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Title: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 11, 2008, 07:41:45 PM
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Concealed means concealed


This line really ticks me off.   Not only is is breaking the law, but its also violating another persons rights( as a prop owner).

Lots of us gun owners are all about "our" rights, maybe we need to pull our head from are butts and realize that other people have rights too.  i won't even get into the whole breaking the law aspect.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DonWorsham on June 11, 2008, 07:48:43 PM
TAB,

I'm not sure I'm following your post. Are you saying that property owners have the right to say no guns allowed yet those with carry permits are saying well it is concealed so the property owner will not know???? Basically you are saying carry permit holders should obey the law(s) and only carry where it is legal.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 11, 2008, 07:52:19 PM
i'm saying far too many gun owners   are knowingly and willingly breaking the law and violating others rights... but its ok since no one knows about it.

( the last part is sarcasm)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TexGun on June 11, 2008, 08:05:09 PM
TAB, I agree...

Those are the folks that the press just loves to get ahold of.  Unfortunately, willful disobedience is not tolerated as well when it involves a gun.  That being said, I will lead the charge to help change laws I don't agree with.

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 11, 2008, 08:11:54 PM
Changing laws you don't agree with, is a very good thing.   saying this law is illegal( alteast in your mind)  I just won't fallow it.  The hell with anyone else, its all about me.   hypocrisy, and disregaurd for other is one of the few things people do that really make my blood boil.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 11, 2008, 08:33:57 PM
Changing laws you don't agree with, is a very good thing.   saying this law is illegal( alteast in your mind)  I just won't fallow it.  The hell with anyone else, its all about me.   hypocrisy, and disregaurd for other is one of the few things people do that really make my blood boil.

OK, here's a real world example. The state of North Dakota has in paragraph 1 of Section 1 of Article 1 of the State Constitution the following phrase:

Section 1. All individuals are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation; pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness; and to keep and bear arms for the defense of their person, family, property, and the state, and for lawful hunting, recreational, and other lawful purposes, which shall not be infringed.

So here's the question - the company I work for has a "policy" that says no firearms may be brought on the company's property. Given the clarity of the Constitution, which makes no provision for being able to circumvent this Section, does the company's "rights" include denying me mine?

In your mind, am I thus prevented from a concealed carry on company premises, even though I have a legally obtained CCW permit, thereby trumping Constitutionally recognized rights by a simple corporate "policy"?

Remember, corporate policy is not law - I cannot pass a policy that discriminates against women or African-Americans, I cannot pass a policy saying smoke all you want if the local law outlaws smoking.

Does a business have more rights than a person?

Does a business even have rights, or are rights reserved for human beings?

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 11, 2008, 09:18:04 PM
They are not denying you your rights... you are going there BY CHOICE.  you don't have to go there.    They are allowing you to come on too thier properity...

If you allow some one into your home, do you expect them to fallow your rules? 

most companys that have a no weapons policy are not anti or pro... they are just trying to stay in biz.   Also most every single comp policy I have ever seen states very clearly no weapons.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Swamp Yankee on June 11, 2008, 09:30:40 PM
As far as I understand it they actually have no right to deny a person carrying concealed or open. State law at least in my state supersedes it. If they happen to spot the firearm they can ask you to leave which you have to comply with or be charged with trespass. But like it was stated earlier concealed is just that they have no right to know.


Mike Mc
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: black jack on June 11, 2008, 09:53:01 PM
I think we're getting into the area of "free speech does not give you the right to yell FIRE in a crowded theater." Laws pertain to public property. Private property is different and some laws can be circumvented in favor of the rights of the property owner. I can carry a loaded gun on my property but not at a public park. The law protects my rights on my property as well as your rights off my property. I can control who comes onto my property and what they bring with them. No, I cannot compel you to reveal your concealed weapon, but I can dang sure compel you to leave if I have posted a no weapons order and you violate it. Because in doing so, you have violated my rights. Who's rights are paramount? The property owners. Whether it's my home or somebody's place of business, it's private property, and there is nothing more sacred in a free country including my right to keep and bear arms.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 11, 2008, 09:53:23 PM
As far as I understand it they actually have no right to deny a person carrying concealed or open. State law at least in my state supersedes it. If they happen to spot the firearm they can ask you to leave which you have to comply with or be charged with trespass. But like it was stated earlier concealed is just that they have no right to know.


Mike Mc


If only it were that easy.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 11, 2008, 10:08:05 PM
As far as I understand it they actually have no right to deny a person carrying concealed or open. State law at least in my state supersedes it. If they happen to spot the firearm they can ask you to leave which you have to comply with or be charged with trespass. But like it was stated earlier concealed is just that they have no right to know.
Mike Mc

If you commit a crime and were never cuaght, did you commit a crime?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 11, 2008, 10:16:39 PM
My .02.

Here in FL the law states that the State occupies the whole field on gun regulations, meaning you can't change them.  The state law lists places you cannot carry. So I read it this way.  A mall cannot post 'no guns' but private property is just that, private (by direct invitation only).  If I work at a business that is open to the public then it is no longer 'private'.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TexGun on June 11, 2008, 10:24:28 PM
If you commit a crime and were never cuaght, did you commit a crime?

If I render an opinion in the middle of the woods and my wife does not hear me, am I still wrong?  ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 11, 2008, 10:26:43 PM
If I render an opinion in the middle of the woods and my wife does not hear me, am I still wrong?  ;D

Ask her.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 11, 2008, 10:42:18 PM
If I render an opinion in the middle of the woods and my wife does not hear me, am I still wrong?  ;D

Yes.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TexGun on June 11, 2008, 10:45:40 PM
 :-X
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 12, 2008, 02:48:03 AM
NH law says 1) open carry is allowed to any one who can legally possess a pistol and 2) concealed carry is allowed any where as long as you have a legal right to be there. Except "Those areas commonly used by the courts". If you want me on your land whether to visit or to do work, I will have a gun,to ask me to not bring it is like asking me not to where pants (Boney knees  ;D ) My employer has a no weapons policy, the ONLY reason I comply is because I NEED A JOB and I do not have a car to leave my pistol in, If I had something like a Kel tec or LCP I would disregard that rule but a 1911 is not suitable for deep concealment. They say no weapons and then issue everyone a razor knife, go figure. But it does not realy matter, I know 2 ways to kill with a rolled up magazine. There are no dangerous weapons. Only dangerous people.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 12, 2008, 05:41:20 AM
They are not denying you your rights... you are going there BY CHOICE.  you don't have to go there.    They are allowing you to come on too thier properity...

If you allow some one into your home, do you expect them to fallow your rules? 

most companys that have a no weapons policy are not anti or pro... they are just trying to stay in biz.   Also most every single comp policy I have ever seen states very clearly no weapons.

To answer, I am there to earn a living and perform a service for my company in return. Given your last statement, this effectively prevents me from earning a living and exercising my rights. I ask again, does a corporation have the right to deny me - a human being - my rights?

Others have noted that if my business is open to the public is a good one. Trouble is, I work for a bank which has all sorts of spaces open to the public, but I personally work in a secured facility (data center), not routinely open to the public as a branch is.

Comparing a corporation's "rights" to an individual's rights is a dangerous and slippery slope. For one this country was founded on religious and merchantile freedoms, in fact the latter is a large part of what has made this country such a great place. So it is easy for us to see corporate "rights" where they do not exist. This is similar to seeing "rights" for homosexuality where none are in fact defined.

On the other hand, corporations are rapidly becoming totalitarian substitutes for the royal or imperial governments of the past, in which humans are becoming nothing more than little cogs in a huge and complex set of gears - with the attenuated rights of those totalitarian regimes..

So yes, if you come onto my (individual) property, my rights trump yours. If I do business in a corporation's location, their "rights" do not trump mine. Ever.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 12, 2008, 06:32:32 AM
A little good news. I attended a wedding in Pineville, NC last week. It is a suburb of Charlotte, the largest city in NC. After the event, we went to the monster mall in town to return tuxedos. As I entered, I saw where the "NO FIREARMS" notice used to be posted! The familiar outline was still visible among the other notices, like NO Smoking!

I take that as progress, and perhaps some legal acknowledgment that the mall, as a business entity, has a liability exposure if they fail to adequately protect CCW licensed customers who have been rendered defenseless by no guns restrictions.

Mac.

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 06:38:13 AM
The answer is yes a corperation does have the right to deny you your "rights", if you agree too it( of which almost every company makes you sign some type of document  waving  a right in one form of another).  In other words, if you want to work here fallow the rules, or get the boot.  Same thing if you were to come into my shop, fallow my rules or get the boot.  I don't preform a life saving task, so I am under no legal oblegation to do biz with anyone.  


Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 06:40:43 AM


I take that as progress, and perhaps some legal acknowledgment that the mall, as a business entity, has a liability exposure if they fail to adequately protect CCW licensed customers who have been rendered defenseless by no guns restrictions.



That will never happen.  If the police don't have to protect you( and there have been several rulings saying that they don't) no way a private company would be liable for that.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: jaybet on June 12, 2008, 06:44:36 AM
My .02.

Here in FL the law states that the State occupies the whole field on gun regulations, meaning you can't change them.  The state law lists places you cannot carry. So I read it this way.  A mall cannot post 'no guns' but private property is just that, private (by direct invitation only).  If I work at a business that is open to the public then it is no longer 'private'.
Haz makes a good point here...
Properties that invite the public in (businesses etc.) fall under different regulations for building codes, etc. They are considered public and must provide for the public with such as barrier free access, hand rails, etc.  The fact that they DO invite the public in restricts their rights as private property owners in many ways, and it could be argued that in such places the rights of the public supersede those of the property owner.
But I'm a jackass, not a lawyer. Wait...they're the same thing...OK I'm a...this will take awhile....
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 06:47:55 AM
lets take that point to another right...

what if it was not a CC ,the issue was free speach, and by free speach I mean the wearing of a KKK outfit.  Would it be ok for a shop owner to stop some one wearing that from entering thier store?


You can't have something apply to one right, but not another.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 06:50:30 AM
Far as I know you could not legally stop them.  No shoes no shirt is actually a health reg and or decency codes.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 07:00:50 AM
thats funny... FL has more jacked up laws then CA does... 


My point is would we be having this convo if it was not about guns? ( not talking about here, but in general)

One of my bigest complaints about the gun commuity as a whole is, they only  tend to see the 2nd amendment... they some how miss the other 26 amendments and the 7 articals in the text.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 07:06:32 AM
thats funny... FL has more jacked up laws then CA does... 


My point is would we be having this convo if it was not about guns? ( not talking about here, but in general)

One of my bigest complaints about the gun commuity as a whole is, they only  tend to see the 2nd amendment... they some how miss the other 26 amendments and the 7 articals in the text.

What laws are to refering to?

As to the rest, this is a gun forum so we tend to concentrate on the 2nd but the others come up as they and the 2nd interact.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 12, 2008, 07:13:20 AM
If I render an opinion in the middle of the woods and my wife does not hear me, am I still wrong?  ;D

You really had to ask?  ;)

Fortunately, I live in Oklahoma.  In places of public business our CCW laws make it illegal to carry where you are not wanted...however penalty wise...if you mess up and show and a store owners asks you to leave, you are supposed to leave.  Let's say you don't leave after being asked and they call the police and the police show up and then they will tell you that you must leave.  If you do not leave, you will be charged for tresspassing...please I really have more important things to do than to book you, drive you downtown, release you upon issuing a $75 fine that you probably won't have to pay.  

Kewl, eh?

Also, the laws (in and out of court right now) protecting citizens right to bear arms are being extended to the company parking lot.  The law says you can have a gun in your car (CCW or not in an approved configuration) and that the right to carry must be extended to the parking lot or you are being denied your rights.  Google is setting up operations in central Oklahoma with a vehement disgust and exclusion of guns....just wait until someone is accosted and could have protected himself and you are going to see a lawsuit easily in the tens of millions of dollars for reason of firearm exclusion in a parking lot by a company.  The hometown lawyers are salivating waiting for someone's misfortune right now...and in this case...that's all right with me.

However, the law is more forboding if you are discovered with CCW in the workplace.  You can be fired.  If the company really presses it, sends lawyers, guns and money (OK MB...we both know I stole that line) then, maybe, I don't know, possibly, not always, but you may lose your CCW license in addition to your job.  
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 07:22:12 AM
You really had to ask?  ;)

Fortunately, I live in Oklahoma.  In places of public business our CCW laws make it illegal to carry where you are not wanted...however penalty wise...if you mess up and show and a store owners asks you to leave, you are supposed to leave.  Let's say you don't leave after being asked and they call the police and the police show up and then they will tell you that you must leave.  If you do not leave, you will be charged for tresspassing...please I really have more important things to do than to book you, drive you downtown, release you upon issuing a $75 fine that you probably won't have to pay.  

Kewl, eh?


no thats not kewl... if there is no punishment, it won't stop any one from doing it.  at the very least it needs to be an infraction.(ticket and fine)

Breaking the law, is breaking the law, it does not matter how much sugar you add to it.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 07:28:27 AM
What laws are to refering to?


In CA you can refuse service as well as access, to your place of biz...( other life saving medical treatment)   for pretty much any reason.


Now having a sign saying " no blacks"  is going to get you in a world of hurt, but asking them to leave is fine.  you are also allowed to restrict any object.(unless there is a law that says... you must wear this)   for example I could make a rule that to enter my shop you have to be naked... I would just have to restrict those that can not be in that envroment( minors)


I should also point out that you still have to meet the ADA stuff and have access, but thats a civil matter... and the only real protected class these days.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: charliefarmerboy33 on June 12, 2008, 07:45:19 AM
In Missouri, there is, like most states, the list of places it is illegal to carry (i.e. schools, churches etc.) but local businesses like the grocery store I no longer go to, that post "NO Weapons" it is not a crime to carry. All they can do is ask you to leave. If you refuse the police can be called and ask you to leave. If you refuse then, they can write you a ticket for a misdemeanor offense, or (although there have been no cases of precedent yet) the police can confiscate your weapon if they believe you have criminal intent.
Most CCWs like myself refuse to do business with those who demonstrate they don't want my business. I make a point of speaking to the manager a store that is posted and explain why I will no longer patronize his establishment.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 08:00:47 AM
Texas has the 30.06 law( I swear they planed that)


basicly if you are given notice, rather verbel or a regulated sign... and you go in its a misdemeaner.

I actually think its a good law.

What gets me is I have seen posts on the internet about shops having signs that do not comply with the law... asking people to CCW in that store, just to make a statement.   Those are the kinds of people that should not have a CCW.  Just like there are those among us( gun owners) that intentionally OC just to get a reaction out of people.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 08:14:16 AM
In CA you can refuse service as well as access, to your place of biz...( other life saving medical treatment)   for pretty much any reason.


