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Should People Be Allowed to Carry Guns Openly?
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Posted on 04/26/2012 9:17:28 AM PDT by marktwain
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The progressives have worked hard to delegitimize the carry of firearms for decades.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:17:41 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Should People Be Allowed to Carry Guns Openly?
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Why not? They do carry guns openly without any permitting process in Vermont, one of the most socialist states in the Union, and there are no daily shoot outs,
as direly predicted by the left and their whining
progessive commie supporters.
In fact Vermont crimes of personal violence, car jackings, and burglary of occupied homes are almost non existent compared to other states, relatively speaking.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:22:17 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama fascist info....http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: marktwain
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:26:48 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Ten the hard way. (Day 14, -10 lbs.))
To: marktwain
[[Should People Be Allowed to Carry Guns Openly?]]
No, we shoudl all passively go limp and allow people to bash our heads in agaisnt a sidewalk- after all, we wouldn’t want to upset the thugs, now would we?
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:28:27 AM PDT
by
CottShop
(Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
To: marktwain
Is this a rhetoric question? Open carry has been allowed in Arizona ever since I moved here 46 years ago.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:29:11 AM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: marktwain
One of the best reasons is so a person will not be prosecuted for inadvertently letting their concealed weapon to be seen.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:29:35 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: marktwain
Why, heck yes!
If you were a criminal about to snatch a purse, carjack someone or rob a quickie store and noticed law abiding citizens around you sporting their hoglegs....would ya take the chance?
How bout mom's or dad's walking their children to the bus stop with their legally displayed weapons holstered to their waist....would’ya try to snatch a kid?
What if you were in a gang of thugs about to pummel some innocent white guy to smithereens with bricks, chairs and golf clubs if you'd looked over to see bystanders carrying smoke wagons eyeballin ya....would ya?
To: marktwain
All Americans who aren’t currently incarcerated should be allowed to carry firearms.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:31:03 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: marktwain
Residents of Idaho may carry a firearm openly, but very rarely do so unless engaged in hunting ungulates, coyotes, wolves, bears, and the like. A permit is required to carry a weapon concealed.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:34:15 AM PDT
by
Elsiejay
To: marktwain
People are openly gay, why can’t they be openly armed?
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:35:43 AM PDT
by
crosshairs
(As long as there is evil, "Coexist" is impossible.)
To: marktwain
It's a Right, to keep... and to BEAR arms. A Right which shall NOT be infringed.
This isn't rocket surgery. Open, concealed. Long gun or pocket pistol. Broad sword or a Howitzer...
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
Anyone trying to restrict that Right under the guise of "public safety", "reasonable regulations", or some other fictitious boogeyman are taking away your freedom. Not just yours, but mine to.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've completely had it with those who are willing to accept their slave chains and demand that we do the same.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:36:03 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Steampunk- Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today)
To: marktwain
Although it is perfectly legal, I’d carry a 12 ga. shotgun with me everywhere I went, but I know that the LEOs would harass me to without mercy, so I don’t.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:39:26 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(End Obama's War On Freedom.)
To: marktwain
Should People Be Allowed to Carry Guns Openly?****************************
Absolutely.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:39:49 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Candor7
there are no daily shoot outs,
Yup. I live here in gun heavy rural Michigan and haven't personally witnessed a shooting in my nearly 50 years.
Just last summer there was a defensive stabbing near me. It turns out that the guy who stabbed his attacker was armed at the time and made a conscious choice to leave his gun holstered.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:43:09 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Dead Corpse
This isn't rocket surgery. Haven't heard that one before. Now, rocket science and brain surgery...well that I have heard before. :-)
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:47:53 AM PDT
by
scripter
("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
To: marktwain
Of course. The big issue for me is concealed-carry without a permit. That’s the way it should be everywhere.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:48:53 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
To: BuffaloJack
Although it is perfectly legal, Id carry a 12 ga. shotgun with me everywhere I went.
Agreed. I'm most comfortable with a long gun and have no problem with the idea of shopping with a rifle or shotgun slung over my shoulder.
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:48:54 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: scripter; Dead Corpse
This isn't rocket surgery.**************************
I love it! It's perfect. :)
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:55:07 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: marktwain
allow???
The article went off the tracks at that point...
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:56:15 AM PDT
by
556x45
To: Dead Corpse
Open carry is legal here in NH, so I guess I could do so.
But I have a CCW, and see no point in giving away an advantage, so I’ll keep my .40 in the holster under my shirt.
As an aside, the places where you can easily carry are the places you don’t need to. I wonder why...
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:57:54 AM PDT
by
benewton
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