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All government officials need to show some backbone. They need to show that they support the Constitution with symbolic measures like supporting the right of citizens to be armed in city council meetings.
1 posted on 12/16/2011 5:07:50 AM PST by marktwain
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What’s needed is to find out which council members are pushing this and either have them recalled or pro-firearms members of the community run against these dolts in the next election.


2 posted on 12/16/2011 5:12:29 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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Question from a foreigner. Are guns allowed inside banks in all right-to-carry States? I remember being in Arizona years and years ago and of course I was surprised to see citizens toting guns (I was also surprised to see a drive-in church). I had to deal with some people who had side arms on display and I flippantly said: “Hey that’s not fair, I want one too!” They pointed me to a nearby gunshop. But going to the bank, I saw that they had to leave their weapons outside. Or at least that’s what I remember.

BTW, I’m not against guns. I used to be until I thought about it. So it’s just pure curiosity.


3 posted on 12/16/2011 5:36:36 AM PST by Youaskedforit
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Not even the police?


4 posted on 12/16/2011 5:41:13 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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The people voting for this on City Council are fools. Think for a minute people... You want armed personnel at your meetings.

Consider, what is going to happen if the Council does something that gets someone so angry they are going to come after them. If the angry citizen is thinking clearly, they are not going to come after them in the meeting, in front of dozens of witnesses, having walked through parking lots and hallways with video surveillance. That's just asking to get caught. So in this case, having armed people about is a wash, doesn't matter.

If your angry, violent citizen is out of control, do you really want them to come to the meeting and find a bunch of unarmed ready-made victims (you and potentially other citizens)? No. In that case having armed, responsible citizens around will act as a powerful deterrent, and a force to bring any confrontation to a swift conclusion.

A better plan would simply be to act smart, and in the best interests of the citizenry and you won't get anyone that kind of angry.

7 posted on 12/16/2011 6:07:04 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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In Wyoming?????????


13 posted on 12/16/2011 9:28:52 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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Perhaps my memory has gone astray but I thought someone here posted that a lot of Californians have moved to Casper and this kind of contamination soon followed.


16 posted on 12/17/2011 11:53:54 AM PST by Oatka (This is the USA, assimilate or evaporate.)
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