Now having a sign saying " no blacks"  is going to get you in a world of hurt, but asking them to leave is fine.  you are also allowed to restrict any object.(unless there is a law that says... you must wear this)   for example I could make a rule that to enter my shop you have to be naked... I would just have to restrict those that can not be in that envroment( minors)


I should also point out that you still have to meet the ADA stuff and have access, but thats a civil matter... and the only real protected class these days.

You consider having to treat all people equal a 'jacked up law'?  Here in FL businesses can post on dress such as no masks, hats or sunglasses.  Banks and convenience stores often post these.  Once again it is for safety not to discriminate.  FL had the woman that wanted her license picture taken in full burka (sp) only showing her eyes and that was stopped.  Once again for a good reason (how can you ID someone you can't see).  So pretty much if your in business you must serve the whole of the public with reasonable restrictions (adult, etc) and I think that is a good thing.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 12, 2008, 09:50:53 AM
Yes.

Marshal'ette-

When we want your opinion we will give it to you.



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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 12, 2008, 10:04:37 AM
In my neck of the woods (SC) any business can get a "No Guns" sign from SLED (SC Law enforcement division) and post it on their door and super cede your right to carry. It basically puts it on the same level of criminality as carrying into a post office!

There is a state level, NRA-like organization here that does a great deal for us CWP holders in this state. They are called Grass Roots (http://www.scfirearms.org/).

If you report a business to them that has posted a "No Guns" sign they will essentially hound them relentlessly until they take it down. They will contact the business and inform them that they have contacted the tens of thousands of members in our state and have informed them that it is no longer safe to visit their establishment. They will badger them about how much revenue they are losing and so on..... Consequently, I have been carrying for almost a year now and have yet to see a business with a sign posted - and I travel the entire state on a regular basis.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Ron J on June 12, 2008, 10:47:29 AM
Way I understand it is that one needs to respect the law and the wishes of their employer and/or that of a property owner.  If in your state an employer or place of business can say no guns … that means no guns.  Failure to comply puts the person carrying the gun in the same dirt bag with others who think they are above the law or above the wishes of a property owner. 

Should one disagree and feel that they need their S&W 642 in their pocket to feel safe, then you have a choice of not working there or not giving said establishment your patronage. 

As to being an employee where there is a gun ban, your employer has a legal obligation to protect their employees and this cuts both ways. 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 12, 2008, 11:00:19 AM
Haz makes a good point here...
Properties that invite the public in (businesses etc.) fall under different regulations for building codes, etc. They are considered public and must provide for the public with such as barrier free access, hand rails, etc.  The fact that they DO invite the public in restricts their rights as private property owners in many ways, and it could be argued that in such places the rights of the public supersede those of the property owner.
But I'm a jackass, not a lawyer. Wait...they're the same thing...OK I'm a...this will take awhile....

Dispite TAB's delusion it also leaves the business open to liability law suits.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 12, 2008, 11:09:30 AM
In CA you can refuse service as well as access, to your place of biz...( other life saving medical treatment)   for pretty much any reason.


Now having a sign saying " no blacks"  is going to get you in a world of hurt, but asking them to leave is fine.  you are also allowed to restrict any object.(unless there is a law that says... you must wear this)   for example I could make a rule that to enter my shop you have to be naked... I would just have to restrict those that can not be in that envroment( minors)


I should also point out that you still have to meet the ADA stuff and have access, but thats a civil matter... and the only real protected class these days.

Take a lot more restrictions than that   ;D  You say that it should be at least a ticket offense but you would scream like a b!tch if you received the same penalty for no shoes or no shirt. You are so heavily out numbered and out reasoned here I find it curious that you continue. Have you been drinking San Francisco water ?    ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Solus on June 12, 2008, 11:37:35 AM
Somehow I think that if you had employees sign a contract where they agreed that as a non-White Male employees they would be paid 20% less for the same work than White Male employees you would be facing right violation charges soon. 

And since we cannot handle different rights in different ways, it would seem that violating an employee's 2nd Amendment Rights would need to be treated the same, even if they signed a contract allowing such infringement.

Many employers restrict firearms possession in private vehicles in company parking lots.  This will negate your right to self protection on your way to and from work at least.

As far as legal goes, my shooting range is located so that I would have to drive through a half mile stretch of a city that had restrictions on having loaded firearms.  The drive through this city took me past a 5 story clock/bell tower and I often asked my self what would I do if, as I passed the tower, a whacko started shooting folks from atop the tower. 

Since stopping this act would be an easy shot with the skill I have with the rifles I carried, I somehow don't think I would have been able to say...Illegal is Illegal...I'll just drink my coffee till the traffic clears...


Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 12, 2008, 11:41:50 AM
Dispite TAB's delusion it also leaves the business open to liability law suits.

Do you know of any?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 12, 2008, 12:29:11 PM
Somehow I think that if you had employees sign a contract where they agreed that as a non-White Male employees they would be paid 20% less for the same work than White Male employees you would be facing right violation charges soon. 

And since we cannot handle different rights in different ways, it would seem that violating an employee's 2nd Amendment Rights would need to be treated the same, even if they signed a contract allowing such infringement.

Many employers restrict firearms possession in private vehicles in company parking lots.  This will negate your right to self protection on your way to and from work at least.

As far as legal goes, my shooting range is located so that I would have to drive through a half mile stretch of a city that had restrictions on having loaded firearms.  The drive through this city took me past a 5 story clock/bell tower and I often asked my self what would I do if, as I passed the tower, a whacko started shooting folks from atop the tower. 

Since stopping this act would be an easy shot with the skill I have with the rifles I carried, I somehow don't think I would have been able to say...Illegal is Illegal...I'll just drink my coffee till the traffic clears...



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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 12:44:56 PM

 
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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 12, 2008, 01:57:16 PM
Here is what my son and my ex have on their front windows of their Hardware Store here in Howard.

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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 01:59:59 PM
Cool!  I love small town America.  I'll never see a sign like that around here.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 12, 2008, 02:03:37 PM
Here is what my son and my ex have on their front windows of their Hardware Store here in Howard.

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I bet they will never get robbed either.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 02:11:20 PM


I bet they will never get robbed either.

or they shoot 1st.

Walk softly, carry a boom stick is my mantra.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 02:15:05 PM
or they shoot 1st.

Walk softly, carry a boom stick is my mantra.

Shop Smart... Shop S Mart!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 12, 2008, 04:14:03 PM
Marshal'ette, they would get all my business, but it's too far away..
I salute their public position. Most in business would be terrified of FRIGHTENING away some customers. You have a good town there.

Whazza S Mart Haz?
Mac.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 04:26:19 PM
From  a movie.  Army of Darkness,  the guy talks about his 'boom stick" (remmy 12 guage coach gun).
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 12, 2008, 05:36:33 PM
I talk about my broomstick too...

But..ahhhhh you don't reeeealy want to know about that ..do you?? ?? ?? ??

(http://clipart.coolclips.com/AGifm/tf05242/CoolClips_wb028590.gif)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 12, 2008, 05:40:23 PM
I talk about my broomstick too...

But..ahhhhh you don't reeeealy want to know about that ..do you?? ?? ?? ??

(http://clipart.coolclips.com/AGifm/tf05242/CoolClips_wb028590.gif)


That's BOOM not BROOM, sweetie.   ::)  Time to clean your glasses! (http://www.mazeguy.net/outfitted/glasses-slip.gif)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 12, 2008, 06:16:16 PM
;D ;D ;D ;D
hahahahahahahahaha 
I TOLD you I was old!

Well my broomstick goes BOOM sometimes..
(http://www.hippopress.com/070503/GAME_BulletWitch.jpg)

They don't call me Bullet Witch for nothing you know.
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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 12, 2008, 06:36:54 PM


I bet they will never get robbed either.

Nope.. I don't think that would be a good idea...
They'de be talking to the Big Guy in the Sky before they knew what hit 'em.. ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 12, 2008, 06:43:45 PM
Nope.. I don't think that would be a good idea...
They'de be talking to the Big Guy in the Sky before they knew what hit 'em.. ;D

 ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: MOREGUNS on June 12, 2008, 07:04:12 PM
Here is what my son and my ex have on their front windows of their Hardware Store here in Howard.

(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/DSC05998.jpg)

THANKS FOR TAKING THE PICTURE MOM!! THIS IS MY STORE. I HAVE HAD MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU ALL CAN IMAGINE COME IN AND THANK US FOR PUTTING THE SIGNS UP.  I HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE PERSON COME IN WITH A PROBLEM  OR COMPLAINT ABOUT THEM. EVERYONE FEELS SAFE IN OUR SMALL TOWN HARDWARE STORE...
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 12, 2008, 07:19:34 PM
In CA you can refuse service as well as access, to your place of biz...( other life saving medical treatment)   for pretty much any reason.

Now having a sign saying " no blacks"  is going to get you in a world of hurt, but asking them to leave is fine.  you are also allowed to restrict any object.(unless there is a law that says... you must wear this)   for example I could make a rule that to enter my shop you have to be naked... I would just have to restrict those that can not be in that envroment( minors)

I should also point out that you still have to meet the ADA stuff and have access, but thats a civil matter... and the only real protected class these days.

Actually, I'm glad you brought this up, Tab, I have been itching all day to get home and post on this side of the discussion. Sorry, NO corporation - from the mom & pop hardware to the mega international corporation can deny you your rights as an American citizen.

If I implement a policy that says my corporation, my division or any other part will not hire women, or blacks, or will pay them 20% less than whites, you will have a raft of state and Federal lawyers kicking your door down in no time flat. They will shut you down in a heartbeat. If I have a written policy that it is OK to embezzle from my clients' accounts, and do so, I will go to prison. IT IS ILLEGAL to do any of these. Period. No one cares that it is your own company, or that you had a policy that allowed it, it is against the law. Period. End of discussion.

So, why do you continue to believe that CCW - as in my case protected by state law (CCW) and the state Constitution (owning and bearing arms) - can be easily denied by that same corporate "policy"? Sorry, that dog don't hunt. My human rights transcend and trump a business' "rights" every damn time.

I suggest that the hysteria over guns and the lack of effective lawsuits has created an environment - on purpose IMHO (but then I am paranoid) - in which companies are allowed to get away with restricting our rights in selected areas, using a "reasonable" argument, in this case a shopkeep's corporate "rights". I would ignore a "No Guns" sign, and if discovered to be CCW, I would leave - if I in fact entered at all other to tell the owner that I would not frequesnt his store any longer.

As for big corporations - they have no rights, but they do have the law - right or wrong - on their side in most cases. Posters here are right that I can be fired for violating the "policy" if discovered. And given the climate in this country, it would be difficult to win a lawsuit against the corporation for violating my civil - or human - rights.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 12, 2008, 08:18:18 PM
While there will always be businesses owned or controlled by those under liberal misconception about firearms, there is no reason to abandon attempts to educate merchants as to the realities of the "gun free zone"

In about 1999 (when you get older, time gets very general), the new Lowe's Foods in my neighborhood posted a "No Firearms" sign in the window. Didn't bother me. I was still on the job and exempt. But my old friend and neighbor JJ., Marine Corps, retired US Secret Service, NRA Firearm Instructor, was not so indifferent. I happened to be shopping on the day he came in to meet with the then store manager, Terry, about the sign and it's significance. He strolled in, cowboy hat, vest, neatly attired with 1911 invisible to the eye, as always, with that Tombstone look in his eye.

No need to go through the logic with this group, and throw in the persuasive nature of a guy who knows his facts and will NEVER give up, the result was a vacancy where the sign was posted the next day. Terry is now a regional manager, and I've never encountered another such sign at any area Lowe's Foods.

It can be done. Just do it. Give it a shot!

Mac.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 08:27:45 PM
Sorry, NO corporation - from the mom & pop hardware to the mega international corporation can deny you your rights as an American citizen.



show me one court case that says carrying a firearm , is a right.   hell show me one court case that says we can own a firearm as a person, not part of a group.

I'll help, as of this post there are not any.

Also a employer can ask you to wave any right they want too...  all it takes is you to sign on the dotted line.( or even becoming an employee in some states) 

Same thing when you join the armed forces, you wave several of your rights. 

Get use to it, thats not something that is ever going to change.


 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 12, 2008, 08:54:22 PM
.........Also a employer can ask you to wave any right they want too...  all it takes is you to sign on the dotted line.( or even becoming an employee in some states) 

Same thing when you join the armed forces, you wave several of your rights. 

Get use to it, thats not something that is ever going to change.
Most likely...not knowing the finer point of law.  However, once on company property with rights excluded, the company is now suddenly responsible for security.  They are not responsible for a criminal act but they are responsible to keep me safe (Hey, we can sue for spilling our own hot coffee on ourselves, right?).  It's a farce to think if someone snaps there is time for the police whether a gun is involved or not (see mass knife killings in Japan this week).  There may be laws saying no to this security issue across this nation....but there are a lot of laws that don't stand to scrutiny when people push the issue in court. 

Buzz word in Oklahoma is, because of some corporations trying to deny people bringing weapons in the parking lot, that lawyers are lining up to sue when someone is hurt that has and wanted to carry.   Google is coming to town and they are front and center in the crosshairs due to their anti-gun stance (ya'll don't use them, you hear). 

It cuts two ways...I just finished a training module on violence in the workplace today....companies want to deny you the ability to defend youself with anything and run to HR or Legal if you think someone could be dangerous like that will keep you safe....OK...I've been told as a condition of employment I cannot defend myself...or I will be terminated.  Let me get a scratch and see what happens...big money means jingle in the NRA's pocket.  Oh yeah, and in the training module anyone who ever mentiones an "assault weapon" gun is suspect and subject to immediate investigation, and men are always the problem in the training exercises foisted upon us by the women in HR...never a woman being a problem....someday, right time, right place, this hostile anti-male environment they created will cost them a few $'s.

Besides legal, there is an overboard gynocentric point of view that running away to "big brother" and telling will keep you safe from violence.  HR departments are increasingly run by silly women who think you can run for help when something happens, this is lollipop land, and their will be no violence because you went to tell someone.  They don't want you to stand up because they can't do it (for whatever reason) because "violence only begats violence"....OK, let's violently end what you violently started with me staring down at you problem solved.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 09:01:43 PM
If the police don't have to protect you( this has come up many, many times in court cases)  a private company will not have to.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 12, 2008, 09:19:34 PM
Tab, I understand about the waivers, and military service, but the prime directive here does not come from the Judicial Branch. It pre-exists, and is memorialized in the Constitution. The cases you ask for are still pending and the first case you inquire about will be Heller v DC. That's why it's a clean slate case. The arguments (albeit in a friendly atmosphere) put forth here today are all included in the context of Heller. Let's just see. Won't be long now.
BTW, on the news tonight I see that a Federal judge has decided the Gitmo detainees have the right of Habeas Corpus. Civil hearings on detention? Can the UCMJ be next on the scrap heap of American jurisprudence?

