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In reply to the discussion: 40 Armed Gun Advocates Intimidate Mothers Against Gun Violence In A Restaurant Parking Lot [View all]BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)447. Oh..well....sounds like to me he was just concerned for my safety, plus ...he did call them clowns.
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40 Armed Gun Advocates Intimidate Mothers Against Gun Violence In A Restaurant Parking Lot [View all]
warrior1
Nov 2013
OP
I'm truly one sick SOB 'cause It would have been fun to be behind those fellows (about 30 feet...
BlueJazz
Nov 2013
#138
He was answering to my post. I'll bet it was something flattering. (I didn't get to see it)
BlueJazz
Nov 2013
#431
Then let me say Ranchemp, you have to be the 2nd smartest for recognizing my brilliance.
BlueJazz
Nov 2013
#440
Oh..well....sounds like to me he was just concerned for my safety, plus ...he did call them clowns.
BlueJazz
Nov 2013
#447
They fantasize about being heros. I wonder how many of them served in the military at some point?
JDPriestly
Nov 2013
#186
Like some comedy movie: Are you a weapons expert? Yes, I have played Halo for over 10 years.
vinny9698
Nov 2013
#266
You all got suckered. They're posing for a group photo, not facing the 'Mothers group.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#283
we got suckered? did these 40 assholes show up with their guns to intimidate 4 women or not?
frylock
Nov 2013
#291
Look at those butt-nuggets with their hands on the triggers, as if they're "ready for combat" in a
Erose999
Nov 2013
#480
Uh huh. So you think that the non-declarative statement the poster made is him being "suckered".
EOTE
Nov 2013
#321
And what is that statement, exactly? If I were to garner a statement from that non-declarative
EOTE
Nov 2013
#331
Your attack of a fellow DUer for rightfully going after these evil fucks is what's laughable.
EOTE
Nov 2013
#349
No, I'd have felt better if you didn't make such a stupid comment in the first place.
EOTE
Nov 2013
#363
And how surprising I'm NOT talking about the insults you gave to people you weren't even responding
EOTE
Nov 2013
#364
So, I show you how incredibly stupid and baseless your attack on the person you ACTUALLY responded
EOTE
Nov 2013
#371
You haven't even come CLOSE to explaining. You've simply said that it's "self evident".
EOTE
Nov 2013
#393
Your 'evidence' is a fabrication, that is intentionally bereft of EVERY attempt I have made to
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#400
So why, exactly, did you accuse someone who didn't even make a declarative statement
EOTE
Nov 2013
#314
YOU are the one who has repeatedly mentioned their posture. At least a good half dozen times now.
EOTE
Nov 2013
#351
Suggesting someone is a sucker is not an attack? Are you sure I'm feigning outrage?
EOTE
Nov 2013
#358
If you truly thought that any one could have fooled by something, it was rather foolish to suggest
EOTE
Nov 2013
#365
You are specifying a different usage of 'posture' than the context of that comment assumes.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#384
Uhhh, that's the one I mentioned champ. I mentioned it a few posts ago, were you not paying
EOTE
Nov 2013
#406
I can supply you state appeals court level decisions on this for my state, if you'd like.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#504
If a bunch of people weilding rifles forms a group outside a restaraunt I'm eating at....
AAO
Nov 2013
#508
So the fact that these idiots came fully armed in response to a small group meeting....
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2013
#442
It's threatening, bullying (at best) behavior, period. No "can" about it. n/t
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#497
the other idiots are just standing there, which i guess is legal in that backwards area.
dionysus
Nov 2013
#6
The state of TX disagrees with logic in many cases. FUCK Texas - I'll never go there.
AAO
Nov 2013
#474
I have nothing against normal everyday Texans - just their politicians and the moron teabaggers.
AAO
Nov 2013
#483
What they are doing is open intimidation. People should not carry guns in public, concealed, open,
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#38
I've seen a number of your posts concerning guns and the seem to be as nutty as the
Packerowner740
Nov 2013
#230
Why post rationally to people who have to strap on a gun to venture out in public?
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#231
So is he really serious in what he posts or is he just yanking the chain?
