The FAST Approaching Gun Ban

[trish]

Last year the TSA found approximately 400 passengers attempting to board planes with guns. The passengers all claimed they had forgotten they were secretly carrying. This year the number is 1500 guns! Of those 170 were not only loaded but had a round in the chamber. This nonsense has got to stop.

[robertlouis]

Last year the TSA found approximately 400 passengers attempting to board planes with guns. The passengers all claimed they had forgotten they were secretly carrying. This year the number is 1500 guns! Of those 170 were not only loaded but had a round in the chamber. This nonsense has got to stop.

That is a terrifying statistic. What on earth were those people thinking?

[muh_muh]

That is a terrifying statistic. What on earth were those people thinking?

"america fuck yeah"

[fred41]

...just reread what I posted. nevermind.

[Queens Guy]

name names and provide proofs.

There is no legitimate need for anyone to secretly carry a firearm. If you're going to carry, have the balls to carry in the open.

". . no legitimate need for anyone. . . "

Not even the Secret Service when protecting the President?

Most Federal law enforcement agents?

Police Detectives? Nobody? Ever?

[trish]

If you are advocating secret carry for only Secret Service, Federal Law Enforcement Agents and Police Detectives, then perhaps we can strike a deal. Now, how about those names and proofs?

[Willie Escalade]

". . no legitimate need for anyone. . . "

Not even the Secret Service when protecting the President?

Most Federal law enforcement agents?

Police Detectives? Nobody? Ever?

In reply to the full quote "There is no legitimate need for anyone to secretly carry a firearm"...

We already KNOW they're carrying guns.

We DON'T know if the guy in the Cross Colours jacket is carrying a gun or not.

[martin48]

If you are advocating secret carry for only Secret Service, Federal Law Enforcement Agents and Police Detectives, then perhaps we can strike a deal. Now, how about those names and proofs?

Maybe easy to draft a law stating no concealed weapons (except for ...) but think of the lawyer's arguments in court about what is concealed and what is not. Impossible to define and so unworkable.

[trish]

There are already laws that distinguish between open and concealed carry. Just outlaw concealed carry everywhere (with exceptions for Secret Service Agents etc.) using the existing criteria and let the lawyers argue. If the ordinary Joe wants to carry, let him have the fucking balls to carry openly.

[buttslinger]

There is a political slant to this, a long range Obama goal is to waken Rednecks who make 40 grand a year with a wife and three kids, that hey, your concerns should be the exact same as the black man and hispanic man who earns 40K and has three kids. And that every cent you pay in taxes, your boss pays ten. And that many of the Red States rely heavily on Medicare and social services.
But as soon as Obama talks guns, those Rednecks run straight back in line with Rush Limbaugh on their pick-up radio.