The police don't have to protect you? There is always a minimum standard they must maintain. A general performance of duties to the general public must be provided.  Malfeasance or nonfeasance still apply. It is not total immunity for the agency, and government exempts itself whenever it can, as I'm sure you know. Private companies, in the field of customer safety, can't and have not received the same liability shelter to my knowledge.
Mac.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 12, 2008, 09:34:10 PM
so does property owners rights... go way, way back.  king james law and etc.


There is also a big diffrence between a company that is in "protection" and one that is not.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 12, 2008, 09:54:29 PM
show me one court case that says carrying a firearm , is a right.  hell show me one court case that says we can own a firearm as a person, not part of a group.

I'll help, as of this post there are not any.

Also a employer can ask you to wave any right they want too...  all it takes is you to sign on the dotted line.( or even becoming an employee in some states) 

Same thing when you join the armed forces, you wave several of your rights. 

Get use to it, thats not something that is ever going to change.

Don't need to show you a court case. I showed you the verbatim language in the ND state Constitution. So important a clause that they put it freakin (I changed the original word here) first! I don't need a judge to tell me what that says.

And I will never get used to tyranny - corporate or gummint.

As for corporate weasels having me sign on the dotted line, in all of the companies I have worked for I have never signed anything that says I have read and agree to every clause - no company has ever asked me to. At best, I acknowledge I have received a copy of the policies. But these days, so many corporate policies are online, that they don't even ask that anymore.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 13, 2008, 01:51:07 AM
Do you know of any?

Yes, Virginia Tech was sued as was the Mall in Omaha.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 13, 2008, 01:54:25 AM
Yes, Virginia Tech was sued as was the Mall in Omaha.

both of those were NOT sued do to them having a  no weapons policy.

The Vtech had to do with them doing nothing and the omaha mall was thrown out.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 13, 2008, 02:13:51 AM
show me one court case that says carrying a firearm , is a right.   hell show me one court case that says we can own a firearm as a person, not part of a group.

I'll help, as of this post there are not any.

Also a employer can ask you to wave any right they want too...  all it takes is you to sign on the dotted line.( or even becoming an employee in some states) 

Same thing when you join the armed forces, you wave several of your rights. 

Get use to it, thats not something that is ever going to change.


Just off the top of my head I can't think of any Constitutional Rights I surrendered when I enlisted, I'm sure you will refresh my memory   (http://www.mazeguy.net/basic/sarcastic.gif)   The only differance is you are governed by the UCMJ instead of civilian law because the MILITARY and CIVILIAN live in seperate worlds. When a civilians boss tells him be here at 7 am  it's up to him whether or not to be there, he does not have other peoples lives depending on him.
Maybe YOU need to get use to the fact that, one way or another people you dont agree with are the wave of the future.
You are in Ca. Most of the time when you post on these types of subjects you seem to have drank the liberal Kool-ade, and you get tons of opposition. You know they lie about Iraq, Illegal immagration, and taxes, maybe you should re - evaluate how they influence your opinions of these forum subjects .
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: kdcarlso on June 13, 2008, 06:09:42 AM
So TAB, tell me you believe this is ok?
I have a CCW and a constitutional RIGHT to BEAR arms. My employer says not on their property (Car included) my state says not on school property. I drive 50 miles to work, dropping the kids off at school at the 30 mile mark and park in the company parking lot. I'm on the road two hours a day. Those are the two hours I believe I most need my firearm. If my car breaks down or I get caught in a storm, stuck on the highway for whatever reason I want my firearm. This is also the time when we do most of our shopping and running araound. This is when I should have access to my firearm but am technically prevented by my employer and a stop in a school parking lot. This is WRONG! I don't need to carry at work as the building is pretty secure but my right to carry for the entire non working day should not be violated either..
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: gunman1911 on June 13, 2008, 06:24:59 AM
I work in a Tribal casino and the people allowed to carry on property are Tribal police,Federal agents and the armored truck drivers, State, County and city police are not allowed on property unless the have permission from the Tribal police. Armed also includes knives of ANY kind,and yes we do approach those that have knives and tell them to take them out to their car or we can hold the offending blade and they can have it back when they leave by escort.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Solus on June 13, 2008, 08:20:01 AM
Tab,

There are a couple of court cases that do find that the 2nd Amendment pertains to a Individual Right.

1st Case - I'm sure you have heard of the case now known as Heller vs. D.C?  A local court found that that the DC gun ban was unconstitutional because it violated the 2nd Amendments protection of an Individual Right to bear amrs....

2nd case - DC appealed the case above and an appeals court upheld the decision.



On another point, any contract that violates the law is invalid.  Indentured Servitude, for example, is illegal no mater how many times the Indentured Person signs on the dotted line.



On another point,   I actually agree with your view of the rights of property owners.  A business owner should be able to make decisions about how to run their business.  If they think not hiring Blacks or serving Blacks or folks who carry guns is a good business decision, they should be free to do so.

They can post all the signs they want about their exclusion policies and ask anyone they want to leave the premise.  However, all their postings of their preferences does not make it law. 

If someone enters the establishment the owner needs to ask them to leave and if they refuse, they are guilty of trespassing, but guilty of no crime before that (I know local laws say differently, but they are as wrong as the laws that prohibit the property owner from asking those he wishes to leave).

So, if the owner cannot tell that the customer is Black or Irish or carrying a gun or had fish for lunch or whatever his personal criteria might be for service and does not ask the customer to leave, no crime has been committed.

In this same vein, an employer should be able to say you cannot carry on their property and terminate you if they find you carrying.  However, there should be no violation of law involved. 

Now, the employer should not be able to restrict you from keeping a firearm locked in your personal vehicle, which should be considered an extension of your home.  To allow the employer to do so would then extend their restriction beyond their personal property.



Please note that I am in no way a legal expert or in the legal profession.  This is just my view of what is correct so that each partiy's Rights are protected.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 13, 2008, 04:14:37 PM
So TAB, tell me you believe this is ok?
I have a CCW and a constitutional RIGHT to BEAR arms. My employer says not on their property (Car included) my state says not on school property. I drive 50 miles to work, dropping the kids off at school at the 30 mile mark and park in the company parking lot. I'm on the road two hours a day. Those are the two hours I believe I most need my firearm. If my car breaks down or I get caught in a storm, stuck on the highway for whatever reason I want my firearm. This is also the time when we do most of our shopping and running araound. This is when I should have access to my firearm but am technically prevented by my employer and a stop in a school parking lot. This is WRONG! I don't need to carry at work as the building is pretty secure but my right to carry for the entire non working day should not be violated either..


Nothing is stoping you from droping your kid off on the street and findig another parking lot for work.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 13, 2008, 05:47:02 PM
If the police don't have to protect you( this has come up many, many times in court cases)  a private company will not have to.

It seems everything you are about is for the public to stick their butt up in the air. 

Not gonna do it.

Don't give a damn about the law if it means my family or I is a victim.

I'm responsible for my family and my wellbeing...not the police and not the law.  But then I'm not afraid to break the law and die for what's right either....no yellow here.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: MikeBjerum on June 13, 2008, 05:58:35 PM
This is a hot topic!  I've been out of it for a few days and it is seven pages already!

In Minnesota the State has their list of places you can not carry - PERIOD.  They also give businesses and organizations the right to post as not guns allowed.  However, you are not held to the no carry based on posting unless they suspect you are carrying (and can prove it) and they ask you to not carry.  At that time you become guilty of a misdemener (damn I wish I could spell) if you do not comply.  From the State approved book for the conceal carry course it says concealed means concealed.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: black jack on June 13, 2008, 07:13:25 PM
There's something  more basic than the law or even rights here. The fact that you can do something or have the right to do it does not mean you have to do it. If you know it will offend a lot of people and do anyway, especially to piss off those people, then you are not upholding your rights, you're just being rude. Manners, people, manners. A civilized society has to have rules of conduct. In a civilized society, the common citizen shouldn't have to go healed.

There's been a lot of talk about how you couldn't pass or enforce any rules that would target black people or women. That shows that this forum is peopled mostly by white males. Ah, testerone!

Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace? Or is it as the song says, "Paranoia strikes deep/Into your heart it will creep..." Are you honestly telling me that if you had your wife and kids in the car with you and somebody did something threatening that you'd get into a gun fight with them? What if a stray bullet struck little Suzie in the head? Or is the varmints that you're worried about? Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

I don't think this is about 2nd Amendment rights, which I fully support. It's just macho bullshit. I am a man and I can do whatever I want whenever I want and you can't say me nay! And woe betide if you try!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 13, 2008, 07:29:17 PM
There's something  more basic than the law or even rights here. The fact that you can do something or have the right to do it does not mean you have to do it. If you know it will offend a lot of people and do anyway, especially to piss off those people, then you are not upholding your rights, you're just being rude. Manners, people, manners. A civilized society has to have rules of conduct. In a civilized society, the common citizen shouldn't have to go healed.

There's been a lot of talk about how you couldn't pass or enforce any rules that would target black people or women. That shows that this forum is peopled mostly by white males. Ah, testerone!

Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace? Or is it as the song says, "Paranoia strikes deep/Into your heart it will creep..." Are you honestly telling me that if you had your wife and kids in the car with you and somebody did something threatening that you'd get into a gun fight with them? What if a stray bullet struck little Suzie in the head? Or is the varmints that you're worried about? Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

I don't think this is about 2nd Amendment rights, which I fully support. It's just macho bullshit. I am a man and I can do whatever I want whenever I want and you can't say me nay! And woe betide if you try!

For all intents and purposes, I am done posting on this topic. I think the law and the constitutions (plural) say it well enough. The concept of predominance does apply, even though weasel lawyers (redundant?) try to undo that concept. In short, State law trumps business rules, and State Constitution trumps state law.

As for the first part of this post, -  It is better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it.

From your post - "I don't think this is about 2nd Amendment rights, which I fully support. " - apparently not if your comments are a true indication.

This issue is not macho bullshit, it is about human rights and how people try to eliminate those rights through laws, policies and the like.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: black jack on June 13, 2008, 07:59:29 PM
From your post - "I don't think this is about 2nd Amendment rights, which I fully support. " - apparently not if your comments are a true indication.

As a gun owner, I do fully support the 2nd Amendment. I just think my interpretation of it is different than yours. That's why we have a Supreme Court, because the wording of the Constitution is open to discussion and interpretation. It's the very cornerstone of our society, and one of the best things about this forum and especially this thread. We can discuss. If you leave the discussion, you're violating your own right as an American citizen...free speech.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 13, 2008, 08:26:08 PM
As a gun owner, I do fully support the 2nd Amendment. I just think my interpretation of it is different than yours. That's why we have a Supreme Court, because the wording of the Constitution is open to discussion and interpretation. It's the very cornerstone of our society, and one of the best things about this forum and especially this thread. We can discuss. If you leave the discussion, you're violating your own right as an American citizen...free speech.


OK, uno mas.

Black Jack, go back to page 1 of this post, I think, and there I quote verbatim from the North Dakota State Constitution. That is why I used the plural. There is nothing even remotely open to discussion in that language. And, as I noted, it was written into the very first paragraph of the 1st section of the 1st article. The only thing that preceded it was the affirmation of God's role in our lives.

I have expressed my opinion, and my choice, my freedom of speech if you will, is to avoid flogging a dead horse with someone who seems to think that the "law" prevails over all, regardless of the type of "law", nature of that "law", or origin of that "law". Remember, Hitler's actions were all legal, all based in German laws, only some of which he engineered. It is the freedom of the self, of the individual that matters, not what some flawed human has codified into a policy or "law". When that "law" violates the freedoms and liberties, the law is wrong. Period.

If anyone wants it otherwise, well, that way lies tyranny. And I will not argue with tyrants, or their appeasers.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 13, 2008, 08:30:05 PM
There's something  more basic than the law or even rights here. The fact that you can do something or have the right to do it does not mean you have to do it. If you know it will offend a lot of people and do anyway, especially to piss off those people, then you are not upholding your rights, you're just being rude. Manners, people, manners. A civilized society has to have rules of conduct. In a civilized society, the common citizen shouldn't have to go healed.

There's been a lot of talk about how you couldn't pass or enforce any rules that would target black people or women. That shows that this forum is peopled mostly by white males. Ah, testerone!

Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace? Or is it as the song says, "Paranoia strikes deep/Into your heart it will creep..." Are you honestly telling me that if you had your wife and kids in the car with you and somebody did something threatening that you'd get into a gun fight with them? What if a stray bullet struck little Suzie in the head? Or is the varmints that you're worried about? Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

I don't think this is about 2nd Amendment rights, which I fully support. It's just macho bullshit. I am a man and I can do whatever I want whenever I want and you can't say me nay! And woe betide if you try!

A RIGHT NOT EXERCISED IS A RIGHT SOON LOST. The reason it is so important to fight for our CIVIL LIBERTIES now, is because wishy - washy gun owners like you and TAB have been so willing to compromise with the enemy in the past.
Federal law (No I'm not sure which one it is in fact it might be in the Constitution) says that it is ILLEGAL to obey an illegal law.
Thoreau said that when honest men are put in jail then jail is the only place for the honest man in that society. In other words, If you OBEY policies and laws that violate the Constitution you are a bad person.
By the way Black Jack, You support the Second Amendment with EXACTLY the same sincerity as Hillery Clinton, OH,  It's for the children. BS, it's for control, and the fact you bring up "little Suzie" being struck in the head by a bullet shows that you have no facts in hand only liberal crap.
If you took the trouble to know what you are talking about, you would be aware of the fact that ,Stairs, pools, Doctors, and lightning kill more children than guns.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: black jack on June 13, 2008, 08:34:03 PM
muchisimas gracias, mi amigo. usted prueba mi punto.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 13, 2008, 08:54:41 PM
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Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace? Or is it as the song says, "Paranoia strikes deep/Into your heart it will creep..." Are you honestly telling me that if you had your wife and kids in the car with you and somebody did something threatening that you'd get into a gun fight with them? What if a stray bullet struck little Suzie in the head?...

Yes.  I've had knives and guns pulled on me while I was minding my own business on the beach, in the French Quarter, on the interstate broken down and in the parking lot at work...trouble came looking for someone and it was me.  I've even had a knife pulled on me by a co-worker offshore where I was in an corporate no-weapon safety zone...thank goodness for 36" pipe wrenches.  My wife's sister was raped, murdered and found in a sugar cane field a couple of months later ...I guess in a white bread world no one is ever accosted. 

