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Memphis's Commercial Appeal's Latest Slam at Concealed Carry
The Memphis Commercial Appeal ^

Posted on 03/04/2009 4:46:59 PM PST by Sybeck1

CA's latest swipe at the right to carry.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: banglist; commericalappeal; memphis; tennessee
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1 posted on 03/04/2009 4:46:59 PM PST by Sybeck1
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2 posted on 03/04/2009 4:47:54 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Bush's Recession....Obama's Depression.......)
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To: Sybeck1
Is a Right still a Right when its regulated so much that its not practiced anymore?

I'm ok with States or Municipalities limiting the right to concealed carry, but they should also be criminally and financially liable as well.

3 posted on 03/04/2009 4:53:04 PM PST by Frohickey
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My name's Fred. I too have a gun; indeed several. I also have a Ph. D. in Biochemistry. Do you suppose the moron who drew this editorial cartoon could fit that into his twisted epistemological framework?
4 posted on 03/04/2009 4:57:11 PM PST by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: Sybeck1

Conceiled carry prevents Memphis’ rif raf from earning a dishonest dollar.

No wonder the paper is upset!


5 posted on 03/04/2009 4:59:39 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (14. Guns only have two enemies: rust and politicians.)
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Do you suppose that the cartoonist also knows that Fred can buy a 10-gallon can of gasoline and a book of matches? Or that Fred can buy a 4000 lb automobile and drive it into a restaurant or school or private home?

Fred has lots of opportunities for mischief if his twisted little brain wants to be bad and he doesn't need a gun to do it.

6 posted on 03/04/2009 5:24:20 PM PST by muir_redwoods ( O.B.A.M.A. = One Big Asinine Mistake, America)
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Pleeeeze do not confuse Memphis and Shelby County with the rest of Tennessee.


7 posted on 03/04/2009 5:32:53 PM PST by Pelagius of Asturias
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

They’re afraid one of their relatives will get shot.


8 posted on 03/04/2009 5:33:18 PM PST by popdonnelly (I don't live my life to gain the approval of liberals and leftists.)
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To: Panzerlied
Do you suppose the moron who drew this editorial cartoon could fit that into his twisted epistemological framework?

Do you suppose that the moron who drew this "editorial" cartoon realizes that what he's really doing, when he says "Somehow Fred got a gun permit", is highlighting the idea that government is unable to successfully control or screen people in critical situations, or provide for our safety? That his no doubt beloved bureaucrats failed in the case of "Fred"?

9 posted on 03/04/2009 5:38:23 PM PST by Hardastarboard (The Fairness Doctrine isn't about "Fairness" - it's about Doctrine.)
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To: Pelagius of Asturias

I absolutely LOVE Memphis barbecue, and used to love an evening on Beale, but since the renovation of the ‘other’ end of Beale and the new FedEx stadium, the area has become unbearable. I haven’t been there for quite some time now.


10 posted on 03/04/2009 5:42:46 PM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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Dear Bill Day,

Meet me. I have no history of mental health problems.

The state of Tennessee issued me a handgun permit.

One day, when no one was home at my house, a burglar broke in, and was in the process of stealing my guns when my wife returned from the grocery store. The burglar shot and killed her.

Now, don’t you wish your rag of a newspaper hadn’t facilitated the death of my soulmate?


11 posted on 03/04/2009 5:59:43 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae
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Sorry, I forgot to add “sarcasm on”, but this guy really had me steamed.


12 posted on 03/04/2009 6:02:01 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae
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That is the stupidest cartoon. It’s highly more likely that someone with HIV/AIDS is going to spread it to someone else, even though warned not to engage in unprotected sex, than it is for Joe Nutcase to get a concealed carry to pop someone who stepped on his cat’s tail.


13 posted on 03/04/2009 6:45:45 PM PST by sockmonkey
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If Fred was documentably dangerously unstable, I’d rather know about that than know that he’s armed. A person who would be inclined to kill anyone who stepped on his cat’s tail, even if armed with only common household objects (knives, hammers, etc.), would be far more dangerous than a person who is armed to the death but would have no such homicidal tendencies.


