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Colts hold news conference to speak out against gun bill
wsbt ^ | February 17, 2011 | Kent Erdahl

Posted on 02/18/2011 7:55:37 AM PST by jaydubya2

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1 posted on 02/18/2011 7:55:38 AM PST by jaydubya2
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I may need it to defend myself from helmet flinging players like Brandon Jacobs.


2 posted on 02/18/2011 7:58:00 AM PST by edpc (It's Kräusened)
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Indiana has better not make the widdle “Colts” mad or they will find a Moving Van Company and slime outta town in the middle of the night like the coward-suck-a$$es that they are.


3 posted on 02/18/2011 8:00:17 AM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: jaydubya2

I know all the thugs that enter the stadium are most certainly going to obey gun laws./sarc

The laws are only followed by the law abiding, Irsay, you dopey lib.


4 posted on 02/18/2011 8:01:50 AM PST by dforest
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To: US Navy Vet
This idiot lead they way to keep Rush Limbaugh out of the NFL. He and his Daddy snuck out of Baltimore in the middle of the night.

Screw the NFL I hope there is no games next year

5 posted on 02/18/2011 8:04:40 AM PST by scooby321
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To: jaydubya2
iirc, he bashed Rush L, and either he or the Colt's coach praised Michael Vick.
6 posted on 02/18/2011 8:06:07 AM PST by apocalypto
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To: US Navy Vet

Indianapolis already got their super bowl champions. I say let some other city take the goats and wait 30 more years.


7 posted on 02/18/2011 8:06:11 AM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: jaydubya2

Why can’t the fans carry guns to the games? The thugs on the field are all armed where ever they go. Bars, whorehouses, drug deals, clubs, ect.


8 posted on 02/18/2011 8:06:22 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: indylindy

Irsay might want to consider eliminating the ‘shotgun’ formation from the Colts’ playbook. You know, to be sensitive to the problems of gun violence.


9 posted on 02/18/2011 8:07:00 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: jaydubya2
While I'm an ardent supporter of the Second Amendment (yes, I believe that if a private individual can afford an aircraft carrier with a wing of F-18s, there should be nothing preventing them from doing so) I also believe in property rights. If a homeowner, business owner, etc. deems that they do not want weapons brought onto their property and make that a condition for entry, they are within their rights to do so, although in doing so, they assume FULL responsibility for the safety and security of those they have willfully disarmed.

My question is, have the Colts or the stadium taken any public money? If so, they have made themselves a public institution and IMHO, have abandoned their rights to fully assert control over the property or its usage.

10 posted on 02/18/2011 8:07:21 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: US Navy Vet

“Indiana has better not make the widdle “Colts” mad or they will find a Moving Van Company and slime outta town in the middle of the night like the coward-suck-a$$es that they are.”

then the taxpayers would lose the privilege of supporting these bloodsuckers.


11 posted on 02/18/2011 8:07:44 AM PST by Daveinyork
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Someone should remind Mr Irsay, that, even with the past success of the Colts in recent years, Indiana is still a Basketball state.

Indiana U may be down, but Butler was in the natl Championship game last year.

“Hoosiers” was not about football, Mr Irsay. Do not go against your fans 2d Amendment rights while your team is on the down slide


12 posted on 02/18/2011 8:08:39 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Newt Gingrich and Chris Matthews: Seperated at Birth??)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I agree with this viewpoint and have done so repeatedly.
Prepare to take incoming fire!


13 posted on 02/18/2011 8:10:19 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: jaydubya2
upon further review ... BANG !!
14 posted on 02/18/2011 8:12:12 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: Joe 6-pack; All

My question is, have the Colts or the stadium taken any public money? If so, they have made themselves a public institution and IMHO, have abandoned their rights to fully assert control over the property or its usage.


There are only 2 NFL stadiums not publicly owned: Miami’s Sun Life Stadium, and, (no kidding folks) FedEx Field...home of the Washington Redskins (in suburban Maryland)

All the others are either fully owned by a government, or, mostly owned by the government. This includes Lucas Oil Field, where the Indy Colts play

Thus, Irsay may not have a lot of say whether weapons could be brought in or not, since the stadium is mostly taxpayer owned


15 posted on 02/18/2011 8:14:10 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Newt Gingrich and Chris Matthews: Seperated at Birth??)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Well said.


16 posted on 02/18/2011 8:14:48 AM PST by Forgotten Amendments (I'd rather be Plaxico Burress than Sean Taylor)
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To: jaydubya2

There seems to be a dispute as to whether the law would affect the Colts.

I am 100% for gun rights, but I am also 100% for private property rights. A private property owner (or leassee) should be allowed to permit or prohibit weapons on their property at their pleasure.

I also believe the combination of beer, crazed sports fans and guns is something that a property owner would probably be wise to avoid.

The bottom line is, the state should not prohibit a property owner from allowing guns on his property, nor should it compel the property owner to allow them. Let the private property owners, guided by their own consciences, beliefs, common sense and, of course, the market, make that call.


17 posted on 02/18/2011 8:17:37 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: scooby321

The last name of this guy and his father are curse words in Baltimore to this day. What a low class thing they did to Baltimore. I still remember the pictures of the moving vans in the snow that early morning taking the legacy of the Baltimore Colts out of town.

I was not even a a Colts fan, but I thought the way it was done was disgusting and underhanded.


18 posted on 02/18/2011 8:21:11 AM PST by alarm rider (The left will always tell you who they fear the most. What are they telling you now?)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior; SJSAMPLE; Forgotten Amendments
"There are only 2 NFL stadiums not publicly owned: Miami’s Sun Life Stadium, and, (no kidding folks) FedEx Field...home of the Washington Redskins (in suburban Maryland)"

In that case, I would have no problem with the stadium owners having a policy of, "no weapons allowed." Similarly, I would be perfectly comfortable with them setting a policy of, "No person admitted without firearm." It's their property.

All the other stadiums that are taxpayer subsidized can go to hell. They have allowed themselves to become public institutions, and should humbly and quietly lower their heads and submit to their taxpayer bosses while repeating, "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

19 posted on 02/18/2011 8:24:18 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: jaydubya2
Another reason to hate the Dolts.




20 posted on 02/18/2011 8:27:40 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine (I'm shocked! Shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here!)
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