I did not grow up in areas so safe and secure that there is no crime...but in kindness I can understand how people may believe that because here in Tulsa, OK, the crime is a good 30-40 years behind New Orleans and south Louisiana.  It is more than error to frame the world on one's immediate surroundings and experiences.  It is beyond gross ignorance to believe there is no evil in the world as framed by the quoted post.  I chased off cut-throats off my elderly parent's place after Katrina..without a gunfight though I had a gun. 

So, going with your thinking since my dad was dying with cancer in a bed and my mom's crippling arthritis made them non-threats to thugs that I should have let them continue because nothing bad was going to happen..that's just a really crippling, debilitating arrogant attitude, and besides...the damned phones wouldn't work and did not work for another 4 weeks (like the electricity) so why wasn't an officer sitting in their driveway to protect them...the post promises that LEO can handle it...such arrogance to blindly believe in "civilized rules of conduct".

I did not say to do something stupid and I don't think the other guys and gals here would; like you imply the people here would do by fighting, when it was s-t-u-p-i-d.   But, yes in a heartbeat under the right conditions I would get into a gun fight when that is the only option.  It's best to avoid, it's wonderful to retreat, but it's not really the choice of the victim when a thug shows up and won't let you leave intending bodily harm upon your person..just because you want to leave do you really have the loss of thought to believe a victim can leave at will? 

It is narcissistic foolishness to think one can avoid conflict simply because someone who has lived in a cocoon thinks conflict can be avoided by one person's will and that the person will be safe because of laws and the PD.  When life or death is determined in seconds the police are only minutes away...or do they exist as fairies on the shoulders of the enlightened?

I call bullshit on the statement, "In a civilized society, the common citizen shouldn't have to go healed."  To quote "Lions and tigers an bears, oh my!" fully qualifies the childish beliefs in the post.

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: black jack on June 13, 2008, 09:29:04 PM
Thank you, Rastus. Well said. It's what I appreciate about this forum, as I said. And, I apologize for the "macho bullshit" line. It was uncalled for. I know, I know, The Duke said, "Never apologize, son. It's a sign of weakness."
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 13, 2008, 09:39:10 PM
muchisimas gracias, mi amigo. usted prueba mi punto.

To quote from a differant thread, "This is America, speak English."  Don't let him get you riled Rastus, his whole post screams liberal .
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 13, 2008, 09:40:48 PM
Thank you, Rastus. Well said. It's what I appreciate about this forum, as I said. And, I apologize for the "macho bullshit" line. It was uncalled for. I know, I know, The Duke said, "Never apologize, son. It's a sign of weakness."


actually no it was not uncalled for... there are lots of people that carry for the wrong reasons... one of them is acting "tough"

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 13, 2008, 09:42:15 PM
Thank you, Rastus. Well said. It's what I appreciate about this forum, as I said. And, I apologize for the "macho bullshit" line. It was uncalled for. I know, I know, The Duke said, "Never apologize, son. It's a sign of weakness."

At the threat of being ostracized, I would be hesitant to take that kind of advice from The Duke.  In the movies that character eternally sprang forth from past disfunctional and broken relationships.  Not a good role model to look towards for advice.  
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 13, 2008, 09:44:19 PM

actually no it was not uncalled for... there are lots of people that carry for the wrong reasons... one of them is acting "tough"


Another one is commiting felonies.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 13, 2008, 09:48:57 PM

Another one is commiting felonies.

B-I-N-G-O
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 13, 2008, 09:50:47 PM

Another one is commiting felonies.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
-William Pitt, British prime-minister (1759-1806)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 13, 2008, 10:18:22 PM
Harm done by criminals, murderers and theives is smallcompared to the agony inflicted on human beings by "do gooders" and activist bureaucrats who set themselvesup as godsand ruthlessly force their views on all others - assured the end justifies "their" means.  (Henry Grady Weaver )
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: twyacht on June 14, 2008, 11:59:34 AM
I don't carry a gun to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.
I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in this world.
I don't carry a gun because I am evil. I carry a gun because I've lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.
I don't carry a gun because I'm angry. I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.
I don't carry a gun because my sex organs are too small. I carry a gun because I want to continue to use those sex organs for the purpose they were intended for a good long time to come.
I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.
I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because a real man knows how to take care and protect their property, themselves and the ones they love.
I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because unarmed and facing armed thugs I am inadequate.
I don't carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.
I don't carry a gun to shoot to kill someone. I carry a gun and would shoot as necessary to stay alive. If the assailant dies as a result of a desire to harm me, it's no loss to society.
Anonymous

I think this about sums up my position there Blackjack. And I will state, many members of this forum (as you are a guest), agree with these positions. 

Previous quote:
Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace?

Another member on this forum also summed this silly question : When life or death comes down to seconds, the Police are MINUTES AWAY.  The Kool-Aid is choking me. :P

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 14, 2008, 03:55:19 PM
If you know it will offend a lot of people and do anyway, especially to piss off those people, then you are not upholding your rights, you're just being rude.

That is a ridiculous argument. I'm sorry, but no one in their right mind would compromise the safety of their loved ones just so someone's feelings don't get hurt.



Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace? Or is it as the song says, "Paranoia strikes deep/Into your heart it will creep..."


"...an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
--Thomas Jefferson (and that goes for women, too!)

"A man that hath a sword by his side shall have least occasion to make use of it."
-- J. Trenchard & W. Moyle

"It's quicker to pull your Smith & Wesson than to dial 911."
--Lt. Lowell Duckett, special asst. to DC Police Chief; President of the Black Police Caucus, Washington Post March 22, 1996.



As a gun owner, I do fully support the 2nd Amendment. I just think my interpretation of it is different than yours. That's why we have a Supreme Court, because the wording of the Constitution is open to discussion and interpretation. It's the very cornerstone of our society, and one of the best things about this forum and especially this thread. We can discuss. If you leave the discussion, you're violating your own right as an American citizen...free speech.




Wrong! the constitution is NOT a "living Breathing document" that is open to interpretation!



"The said constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
-- Samuel Adams

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the people's liberty's teeth."
--George Washington

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms."
--James Madison

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."
--Thomas Paine

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference; they deserve a place with all that's good. When firearms go, all goes; we need them every hour."
--George Washington

"Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power. "
-- Yoshimi Ishikawa

"The Constitution of the United States of America clearly affirms the right of every American citizen to bear arms."
-- Malcolm X, in Malcolm X at 337, J. Clarke ed. (New York, N.Y., 1969)

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. "
- - Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1952)




Something else to ponder:

"Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal."
-- Janet Reno

"Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed."
-- Sara Brady, Chairman, Handgun Control International
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: kmitch200 on June 14, 2008, 05:02:21 PM
Are you honestly telling me that if you had your wife and kids in the car with you and somebody did something threatening that you'd get into a gun fight with them? What if a stray bullet struck little Suzie in the head?

I smell a steaming pile of troll.
That bullet you're so afraid of may hit little Suzie in the head whether you fight or just sit there and piss yourself wishing there was someone that would protect you and yours.

If deadly force is the ONLY out, in a very short time frame the creep in question is going to weigh a couple of ounces more than when they started their ill thought out plan.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 14, 2008, 05:15:45 PM
There's something  more basic than the law or even rights here. The fact that you can do something or have the right to do it does not mean you have to do it. If you know it will offend a lot of people and do anyway, especially to piss off those people, then you are not upholding your rights, you're just being rude. Manners, people, manners. A civilized society has to have rules of conduct. In a civilized society, the common citizen shouldn't have to go healed.

There's been a lot of talk about how you couldn't pass or enforce any rules that would target black people or women. That shows that this forum is peopled mostly by white males. Ah, testerone!

Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace? Or is it as the song says, "Paranoia strikes deep/Into your heart it will creep..." Are you honestly telling me that if you had your wife and kids in the car with you and somebody did something threatening that you'd get into a gun fight with them? What if a stray bullet struck little Suzie in the head? Or is the varmints that you're worried about? Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

I don't think this is about 2nd Amendment rights, which I fully support. It's just macho bullshit. I am a man and I can do whatever I want whenever I want and you can't say me nay! And woe betide if you try!

Typical Socialist comment, smell the bullsh!t ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: MikeBjerum on June 14, 2008, 05:24:15 PM
I took the course and passed the test that would allow me to get my permit to carry because I got sick and tired of finding myself in places where I was pretty sure I was the only one that was not armed.  I don't go out looking for trouble, but I do find myself in the "wrong part of town" for business purposes from time to time.  Top that off with being a "naive country boy" I will occasionally do dumb things like go for a walk when staying in a big city. 

Case in point - A couple months ago I was in a large city for meetings.  It was midnight, and I had been laying in bed for two sleepless hours.  I know from experience that the best cure is a walk in the fresh night air.  I got dressed and headed out.  I stuck to the main streets, but before I knew it I was in a ruff area.  I had strapped on the .40 when I got dressed, and I did the slight arm rub to feel it under my shirt.  Did having this gun make me brave or hang around where I should not have been ... NO  WAY!!!  However, it did give me the peace of mind that I could stay aware of my surroundings and those within my "zone" without panic until I worked my way back to a safer area and eventually back to the safety of my room.

Rambo has gotten a lot of misguided abuse by virtually everyone.  However, if you watch the beginning of the first Rambo movie you will see what I think is the proper way to act when carrying or just taking care of yourself.  Rambo did not go out looking for trouble, but he did not allow himself to be abused either.  When I go out, armed or not, I will not be the meek lamb cowering in the back of the group.  I will be the piece of grissle that you don't want to bite into.  I stay aware of my setting and those around me.  If I spot trouble, I maintain awareness of them, and if need be I do not break eye contact except to scan for more threat.  I don't go out looking for a fight or to escalate a situation into a fight.  However, if you are bent on creating a situation I will be there at some level to protect myself and those with me.  A word of caution - as a former Boy Scout I take the Motto "Be Prepared" to the extreme, and I am PREPARED!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: twyacht on June 14, 2008, 06:16:05 PM
After the timeless quotes from not only this countries Founding Fathers, (Father's Day applies to them as well), Thank God.

I am thankful that the honest members of this forum simply don't want their few "not for debate"  rights granted by the Consitution

f***** with.  Period. The courts can interpret all they want, thankfully and hopefully DC vs. Heller realizes that you can't pick and choose how citizens rights are applied when it comes to Amendments. Are there bad Amendments? Yes. the income tax one kinda sucks.

Are we a perfect society? Hell No! But the rights of the people shall not be infringed, there is no gray area in that!

Don't even get me started on the timeless quotes from Gen. MacArthur, or Jeff Cooper. Responsible gun owners AREN'T the problem. All the laws and regulations ONLY effect the law abiding ones. The criminals don't give a f***, what the gov't does anyway.

Sorry for the rant and attitude. I enjoy civil debate and rational discussion of differing views.  I just am not understanding of the mindset that would "well, ya' know" MODIFY a Constitutional Right. 

"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."
General MacArthur

Have a Great Father's Day!

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 14, 2008, 06:54:40 PM
I smell a steaming pile of troll.

Fragged!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 14, 2008, 08:26:40 PM
Fragged!
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Yes we all have our quirks and beliefs on how issues should be approached.  We even get on each others nerves from time to time...maybe.  ;)

Regardless, it's a good thing that we all pull the wagons together when we recognize a threat.

Ken
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 14, 2008, 09:12:53 PM
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Yes we all have our quirks and beliefs on how issues should be approached.  We even get on each others nerves from time to time...maybe.  ;)

Regardless, it's a good thing that we all pull the wagons together when we recognize a threat.

Ken


I think it is called fire superiority.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: brosometal on June 14, 2008, 10:28:34 PM
I have not been near my computer for a few days for personal reasons, but I fired up the 'ole 0's and 1"s tonight and this was the second thread I read.  Wow! I guess this is a "big tent".  The dead horse has been beaten along with some silly ideas that were answered politely, incitefully, and illustrative of  the collective thought of this forum.

First:  I would like to thank those who dispelled some of the foolhardy ideas that were put forth with civility and those damned fact type things that the left just doesn't "feel" right about (how's that for a line).  I joined this forum for exactly that reason.  Leftist are welcome but you better strap your helmet on tight. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.

Second:  I believe the fundamental difference between the left and the right (they call it right for a reason) is feeling and thought.  I could care less about how you feel (feelings change like the wind).  I want to know how you think.  You are free to think differently than I (check out the whole Bob Barr for Pres. thread), and we may agree to disagree, but I am not worried about feelings.  This goes to the whole "phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off" theme.  Black Jack, I believe, was a guest dissenter.  There were several attempts to hurt feelings or emote a reaction in his post, but he was hung with his own words "That's why we have a Supreme Court, because the wording of the Constitution is open to discussion and interpretation".  To put it a different way, the rules are open to discussion and interpretation.  Yeah, good one.  Depends what your definition of 'touchdown' is.

TAB and Black Jack, thanks for posting.  Keep the discussion open, and please keep the leftist leanings out in CA. ;D

Feel free to hurt my feelings.  It will give me something to think about.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 14, 2008, 10:40:24 PM


TAB and Black Jack, thanks for posting.  Keep the discussion open, and please keep the leftist leanings out in CA. ;D

Feel free to hurt my feelings.  It will give me something to think about.


I am not a liberal.   I am a conservative moderate.   Infact compared to many of the posters in this thread I am much further rigth then they are on this issuse.   
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 15, 2008, 01:06:56 AM

I am not a liberal.   I am a conservative moderate.   Infact compared to many of the posters in this thread I am much further rigth then they are on this issuse.  

                   (http://www.mazeguy.net/silly/butthead.gif)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 15, 2008, 10:21:34 PM

I am not a liberal.   I am a conservative moderate.   Infact compared to many of the posters in this thread I am much further rigth then they are on this issuse.   

Well, that just threw me to the right of Genghis Kahn.   :P

Now I'm gonna have to hang a couple of those swords I got off late night TV...  8)

TAB...it's good you like guns.  What is it you like to shoot the most?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 16, 2008, 12:35:26 AM
its a toss up between

my merkel 2016

my parker D grade 16



honarble mention...