14 posted on 03/04/2009 6:55:53 PM PST by supercat (Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
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To: Sybeck1

Ages 15-24

Unintentional injury.... 15,449
Homicide.... 5,085
Suicide.... 4,316
Cancer.... 1,709
Heart disease.... 1,038
Birth defects.... 483
Aneurysms, strokes.... 211
HIV/AIDS.... 191
Influenza and pneumonia.... 185
Respiratory disease (emphysema, bronchitis, etc.).... 179

Ages 25-34

Unintentional injury.... 13,032
Suicide.... 5,074
Homicide.... 4,495
Cancer.... 3,633
Heart disease.... 3,163
HIV/AIDS.... 1,468
Diabetes.... 599
Aneurysms, strokes.... 567
Birth defects.... 420
Septic infections.... 328

Ages 35-44

Unintentional injury.... 16,471
Cancer.... 14,723
Heart disease.... 12,925
Suicide.... 6,638
HIV/AIDS.... 4,826
Homicide.... 2,984
Liver disease.... 2,799
Aneurysms, strokes.... 2,361
Diabetes.... 2,026
Influenza and pneumonia.... 891

Ages 45-54

Cancer.... 49,520
Heart disease.... 37,556
Unintentional injury.... 16,942
Liver disease.... 7,496
Suicide.... 6,906
Aneurysms, strokes.... 6,181
Diabetes.... 5,567
HIV/AIDS.... 4,422
Respiratory disease (emphysema, bronchitis, etc.) 3,511
Septic infections.... 2,251

Why aren’t we registering AIDS/HIV positive people?
Never know when a mentally unstable HIV positive person might get upset with folks in general and try to spread thier gift.


15 posted on 03/04/2009 7:30:24 PM PST by burnitup
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Bill Day spends his entire life bashing the GOP and anything conservative. Why liberals end up at all Southern newspapers is a mystery when the region is definitely conservative.

I wish everyone would just drop their subscriptions in protest. Another great tea party idea! How about it? Maybe have public burnings of newsprint?


16 posted on 03/04/2009 9:51:33 PM PST by Cedar
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Okay, then what (cough) 'cartoonist' Bill Day is REALLY saying, that every one with a history Mental Health problems should have their names and addresses made public so you can know if you have a crazy guy/gal/kid living next door?

I can go along with that.

But then I'd also like to know if any of my neighbors was ever convicted for: Arson, Robbery, BURGLARY, Car Theft, Shop Lifting, Embezzlement, Heroin Possession/use or selling, etc, etc. After, all that is 'Public Information too.

But why stop there?

Many 'journalists' are known drug users and live a ... 'dangerous lifestyle' and engage in .. uh .. 'unnatural' relations. Then their names and addresses should be made public too? As I'd like like to know if any neighborhood pets are in danger of being sexually violated.

~~sarc off ~~ (except for the last part)


17 posted on 03/05/2009 6:15:22 AM PST by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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The press has deliberately
conspired for years to undermine the 2nd amendment.

if the people of this country get pushed past the breaking point, a lot of these press idiots are going to wind fertilizing Mr Jeffersons tree

18 posted on 03/05/2009 7:26:01 AM PST by Charlespg
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Bill Day is a liberal’s liberal. I have YET to see one of his offerings featuring The One. It’s going on seven weeks into this national nightmare and Day has yet to draw The One like he did Bush. He drew Bush with ape-like looks. He did that from the time he came to the Commercial Appeal. And I’ve hated him ever since. Michael Ramerez is a great political cartoonist. I wish we had had him back at the CA. A lot of his cartoons have been posted here at FR.


19 posted on 03/05/2009 9:47:46 AM PST by NCC-1701 (DRILL NOW. DRILL OFTEN. DRILL 24/7/365. PAY LESS. SUCK THE GROUND DRY.)
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Just about every day of Bush’s term, Day did a cartoon critical of Bush. Not once did he ever acknowledge any good thing President Bush did.

As you said, he’s a liberal’s liberal. And so is the CA for the most part.


20 posted on 03/05/2009 9:53:33 AM PST by Cedar
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