JBT's in my neighborhood. Grrr!!!

[CARRY'IN]

Is what you are saying a little clearer now?

Sorry honorsdaddy, playing the race card wont work this time. And carrying a gun around is not going to make you black no matter how much you want it to.

 

[CARRY'IN]

And what good are the guns you have if you are too afraid to let someone see them?

If someone sees my gun I will be afraid; just afraid enough to pull the trigger and end their life before they end mine. It will be a big surprise to them I'm sure.

 

[Derby FALs]

Must be a real bitch to slink around like a criminal...

 

[50 Freak]

End of discussion for me. This is pointless and wasting time. See ya all on the other threads.

 

[CARRY'IN]

I am with you.

 

[Derby FALs]

Bye, bye...

 

[Father Knows Best]

50 Freak said:

Packing a pistol is fine in the more rural areas, but seriously, packing one down the streets of SF, LA, NY or any other cosmopolitian city will get you a lot of trouble. Try carrying openly down Phoenix, AR or Austin TX (more g-friendly states) and tell me if people will fear you. I'll bet you money you'll spend some time having to explain yourself to the local PD.

First, I assume you meant Phoenix, AZ. If there's a Phoenix in Arkansas, I don't know about it and it sure ain't "cosmopolitan."

Second, I lived in Phoenix in the late 90s. I've been visiting Phoenix regularly since the mid-70s. I can assure you that open carry is common there. It's almost impossible for me to drive through Phoenix without seeing a half dozen guys (and gals!) riding motorcycles with pistols in plain view on their hips. There are gun stores everywhere, and a gun show is being held somewhere in Phoenix purt near every weekend of the year. I worked downtown and routinely saw guys carrying openly when I walked over to the fish taco guy, or the ballpark, or the courthouse.

 

[PCGS65]

Sounds like a perfect example of the coming police state. I would have felt the same way you did but I think you did the right thing. Because yes the police can and will arrest you for anything right or wrong. One of their favorites is obstruction of justice. You know they will lie in court. Your right it would cost you a bundle. Now just to clarify myself I do not hate policemen. I know a few where I live. But there's always a few bad apples.

 

[richyoung]

As for the rest I would guess those items were meant to be kept in an armory and not posessed privately.

Maybe you should quit "guessing" and do some research - if you had done so, you would know that cities, and even private individuals owned cannons, especially on ships. There's even provisions in the Constitution for the issueing of "letters of marque or reprisal", which basically commision a privately owned, and armed, ship to wage war on another nations commerce fleet. When Texas was fighting its war of independence from Mexico, several cannon were provided by cities that didn't need them any more.

Taken on expeditions, yes, not kept in front of the homestead.

Just what do you thinkwas used to blow tree stumps and dig farm ponds? Majic dust?

 

[Alex45ACP]

It doesn't bother me at all when I see people carrying weapons. I wish people did it more often just so people would see that there's nothing wrong with it.

 

[gm]

Everybody knows scaring the sheeple is baaaa..baaaaaaad.