One of my 1911s
nylon 66
one of my 1100s.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 16, 2008, 08:35:37 PM
I don't carry a gun to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.
I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in this world.
I don't carry a gun because I am evil. I carry a gun because I've lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.
I don't carry a gun because I'm angry. I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.
I don't carry a gun because my sex organs are too small. I carry a gun because I want to continue to use those sex organs for the purpose they were intended for a good long time to come.
I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.
I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because a real man knows how to take care and protect their property, themselves and the ones they love.
I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because unarmed and facing armed thugs I am inadequate.
I don't carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.
I don't carry a gun to shoot to kill someone. I carry a gun and would shoot as necessary to stay alive. If the assailant dies as a result of a desire to harm me, it's no loss to society.
Anonymous

I think this about sums up my position there Blackjack. And I will state, many members of this forum (as you are a guest), agree with these positions. 

Previous quote:
Several have mentioned that they CCW for protection. I'd like to ask, protection from what? Do you live in such a high crime area that the LEO's can't maintain the peace?

Another member on this forum also summed this silly question : When life or death comes down to seconds, the Police are MINUTES AWAY.  The Kool-Aid is choking me. :P

So well put, I cut and pasted it into a Word document and printed it in big letters - for the wall and for those in my family who think that my guns are foolishness and I have too many.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 16, 2008, 09:02:57 PM
its a toss up between
my merkel 2016
my parker D grade 16

honarble mention...

One of my 1911s
nylon 66
one of my 1100s.

Merkel and Parker....too rich for my blood.  I always wanted one of those Nylon 66's...in Apache Black.  Couldn't afford one as a kid...after I grew up....a long time after I grew up...when I finally remembered wanting one they had become popular again.  I'll get one one day....I'm just going to have to be able to hold it and see it before I buy it.  I don't want to spend top $ on one that is junked out.  1100's are cool, got one in 20 gauge...have you gotten to see one of the new 105 CTI's...I've been looking but have yet to see one.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 16, 2008, 09:06:31 PM
Rastus,

I have a Nylon 66.  Mohwak brown, picked it up for 180 out the door about a year ago.  FUN shooter!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 16, 2008, 09:13:37 PM
Rastus,

I have a Nylon 66.  Mohwak brown, picked it up for 180 out the door about a year ago.  FUN shooter!

Do the Nylon 66's run Stingers?  Just wondering about spring problem, etc?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 16, 2008, 09:18:58 PM
Well I've run Federal and CCI and Remington though it with no problems.

Remember if you get one do not use oil on it (nylon parts) a dry lube like graphite works best (Remington makes a dri lube product).
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 16, 2008, 11:00:23 PM
My nylon 66 has atleast 100k rounds thru it, I've only had to clean it a few times.  It eats every thing other then sub sonic and CB caps.

The merkel I traded, work for the gun.  The parker was $1500 8 years ago,  back in the days when I was working for some one else making 3x what I do now...  Anyone that says running a company will make you rich... has never done it.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 17, 2008, 06:24:23 AM
One thing is for sure, running a company is a lot of hard work. 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: pioneer on June 17, 2008, 04:27:13 PM
This line really ticks me off.   Not only is is breaking the law, but its also violating another persons rights( as a prop owner).  Lots of us gun owners are all about "our" rights, maybe we need to pull our head from are butts and realize that other people have rights too.  i won't even get into the whole breaking the law aspect.

What really ticks me off, is someone who thinks that just because we don't think the way he does, our heads must be up our butts.  Which is the greater evil, someone who has been vetted by the FBI, state and local police exercising their constitutional rights, or some doped up career felon there to commit yet another felony?   
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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 06:36:01 PM
What really ticks me off, is someone who thinks that just because we don't think the way he does, our heads must be up our butts.  Which is the greater evil, someone who has been vetted by the FBI, state and local police exercising their constitutional rights, or some doped up career felon there to commit yet another felony?   
(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb294/pioneer461/Gun%20free%20zone/selfdefensefree.gif)

Did I ever say that to anyone in this thread?  I know others did.

the greater evil is some one knowingly and willingly breaking law in the name of selfishness.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 17, 2008, 07:37:47 PM
Did I ever say that to anyone in this thread?  I know others did.

the greater evil is some one knowingly and willingly breaking law in the name of selfishness.

Noooooooooooo.... The greater evil is perpetrated by those criminals that are going into schools, malls, colleges, churches, you name it and shooting up people by the dozen, and by those legislators that have allowed it to happen.

Two perfect examples: 1. Virginia Tech (Gun free zone where the guy was literally shooting fish in a barrel)    2. That church in Colorado (Gun man stop dead in his tracks by an armed member of the church who saved countless lives by engaging the guy as soon as he pulled out his gun and started firing).
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 07:42:51 PM
What about all the people that have lost everything after thier company went belly up do to increases in Insurance?    What about the people that lost everything becuase thier insurace did not cover them, becuase an employee violated company policy?

Its very simple, you have a choice, don't go there, don't bring your gun there, or break the law.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 17, 2008, 07:46:10 PM
What about all the people that have lost everything after thier company went belly up do to increases in Insurance?    What about the people that lost everything becuase thier insurace did not cover them, becuase an employee violated company policy?

Its very simple, you have a choice, don't go there, don't bring your gun there, or break the law.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand exactly what insurance rates have to do with this?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 07:59:51 PM
I'm sorry, but I don't understand exactly what insurance rates have to do with this?

When you run a biz, every thing will become comply clear.

I took in almost 1.5 mil last year out of that about 25% went to materials, about 25% went to employee wages, 10% went to workmens comp INS, about 10% went to bonding and liabilty, another 10% went to truck exps and about 10% in new tools.   so at the end of the year, what did I end up making?  74k  mmm lets see so that means I made... about 17/ hour.  A small increase in in one area means I have no choice but to raise prices or cut costs.  Now since times are tough I can't really raise prices. so... I have to cut costs... the only cost I have that I can control is wages.  This year alone I've let 4 people go,  next pay cycle I'm letting 3 more go.

So which would you choose a insurance company that does not allow weapons, or one that does but costs 25% more?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 17, 2008, 08:36:37 PM
What about all the people that have lost everything after thier company went belly up do to increases in Insurance?    What about the people that lost everything becuase thier insurace did not cover them, becuase an employee violated company policy?

Its very simple, you have a choice, don't go there, don't bring your gun there, or break the law.

It ain't the law, son, it is just a company policy. Your location may vary, but that is just the way it is up here.


When you run a biz, every thing will become comply clear.

I took in almost 1.5 mil last year out of that about 25% went to materials, about 25% went to employee wages, 10% went to workmens comp INS, about 10% went to bonding and liabilty, another 10% went to truck exps and about 10% in new tools.   so at the end of the year, what did I end up making?  74k  mmm lets see so that means I made... about 17/ hour.  A small increase in in one area means I have no choice but to raise prices or cut costs.  Now since times are tough I can't really raise prices. so... I have to cut costs... the only cost I have that I can control is wages.  This year alone I've let 4 people go,  next pay cycle I'm letting 3 more go.

So which would you choose a insurance company that does not allow weapons, or one that does but costs 25% more?

Company policies are set so if someone brings a gun to work and Postals his boss or co-workers, the company can weasel out of a lawsuit by saying - "Look, we have a policy that clearly states he could not bring the guns into the workplace. Ain't our fault!"

And of course, many times it is their fault, with repressive bosses, medieval policies, favoritism - legally enforced as well as personal, and so on. I have owned companies and I have been intimately involved with HR at a Sr. Management level, so forgive me, but I think I know some of the games that are played and why.

Thanks for opening up a bit and sharing with us some particulars of your situation, it helps us understand where you are coming from with your company policies uber alles. Ain't true, of course, legal precedent clearly states otherwise. I mis-referenced it by calling it pre-dominance, in fact it is the principle of pre-eminence. But at least now we can understand where you're coming from a little better.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 08:52:13 PM
Actually having a no gun policy would not get you off the hook, the diffrence is if your insurance company made it mandatory, you would be covered by your INS.  Fine print and all.  In many place of the country, taking your weapon into a place that has posted signs, is illegal, as it should be.   The old ask them to leave crap is BS.   It needs to be at the very least an infraction, but I would prefer it to be alot more.  other wise its  its not even a slap on the wrist.



I should also point out that I DO NOT have a no weapons policy, if its legal to do so and the property owner agrees to it( check box on the contract and int), but If I see you doing some thing with it, you shouldn't be... I will cut the check right then and there.  That goes for many other things as well... you may also be shocked I have a strick dress code, we are a smoke free work place, I drug test, you also have to pass life scan ( CAs work with childern background test) and have a TB test.   Of corse you don't have to fallow my rules, but you don't have to work for me either...
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 17, 2008, 09:39:24 PM
I have been really quiet on this subject...(I know I know.. hard to believe  ;)) but I've been reading all the posts.
I can't eloquently debate this, as a lot of you have done, with any amount of information that you all haven't covered.

But what I think is.............
Concealed Carry is just that...!  Conceal your firearm and carry it as you have a license to do.
 Quietly and with no advertisement. And I have to add .....Sign or No Sign.
I don't advertise to anyone if I'm carrying a firearm or if I'm not.
That is the reason it has the word "conceal" in the title of the certificate.

Conceal..........To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide

Sorry... but breaking some liberals business rule is not my first concern.
What IS my first concern is that, 'one in a million' chance of a total life threatening situation arising from someone who is at a place to solely take innocent lives.

I'm not going to ever put myself in a situation to be a sitting duck on a carnival shelf for anyone...anywhere..at any time, if I can help it...just because someone in a corporate office is stupid enough to believe that because they have a sign on their door, that everyone in their establishment is "safe" from anything happening.

If the shit hits the fan and I'm forced to show that I have self protection..I can cough up the money to pay a fine.
 I CAN'T bring myself back from the dead.

(Just my own personal opinion and decision)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 17, 2008, 09:45:50 PM
Well put, Darlin'.

And especially if that idiot sign happens to be against the law any ways.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 10:14:40 PM
I have been really quiet on this subject...(I know I know.. hard to believe  ;)) but I've been reading all the posts.
I can't eloquently debate this, as a lot of you have done, with any amount of information that you all haven't covered.

But what I think is.............
Concealed Carry is just that...!  Conceal your firearm and carry it as you have a license to do.
 Quietly and with no advertisement. And I have to add .....Sign or No Sign.
I don't advertise to anyone if I'm carrying a firearm or if I'm not.
That is the reason it has the word "conceal" in the title of the certificate.

Conceal..........To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide

Sorry... but breaking some liberals business rule is not my first concern.
What IS my first concern is that, 'one in a million' chance of a total life threatening situation arising from someone who is at a place to solely take innocent lives.

I'm not going to ever put myself in a situation to be a sitting duck on a carnival shelf for anyone...anywhere..at any time, if I can help it...just because someone in a corporate office is stupid enough to believe that because they have a sign on their door, that everyone in their establishment is "safe" from anything happening.

If the shit hits the fan and I'm forced to show that I have self protection..I can cough up the money to pay a fine.
 I CAN'T bring myself back from the dead.

(Just my own personal opinion and decision)

So its ok for some one to bring anything on to anyones property as long as no one knows its there?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 17, 2008, 10:33:59 PM
Ever hear of civil disobedience to an unjust law?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: JohnJacobH on June 17, 2008, 10:44:47 PM
So its ok for some one to bring anything on to anyones property as long as no one knows its there?

That is what the goblins do. 

One thing insurance companies and others do not tell you is your liability does not end because of 
insurance company rules.  If you  force someone to disarm on your property and do not take reasonably prudent measures to protect
them they then have the right to hold you responsible for any harm they incur while under your protection.

You are literally damned if you do (obey the rules) and damned if you do not (obey the rules).

Have you hired the necessary number of (armed) security guards and installed various (expensive) security devices to ensure the safety of all the people on your property?

Liability lawyers love this kind of stuff.

Best regards,
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 10:52:42 PM
That is what the goblins do. 

One thing insurance companies and others do not tell you is your liability does not end because of 
insurance company rules.  If you  force someone to disarm on your property and do not take reasonably prudent measures to protect
them they then have the right to hold you responsible for any harm they incur while under your protection.

You are literally damned if you do (obey the rules) and damned if you do not (obey the rules).

Have you hired the necessary number of (armed) security guards and installed various (expensive) security devices to ensure the safety of all the people on your property?

Liability lawyers love this kind of stuff.

Best regards,

Todate no one has ever been sued for having a no weapons policy( and had it actually go to trail)... now places like Vtech have been sued, but it was do what they did after the shooting started, not a no weapons policy,

Yes I have heard of civil disobedience, I don't beleave that killing people is wrong, the laws of murder are unjust...   does that still make me a murderer?  Rather you beleave a law is unjust is a moral issue not a legal one.   So it would be ok to call yourself a moral person, but it would not be ok to call yourself a law abiding one.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: JohnJacobH on June 17, 2008, 10:57:32 PM
Todate no one has ever been sued for having a no weapons policy( and had it actually go to trail)...

To date is a good way to look at it.  Before there were no officially sanctioned concealed carry laws.

Now if someone has gone to the trouble of jumping every flaming hoop to get a concealed carry license and you forcibly disarm him/her with a sign you have assumed liability for their safety.

Wait for it. It is coming.

Best regards,
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 17, 2008, 11:03:09 PM
Call me some one with the courage of his convictions.  In WA the state occupies the whole field (here in FL, too) so I really don't give a darn what you post on property that is open to and inviting in the public.

I assume with your stance that you never knowingly break the law.  So I also further infer that your child/ wife etc would bleed to death while you drove at 35 mph to the hospital.  Correct?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 11:04:48 PM
To date is a good way to look at it.  Before there were no officially sanctioned concealed carry laws.

Now if someone has gone to the trouble of jumping every flaming hoop to get a concealed carry license and you forcibly disarm him/her with a sign you have assumed liability for their safety.

Wait for it. It is coming.

Best regards,

the police don't have to defend you, and they disarm people all the time.  So if your envoled in a shooting, with a gang member, and the police take your weapon( which is SOP)  they donot  have to defend you against the gang bangers buddys... why should some one else?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 17, 2008, 11:08:06 PM
Call me some one with the courage of his convictions.  In WA the state occupies the whole field (here in FL, too) so I really don't give a darn what you post on property that is open to and inviting in the public.

I assume with your stance that you never knowingly break the law.  So I also further infer that your child/ wife etc would bleed to death while you drove at 35 mph to the hospital.  Correct?

I try very hard to obey the law, do I break it every once in awhile, yes.  Do I do it intentionaly, some times.  Do I violate other peoples rights in the process, no.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: brosometal on June 18, 2008, 01:38:09 AM
TAB, I think I better understand the situation after reading a few of the posts today.  Concealed carry aside, being a small business owner in America today is getting harder and harder, and from what I understand, CA laws aren't helping  a bunch either.  It must be hard to lay people off for no other reason than bureaucracy (remember, in a bureaucracy you are promoted to your level of incompetence). 

