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Have Glock, Will Travel (New York Times Columnist Up in Arms)
New York Times ^ | 10/24/2011 | Frank Bruni

Posted on 10/30/2011 7:12:56 AM PDT by goldstategop

New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and several other states don’t have reciprocity arrangements that allow someone like Todd to pay an armed courtesy call. That’s because New York officials can deny concealed-carry permits on a case-by-case basis, whereas many other states — South Dakota, for example — don’t put much stock in such scrutiny.

H.R. 822, now in the House Judiciary Committee, makes a mockery of our diverse values and strategies for public safety. If it were enacted, off to New York the South Dakotan tourist could go, 9-millimeter Glock in tow.

That’s not liberty. More like lunacy.

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To: goldstategop
That’s because New York officials can deny concealed-carry permits on a case-by-case basis, whereas many other states — South Dakota, for example — don’t put much stock in such scrutiny.

Turning non-discrimination and equal protection of the law into the the naivete of flyover-country rubes -- in one sentence. J-school really instills some skills, you betcha.

41 posted on 10/30/2011 9:59:12 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Smokin' Joe
A 9mm? Pretty light...Noo Yawk would be .45 territory, imho.

Maybe .46! ;-)

42 posted on 10/30/2011 10:00:38 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Sudetenland

Not to speak of all the liberal politicians and Hollywood stars who have armed guards with them wherever they go.


43 posted on 10/30/2011 10:08:07 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: goldstategop

Frank Bruni, food critic - New York Times

44 posted on 10/30/2011 10:19:33 AM PDT by kcvl
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May 2011, he became the first openly gay Op-Ed columnist of The New York Times.


45 posted on 10/30/2011 10:21:36 AM PDT by kcvl
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Bruni wrote in Men’s Vogue of his search for a workout to combat the calories he consumes as a food writer, and in the April 2008 issue he wrote about his addiction to sleeping pills.


46 posted on 10/30/2011 10:23:27 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: goldstategop

Talking about gun control with friends in cab, I hear cab driver announce, “I’m carrying a loaded gun.” tinyurl.com/6x8u59l

https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/FrankBruni


47 posted on 10/30/2011 10:26:23 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: goldstategop

Reminder to anyone who wants to ask about journalism, politics, food: I’m at LGBT Center in the Village tomorrow, http://t.co/g0eRJHPv
10 Oct

https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/FrankBruni

Is a round man entitled to the Oval Office? My Sunday column, on weight, the presidency and Gov. Christie, http://t.co/x5IrwCgp
1 Oct

I love “related stories” tabs. Was reading about Christie on Daily Beast. “Related” was “Weather Man Found with Dead Man in Tub.”

Interesting, important, troubling NYT story about how disempowered and alienated voters worldwide feel, http://t.co/Bb3lVErO
28 Sep

Crazy-gorgeous day in Lisbon, a city I absolutely love. Toasting it now with wine.
17 Sep

Really? Lawmakers raffle off a Glock in state where Giffords shot? Speechless. http://t.co/miScU80
1 Sep

My friend Alessandra assures me she has “flashlights and chilled wine.” Note to self: put a few more bottles in ‘frig. #ireneprep
27 Aug


48 posted on 10/30/2011 10:37:38 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: goldstategop
Where I live I do not always feel so secure with out a fire arm.

When I was younger there were occasionally packs of feral dogs that roamed the rural area where I cared for my grandmother’s property. So I would open carry when working outside.

Now recently I have found bear tracks on my property and this is only semi-rural. We also have coyote in the area.

I don’t so much fear the feral two legged animals here so much but I think it may be reasonably cautious to go armed to protect myself from the 4 legged variety.

49 posted on 10/30/2011 11:12:42 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: GOPJ
Dems were NOT 'reluctant' to cross the NRA ---dems discovered they LOST voters over the issue - and dropped it like a hot potato...

For the Lefties it is the same thing.

For those on the Left if you vote pro-gun you are an NRA member or sympathetic with the NRA. For them it is black and white.

Pro-gun=NRA

Pro-gun control=reasonable and logical

The Left does not believe in personal protection. For them no one should have to protect themselves if we just get the guns off the streets nobody will need to protect themselves. They believe that the State has a total monopoly on lethal force at all times; Individuals must always defer to the state the use of arms.

For the Left individuals going about armed is an invitation to chaos and the old West depicted in spaghetti Westerns.

50 posted on 10/30/2011 11:27:08 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: goldstategop
If it were enacted, off to New York the South Dakotan tourist could go, 9-millimeter Glock in tow.

That’s not liberty. More like lunacy.

No. That's liberty, you commie chump. It's the New Yorker who presently lives in lunacy!

51 posted on 10/30/2011 12:32:04 PM PDT by Gritty (Local Russians shouldn't compare our Democrat Party with communism.ItÂ’s absurd-D Savino (D-NYSenate)
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To: goldstategop

The highest priority in my life right now is grabbing my .45 and heading to New York City once that law passes.


52 posted on 10/30/2011 12:46:26 PM PDT by meatloaf (It's time to push back against out of control government.)
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To: kcvl

You forgot to add idiot.


53 posted on 10/30/2011 12:48:56 PM PDT by meatloaf (It's time to push back against out of control government.)
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To: Sudetenland

Actually, Carl Rowan’s ‘unregistered’ gun was registered, except it was registered to his son who was an FBI agent. Daddy ‘borrowed’ the revolver from his son that he used to shoot the intruder on his property. Neither Rowan nor his son were prosecuted. Everything suddenly dropped off the official radar. Surprise, surprise.


54 posted on 10/30/2011 1:28:27 PM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: Smokin' Joe

I generall carry a .40 and feel pretty safe pretty much anywhere but the new 9mm rounds are pretty good. My wife’s 9mm holds a slew of rounds and is loaded with Federal HST 147gr. I would not want to be shot with one of those.


55 posted on 10/30/2011 3:38:03 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Smokin' Joe

Yes .45 caliber Thompson sub would be about right.


56 posted on 10/30/2011 5:12:41 PM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: ncpatriot
My opinion of the .38 (special) is that it is a pretty light load for a goblin stopper.

Regardless, however, of impact energy, shot placement counts, too.

If you find the .38 more comfortable to shoot and can put it in a half dollar sized spot with good consistency from 15 to 25 feet (which is normal gunfight range), and can get a second shot on target rapidly or engage multiple targets in rapid succession with similar accuracy, you are part way to where you need to be defensively.

Most of the rest is mental. (Situational awareness, avoiding problems by seeing them coming and getting out of the situation before it becomes critical, and being willing to shoot without hesitation when you need to).

Some of it is practice and tactical development (movement, concealment, cover, developing muscle memory to draw your weapon and fire on target--because if you have to think about it once you reach the 'go' point, you may be too late.)

That all said, a .38 on target is better than a .45 that goes wide. Since you are best off practicing with the pistol you'll carry, and the loads you will have in it, .38 ammo has a small advantage in being relatively cheap, too.

Generally, I'd consider using the hardest-hitting round you can comfortably and accurately shoot, but even a .25 auto is better than nothing.

57 posted on 10/30/2011 8:07:23 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Pontiac
Given the necessity to go about unarmed, I would rather be unarmed in North Dakota than New York.

Virtually nobody is unarmed in North Dakota - and the crime rate is zilch.

58 posted on 10/30/2011 9:06:24 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: goldstategop
9-millimeter Glock in tow.

That's likely the only weapon (well, that and the AK47) that this bedwetter knows.

59 posted on 10/30/2011 9:13:14 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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