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In reply to the discussion: Elementary school locked down after open-carry dad keeps on showing up with gun [View all]stone space
(6,498 posts)25. Why should random people be carrying guns in a school at all?
IMO, if someone wants to carry a weapon at a school, then carry concealed.
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Elementary school locked down after open-carry dad keeps on showing up with gun [View all]
eridani
Dec 2015
OP
The school has no reason to just accept that the guy with a gun won't start shooting.
djean111
Dec 2015
#5
You mean 100+ million gun owners would find it necessary to open carry in a school?
djean111
Feb 2016
#71
If someone we're to start shooting a "Gun Free Zone" sign won't hold them back.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#73
I'll wager a bunch of adults running around in panicked hysterics is more upsetting than a gun.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#41
Where I live OC is fairly common. There isn't a child within 50 miles of my home that
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#45
People shouldn't be allowed to abrogate the law based on practiced phobias.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#62
Yes, armed backup. Here's a photo of the double murderer and her armed backup in a restaurant.
stone space
Feb 2016
#37
The young woman is black in this photo went on to shoot her husband and adult
flamin lib
Feb 2016
#54
Maybe controllers are like Leland Yee: make guns illegal to boost their share of the black market
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#74
Some people are more interested in making a point than in protecting themselves or others.
Jester Messiah
Feb 2016
#33