Firearms Owners Against Crime buss stop in in Regent Square (Crafton: condo, neighborhood)

[Huckleberry3911948]

one thing that scares people on this forum, cut blondes with babies bibles and guns.
but pants down 9mm- snoop dog- is nothing but cool to the max.
but strap a 9mm on madonna and everybody runs out into the street screaming save me save me. hands up means dont shoot. jessie jackson already said who is most likely to shoot you.
whats up with that?

[erieguy]

If one doesn't try to hurt, rob, etc..., someone with a gun then there isn't a need for them to use it.

While imo, open carry is a bit over the top and prefer cc, there's absolutely no reason not to carry a gun. Its a crazy world.

[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by stburr91

Are you guys afraid that someone driving down the street is going to decide to run you over? Cars are much more deadly that guns (and kill far more people every year).

I am. Or rather that they'll decide not to look or to drive without due concern for the well being of others. There's plenty of posts about this in the Pittsburgh forum.

[Huckleberry3911948]

Originally Posted by erieguy

If one doesn't try to hurt, rob, etc..., someone with a gun then there isn't a need for them to use it.

While imo, open carry is a bit over the top and prefer cc, there's absolutely no reason not to carry a gun. Its a crazy world.

good point deserves a response. the reason cops open carry is bek it prevents people from doing stupid things. like dying. occasionally this fails and somebody tries to jump on an armed man anyway and dies.
we get plenty of press when it happens i am sorry for the deaths but nobody ever asks the question, , what possessed you to jump on an armed man? instead its--- he shot an unarmed man.

[doo dah]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry3911948

one thing that scares people on this forum, cut blondes with babies bibles and guns.
but pants down 9mm- snoop dog- is nothing but cool to the max.
but strap a 9mm on madonna and everybody runs out into the street screaming save me save me. hands up means dont shoot. jessie jackson already said who is most likely to shoot you.
whats up with that?

Is this some sort of stream of consciousness poetry?

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry3911948

good point deserves a response. the reason cops open carry is bek it prevents people from doing stupid things. like dying. occasionally this fails and somebody tries to jump on an armed man anyway and dies.
we get plenty of press when it happens i am sorry for the deaths but nobody ever asks the question, , what possessed you to jump on an armed man? instead its--- he shot an unarmed man.

Agreed. Another reason I prefer cc, but to each their own.

[Huckleberry3911948]

Originally Posted by doo dah

Is this some sort of stream of consciousness poetry?

i dont know, i thought doo dah was sort of poetic and musical.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by RogersParkTransplant

The main difference here is that cars are not INTENDED to kill people. Guns don't have any other purpose.

I never got this argument. There are plenty of competitive shooting sports and organizations around the entire planet that have nothing to with killing who would disagree with you. I have shot competitively a few times and it's a lot of fun. I have belonged to a gun club that regularly donates to charity. Firearms can absolutely be fun and interesting hobby and should not be viewed as something that "only exist for killing".

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by RogersParkTransplant

The main difference here is that cars are not INTENDED to kill people. Guns don't have any other purpose.

To be fair, many rifles/shotguns are mostly meant for hunting. I'm not sure I would feel all that threatened if I saw someone carrying a rifle in an appropriate place for hunting (provided I wasn't in brush without wearing an orange jacket).

Handguns though, don't really have much reason to exist besides to kill someone. Yes, you can target shoot, to make sure when you do kill someone, you can do so quickly and accurately. And you can threaten to kill someone with one and not actually go through with it. But the purpose of handguns is to kill people. If you wear one in public, you want to advertise you're not afraid to kill if provoked.

And just so no one says I have a double standard here - if I saw someone outside of a ren fair/SCA meeting wearing a sword in public, I'd be just about as frightened. Possibly a bit less so because you can outrun someone with a sword, but still.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Aqua Teen Carl

I never got this argument. There are plenty of competitive shooting sports and organizations around the entire planet that have nothing to with killing who would disagree with you. I have shot competitively a few times and it's a lot of fun. I have belonged to a gun club that regularly donates to charity. Firearms can absolutely be fun and interesting hobby and should not be viewed as something that "only exist for killing".

You're not competitive shooting if you're walking around open carrying in public.