Reply With QuoteI am not a fan of carrying just to carry. It is asking for trouble and bad PR that we don't need.
But the Secret Service is not going to allow anyone with a rifle slung on their back into any place the president is speaking.
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One man resets gun rights debate
Lets all be honest. This is not the way to combat paranoia:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/...fle/index.html
I am not a fan of carrying just to carry. It is asking for trouble and bad PR that we don't need.
But the Secret Service is not going to allow anyone with a rifle slung on their back into any place the president is speaking.
One thing that is different, the pic shows a black man carrying a rifle. I like it.
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IMO it harms the goals of the protest to distract with this kind of thing. People at the protest should just ask the dude to leave, he isn't helping at all.Originally Posted by Beefy
I do find it interesting that "weapons are not allowed on a Federal site". The argument we hear is that the 2nd Amendment applies only to the Federal Government... This does not compute.
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rebel
I fail to see the problem of someone exercising a right. An absolute right.
common liberal/anti gun doublespeak.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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I think it serves a purpose by reminding the government that we let them serve us and that can "change" in the blink of an eye, metaphorically. *shrug*
I agree that it is an absolute right. But what happened distracted from the protest message. The man was not arrested or harrassed. But the story became about someone carrying guns and not about fighting a bad piece of legislation. Whether we have the right to do so or not, we also have the intelligence to recognize the end result and consequences of our actions. If the goal was to show that we can exercise our 2nd amendment rights, then carry the rifle. If the goal was to protest Obama's healthcare programs, it was not a smart move.
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"I came from another state"
hmmm
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
Proving tax cuts work!
Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
rebel
things that make you go hmmmmm?
wonder what anti gun state he moved from?
although I'm not surprised by the apoplectic hysterics coming from the anti-gunners and leftist control freaks out there.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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read the article dodo, and you would know.
If you did know, you would not blow.
he was from another open carry state.
So do not your ignorance state.
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
Proving tax cuts work!
Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
rebel
don't quit your day job. you'll never make it as a poet.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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too late I quit last year.
No need to work any longer.
Don't want to address the issue, just attack the messenger?
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
Proving tax cuts work!
Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
High Level of Addiction
It's not about paranoia.
It's about a gun owner's need to show off their surrogate penis in an attempt to try and make up for the tiny penis God gave them.
High Level of Addiction
Yeah, Beefy's post was down right apoplectic! And the hysteria he displayed!
rebel
OH NOES!!!! insulting the gun carriers manhood.
equating carrying a gun with penis size is retarded.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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