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Old 02-27-2018, 08:23 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd View Post
I can't help but thank goodness for Trump.

There is no doubt in my mind that if Hillary had won she would have stacked the Supreme Court with her people, and right now we would all be getting ready for the rewrite of the Second Amendment. The Republicans would roll over out of fear and a part of our history and heritage and what made America would be lost.
Without the Second amendment we wouldn't have America.
Great post.

I don't want to be the last good person without a gun when bad people are armed.

My family has several stores in the shopping malls. My neighbor store owner is a veteran (combat veteran) I would have felt much better if he brought his guns to his store everyday. Oh God, I am hoping he does. He gave me some useful tips just in case there is a mass shooting. He also said he would do the best he could to protect me and everybody else. He was highly trained and was a sharpshooter. Who doesn't want a doctor nearby in case of medical emergency? Who doesn't want a rifle expert nearby in case there is a mass shooting?

This is the honest truth. I don't trust any of the security guards who are not trained at all.

If I am allowed to bring my gun to the mall, at least i feel I have a last fighting chance for survival. Why should we be ambushed by some sicko when we can defend ourselves?

Gun free zone = good people have no guns here, come and ambush them.

The worst thing is that they have to announce it. This is a gun free zone. Why announce it? This is just sick!

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Old 02-27-2018, 08:26 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd View Post
I can't help but thank goodness for Trump.

There is no doubt in my mind that if Hillary had won she would have stacked the Supreme Court with her people, and right now we would all be getting ready for the rewrite of the Second Amendment. The Republicans would roll over out of fear and a part of our history and heritage and what made America would be lost.
Without the Second amendment we wouldn't have America.
Don't agree. You haven't used it as intended since your country's founding fathers first crafted it, yet here you are today, the world's most advanced and prosperous nation.

All of this current frothing over the 2nd Amendment was not even a part of daily discussion among Americans until the recent decades. The ownership of firearms was assumed a right but not exercised by the majority who consciously put their faith in the democratic process to effectively stymie any tyrannical leanings on the part of your governments.

It is a sad commentary indeed that the current political climate in the U.S. of majority mistrust and 'suspicion of intent' has brought you to this juncture in your history. This firearm debate is but a symptom of a much worse problem.
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:30 AM
 
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Typically people own guns before getting CC permits, since it is legal to purchase them without the licence. Its a carry licence, not a purchase licence. IMO it might make sense to make it into a purchase licence.
TYPICALLY in a handgun situation they go hand in hand. Most people do go ahead and get the weapon while waiting for the license to carry it but the point is a significant number of these people are first time gun owners. And logically, as long as there are a significant amount of guns being produced and sold gun ownership is increasing unless you believe that gun owners are dying faster than guns are being sold or passed down to family members. There are Far too many guns being sold for this to be the case.
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Near Manito
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Thank goodness all weapons are legally obtained by smiling folks happy to undergo a waiting period, fill out numerous forms and offer multiple types of identification and background info to conscientious minimum-wage store employees.

Otherwise, we’d have a country in which the vast majority of gun murders are committed by people with stolen or illegally-obtained weapons: people for whom permits and background checks are laughably irrelevant.

What a relief it will be when we have more laws that everyone approves of and obeys. Like voter ID and our immigration statutes.
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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Don't agree. You haven't used it as intended since your country's founding fathers first crafted it, yet here you are today, the world's most advanced and prosperous nation.

All of this current frothing over the 2nd Amendment was not even a part of daily discussion among Americans until the recent decades. The ownership of firearms was assumed a right but not exercised by the majority who consciously put their faith in the democratic process to effectively stymie any tyrannical leanings on the part of your governments.

It is a sad commentary indeed that the current political climate in the U.S. of majority mistrust and 'suspicion of intent' has brought you to this juncture in your history. This firearm debate is but a symptom of a much worse problem.
You made some great points here.

There are already so many unregistered guns out there, I doubt any new gun laws will fix the problem.

The ONLY way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I really don't know why this is so hard for some people to understand.

I am a very good girl with a gun. If I am allowed to bring my guns to the mall, at least I feel I can defend myself and save a couple of people. I am NOT going to sit there and waiting to die. That is for damn sure.
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Florida
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TYPICALLY in a handgun situation they go hand in hand. Most people do go ahead and get the weapon while waiting for the license to carry it but the point is a significant number of these people are first time gun owners. And logically, as long as there are a significant amount of guns being produced and sold gun ownership is increasing unless you believe that gun owners are dying faster than guns are being sold or passed down to family members. There are Far too many guns being sold for this to be the case.
Nah, people buy handguns for home defense, and some time down the road get a CC license.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uHBFiAnpZs
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:41 AM
 
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Great post.

I don't want to be the last good person without a gun when bad people are armed.

My family has several stores in the shopping malls. My neighbor store owner is a veteran (combat veteran) I would have felt much better if he brought his guns to his store everyday. Oh God, I am hoping he does. He gave me some useful tips just in case there is a mass shooting. He also said he would do the best he could to protect me and everybody else. He was highly trained and was a sharp shooter.

This is the honest truth. I don't trust any of the security guards who are not trained at all.

If I am allowed to bring my gun to the mall, at least i feel I have a last fighting chance for survival.

Gun free zone = good people have no guns here, come and ambush them.
Why don't you sell your stores in that mall in Somalia and move to the U.S. then. Although it may not have been your intent; your post reeks of unwarranted fear and paranoia.

You are living in the country with arguably the highest potential for social advancement and opportunity to enjoy all that progress has designed, yet here you are expressing fear of your fellow citizens to the extent other first world countries can never begin to understand.

You are implying, either deliberately or subconsciously that the situation of you being in fear of a mass shooting in your place of business is acceptable as long as you've got your gun under the counter assuaging your fears. That sounds like a typical shop owner in the market places of all the chit-hole countries of the world........not what one would expect from a business owner in the U.S. of A.

The debate over firearms and it's outcome will not address your problem but merely serve to further tolerate it.

That saddens me and should sadden you also.
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:44 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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Why don't you sell your stores in that mall in Somalia and move to the U.S. then. Although it may not have been your intent; your post reeks of unwarranted fear and paranoia.

You are living in the country with arguably the highest potential for social advancement and opportunity to enjoy all that progress has designed, yet here you are expressing fear of your fellow citizens to the extent other first world countries can never begin to understand.

You are implying, either deliberately or subconsciously that the situation of you being in fear of a mass shooting in your place of business is acceptable as long as you've got your gun under the counter assuaging your fears. That sounds like a typical shop owner in the market places of all the chit-hole countries of the world........not what one would expect from a business owner in the U.S. of A.

The debate over firearms and it's outcome will not address your problem but merely serve to further tolerate it.

That saddens me and should sadden you also.
This is the problem I have with your post.

Anybody who have concerns about mass shooting are paranoid.

Well, if no one should be concerned, then why should we have discussion of gun violence? Why should desperate parents crying on TV and demand "something must be done."

Come on now.

Every single time, there is a mass shooting, we should just say, "Oh, this is just another man bites dog story. Move on. Don't be paranoid." "live your life and stop being so paranoid."

Just because you have concerns and want to protect yourself, doesn't mean you are paranoid. Your first sentence does not make any sense.
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:45 AM
 
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What? Sell them after a ban is lifted and everyone can buy them from any store again? Not a good investment.
You sell them on the black market. Dont like it, too bad, it exists and always will thanks to prohibition laws.
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Old 02-27-2018, 08:47 AM
 
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Nah, people buy handguns for home defense, and some time down the road get a CC license.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uHBFiAnpZs
YEEEAAHHHHHHHHHH I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you here. LoL
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