The speeding illustration is a good one in this instance.  In FL you cannot carry in a bar.  I have worked the door at several drinking establishments here where I live.  The bars deal in a lot of cash.  I was not going to place my self in a position of no recourse.  I did not carry on my person, but there was a weapon available while closing if needed.  I technically broke the law (shhhh I have enough problems).  I did not advertise the fact (i.e. no one I worked with knew) and it was never an issue.  No one was hurt when I broke the law.  Same with the speeding: 75 in a 65 is an excuse to generate revenue.  Again no one was hurt when I broke the law. 

I can definitely see the gray area as a business owner, essentially a catch 22.

There is always the option of moving out of the state.  Come on over to FL. We have 2 coasts and we can own .50 cals and mags with more than 10 rounds.  Its almost paradise if you can stand the heat, humidity and old New Englander retirees.

Marshal'ette,

You clearly have too much testosterone coursing through your veins.  You bitter clinger.:)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 01:56:04 AM
When you run a biz, every thing will become comply clear.

I took in almost 1.5 mil last year out of that about 25% went to materials, about 25% went to employee wages, 10% went to workmens comp INS, about 10% went to bonding and liabilty, another 10% went to truck exps and about 10% in new tools.   so at the end of the year, what did I end up making?  74k  mmm lets see so that means I made... about 17/ hour.  A small increase in in one area means I have no choice but to raise prices or cut costs.  Now since times are tough I can't really raise prices. so... I have to cut costs... the only cost I have that I can control is wages.  This year alone I've let 4 people go,  next pay cycle I'm letting 3 more go.

So which would you choose a insurance company that does not allow weapons, or one that does but costs 25% more?

If you have on site security, ie, armed employees, approved by State and Federal Govt, your insurance would be lowwer. The fact seems to be, based on YOUR comments, Because you can't swim you think you have the "Right" of pissing in everyones pool. You are so messed up you even think it's wrong that LEO's can carry nation wide.
Last weeks Gun Talk Tom Gresham  (in hour 1 ) had some pointed comments about people like you , He said they were "foolishly short sighted"
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 02:55:05 AM
If you have on site security, ie, armed employees, approved by State and Federal Govt, your insurance would be lowwer. The fact seems to be, based on YOUR comments, Because you can't swim you think you have the "Right" of pissing in everyones pool. You are so messed up you even think it's wrong that LEO's can carry nation wide.
Last weeks Gun Talk Tom Gresham  (in hour 1 ) had some pointed comments about people like you , He said they were "foolishly short sighted"

you really don't know me at all.   Your posts have done nothing but prove how closed minded the gun community really is.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 03:03:36 AM
you really don't know me at all.   Your posts have done nothing but prove how closed minded the gun community really is.

You've got to be kidding.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 04:12:01 AM
Show me one post where I said I was against Concealed carry.   
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 05:18:39 AM
Show me one post where I said I was against Concealed carry.  

How about the whole string of posts where you said it was wrong for LEO's to be able to CC nation wide, or did you "Forget" that.

So its ok for some one to bring anything on to anyones property as long as no one knows its there?
If you ain't paying my wages, I don't care what your "Company policy" is. I'm going to do what the law says I can, CARRY CONCEALED, and if you don't like it there are 2 things you can do, one of which is asking me to leave.

"To date, no one has ever been sued for having a "no weapons policy (and actually had it go to trial )" Weyerhouser for their parking lot ban. When you don't know what you are talking about shutting up is a reasonable option.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 05:28:28 AM

I am not a liberal.   I am a conservative moderate.   Infact compared to many of the posters in this thread I am much further rigth then they are on this issuse.  

Like Hillery and B-Ho support the second amendment.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 05:32:14 AM
You need to go reread those posts... they were infact directed towards One LEO in general, that was a LEO in name only, strickly for so he could carry nationwide.


Last time I checked conserving the rights of every one is about in conservative as it gets.    But since all you ever think about is ME, ME, ME... its hard for you to see that.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: kdcarlso on June 18, 2008, 05:49:11 AM
Just got back from a trip. Boy this thread exploded...

Nothing is stoping you from droping your kid off on the street and findig another parking lot for work.

Your correct about the teenager but the three year old may not make it to where she belongs.  ::)
As for the the work parking, lot there aren't any within at least a mile. Ultimately I don't care about the work parking lot anyway (it's a policy). It's my car and I'll keep whatever I want in there...


I try very hard to obey the law, do I break it every once in awhile, yes.  Do I do it intentionaly, some times.  Do I violate other peoples rights in the process, no.

You keep mentioning that this is about other peoples "rights". Is this like Roosevelts freedom from fear? Is there some hoplophobia going on here. Do you just have a fear of others carrying? I am totaly in dark as to how my carrying a concelled handgun violates anyone elses rights. I'm not religious but if I carried a pocket bible would that vioates someones rights as well? Please don't take these as insults I'm just trying to understand your point of view..
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 05:53:30 AM
You need to go reread those posts... they were infact directed towards One LEO in general, that was a LEO in name only, strickly for so he could carry nationwide.


Last time I checked conserving the rights of every one is about in conservative as it gets.    But since all you ever think about is ME, ME, ME... its hard for you to see that.

What I don't like is some one using a loop hole in the law, to get what they want.    I do like, him becuase he says what he thinks, I just don't like what he does when it comes to CCWs.

As far as the post about CCWs being good anywhere, I disagree with that aswell.   Not only from a USCONs of states rights, but from a pratical side... tell me, do you know every single state law when it comes to where and when its illegal to carry?

Thats an issue you need to take up with your state, not use a federal law to bipass a state one.

While my state allows CCWs, my sherriff will not issuse them unless your a LEO, retired LEO, work for the DOJ or gave larage ammounst of cash to thier relection fund.( in fact recently he was nailed giving out permits to people that were prohibated from even owning guns, but had given thousands to him)

It also needs to be said, that if you beleave the only thing that will protect you and your family is a gun, chances are it won't.

AND MY PERSONAL  FAVORITE

Simple. I beleave LEO should not be a class, its an ouccpation...They should have to go thru the same process as every one else.  In other words, if the average person can not get one, a leo should not get one.
Also for the same reason why I don't think CCWs should be good in every state... the laws change from state to state, not only on where and when, but who.

there is a big diffrence between a infraction( ticket) and a felony.   

   Do you really think all of the LEO groups that are behind  gun control would still be behind them if they applied to them?     

trust me the same LEO groups that wanted CC for off duty officers nation wide will be against it for every one else.

There are alot of other professions that are at risk or more so then a LEO when it comes to people coming after them.   what about them?


THE ABOVE WERE CUT AND PASTED DIRECTLY FROM THE TREAD TAB SAYS I SHOULD RE READ
I don't think I'm the one who needs to re read those posts, you show much about yourself with your own words  ;D



Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 05:56:47 AM
Just got back from a trip. Boy this thread exploded...

Your correct about the teenager but the three year old may not make it to where she belongs.  ::)
As for the the work parking, lot there aren't any within at least a mile. Ultimately I don't care about the work parking lot anyway (it's a policy). It's my car and I'll keep whatever I want in there...


You keep mentioning that this is about other peoples "rights". Is this like Roosevelts freedom from fear? Is there some hoplophobia going on here. Do you just have a fear of others carrying? I am totaly in dark as to how my carrying a concelled handgun violates anyone elses rights. I'm not religious but if I carried a pocket bible would that vioates someones rights as well? Please don't take these as insults I'm just trying to understand your point of view..

Do you have the right to restirct who and what comes on to your property... that is the right I speak of... if you beleave its ok for you to bring a gun against some ones wish on to thier property... when do you want me to set up a KKK rally on your front lawn?  ( I am not a member of the kkk, just using them as an example)   you can't thump the 2a with out thumping the rest of the USCONS  in this case the 1a for its free speach.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 05:59:51 AM
snip

TAB, YOU ARE FULL OF YOURSELF, and you are full of crap.





prove me wrong...

All you have done is say ME, ME, ME... insult people and post butt head smiles.  Yet I'm the one that is full of crap? 

Take a look in the mirror.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 06:01:29 AM
prove me wrong...

All you have done is say ME, ME, ME... insult people and post butt head smiles.  Yet I'm the one that is full of crap? 

Take a look in the mirror.
Read the post I re posted , yes you are full of crap.
PS consider yourself proven wrong.
And the things I've said I don't apply to ME but GUN OWNERS in general Just think, EVERY ONE who carries concealed legally can say if you don't like don't take my money
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 06:03:50 AM
 Really I'm full of crap becuase I beleave that the entire USCONs is important, not just 1 of the many amendments? 

I love that logic.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 06:06:15 AM
Really I'm full of crap becuase I beleave that the entire USCONs is important, not just 1 of the many amendments? 

I love that logic.

Without that one the rest are toilet paper. take a couple days and work that out. By the way, I hope you apreciate the extra work i went to high lighting the areas where you DO bad mouth nationwide CC for ALL LEO's
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 18, 2008, 06:08:11 AM
TAB,

My point is when a mall (private property open to the public) posts 'no CCW' it is restricting my rights and when they open their property to the public (invite them in) they are no longer private and lose their right to restriction (no blacks?, no Jews?).
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 06:09:59 AM
Without that one the rest are toilet paper. take a couple days and work that out.

Really?   thats intresting, with out the 1st you could not even have said that, but surely the 2a is the most powerful one... thats why its number 2?  
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 06:13:01 AM
Haz there is a diffrence when it comes to firearms... they are not a protected class( they are in a handful of states, not  nationwide) race, relgion and skin color are protected classes.  I feel sorry for your property owners as they have lost thier rights in that respect.



Oh by the way I just got a copy of the new ADA regs that will be in a "comment" period starting today for the next 60 days.... I strongly recomend everyone leave comments on then... 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 06:14:49 AM
Do you have the right to restirct who and what comes on to your property... that is the right I speak of... if you beleave its ok for you to bring a gun against some ones wish on to thier property... when do you want me to set up a KKK rally on your front lawn?  ( I am not a member of the kkk, just using them as an example)   you can't thump the 2a with out thumping the rest of the USCONS  in this case the 1a for its free speach.

No body has STOPPED you from rambling on, simply pointed out that considering no one agrees with you, you might want to rethink it, but since you leap to the typical mindless socialist reactions of Racism (KKK reference) and the ever popular cry of FIRST AMENDMENT, I guess you just LIKE making yourself look like a fool.
Shall I go through some of the other threads this weekend and help you with that ?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 06:16:32 AM
Really?   thats intresting, with out the 1st you could not even have said that, but surely the 2a is the most powerful one... thats why its number 2?  

Political power comes from the Barrel of a gun, remember that from your indoctrination ? Besides, since I have a gun , who's going to stop me saying, writing worshiping etc. whatever I want Conversly if you DON"T have a gun how will you stop the censors, inquisitors etc.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 06:18:11 AM
Political power comes from the Barrel of a gun, remember that from your indoctrination ?

What ever happend to those god given rights you thump?     Oh I get it... god only gives them to people that are willing to use violance to get them..


Honestly, do you think insulting me and name calling is helping your argument?    Its making you look like a fool.  ( your words)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 06:23:00 AM
What ever happend to those god given rights you thump?     Oh I get it... god only gives them to people that are willing to use violance to get them...

Correct. Our rights were gained through violance, The American Revolution, does that ring any bells. And they were expanded to ALL Americans through more violance, I know you heard about the Civil War, It made all the papers. And they have been preserved through things like WWI and WWII, you may not believe it but those were rather violent as well.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 06:24:46 AM
What ever happend to those god given rights you thump?     Oh I get it... god only gives them to people that are willing to use violance to get them..


Honestly, do you think insulting me and name calling is helping your argument?    Its making you look like a fool.  ( your words)

But its fun and you make it so easy.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 18, 2008, 06:32:32 AM
Haz there is a diffrence when it comes to firearms... they are not a protected class( they are in a handful of states, not  nationwide) race, relgion and skin color are protected classes.  I feel sorry for your property owners as they have lost thier rights in that respect.



Oh by the way I just got a copy of the new ADA regs that will be in a "comment" period starting today for the next 60 days.... I strongly recomend everyone leave comments on then... 

The 2a is just that, an actual amendment listed in the BOR.  Sounds like the most protected "class" there is.

BTW why is it liberals like to bring up "class" as though all people are not equal?  The people that have a CCW or believe firmly in the 2A are not a class, neither are blacks, Jews, the disabled, etc.  They are all just people with the same rights as every one else here in the USofA.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 06:34:20 AM
But its fun and you make it so easy.


Making yourself look like a fool is fun?   thanks for that tibit, Your not bothering me one bit.  See thats the great thing about the intardweb, nothing you can post can get to me unless I let it.  Its clear by your posts that what I've posted  gets too you.   With that, when your willing to converse on a level that is  appropriate,  I will be more then happy to explain any of my veiw points.  In great detail if needed, I just ask that you do the same.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 06:43:05 AM
The 2a is just that, an actual amendment listed in the BOR.  Sounds like the most protected "class" there is.

BTW why is it liberals like to bring up "class" as though all people are not equal?  The people that have a CCW or believe firmly in the 2A are not a class, neither are blacks, Jews, the disabled, etc.  They are all just people with the same rights as every one else here in the USofA.

Thats just it, I do beleave every one should have the same rights under the law, but currently that is not the case.  Besides class in this case is a legal term. I also beleave that if you go onto some ones property by choice, the property owner has the right to restrict what you can and can not do ( or bring in) to said property. 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 18, 2008, 06:56:10 AM
.......... out of that about 25% went to materials, about 25% went to employee wages, 10% went to workmens comp INS, about 10% went to bonding and liabilty, another 10% went to truck exps and about 10% in new tools.   so at the end of the year, what did I end up making?  74k  mmm lets see so that means I made... about 17/ hour.  A small increase in in one area means I have no choice but to raise prices or cut costs.  Now since times are tough I can't really raise prices. so... I have to cut costs... the only cost I have that I can control is wages.  This year alone I've let 4 people go,  next pay cycle I'm letting 3 more go.

So which would you choose a insurance company that does not allow weapons, or one that does but costs 25% more?

No fun.  The vast majority of people have no idea..was that before tax?  Iif so that's an 80+ hour week.  A normal year being 2,080 hours.

It's hard for independent working people to view themselve as a victim; they are usually about load the wagon and get it done.  You are a victim, we all are.  Victims of government run rampant with good intentions and plans that can't be carried through.  

When you talk about employee wages, I'm certain you meant of that 25% a goodly portion went to medicare/medicaid, social security, etc.  It is discouraging when the general public blindly, sheepishly believes that the employer pays part of their social security.  If the employee was not working their would be no payment to social security because the employee was not working and producing....not that the employer takes money out of his pocket when someone works for him.  If it weren't going from the employer to the social security pyramid scheme it could go from employer to employee via the paycheck.  