Packerowner740
Nov 2013
#458
Those were not automatic assault rifles, just semi auto clones of real assault rifles,
Ranchemp.
Nov 2013
#26
So, folks who are attracted to "clones" of real assault rifles are still sick losers. Maybe sicker
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#31
What special skills were needed to determine that there were no fully automatic
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
#114
It only takes one moron. Again, your rationalizations are no comfort to those being intimidated. nm
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
#196
I dont think you can tell a illegally converted automatic weapon from sight.
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
#421
There's "I'm An Asshole" Stupid and then there's "I'm Going To Jail" Stupid...
Jeff In Milwaukee
Nov 2013
#424
Quite honestly I could care less about changing the hearts and minds of gun promoters/lovers
Major Nikon
Nov 2013
#279
Hmmmm, I noticed you made an assumption about me in a group I've been blocked from,
Ranchemp.
Nov 2013
#415
You have any proof of this accusation and why don't you address me directly?
Ranchemp.
Nov 2013
#511
to be fair, owning one of those and parading around with it like a douchebag are two different thing
dionysus
Nov 2013
#169
who the fuck cares what they were? This assholes should be in jail and all firearms illegal.
bowens43
Nov 2013
#223
So all men should be treated as potential rapists because they have a penis?
Ranchemp.
Nov 2013
#248
why are three of those fools taking cover behind a car and brandishing? they hiding from a sniper?
dionysus
Nov 2013
#12
If you really believed that, you would report them to the police instead of just posting here.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#50
If you believe the law was broken, passionately so, call the police. I dare you.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#70
I dare you to call the police every time you read a story in the news which involves a broken law.
Bjorn Against
Nov 2013
#78
See #76. You claim to believe that the photo is real. I think it was staged.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#79
What the hell do Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have to do with the open carry idiots?
Bjorn Against
Nov 2013
#244
IMO, nobody should approve of open carry. But you indicated that you wanted to see a Rhodes Scholar
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#245
It is a bunch of white gun bigots intimidating people. You can call it theater, but it's terrorism.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#35
Why don't you find out when the two groups are having their next meeting? You could be on one
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#39
Hopefully next time the terrorists at these "group meetings" will be arrested
Bjorn Against
Nov 2013
#41
If you are really concerned, prove it. Call the police for the current activity and report it.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#44
If I witnessed something like that I would call the police on those terrorists
Bjorn Against
Nov 2013
#48
You did witness that. You saw the OP with the photo, above. Take action instead of making excuses.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#52
Answer the question. Do you call the police every time you read a crime story in the news?
Bjorn Against
Nov 2013
#73
Everytime that I believe that photographic evidence of someone brandishing a gun, and I post
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#76
you're just afraid cases like this will make the gummint take away your pew pew pew toys, arent you?
dionysus
Nov 2013
#213
Really? You're "daring" an anonymous poster on the Internet? Ooooohhhh. Well, okay, then.
Comrade Grumpy
Nov 2013
#227
There are plenty of group meetings of bigots and their guns, long before Mothers Against Guns.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#49
First, I have seen a number of right wing bigots throw that photo out to justify their gun love.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#289
Nope, SQUEE, I am not a felon. You need to learn to read in context and quit spewing gun love and
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#309
If you really believed that, you would report them to the police instead of just posting here.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#47
You must have missed this: "Gun Ownership And Racist Attitudes Are Linked, Study Finds"
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#221
As gun manufacturers and marketeers have recognized, the "penis card" sells guns to yahoos.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#278
I'm not Black but I assume that the KKK would like to disarm all Black Americans.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#151
If they don't have those funny Taliban hats, they are not Taliban types.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#156
No, just Confederate flag caps and t-shirts. Call them Tealiban if you like nt
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#159
theatre is by definition, an entertainment --an agreement, if you will, between the performers
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2013
#273
If you really believed that this was real, you would report them to the police.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#54
If you really believe this was theater, you would call their agent for a Broadway show...
LanternWaste
Nov 2013
#324
apparently you don't know the history of OCT, they are serious, and have pulled this stunt before.
bettyellen
Nov 2013
#87
Because the women were going to beat them to death with their purses, the gun owners had no choice
Uncle Joe
Nov 2013
#100
Is this real? Or Astroturf with both groups financed by the same people?
