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Ford sorry he left gun in office
Worcester Telegram and Gazette ^
| 14 March 2002
| Mike Elfland
Posted on 03/14/2002 2:18:00 PM PST by 45Auto
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Like sheep to the slaughter. I fear for the RKBA throughout the land, especially with such willing and cooperative sheep like this loony. O.K., so the damn government of Massachusettts revoked his permit to carry; the requirement for a license is unconstitutional, never mind the rotten nazis in the legislature. So is that reason enough to give up ALL your guns? After all, the guy has not been convicted of ANYTHING. But, no, he gives up his rights willingly, even though he is the VICTIM of these little rats. HE has made himself the problem and of course, even though he has owned and carried the gun for 30 years, he has bought the notion that the gun is "evil" in and by itself, so he gladly allows the police to relieve him of the responsibility for ALL the weapons he used to own. He'll never get them back; the cops will sell them or keep them as "hideouts". Massachusetts, the cradle of liberty, is finished, just like England.
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posted on
03/14/2002 2:18:00 PM PST
by
45Auto
To: 45Auto
At least he admits responsibility. That's rare these days. And a liberal social worker to boot. Wait a minute, a liberal social worker, a .25 and a .44, this don't add up at all. I'd like to see if this guy has ever supported gun control in the past.
EBUCK
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posted on
03/14/2002 2:24:06 PM PST
by
EBUCK
To: 45Auto
To: luvzhottea
Yep, you've nailed it. Crooks go free and those who seek to protect themselves are punished. If the guns were in the brief case out of sight, I find it stupid in the extreme to charge this guy. Throw the little AHs in the nearest juvenile facility and let this man get back to work!
To: 45Auto
Wow. Someone sucking on the government's teat that have actually preached about personal responsibility and is going to take responsiblity for their actions as well.
Someone better watch this guy. Must be a space alien or something. Something is not right in Kansas, Dorothy. ;)
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posted on
03/14/2002 2:58:48 PM PST
by
Frohickey
To: DoughtyOne
Throw the little AHs in the nearest juvenile facility and let this man get back to work! Maybe there should be a return to public flogging for these little punks.
Maybe then they wouldnt' be so eager to commit these crimes.
To: EBUCK
Responsibility for what? He was robbed. It isn't like he left it in plain sight. If the door to his office was closed and the briefcase was closed, that's good enough for me.
To: bang_list
bang
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posted on
03/14/2002 3:03:45 PM PST
by
Mulder
To: EBUCK
Wait a minute, a liberal social worker, a .25 and a .44, this don't add up at all.
And throw this in: For 30 years I have been challenging people to take responsibility, personal responsibility
You're right, that REALLY doesn't add up! Maybe there's such a thing as a conservative social worker? Stranger things have happened, I guess...
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posted on
03/14/2002 3:08:38 PM PST
by
mn12
To: DoughtyOne
You are so right.
To: Mass_List
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posted on
03/14/2002 4:26:16 PM PST
by
AStack75
To: EBUCK
At least he admits responsibility. Yes. When someone steals something from you, it is your fault. </sarcasm>
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posted on
03/14/2002 5:35:19 PM PST
by
Bob J
To: luvzhottea
Now now, we mustn't damage their self-image...
To: mamelukesabre
If the door to his office was closed and the briefcase was closed, that's good enough for me. I don't know how we got to this point in society where the victim of a robbery has now become responsible for having the stuff stolen. Sure, he could have secured the firearm better. But we could all move into decommissioned missile silos and install twenty-ton vault doors to protect our stuff too (let's all face it -- that's where safe storage laws are headed. Eventually, you'll have to have the equivalent of a home vault in which you must store your unloaded guns, separate from the ammunition, 24x7 or you'll be a felon).
To: mamelukesabre;mn12
Not good enough for me if there are a bunch of kids running around. It's not like leaving a screw driver in your briefcase, it's a gun man. Gotta keep control of your firearms at all times.(period) End of story. And by taking resp. for his actions I commend this guy.
mn12, If it's stranger than a dually armed social worker, I've never seen it.
EBUCK
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posted on
03/15/2002 7:53:51 AM PST
by
EBUCK
To: EBUCK
Yes, its a gun. But it was in his private office. Kids have no business snooping around in his private office.
Now, if it was widely known that this guy kept a gun in his office, that is a different story. But it seems it was a secret that he kept one hidden in his brief case. Some nosey kids just decided to snoop through his personal things to see what they could find.
You gotta ask yourself what kind of kid would go through the personal possessions of an authority figure and take what catches his eye. That kid is SERIOUS trouble. There is probably zero future for a kid like that except JAIL. Ford was just very unlucky.
What if he had left his wedding ring in the center drawer of his desk? If someone had taken that, you wouldn't blame ford for it. You'd blame the little criminal that swiped it! This is no different.
To: mamelukesabre
What if he had left his wedding ring in the center drawer of his desk? If someone had taken that, you wouldn't blame ford for it. You'd blame the little criminal that swiped it! This is no different.You know what I'm going to say to that don't you? Here it is anyway. There has to be a lot more care taken with respect to firearms than with a peice of jewlery.
I guess that I should have said before that I do hold this kid responible, a hell of a lot more so than Ford. But I still think that he should have taken better care to make sure that his firearms were under his control which they obviously were not.
EBUCK
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posted on
03/15/2002 12:23:25 PM PST
by
EBUCK
To: EBUCK
There has to be a lot more care taken with respect to firearms than with a peice of jewleryYes, but no more so than a power saw or an automobile. We don't take away a persons drivers license because their car was stolen. This is about demonizing firearms, period.
To: marktwain
It's not, IMO, about demonizing firearms. It's about having control of your firearms. If this guy had just put his weapon in a secure location (I'm sure that he's got a filing cabinet in his office for ex.) that kid wouldn't have had the chance.
How many time have you told a kid to not do something and then he does it anyway? How often do kids rumage thru stuff that doesn't belong to them? I'm not talking about your kids, (or mine for that matter) I'm talking about the kind of kids you find in a Social Services office. The kind of kids that have never had a descent whoopin' in their short lives. This guy knows what kind of kids he's got running around his office and should have done a better job in securing his firearms.
EBUCK
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posted on
03/19/2002 7:59:30 AM PST
by
EBUCK
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