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4. Reminds me of that poster on DU2 (tombstoned there) who had this long back-n'-forth
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 05:38 PM
Dec 2012

in a sub-thread about the best way to insulate his assault rifle from water while he was taking a shower, and still be able to get at it in a second's notice, ready for bullet-spraying action. Any number of Gungeoneers - some of them still posting on DU3 - went into that sub-thread and gave him serious advice on just how to do that, using ponchos adapted for the purpose, rain-proof camping sheet covers cut and draped over the piece at just the right angles, use of water-tight plastic "go-to boxes," etc., etc.

One even chimed in that he'd had the same problem - was so in dread of some "goblin" or "bad guy" breaking in while he was showering that he just had to have his 12 gauge at his side at all times, including in the shower - and he'd come up with a novel solution: cut the arm off an over-sized rain slicker, seal the muzzle end of the garment shut with roofing expoy, leaving the breech end of the apparatus open for quick trigger access in the event of a Norman Bates incident.

When I posted about this recently on DU3, just as an aside, several of our "pro gun progressives"* insisted that the sub-thread was all satire, meant to mock us "anti's," and that not one poster in it was serious about the subject matter that was under discussion. Some even suggested that the poster himself was an "anti" posting as a Gunny in order to embarrass our poor, put-upon "pro gun progressives."*

That's all horseshit, of course: every single poster in that sub-thread was as serious as the day was long at the time, and several got quite irritated at the justified mocking of them by liberal and progressive DU'ers for it in that very thread.

In any event, is there anywhere the "RKBA" crowd doesn't think it has some kind of "right" to carry? Even private property? Day cares? Elementary schools? Hospitals? Simply unreal.


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Hasn't been a problem in Texas. armueller2001 Dec 2012 #1
Hasn't been a problem in Florida either. (n/t) spin Dec 2012 #14
Giving a party where nobody went HockeyMom Dec 2012 #27
you are kind of missing the point gejohnston Dec 2012 #28
How does he know what is in their cars? GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #29
True HockeyMom Dec 2012 #32
could be the waiting period gejohnston Dec 2012 #33
How many co-workers? GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #34
Property rights of employers need to be balanced against the property and privacy petronius Dec 2012 #2
That doesn't prevent one of being fired if firearms are prohibited and discovered in a 'at-will Purveyor Dec 2012 #3
I suppose that's true, absent a law like that described in the OP. If I had my petronius Dec 2012 #7
How is the employer going to "discover" the firearm? S_B_Jackson Dec 2012 #18
Reminds me of that poster on DU2 (tombstoned there) who had this long back-n'-forth apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #4
There are lots of places I have no right to carry Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #5
Regardless of all that, can we at least agree that trying to rig up ways to take a machine gun apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #10
I can go along with that. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #15
since he won't provide the link - I am going w/ satire on the heavy side with a healthy dose Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #16
Of course it was, based on the cookie / gun / shower picture. X_Digger Dec 2012 #24
What is your statute for disarming Blacks? (n/t) spin Dec 2012 #22
The 14th Amendment made it more difficult, Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #23
That's exactly why I favor "shall issue" concealed carry. ... spin Dec 2012 #25
ive witnessed similar YllwFvr Dec 2012 #20
Find the link. I recall some of it. Hilarious! Thinking of ways right now.nt Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #21
It's none of my employer's business what I keep out of sight in the sanctity of my locked vehicle slackmaster Dec 2012 #6
+1 and furthermore: Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #8
That about sums it up. jbgood1977 Dec 2012 #19
I guess we could go back to the "Good Old Days" when corporations could fire you ... DonP Dec 2012 #9
Henry Ford would often knock on employees' doors at home, uninvited. slackmaster Dec 2012 #11
My grandfather was a machinist at Ford before WWII in the 20's and 30's DonP Dec 2012 #12
They can now unless your under a union/employment contract in Michigan. 'At-will' work state Purveyor Dec 2012 #13
What a huge non-issue. NewMoonTherian Dec 2012 #17
The NRA should change its name to the Human Massacre Promotion Corporation MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #26
Whats the problem with a gun in your car at work? Travis_0004 Dec 2012 #30
It's a slippery slope. If you start letting people keep guns in their cars on company property... slackmaster Dec 2012 #31
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