Better run off in fear now....
Posted on 01/26/2014 7:04:24 AM PST by marktwain
Someone running around with a backslung rifle is exactly ZERO threat to you.
You DO know how firearms work right?
So... he’s making a fashion statement?
According to you, then, the "right" referred to in the Second Amendment is subject to "sane rules" passed by the government. Is that what you think the Founders meant?
Or were the Founders intentionally trying to deprive the government of the ability to disarm the people, as they did in occupied Boston and attempted to do in Lexington and Concord?
If you and I don't agree on one of your "sane rules", what then? Let the government decide?
He’s exercising his Rights in a manner that is no threat to anyone.
It’s embarrassing to have to continue pointing this out to you.
I know you keep saying that. But the reality you studiously avoid is that rifles have the capability of killing. Or people armed with rifles have the capability of killing. I don’t care how you word it. The reality is that an armed person is a real threat in a way in which an unarmed person isn’t.
How about this? Imagine that it was not a middle-aged white stranger toting that rifle. Imagine instead that it was an 18-year old black stranger carrying a rifle through your local neighborhood with your daughters playing jump rope in your front yard. Would you be so cavalier about that stranger exercising his rights? At least I would call both of the rifle toters idiots.
So, if he put the gun in a case, where he could get at it just as quickly, and it would be just as deadly, but people would not know it was there, that would make it better?
Please explain how.
Every day you encounter strangers. Part of basic human survival is that you evaluate strangers based on first impressions. Most strangers pose no threat. But still you look at their actions - are they angry looking, furtive? Do they look like they belong in this neighborhood? Are they scoping out the houses, possibly looking to come back later to rob a home?
If I see someone toting a gun, I’m going to evaluate their threat level different from someone carrying a case with unknown contents. That’s just human nature. If someone’s carrying a gun, they will stick out like a sore thumb in my neighborhood. So I’d wonder what their problem was. Since my neighborhood is very safe, are they looking for trouble? Are they delusionally paranoid?
You’re right. The person with a concealed gun can be just as dangerous as the fool who feels he has to display a gun. The difference is that he’s at least intelligent enough to not unnecessarily alarm folks.
I have the capabilit to kill. Right now. Right here. With my bare hands.
Or with a fork, or a wooden stick, or a wood axe, or shoe laces, or...
The reality is that a law abiding person doing nothing wrong will contiue to do nothing wrong regardless of your bullsh*t arguments and hoplophobia...
Our Rights don’t end where your unreasonable fear begins.
Get help.
Better run off in fear now....
What gun?
I don’t know if “Ole Hoss” in the bar drunk as hell brandishing his two .44 magnums is the only drunk in your post.
And you’ve been on FR for what, 14 years?
Grow up.
Do you need to be held at knife point while your wife is raped in front of your kids to understand the benefit of being free enough to be allowed to protect said family with a firearm?
You got issues dude.
To my knowledge, Abbot has done nothing to further our second amendment rights in Texas. The republican party in Texas is infested with democrats who lie about their stances on any number of issues because they know they can't get elected as democrats. gov. goodhair is one of these.
Personally, I prefer concealed carry myself, but we need to get the laws against open carry off the books, because they are often used to nail otherwise honest citizens who might inadvertently flash a view of it. I also strongly disapprove of the entire process of "permits" to carry, but if you have one, it should cover the firearm beong open or concealed. The only laws concerning the bearing of weapons should revolved around actual safety issues, like brandishing in a threatening manner. Violating rule #1 is about the only thing I think of as an actual "crime"
I’m not trying to trample on your rights.
I’m just pointing out that you’re not all that different from the ghetto thugs trying their hardest to look tough with their pants dragging on the ground while their butt cracks show. You all look like idiots. “Look at me, I’m the toughest, bad guy around. Don’t mess with me.” Ironically, your response was to point out all the different ways you could kill me. Like I said... just the white guy version of the ghetto thug.
Did your mom teach you that if you don't exercise your rights, you will lose them?
-PJ
You have a reading comprehension problem. I never said anything against owning guns. We own several. I just pointed out that, if you’re in a strange town, it’s not very bright to run around openly carrying a rifle. Moreover, why would you advertise that you own guns? That’s something thieves target.
No. I read your comments again. No reading comprehension problem.
You and I are in complete agreement.
The Constitution is our “carry permit”. However, we have to deal
with the world as it is and not how it should be.
We are moving in the right direction on gun rights. It is just going take some time for it to change.
By contrast, we are losing on most other issues. But that is a topic for a different thread.
Weird, I look at you and see a sheep unable to defend themselves and unwilling to let others carry tools most effective at keeping themselves safe...
Considering your stance is antithetical to the Constitution and our Republic, it does beg the question of why you bother posting here. After all, a majority of us are pro-RKBA. You know, us “ghetto thugs” as you described us...
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