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In reply to the discussion: Gun pulled on woman waiting for mall parking spot [View all]Gidney N Cloyd
(19,834 posts)68. It does feel like there's some additional motivation at play besides just 'holding up traffic'
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I feel perfectly comfortable judging people who wave guns around in parking lots. n/t
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#65
That's rare, in my experience. It's usu. someone who wants to park close...
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#140
The guy pulled up next to her to wave the gun, so clearly there was room to get around her
Beaverhausen
Apr 2013
#48
And then he drove off as she called 911--so, yeah. she *wasn't* blocking him at all! nt
tblue37
Apr 2013
#126
That is the question that I had. He could have simply drove around her car. I do that often at
bluestate10
Apr 2013
#160
Properly trained gun owners are "forced" to have more consideration for others? What?
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#57
What are you saying? That a properly trained gun owner wouldn't wait for a parking spot?
pnwmom
Apr 2013
#73
She doesn't need to own a gun to know you can't use it to get a parking spot.
proud2BlibKansan
Apr 2013
#5
A number of people wait outside stores to pick up someone coming out. Would he have pulled his gun
freshwest
Apr 2013
#144
It does feel like there's some additional motivation at play besides just 'holding up traffic'
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#68
Yet if she weren't so lazy and inconsiderate, he'd not been provoked. Can you read what you wrote?
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#61
"If everyone was polite and courteous while driving we wouldn't have a problem with road rage"
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#63
yes - this makes perfect sense. She should be waving hers in a "who's bigger" contest. yeah. n/t
CincyDem
Apr 2013
#30
I'm missing the part of your post where you support the premise in the subj line.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#33
"But she shouldn't have been holding up traffic just to be lazy" Wow. You have "no doubt" she
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#58
Today, I alerted on one of its posts, and the jury voted to leave it 6-0.
Moses2SandyKoufax
Apr 2013
#128
Look the solutionn is less guns not more and there is nothing ironic about it at all.
upaloopa
Apr 2013
#157
I finally ended up with a disabled plate. I put it off as long as I could, and on a good day, I park
freshwest
Apr 2013
#145
Even if he had to wait 10 minutes, you don't threaten people's lives. It's a mall, not an ER.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2013
#29
It is against the law to brandish a firearm. Criminals who do so should be prosecuted to the fullest
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#53
Enhance the punishment for all criminals who commit crimes with firearms.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#76
So pulling a gun on someone rather than driving around them is ok with you? Is that what you are say
uppityperson
Apr 2013
#115
This is a perfect example why many do not need to own guns and especially to have
Thinkingabout
Apr 2013
#143