast middle ground. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #8

In my opinion, a few more pictures such as these... spin Feb 2012 #9

See the difference in feeling with these shots? socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #10

Thanks for your support. (n/t) spin Feb 2012 #13

I think they should have displayed more of this type stuff. Hoyt Feb 2012 #17

I agree, that presentation is very informative and well done. Fortran Feb 2012 #28

I agree it needs more diversity. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #11

No era veteran Feb 2012 #12

Pathetic misrepresentation. Remmah2 Feb 2012 #14

No, 16 pictures about "gun culture", MicaelS Feb 2012 #15

Really didn't get to crux of issue. And really needs more photos of yahoos packing in public. Hoyt Feb 2012 #16

Hey Hoyt... inre: yahoos packing in public. why don't you take your pictures of these people Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #19

I did, see post #17. There are plenty more just like that. Hoyt Feb 2012 #20

I never said such a thing as that. responsible gun owners are not fools and don't you think Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #21

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #22

Mom and dad both passed on long ago. I manage to walk down the streets without a gun. Hoyt Feb 2012 #25

I do quite often. However my work takes me into some of the less savory parts of Houston. oneshooter Feb 2012 #26

The fact that you have never felt any need to carry a firearm... spin Feb 2012 #34

Oh lord, now you are defending Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter. What's next? Hoyt Feb 2012 #24

oh. bullshit and you know it ...sheesh Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #29

"Time" should be embarassed for publishing that. ManiacJoe Feb 2012 #18

Yes they should. They need to show people carrying in public who have no business owning a gun. Hoyt Feb 2012 #23

Which people have no business owning a gun? I'm curious. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #27

Loughner's a good example, as are those who are carry because they fear the poor. Hoyt Feb 2012 #30

How do you propose to keep people who carry because they fear the poor from owning guns? Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #31

I have never met a person who had a concealed carry permit... spin Feb 2012 #33

If you have a concealed carry permit... spin Feb 2012 #32

Hoyt, those boring pictures do not sell advertising space in magazines. ManiacJoe Feb 2012 #35

True. Those who covet guns like assault, tactical, etc., in magazines. Hoyt Feb 2012 #36

I rather covet this magazine... Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #37

I bet you do. Hoyt Feb 2012 #38

You'd win that bet....good for you! Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #39

Your bigotry knows no bounds. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #41