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davidpdx

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51. I'm curious what type of a business it was (is)?
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 04:58 AM
Apr 2013

I don't need to know the name, just which industry. It kind of sounds like retail by your description, but maybe I'm wrong.

fire in a theatre JohnnyBoots Apr 2013 #1
not the same at all Bucky Apr 2013 #63
I don't understand. ntt rrneck Apr 2013 #2
Public safety before 'rights' granted by public documents. True. freshwest Apr 2013 #3
I hate to tell you, but at least 1 competing organization to NRA is advocating for guns on airplanes hlthe2b Apr 2013 #4
Or have the carpets on planes soaking wet with with petrol & give all passengers matches. Bucky Apr 2013 #64
Most are not very bright, or educated. They won't get it. Hoyt Apr 2013 #5
Have you tried that? A lot of those folks want to be able to carry on a plane. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #6
Rhetorically speaking... Mr.Pain Apr 2013 #7
I think that there is an inverse relationship to more guns and being safe. The more guns the better upaloopa Apr 2013 #11
I suppose if I were wishing to retain my right to act irrationally without consequences, Mr.Pain Apr 2013 #13
Owning a gun for "safety" is irrational. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #25
Guns do not cause explosive decompression of an airplane, that has been tested by mythbusters MillennialDem Apr 2013 #30
Are you IrishAyes Apr 2013 #41
What would the world be like if "everyone" had the same powers as superman? Mr.Pain Apr 2013 #48
Ever read Orwell's views in guns? Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #62
Do citizens have a right to take a firearm into a prison? LiberalFighter Apr 2013 #8
I imagine even the most rabid would be aware Riftaxe Apr 2013 #9
A store is private property as well, and yet we see pictures of these trigger holes carrying world wide wally Apr 2013 #28
Any private business can prohibit firearms, premium Apr 2013 #35
Just why the hell should anyone think they NEED to carry a firearm in public? IrishAyes Apr 2013 #42
Well, apparently 49 out of 50 states disagree with you, premium Apr 2013 #46
The person you responded to was likely referring to the picture of the person in JC Penny's davidpdx Apr 2013 #50
For me I am more about reducing gun violence. I don't think this contributes to that. upaloopa Apr 2013 #10
I'll have to try that one rightsideout Apr 2013 #12
Try taking a gun to work with you. CANDO Apr 2013 #14
I used to work for a nonprofit organization. I had a volunteer doing our newsletter. She CTyankee Apr 2013 #26
A fellow employee was fired last year for showing his handgun. CANDO Apr 2013 #27
I'm curious what type of a business it was (is)? davidpdx Apr 2013 #51
Heavy Haul Trucking Company CANDO Apr 2013 #69
Thanks davidpdx Apr 2013 #72
Is the right of free speech / association not a right because you must get a permit to parade? X_Digger Apr 2013 #60
Apparently not. CANDO Apr 2013 #70
And is voting not a right because of residency legislation? X_Digger Apr 2013 #73
What do you call a Gunnut in Love jimmy the one Apr 2013 #15
I think everyone understands there are limits on where you can take a gun. hack89 Apr 2013 #16
The point being made is that it is perfectly constitutional to regulate guns. world wide wally Apr 2013 #17
No one really disagrees with that. hack89 Apr 2013 #18
websters 1828 jimmy the one Apr 2013 #19
I'll go with Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist papers. hack89 Apr 2013 #20
Let's also agree that it is not 1776 anymore and it is only logical to make further regulations world wide wally Apr 2013 #21
The 2A can be regulated. No doubt about that. hack89 Apr 2013 #22
many aspects in well regulated jimmy the one Apr 2013 #23
Ok - I was wrong about the date. hack89 Apr 2013 #24
sam johnson 1775 dictionary jimmy the one Apr 2013 #54
From the Oxford English Dictionary hack89 Apr 2013 #58
halonen opinion proves nothing jimmy the one Apr 2013 #65
Ok. We will just have to disagree hack89 Apr 2013 #67
disciplined jimmy the one Apr 2013 #55
No, everyone does NOT understand or accept limits about much of anything IrishAyes Apr 2013 #43
They are a minority. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #47
One thing I do Jamaal510 Apr 2013 #29
Yeah, IrishAyes Apr 2013 #44
Are you crazy? SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! DFW Apr 2013 #31
Oooooops!.... I didn't think of that world wide wally Apr 2013 #32
Are all gun owners gun nuts? Socal31 Apr 2013 #33
Far from it. The problem lies elsewhere. DFW Apr 2013 #34
No, but anyone who objects to the legislation du jour will be called one Recursion Apr 2013 #49
Of course they are Duckhunter935 Apr 2013 #52
Wow, you are SO smart! That wilfully ignorant spew has only been posted about a MILLION times. cleanhippie Apr 2013 #36
My, my.... aren't we a snide little priss today? world wide wally Apr 2013 #37
That's the best you got, snide little priss? cleanhippie Apr 2013 #38
You don't warrant any further replies other than to say that you are more self righteous than the world wide wally Apr 2013 #39
Or to put it another way, your childish meme has nothing supporting it cleanhippie Apr 2013 #40
I never knew a real hippie IrishAyes Apr 2013 #45
I would like to ask them.. SummerSnow Apr 2013 #53
or ask them about thier struggle for pedophile gun rights sigmasix Apr 2013 #56
or ask them about thier struggle for pedophile gun rights sigmasix Apr 2013 #57
Commercial planes are private property, not public spaces. X_Digger Apr 2013 #59
Wrong 2 ways: (1) You CAN bring a gun onto an airplane, and... Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #61
I think it's only fair that you tell us what airline you fly on so we can all make other flight world wide wally Apr 2013 #68
Oh, heavens no. I like the suspense. Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #71
Why can't you bring a gun on an airplane? discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #66
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