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82. I think it wouldn't be too far-fetched...

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 06:23 PM

Jan 2015

... to say most MIC contractor employees are paranoid, as I am very close to someone who also had a security clearance and has worked under contract all his life AND has license to carry. Producing all those WMDs does something to the psyche.

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Idaho woman shot dead by two-year-old son was successful nuclear scientist [View all] bananas Jan 2015 OP

Mom shot by 2-year-old: nuclear scientist who supported gun rights bananas Jan 2015 #1

even responsible people can forget things - the reason the love of guns can result in tragedies samsingh Jan 2015 #24

Carrying a gun at all times is like carrying a coiled cobra at all times. Only the cobra is safe. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #32

agreed samsingh Jan 2015 #86

It's not rocket--or nuclear--science to know one shouldn't leave a loaded gun in a pocket book MADem Jan 2015 #2

it's just a pity she was such a paranoid one Warpy Jan 2015 #3

She was carrying a dedicated CC purse. ileus Jan 2015 #30

She may as well have had a Mosler safe, TheCowsCameHome Jan 2015 #33

That holsters for guns for women to put their purse and carry around to Walmart with your toddler Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #37

If anything, being a nuclear scientist is a sign of mental instability Demeter Jan 2015 #42

So people working for DOD are insane? former9thward Jan 2015 #57

"being a nuclear scientist is a sign of mental instability" NuclearDem Jan 2015 #62

"she was very competent" umm ok nt msongs Jan 2015 #4

isn't that why they are called gun nuts JI7 Jan 2015 #5

''...was successful nuclear scientist...'' DeSwiss Jan 2015 #6

Maybe she was too close to her work like Madame Curie ErikJ Jan 2015 #7

She might have been a nuclear scientist... ReRe Jan 2015 #8

Oddly 2naSalit Jan 2015 #65

I think it wouldn't be too far-fetched... ReRe Jan 2015 #82

Indeed. 2naSalit Jan 2015 #85

I'm a card carrying member of the MIC... reACTIONary Jan 2015 #90

Hit a nerve, huh? ReRe Jan 2015 #91

Nope . Unless you count . ... reACTIONary Jan 2015 #94

Safety anyone? McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #9

"She was not the least bit irresponsible," bearssoapbox Jan 2015 #10

I wonder if they carry handguns in and out of that lab? I realize she probably had jtuck004 Jan 2015 #11

So, what's the point? Hulk Jan 2015 #12

why did she take a gun to Walmart? Is Walmart that dangerous? ellenrr Jan 2015 #13

Everywhere. ManiacJoe Jan 2015 #97

is crime rate so high in Idaho riverwalker Jan 2015 #14

I wondered secondvariety Jan 2015 #16

Isn't it the big prepper state.... Historic NY Jan 2015 #18

It is. And since the 70's it's also been the hideout for neo-Nazis of all types. Nay Jan 2015 #50

My first thought as well...n/t whathehell Jan 2015 #26

another case of being educated beyond their intelligence Cryptoad Jan 2015 #15

She was guns and kids. It should have been guns or kids. The kid could have shot himself, a cousin.. marble falls Jan 2015 #17

Idaho Walmart shoppers killed by guns, 1, saved by guns, 0. Wonder what the score is in other stores Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #46

It does. It truly does. I'm going to start asking this question. A lot. marble falls Jan 2015 #53

Out of those choices of how bad this could have been Politicalboi Jan 2015 #70

I don't think you posters here realize the mind set of Tea Partiers. watoos Jan 2015 #19

They are completely oblivious to their own paranoia Major Nikon Jan 2015 #22

They think it is YOU being paranoid of owning a harmless weapon...it is akin to the denial of drug Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #35

There seems to be some sort of pathology at work with some of them Major Nikon Jan 2015 #44

It is a disease, like all addictions. Denial is the first line of defence. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #45

"harmless weapon"? DBoon Jan 2015 #69

thats what's sooo weird Locrian Jan 2015 #83

+1 that is exactly the teabagger mentality, I know people in my home state that do the same. LiberalLoner Jan 2015 #23