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#14
What rw stop-and-frisk billionaire has been supporting let's-take firearms-away-from-everyone
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#33
They look like gun terrorists? Really. Then call the police. I dare you.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#72
Just because you consider them friends, I don't. They are armed initimidators, doing what is natural
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#80
Yeah, because there's nobody that idiotic, selfish, inarticulate, fearful and so unable to cope
cui bono
Nov 2013
#125
If you really believed they were violating the law, you should report them to the police.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#60
A contemporaneous appearance is not a requirement. Crimes can be reported after they've occurred.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#121
If you really believed they were violating the law, you should report them to the police.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#74
Why do you keep telling everyone who doesn't agree with you to 'call the police?'
pangaia
Nov 2013
#101
when one has lost the argument, keep repeating the same dumb shit over and over...
dionysus
Nov 2013
#107
You should report them to the police if you really believed this was not just public theater.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#66
What you should think is that all criminals who brandish firearms should be arrested and prosecuted.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#85
I double-dog-dare you to shutup and eat your pizza that you so fervently asked for.
AAO
Nov 2013
#300
I hope right as he was taking the first bite, a cockroach popped up right in his mouth!
AAO
Nov 2013
#397
If you really believed they were violating the law, you would report them to the police.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#57
I ask again, do you call the police every time you read a crime story in the news?
Bjorn Against
Nov 2013
#68
Obviously, I think it was public theater with two groups. That's not against the law.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#124
Agreed with your "Just send them a link to the news story and ask them to look into whether any
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#202
Bully cowards. I'd slap 'em. Stupid asses. Article says they left and went over to Hooters.
NYC_SKP
Nov 2013
#34
I think there was a greater chance they would have shot themselves in the foot
Heather MC
Nov 2013
#152
Good thing for the OCT'ers that they weren't carrying TOY guns! They'd be dead now!
WinkyDink
Nov 2013
#36
"the restaurant manager did not want to call 911". Nothing prevented the women from doing so.
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#164
The fact that no one called the police for "approximately two hours," not even other customers,
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#173
clearly, you're the type of "hippie" who supports 40 knuckledraggers with guns trying to intimidate
dionysus
Nov 2013
#218
These brownshirt tactics are being used in several states, harrassing people in public meetings.
freshwest
Nov 2013
#111
Im guessing these are those wonderful, 'responsible' gun owners I keep hearing so much about.
KG
Nov 2013
#115
The whole open carry thing needs to be outlawed. These people show they can't be trusted
on point
Nov 2013
#131
You win. Of course, there will be those who will claim to believe that criminal actiity has taken
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#139
Also notice that they are all White. I'm not Black, but I suspect that the KKK would like to disarm
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2013
#146
If it were 40 armed Black men gathered outside a meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2013
#171
dumbshit in the red shirt probably learned that cool pose playing medal of honor
frylock
Nov 2013
#180
NRA doesn't care. They're trying to find out who those guys are to send them
MillennialDem
Nov 2013
#287
re:40 Armed Gun Advocates Intimidate Mothers Against Gun Violence In A Restaurant Parking Lot
allan01
Nov 2013
#270
How is this not terrorism? These "responsible gun owner" cowards are disgusting. n/t
myrna minx
Nov 2013
#303
And people wonder why I consciously avoid gun owners when and where possible...
LanternWaste
Nov 2013
#332
If we ever had the balls/ovaries to call them out on this. They're entire second amendment would
AAO
Nov 2013
#401
No different from when the KKK use to intimidate African-Americans at civil rights rallies
kidgie
Nov 2013
#438
Not to be a reverse racist (I'm white), but notice the gender and the race of
Nanjing to Seoul
Nov 2013
#452
Intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of imminent bodily injury...
TomCADem
Nov 2013
#466
What is it with these people? The only way they have courage is when openly displaying firearms
rustydog
Nov 2013
#463
Who are the thugs with the guns? Looks kinda like Afghanistan. Beards and all.
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2013
#465
Brandishing and threatening others is a disqualification they should be in jail
on point
Nov 2013
#499
"Sounds like you might need to join them." For abusing my "speech privilege"?
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2013
#502