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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:16 PM Original message |
I have held a Virginia concealed carry permit for several years. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have a permit to carry a deadly weapon in Virginia - |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Some day all state legislatures and the U.S. Congress will discover that only you should have |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Kind of a clownish response but that's OK, you'll learn. Maybe. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I already have that right, but only in the state in which I met the criteria to obtain it. |
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ThirdWorldJohn (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Freepers are the conceal carry whackos that scare me. Because they are proffesional haters. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Trust your instincts. It would have made a bad problem worse. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:30 PM Original message |
dupe |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Sounds like he has a pretty stable background |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I support racial equality. I don't support convenient killing power in the hands of the public. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Then you don't support cars. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Cars are not designed or intended to kill. Quite different from guns. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Ah, but you said nothing about the INTENTION of the design. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Convenience to kill? Convenience to transport perhaps. With death and injury inadvertant. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. A large chunk of metal and plastic... |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Wow, almost three weeks in and already slinging around the "troll" label. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Perhaps, but before you pass judgement... |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I think you'll find the CCW carriers |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. And that applies to pedestrians too? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. pain killers, 5 gallon buckets,cigs, or fried chicken, beer, and being lazy |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Assumption of the risk. Compare to bullets entering your body. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Small fraction of handgun shootings are fatal.. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Why do you want to turn a blind eye to the wounding? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. the horror, the horror.. we must stop KFC |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. lol, I hope this post doesn't get deleted, because seriously... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. As long as posts are not attacking others |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I recently had a post deleted... |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Now I'm curious. Ever shot anyone? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. No. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I envy you. 38 years later, I still have nightmares. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I really do wish you the best. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Two words for you: Glenn Beck. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Are they still showing Red Dawn IN theaters? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Wolverines! (that is all) |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. It's already in the hands of the public |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Good post. K&R |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. We in no state that I know of are carry permits issued to just anyone... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I haven't seen any stats that break down crimes based on whether one does or doesn't have a CCW. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Look here. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Possibly a source to answer the issue |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. From what I understood from one article was that the stats for CCW |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Lets see the stats on how many crimes were prevented |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Estimates of defensive gun uses vary.. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. If we were to assume that the truth is somewhere in the middle... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Even if you assume 1/2 of the LOW estimate.. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Exactly. (nt) |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Well said sir. (nt) |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well Said. (n/t) |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. I find it interesting that States Rights are only important... |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. That is your choice to make. |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. I completely agree with this sentiment |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The bill did this very thing. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. I hate to tell you, but chances are yahoos are packing heat |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Yeppers, this law just pisses off people who follow rules |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. No state issues CCW permits to people prohibited by federal law from buying a gun |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Not so |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Technically, since VT doesn't issue permits _at all_.. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. exactly... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
59. That's not a valid answer in any way - Vermont doesn't issue permits to anyone |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. Honestly, I had my own concerns about the Thune amendment |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
57. You are aware the requirements to posess a gun is set by federal law. |
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