These people are obviously paranoid..Have any of them even whathehell Jan 2015 #27

Yes, and then they shoot dead sleepwalkers and drunk German students seen as threatening them. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #36

I'm guessing, in this town at least, that those are a small minority, whathehell Jan 2015 #54

That makes it all the more frightening DBoon Jan 2015 #72

To them, I suppose. whathehell Jan 2015 #76

Yes, that was implied DBoon Jan 2015 #93

Their personal paranoia is an entire worldview DBoon Jan 2015 #71

they're paranoid assholes is what they are Skittles Jan 2015 #80

I think she should be up for a Darwin award... Pity the child, it's going to be hard on him. peacebird Jan 2015 #20

...not sure you understand Darwin award criteria. nt Union Scribe Jan 2015 #88

Dying while doing something incredibly dumb? peacebird Jan 2015 #92

I had no idea the blue-vested Walmart clerks were so dangerous. Vinca Jan 2015 #21

Those blue vests are Kevlar, according to the voices in my head, TheCowsCameHome Jan 2015 #31

You mock but women are often robbed or assaulted in retail parking lots. former9thward Jan 2015 #61

Guess I do because I can't recall one case of such a thing in my area. Vinca Jan 2015 #63

LOL tabasco Jan 2015 #81

four years out from a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Podunk U. blackcrow Jan 2015 #25

My husband worked with her, didn't know her well at all, but LiberalLoner Jan 2015 #28

Be tough to deal with something like that rpannier Jan 2015 #29

Monday Staff meeting is gonna be really bad in Radiology irisblue Jan 2015 #64

Not physically in same office, but her lab works for DOE which is where my DH is. LiberalLoner Jan 2015 #75

really. Only a bachelor's in chemistry from U.of Idaho. means she was a lab tech or similar. kath Jan 2015 #38

Exactly (nt) paleotn Jan 2015 #43

Having a loaded weapon where a toddler can get at it LibDemAlways Jan 2015 #34

Shit multipliers MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #39

Well, she was NOT a successful mother. JDDavis Jan 2015 #40

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winnah, folks! A WINNAH! kath Jan 2015 #89

Who knew successful nuclear scientists shopped at Walmart? undeterred Jan 2015 #41

People who want to save money. former9thward Jan 2015 #59

She left a gun where a two year old could find it and discharge it. CBGLuthier Jan 2015 #47

There's A "Big Bang Theory" Joke Somewhere Here In This Story.......nt global1 Jan 2015 #48

Oh give me a fucking break. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #49

I've been a bit confused enlightenment Jan 2015 #51

Yes it is as if it was more of an accident upaloopa Jan 2015 #60

Yet she is still a candidate for the Darwin Awards. BillZBubb Jan 2015 #52

too late. she's already passed on her genes. nt magical thyme Jan 2015 #67

Are there any UNSUCCESSFUL nuclear scientists? JEFF9K Jan 2015 #55

Sure there are. And they're parroted here as heroes. Go Figure. n/t miyazaki Jan 2015 #98

she's packing while in a walmart with four children Skittles Jan 2015 #56

"..described by those who knew her as a gun lover, a motivated academic and a successful nuclear..." Iggo Jan 2015 #68

It is just some purse. With a pocket. LisaL Jan 2015 #58

Why not? Guns are magic too DBoon Jan 2015 #73

High IQ Runningdawg Jan 2015 #66

Her love of guns put her in the grave workinclasszero Jan 2015 #74

Sometimes an accident is just an accident Man from Pickens Jan 2015 #77

Heartbreaking ShannonB Jan 2015 #78

It's not rocket science. truthisfreedom Jan 2015 #79

Another responsible gun owner. ncjustice80 Jan 2015 #84

What a whacked POS! And she's working on nuclear research? She doesn't even have the brains valerief Jan 2015 #87

If that's not harse then I don't know what is Reter Jan 2015 #95

I think that the mother of Adam Lanza also was a competent loving person question everything Jan 2015 #96