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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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15. "I'll sh(o)ot the first one that unslings that thing to change arms." Then you'll have a dilemma

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 6, 2016, 03:54 PM

Jan 2016

Will you support him for being your SIL, thus implicitly endorsing 'stand your ground'-
or not support him for, frankly, acting like an idiot and injuring or killing someone?

What will you do? For that matter, why haven't you told him already that wouldn't be
a good idea at all?

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There’s a really big problem with Texas’s new gun law [View all] SecularMotion Jan 2016 OP

And that's how it is in Texas... nt Ilsa Jan 2016 #1

And police are expected to just walk up to people with guns and talk? Moliere Jan 2016 #2

If the open carrier is obeying the law, the weapon will be holstered or slung. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #9

Pretty much if it's OC you can bet it's going to be legal. ileus Jan 2016 #3

yep, now those rifle carrying Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #4

Of course they will..... daleanime Jan 2016 #5

I think we know how it's going to work in practice. phantom power Jan 2016 #6

Un, sorry, but considerable evidence to the contrary. Wanna see it? Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #8

43 other states have some form of open carry without those problems Packerowner740 Jan 2016 #16

Hey! How about an update on the death toll from the new Georgia gun laws? DonP Jan 2016 #7

they did not tell you Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #12

We go through the same crap every time a gun law is loosened DonP Jan 2016 #13

yep, nt Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #14

My SIL is former Marine and a CC holder. flamin lib Jan 2016 #10

"I'll sh(o)ot the first one that unslings that thing to change arms." Then you'll have a dilemma friendly_iconoclast Jan 2016 #15

For someone who incessantly ridicules people for allegedly acting tough with guns you seem Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #17

I showed this post to a couple of local LEOs at breakfast this morning. Hangingon Jan 2016 #11