I understand better where you are coming from...you are fighting the battle of our/your government having the cards stacked against you.  It is absolute compliance with the law or you lose it all.  Just wait until you have to pay a "fair" tax rate for being rich as well as a corporate tax to make certain you don't avoid paying your fair share by hiding it in your wages....it's on the way.  

Socialist demagogues really believe hard-working, independent people are evil.  That's the same mindset that goes against established law to inhibit our 2nd Ammendment rights.  Strange how it all seems to spring from the well of power, control and ultimate enlightenment.

Do you guys think that Boston could muster only 5 good men for a Tea Party today?  Boston seems to have gone the way of demagoguary (sp) and sheep.  Sheep who are just trying to get along and continue doing the best they can.  The backs of slaves are scarred with the lashes of socialism and fear. 

Living with a yoke is not freedom.  Either you have the desire to "live free or die" or you don't.  Most people don't and that is why they are looked upon with contempt and disdain by their socialists masters.  At least free men are feared with the loathing.  Sheep march mindlessly to the slaughter content with what they are "given" that was already theirs to start with whilst being herded happily to that slaughter.  The shears have already been employed....what is next?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 18, 2008, 07:05:06 AM
Really?   thats intresting, with out the 1st you could not even have said that, but surely the 2a is the most powerful one... thats why its number 2?  
I've been in quite a few fights and a couple of deadly confrontations.  Mouthing off never deterred a willing foe nor did it win the fight. 

Brave men survive a confrontation by intimidating the foe or crushing him with force.  Sheep survive by compliance and the statistical nature of being one of many among a few (wolves). 

Emotions can cause us to lose touch with reality.  If mere speech can trump the gun then why is it true that millions who did at the hands of the Nazi, or the 8 to 16 million who died under the hand of Stalin?  What of Pol Pot...did that slaughter not occur at the hands of armed thugs? 

The mouth is mightier than the sword?  Nice words.  Words learned at the feet of subjection.  No wonder the frustration comes forth...stand forth, be bold and live free!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 18, 2008, 07:07:04 AM
I know there is angst...not unlike the 1st jump from the high diving board.  You want to, but the emotions are great.

Cast down your chains.  Live free.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 07:07:28 AM
The 25% is all wages, that inculdes all taxs , federal and state disablity "insurance"  It also inculdeds payments to subs( just labor, I always buy materials... rahter its me picking it up or just paying for it.)

One thing that many don't understand is workmens comp runs right around the 50% of what your employees make an hour.  I was on the corprate bandwagon from the get go... its the only way to go... you guys hate paying taxs once a year... try having to do it 4 times a year.

Don't even get me started on the two trade rules.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 18, 2008, 07:46:40 AM
I had to take a break as the posts were overlapping  ;D  As much fun as it is to needle you, I have some serious history for you to consider; On the night of Dec. 15 1775 The "Sons of Liberty" in Portsmouth NH seized(stole) the Kings arms and ammunition stored at Fort William and Mary (now Fort Constitution, the Coast Guard station ) at the point of a privately owned cannon. These stolen arms were the target of the British troops marching from Boston the following April. If retention of these arms was  considered legitimate cause for insurrection, as evidenced by the resistance offered at Lexington and Concord, then the argument can be made that "the Peoples right to keep and bear arms" not only supersedes property rights, (stealing from the govt to arm the People is a PROPERTY crime under FBI uniform reporting standards, far more serious than carrying on a liberals property) It also supersedes CRIMINAL LAW. An interesting situation, Stealing military ordnance was considered a good joke on the King, But our founding fathers felt that the troops marching out to recover this STOLEN PROPERTY was an outrage worthy of armed resistance.   READ THIS ONE CAREFULLY TAB, THERES NO SARCASM HERE, STRAIGHT HISTORY
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Solus on June 18, 2008, 07:56:13 AM
Really?   thats intresting, with out the 1st you could not even have said that, but surely the 2a is the most powerful one... thats why its number 2? 

Tab,

Of course he could have said it.  Did you forget that the BOR does not grant any rights, it only enumerates them and protects them.  So his right of free speech exists regardless of it's inclusion in the BOR as to all other rights (see 9A)

BTW your property rights fall somewhere below #2, since you have stated that you think the order of the rights somehow ranks them in importance.

Also, please keep the difference between commercial property that is open to the public and someone's front yard in mind.

While it is acceptable for a few folks to gather in an open area in a mall and discuss the morning over a few sandwiches and soft drinks, it would not be acceptable for them to do so in someone's front yard.  And even if it is not acceptable, it is not a crime until they are asked to leave and do not.

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 18, 2008, 08:29:55 AM
Thats just it, I do beleave every one should have the same rights under the law, but currently that is not the case.  Besides class in this case is a legal term. I also beleave that if you go onto some ones property by choice, the property owner has the right to restrict what you can and can not do ( or bring in) to said property.  


I understand you believe that but can you point to an unambigiuos right that says that?  You have a right to be seucre in your property, and have the right not to have troops forced upon you.  As my concealed weapon does not make you less secure (in fact quite the opposite) where is this right to restrict my rights on your property?

Can I have a still on my property, can I have slaves on my property, can I grow canibis on my property?  As a property owner and landlord I cannot discriminate to whom I rent, or what they have (other than not allowing damage to my property, cats, dogs, etc.) so just how am I damaging your property with my concealed weapon?  My exercising my 2A rights does not infringe any of your rights as a property owner, especially if it is concealed.  Your 'feelings' are not a right.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 18, 2008, 03:03:23 PM
haz, you don't have to come in my shop... That is a choice you make.   Which is where the diffrence is.  Going against the property owners will is damage enough.   Your state may say property owners don't have that right, it does not mean the rest of the country is that.  One of the few things I think texas got right is the 30.06 law.  Its protects freedon, not restrick it.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 18, 2008, 03:28:34 PM
Tab,

If you service the public then you are inviting me onto (into) your premises.  No discrimination allowed.  Except for health and safety which you cannot prove re: CCW.  Going against your will is not against the law.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 18, 2008, 03:33:59 PM
TAB-

Since you feel so strongly about property rights, I would be very interested in hearing your opinions on the Government's right to eminent domain???
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 18, 2008, 03:54:10 PM
Uh, not to be too picky but that's "eminent domain".
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 18, 2008, 04:30:03 PM
As a three time victim of eminent domain I really don't like it, especially the "just compensation" racket, but at least it is a power enumerated in the Constitution.
Mac.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 18, 2008, 05:03:07 PM
Uh, not to be too picky but that's "eminent domain".

Corrected it. Thanks.  :)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Pathfinder on June 18, 2008, 07:01:10 PM
OK, I said this once before, but this time for sure -I am done with this thread. It has been like a bad traffic accident that you just can't look away from.

We are obviously not going to change Tab's mind about his property rights trumping all of our other rights. Is he right? In some cases, in some places, maybe. Everywhere in the US? Absolutely not.

I would suggest his stint in the people's republik of CA, especially as a small business owner, has obviously made it very difficult for him to see things clearly. Odd, I'm sure he thinks he is the only one with clarity on this.

So I am walking away, no use arguing with someone so resistant to fact, law, practice or anything else. Like arguing with my teenagers when they were teenagers. Hell, like arguing with them now.

Now, where's that doggone joke thread?

Sayonara.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 18, 2008, 07:32:26 PM
OK, I said this once before, but this time for sure -I am done with this thread. It has been like a bad traffic accident that you just can't look away from.

We are obviously not going to change Tab's mind about his property rights trumping all of our other rights. Is he right? In some cases, in some places, maybe. Everywhere in the US? Absolutely not.

I would suggest his stint in the people's republik of CA, especially as a small business owner, has obviously made it very difficult for him to see things clearly. Odd, I'm sure he thinks he is the only one with clarity on this.

So I am walking away, no use arguing with someone so resistant to fact, law, practice or anything else. Like arguing with my teenagers when they were teenagers. Hell, like arguing with them now.

Now, where's that doggone joke thread?

Sayonara.


Hit!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 18, 2008, 11:10:19 PM
............I would suggest his stint in the people's republik of CA, especially as a small business owner, has obviously made it very difficult for him to see things clearly. Odd, I'm sure he thinks he is the only one with clarity on this........

Could be something in the water.  Insidious addition of Kool-Aide to the water supply of gun owners.  Mixed with flouride there ain't no tellin' what that stuff may do.

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 19, 2008, 12:52:14 AM
Tab,

If you service the public then you are inviting me onto (into) your premises.  No discrimination allowed.  Except for health and safety which you cannot prove re: CCW.  Going against your will is not against the law.

But it hurts his social ist feelings   :'(

Could be something in the water.  Insidious addition of Kool-Aide to the water supply of gun owners.  Mixed with flouride there ain't no tellin' what that stuff may do.



From those CIA tests, where they sprayed LSD over San Fransisco.  Notice how he never adresses facts, it's always about his "feelings", and I like the bit about "If you disagree with me I'll dump toxic waste on your lawn" and the "If you disagree I'll stage a KKK rally in your yard". If this Socialist ever saw my neighbors he'd realize, toxic waste and the Klan would be an improvement   ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 19, 2008, 01:03:32 AM
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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 19, 2008, 01:12:06 AM
(http://www.mazeguy.net/musical/note.gif)FEEELINGS, WOA WOA WOA FEELINGS....(http://www.mazeguy.net/musical/note.gif)  (http://www.mazeguy.net/musical/sing.gif)

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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 19, 2008, 01:15:12 AM
(http://www.mazeguy.net/happy/laughing.gif)        (http://www.mazeguy.net/happy/rotfl.gif)

Thank you!  I'll be here until I die...Don't forget to tip the waiters!  ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 19, 2008, 03:11:18 AM
Tab,

If you service the public then you are inviting me onto (into) your premises.  No discrimination allowed.  Except for health and safety which you cannot prove re: CCW.  Going against your will is not against the law.


Thats just it, I'm not discriminating... Several states have passed laws that state if your caught carrying, its a crime, not just leave or be cited.


There is alot of gray area when it comes to eminent domain, its not a simple  yes or no issuse.  I've had both good and bad exps with it.

What I don't think is right, is using eminent domain powers to take land from some one and give it to a comm'l intrest.   Infact last election CA had a bill that would have forbid that...sadly they added a few extra lines that made the bill a very, very bad.  ( just like almost every other prop CA has a chance to vote on)   
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: jaybet on June 19, 2008, 06:22:51 AM
Thank you!  I'll be here until I die...Don't forget to tip the waiters!  ;D
Hey....you know how many times I've said that? But now the politically correct term is "servers" because they are of both genders and mixed up of both genders all which way, so it's "servers".

I know this because this year I am celebrating 40 years of performing in bars, in fact I wrote a song called "Forty Years in Bars" for the new cd.
Hey...you have to celebrate SOMETHING.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: kdcarlso on June 19, 2008, 07:14:39 AM
KKK Rally on my front lawn?
How does that compare to violating my person?
I don't ask anyone that I invite in my house if they are carrying a firearm, knife, cash, medication or anything else for that matter. What they have on their person is really none of my damn business whether they are in my house or not. Thinking back, I've never visited someone elses house and been asked what I have on me nor have I been stripped searched before entering. I guess most people don't think about violating you when they invite you over.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 19, 2008, 01:40:22 PM
Hey....you know how many times I've said that? But now the politically correct term is "servers" because they are of both genders and mixed up of both genders all which way, so it's "servers".

So now, instead of being waited on, you get serviced?  Guess I need to get out more.

Mac.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on June 20, 2008, 12:25:51 AM
I need to say something before I go to bed. We are still in New Mexico filming.. but I try to at least get on here a teeny bit at night to read what is going on..
So don't think that just because the "Queen " is away.. you all can raise too much hell.  ;D ;D

Now... what I was going to say is this.

You guys are just the greatest! All of you!
 Here we have a thread that is just over the top in emotions.. there has been (about 4 times) comments and situations where it could have been a full blown range war. But it wasn't.

Tab.. I have to hand it to you. Even though you are in the minority on this issue,, you still believe strongly in your convictions on this matter, to answer and comment each time it is brought up again. . You have taken a rash of shit and still been pretty even tempered during it all.  And I don't think you will find one man or gal in here that doesn't respect you for that.

I probably might not (Probably might not?  ???  ) have kept my cool if I had been hammered at from all directions for so long ... and even though we all have strong feelings and beliefs on this issue.. you all can still crack some jokes right in the middle of it ..laugh, and still debate and discuss like good friends.

Damn I'm proud of all of you   :-*

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Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 20, 2008, 06:23:47 AM
I need to say something before I go to bed. We are still in New Mexico filming.. but I try to at least get on here a teeny bit at night to read what is going on..
So don't think that just because the "Queen " is away.. you all can raise too much hell.  ;D ;D

Now... what I was going to say is this.

You guys are just the greatest! All of you!
 Here we have a thread that is just over the top in emotions.. there has been (about 4 times) comments and situations where it could have been a full blown range war. But it wasn't.

Tab.. I have to hand it to you. Even though you are in the minority on this issue,, you still believe strongly in your convictions on this matter, to answer and comment each time it is brought up again. . You have taken a rash of shit and still been pretty even tempered during it all.  And I don't think you will find one man or gal in here that doesn't respect you for that.

I probably might not (Probably might not?  ???  ) have kept my cool if I had been hammered at from all directions for so long ... and even though we all have strong feelings and beliefs on this issue.. you all can still crack some jokes right in the middle of it ..laugh, and still debate and discuss like good friends.

Damn I'm proud of all of you   :-*

(http://www.cascity.com/howard/forum/beer.gif)

Eeewwww, iicccckkkk....yeeeech.  Touchy feeley stuff.   Ugggh.  Girl stuff, yeeccchhhh....oooowwww.  Where's my $3 testosterone vitamin energy drink...I feel drained.  I'm melting....melting....melting away........  :P  :P  :P  :P  :P  :P
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 20, 2008, 06:36:19 AM
Eeewwww, iicccckkkk....yeeeech.  Touchy feeley stuff.   Ugggh.  Girl stuff, yeeccchhhh....oooowwww.  Where's my $3 testosterone vitamin energy drink...I feel drained.  I'm melting....melting....melting away........  :P  :P  :P  :P  :P  :P

LOL!  I was thinking the same thing as I was reading the 'mush'.  Sort of "Aww MOM! Don't kiss me when drop me off at school!"  ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 20, 2008, 09:51:10 AM
Marshal'ette is right on target. Had this been a discussion on any other forum, it would not have been so civil. Thats probably the only reason I still come to this place for discussions. Many of the people on "those other forums" think that it is their duty to be as big of an asshole as possible. 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: JohnJacobH on June 20, 2008, 06:01:37 PM
the police don't have to defend you, and they disarm people all the time.  So if your envoled in a shooting, with a gang member, and the police take your weapon( which is SOP)  they donot  have to defend you against the gang bangers buddys... why should some one else?

Sorry I missed this, hard to keep up with message board format. Since I have had a chance to review the thread I realize there are a number of misconceptions here.

First, you began the thread with an emotion based observation that gunowners "tick you off "when they say concealed means concealed.

The misconception here is the unspoken premise is that if we, the gunowners explain it enough, you will no longer be "ticked off".

Speaking for myself and not the other gunowners in the same boat, I do not believe I will be able to change your emotions based on any facts I can present.

For example, lawyers and litigitors try to cover it up with jargon, but reduced to the most basic elements, police are contract employees of various municipalities and jurisdictions.  The only constitutionally authorized local  law enforcement is the duly elected Sheriff, which is why the Sheriff's Department has the power of habeas corpus assigned to him/her and runs the jails for the court system.

TECHNICALLY, every Law Enforcement Agency,including or especially Federal Agencies is/are required to register with the local
Sheriff before they engage in any investigation or arrest.  Some Western Sheriffs have made this point in court with mixed results to date.

So, when Police seize your weapons as part of some investigation, they are, in fact, in violation of your RKBA as well as presuming guilt.  The most farcical version of this is the seizure of money or property under the 'asset forfeiture' doctrine.

There are actual court cases that say "United States v. $10,000" 

So there really is no comparison with what you as a private property owner can do and  police procedures.

And if you somehow believe your property rights are absolute examine what happened in New Orleans after Katrina and what is currently happening in Iowa during the 100 year flood.

In the end it will not matter how examples you encounter, it is unlikely your feelings will change until you experience some personal epiphany.

Best regards,

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 20, 2008, 07:20:17 PM
I've not seen one fact in this thread that oposes my veiw point... seen lots of emotional statements.

Now as far as a cop siezing your gun during an investagation of a crime( of which all shootings start out to be)... That is a battle you are going to lose, when it happends, when you go the LEO office, when you file in court, when you go to the USCOUS.  Ask any one versed in the law that question... all of them will tell you, you don't have a snow balls chance in hell.( well maybe not the ones that only want your money, but thats another thread)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: twyacht on June 20, 2008, 08:06:29 PM
In every article of the American Rifleman magazine, there is a small section called "the armed citizen",  in every short article, there are armed citizens sometimes on private property, sometimes NOT, who are confronted with a circumstance that cause them to defend themselves. Most often, a shot is never fired, sometimes some are with lethal consequences.

In any event, when the LEO's show up, and seize a firearm as SOP, you know what? These citizens stand better than a "snow balls chance in hell" to get their firearm back.  If its justified, its not a battle one is going to lose. Read the articles. There are footnotes with dates to verify.

If I have to defend myself whether on private property or not, they can put my firearm in evidence, it will suck, I'll have to go through our wonderful and expensive legal system, BUT, if I'm justified, I'll get it back and be vindicated.

If not, I hope my membership in the NRA, my CCW instructor (who said we could call him), my own lawyer, and any and everyone I can get, will come to my defense.

These are the times we live in.

"Statistically, fighting back is safer than giving in."
Curt Rich
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 20, 2008, 08:19:38 PM
Wow! TAB, California has really brainwashed you..... you might want to look into moving back to the good old U.S. of A.  :)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 20, 2008, 09:26:44 PM
Wow! TAB, California has really brainwashed you..... you might want to look into moving back to the good old U.S. of A.  :)

how am I brain washed?

is it becuase I speak the truth, rather then what you wish the world is like.

Fact you shoot some one, the gun you used to do so will be taken from you during the investagation.  After the investagation, you may or may not get it back.   All depending on if its still need as "evidence".  The investagation could last 2 mins or  2 years( or longer) 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 20, 2008, 10:39:50 PM
I've not seen one fact in this thread that oposes my veiw point... seen lots of emotional statements.

Now as far as a cop siezing your gun during an investagation of a crime( of which all shootings start out to be)... That is a battle you are going to lose, when it happends, when you go the LEO office, when you file in court, when you go to the USCOUS.  Ask any one versed in the law that question... all of them will tell you, you don't have a snow balls chance in hell.( well maybe not the ones that only want your money, but thats another thread)

 Boy, are you a glutton for punishment.   ;D
How about where Pathfinder copied down his states law in reply number 5, When Haz reported the Fl. law reply #11 or when I stated the NH state law in reply #16, That was just the first 2 pages.
After the disagreement and abuse you have taken on this subject for the last 19pages, I really have to ask, Do you hurt yourself when you are depressed ?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 20, 2008, 10:45:09 PM
Had a gun taken 'for safety reasons'.  Was told I could go the the cop shop to get it back.  I did, they did. No problem.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 20, 2008, 10:50:14 PM
Had a gun taken 'for safety reasons'.  Was told I could go the the cop shop to get it back.  I did, they did. No problem.

Same story here.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 21, 2008, 05:32:46 AM

TECHNICALLY, every Law Enforcement Agency,including or especially Federal Agencies is/are required to register with the local
Sheriff before they engage in any investigation or arrest.  Some Western Sheriffs have made this point in court with mixed results to date.

/quote]

John, could you explain where this requirement is found? Although I am an east coaster, I never heard of this and know it is not in practice here. We (North Carolinians) regularly have Sheriffs arrested for corruption and there is certainly no notice given to them until the warrants are issued and served.
Thanks, Mac.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: JohnJacobH on June 21, 2008, 07:00:32 AM
John, could you explain where this requirement is found? Although I am an east coaster, I never heard of this and know it is not in practice here. We (North Carolinians) regularly have Sheriffs arrested for corruption and there is certainly no notice given to them until the warrants are issued and served.
Thanks, Mac.

Well, Sheriff Richard Mack has much to say about this. He mentions other Western Sheriffs who probably show up on Google.

Here is my link:

http://johnjacobh.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/the-county-sheriffthe-ultimate-check-balance/ (http://johnjacobh.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/the-county-sheriffthe-ultimate-check-balance/)

Maybe you should investigate what the Feds are up to in these Sheriff Corruption Investigations.  Chances are it involves the War on Drugs or the War on The Bill of Rights or the War on Civil Liberties. 

Are these Sheriffs DemocRATs or RePULSEvicans?

Best regards,

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 21, 2008, 07:09:45 AM
..........Maybe you should investigate what the Feds are up to in these Sheriff Corruption Investigations.  Chances are it involves the War on Drugs or the War on The Bill of Rights or the War on Civil Liberties. 

Are these Sheriffs ?

Best regards,

"DemocRATs or RePULSEvicans" good, very good.  Everything has become a schoolyard competition between parties....with the citizen the loser. 

One addition...it's not just the "War on..." it's also the perverted exercise of corrupted power.  Which of course drives the zeal to destroy the Bill of Rights and our civil liberties.   
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: DDMac on June 21, 2008, 07:58:11 AM
Because of the location of the State relative to the New York to Florida, we are a drug pipeline, warehouse, transfer point. So much money involved in keeping up with US demand that some of the High Sheriffs just can't resist. It's not so much politics. It's about the money. Organized crime in a uniform. Not much worse in my opinion. Maybe baby rapists? Toss up.
Mac.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 21, 2008, 08:15:08 AM
Because of the location of the State relative to the New York to Florida, we are a drug pipeline, warehouse, transfer point. So much money involved in keeping up with US demand that some of the High Sheriffs just can't resist. It's not so much politics. It's about the money. Organized crime in a uniform. Not much worse in my opinion. Maybe baby rapists? Toss up.
Mac.

That much money is hard to resist. In Columbia they have a saying, Silver or lead?  The "offer you can't refuse"
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 21, 2008, 08:29:00 AM
Legalize it and tax it!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 21, 2008, 10:14:10 AM
Legalize it and tax it!

There you go, make the illegal drug industry jump through the same hoops as legitamate business. OSHA regulations about how long you can sit on a car fender before a mandatory rest, Ear protection so traffic noise does not damage their hearing. That sort of thing calmed down the violance of the Prohibition era, and has made a butt load of money for the govt.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 21, 2008, 07:00:04 PM
Legalize it and tax it!

1st drugs are not illegal... and we already taxed it...pocessing drugs with out the tax stamp is illegal.   we just never printed the tax stamps.   Yes it has gone to court more then once... been afrimed every time.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 21, 2008, 07:09:06 PM
1st drugs are not illegal... and we already taxed it...pocessing drugs with out the tax stamp is illegal.   we just never printed the tax stamps.   Yes it has gone to court more then once... been afrimed every time.

Whatever, TAB.   ::)

The idea I am espousing is that it would be much less costly in money and lives if it was legal to sell and posses (use) those currently restricted.  Less people in jail, less robbery, less innocents caught in the cross fire, more opportunity for economic advancement from the ghetto, less money wasted in pursuing, prosecuting and incarcerating those involved, more revenue in taxes collected and on and on.

The so called "war on (some) drugs" is an utter failure.  As is the "war on poverty" (AKA wealth redistribution).
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: ericire12 on June 21, 2008, 07:12:16 PM
Legalize it and tax it!

The fair tax would cover that, and you wouldnt have to bother with legalizing it and all of the regulations and enforcement that would go along with legalization.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 21, 2008, 08:17:55 PM
Whatever, TAB.   ::)



Its the truth, that is how we "baned" drugs.  making drugs "legal" will not help, until we as a culture no long desire drugs, "the war on drugs" will never stop. With out demand the supply will go away.

Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 21, 2008, 08:25:41 PM
Its the truth, that is how we "baned" drugs.  making drugs "legal" will not help, until we as a culture no long desire drugs, "the war on drugs" will never stop. With out demand the supply will go away.



TAB,

Any sane person knows the demand will never 'go away'.  But it would be lessened if it were legal (how ever you wish to define that).  Part of the 'mystique' is the whole forbidden fruit thing.  It could also be controlled better at less cost.

Do you honestly believe that we can stamp out demand?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 21, 2008, 08:36:46 PM
TAB,

Any sane person knows the demand will never 'go away'.  But it would be lessened if it were legal (how ever you wish to define that).  Part of the 'mystique' is the whole forbidden fruit thing.  It could also be controlled better at less cost.

Do you honestly believe that we can stamp out demand?

For some doing something illegal is a draw, not for everyone.  Some do it to escape, some do it becuase they heard it was fun.  There is more reason why people "try" drugs then you can shake a stick at.

No I don't beleave the damand will ever go away, but I do beleave we can lesson it.   

when has putting the goverment in charge of anything made it better?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 21, 2008, 08:42:46 PM
The government is in charge of the war on drugs!  For which they conveniently suspend the 4th Amendment via 'no knock'.

Are you telling me that what we are doing now is preferable to "legalize it, tax it"?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: TAB on June 22, 2008, 05:59:45 AM
The government is in charge of the war on drugs!  For which they conveniently suspend the 4th Amendment via 'no knock'.

Are you telling me that what we are doing now is preferable to "legalize it, tax it"?


No knocks should never happen...( other then in the most extreme conditions, like when there are hostages)

Not every thing we do is prefered, but alot of it is.  Its a damn shame we don't do one of the simplest things... build a wall on our southern boarder.  If we could secure that... alot of our probs would go away....( not talking about just drugs)
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: JohnJacobH on June 22, 2008, 06:57:24 AM

when has putting the goverment in charge of anything made it better?

Finally! At last! You agree government should not be in charge of Concealed Carry and the People's right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed by law or nonsensical political theory!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 22, 2008, 07:25:32 AM

No knocks should never happen...( other then in the most extreme conditions, like when there are hostages)

Not every thing we do is prefered, but alot of it is.  Its a damn shame we don't do one of the simplest things... build a wall on our southern boarder.  If we could secure that... alot of our probs would go away....( not talking about just drugs)

As a general statement on life that may be true BUT are you applying it to the so called war on (some) drugs?
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 22, 2008, 08:20:25 AM
There are a few things governments are good at....if the politicians focus on the public need instead of their careers.  Things like roads & bridges, currencies, huge research projects and national defense. 

When it comes to telling you and I what car to drive, how big a home we should build, how to cool/heat our homes, etc. governments inevitably seem to focus on things that drive popularity and/or voting efforts. 
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on June 22, 2008, 10:33:07 AM

when has putting the goverment in charge of anything made it better?

Larry Elder wrote an Excellent book  called "10 Things You Can't Say In America" This is one of the subjects he covers. It was the source of most of my information in the Urine test thread a few months ago. Other subjects include, Gun Control, and Democrats, the party of victims.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on June 25, 2008, 09:19:59 PM
Larry Elder wrote an Excellent book  called "10 Things You Can't Say In America" This is one of the subjects he covers. It was the source of most of my information in the Urine test thread a few months ago. Other subjects include, Gun Control, and Democrats, the party of victims.

Getting back to the original post...concealed meaning concealed.  I respect person's rights, as in an owner's rights.  My problem with the no guns things in department stores, etc. is that they are entities treated as persons not real persons.  Corporations are a paper gimmick, a legal loophole designed to do various things.  One of the things they should not be able to do is to make policy that abrogates the 2nd Ammendment or any other part of the Bill of Rights. 

Not to stir anything back up here....but just had this thought brought to me and wanted to share the keen, insightful view. :D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on June 25, 2008, 09:22:24 PM
Getting back to the original post...concealed meaning concealed.  I respect person's rights, as in an owner's rights.  My problem with the no guns things in department stores, etc. is that they are entities treated as persons not real persons.  Corporations are a paper gimmick, a legal loophole designed to do various things.  One of the things they should not be able to do is to make policy that abrogates the 2nd Ammendment or any other part of the Bill of Rights. 

Not to stir anything back up here....but just had this thought brought to me and wanted to share the keen, insightful view. :D

Drinkin again, huh?  ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Rastus on July 08, 2008, 03:39:49 PM
Drinkin again, huh?  ;D
Naw...just took a kick to the head.
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: jaybet on July 08, 2008, 06:28:22 PM
You have the right to remain silent...
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a reply thread....
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: Hazcat on July 08, 2008, 06:39:00 PM
Sounds like a 'Blog Warning"!  LOL!!  (don't forget to 'blogerize' him before you question him) ;D
Title: Re: A phrase that lots of gun owners use that just pisses me off..
Post by: tombogan03884 on July 09, 2008, 02:29:25 AM
You have the right to remain silent...
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a reply thread....


only if it can be found  ;D