Hillsboro man walks in front of school with shotgun

[Natebishop3]

Exactly!

I've seen guns in pickups, I've had neighbors accidentally flash their guns (well, handing it to his wife isn't accidental), and it didn't phase me. Nor did it bother me that the other neighbors kid was there.

If you're going to make a point, do it smart.

The only thing I can think of is that they're trying to show that you can see a gun without someone being shot, but this is only having the opposite effect. Instead it makes gun owners look crazy and stupid.

The damage that has been done by Columbine, Sandy Hook, and a number of other shootings won't be undone quickly, and it certainly won't be changed by some idiots carrying their rifles in public places.

 

[julius]

The only thing I can think of is that they're trying to show that you can see a gun without someone being shot, but this is only having the opposite effect. Instead it makes gun owners look crazy and stupid.

The damage that has been done by Columbine, Sandy Hook, and a number of other shootings won't be undone quickly, and it certainly won't be changed by some idiots carrying their rifles in public places.

The story telling (for lack of a better word) that is done to help people know things (guns, gays and god for example), is usually done by people who are horrible at it.

 

[MARIS61]

because most sane people don't walk around in front of a school with a gun exposed. Also, a sane person doesn't do something like this to "make a point".

So you're saying that police and military are insane? I have had both come to my schools and openly display guns.

The only reason you're not working in a slave labor camp is because we all have always had the right to bear arms.

You're insane if you don't exercise that right, or at least support those who do.

 

[MARIS61]

Yeah, because he needlessly made people scared.

The media, living in a bubble, and inability to think for themselves made people needlessly scared of a common occurrence of daily life.

I often open-carry and so do many law-abiding citizens here in Beautiful Central Oregon. Many of us would prefer not to show our guns for several reasons including your unfounded alarm, but the government unConstitutionally demands we register our weapons and get licensed in every locality we may travel through.

 

[MARIS61]

If my child was at that school and I knew who the guy was, I'd drive my car up to him at 8 mph and illegal drive faster over his legs.

Proving you are the insane, dangerous sociopath we definitely don't want anywhere near a school, or children, or out of your padded cell.

You are just one more of the many reasons I open-carry.

 

[MARIS61]

Why did he need to make a 'statement'?

Because of nut-jobs like you who are frightened of inanimate objects, trying to take away his Freedom.

 

[MARIS61]

Perhaps playing naive kind of proves my point.

Pretty clear you're not playing.

 

[MARIS61]

8 people claimed to be frightened/concerned enough to call 911, in a town of 92,000 residents.

Apparently, Julius lives in Hillsboro.

 

[julius]

8 people claimed to be frightened/concerned enough to call 911, in a town of 92,000 residents.

Apparently, Julius lives in Hillsboro.

So 92,000 people in Hillsboro live near these schools, and were home during the time that he walked through the schools?

#Maris61Logic

 

[julius]

Because of nut-jobs like you who are frightened of inanimate objects, trying to take away his Freedom.

show me where i took away, or suggested he lose his 'freedom'?

Go ahead, I'll wait.

 

[julius]

Proving you are the insane, dangerous sociopath we definitely don't want anywhere near a school, or children, or out of your padded cell.

You are just one more of the many reasons I open-carry.

I question your reading comprehension.

 

[Natebishop3]

You made the mistake of treating Maris like a real poster.

 

[julius]

You made the mistake of treating Maris like a real poster.

Actually, I respond to what was said, and then realize who I'm talking to after the fact.

 

[julius]

Martin Luther King, Jr. should've just posted a memo, instead of invading DC with a million people. Who knows what damage that might've caused had they all done something illegal.

didn't see this until now. Please tell me you're not comparing this clown to Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[Natebishop3]

Actually, I respond to what was said, and then realize who I'm talking to after the fact.

I pretty much just skip over anything posted by Maris or Jlprk.

 

[julius]

I pretty much just skip over anything posted by Maris or Jlprk.

I normally skip over crappy posts..but than I caught myself skipping over most of my own AND SlyPokerDogs.

 

[Natebishop3]

I normally skip over crappy posts..but than I caught myself skipping over most of my own AND SlyPokerDogs.

Sly posts? I thought he just modded.

 

[Further]

I just look at it this way. If your kids were on recess at school, playing 4-square or hopscotch, and they saw someone appear on the sidewalk of their school with a shotgun, how would you hope your. Kids responded? Personally I'd want them to head inside, tell a teacher and remain indoors until the person left or police gave the all clear.

If this idiot is scaring kids and parents, he is doing his cause a big disservice. You'll see laws passed banning any guns within 1000 yards of schools if more people follow this idiots lead. It may be legal now, but it won't stay legal if gun nuts use the lack of restrictions as reasons to scare the public.

 

[PapaG]

I just look at it this way. If your kids were on recess at school, playing 4-square or hopscotch, and they saw someone appear on the sidewalk of their school with a shotgun, how would you hope your. Kids responded? Personally I'd want them to head inside, tell a teacher and remain indoors until the person left or police gave the all clear.

If this idiot is scaring kids and parents, he is doing his cause a big disservice. You'll see laws passed banning any guns within 1000 yards of schools if more people follow this idiots lead. It may be legal now, but it won't stay legal if gun nuts use the lack of restrictions as reasons to scare the public.

Or, maybe he wants to ban guns within 1000 yards of a school, and was actually illustrating how silly he views the open carry law.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If kids carried guns they wouldn't have to worry about adults carrying guns.

 

[MARIS61]

I don't know, but I think we're forgetting that the whole concept of a concealed weapon is that it's concealed...not out in the open.

Concealing your weapon is a felony and can get you imprisoned for years and pretty much destroy your life, despite the fact that the law is unconstitutional.

Learn the laws that are infringing on our Constitutional Rights, then post.

 

[PapaG]

Concealing your weapon is a felony and can get you imprisoned for years and pretty much destroy your life, despite the fact that the law is unconstitutional.

Learn the laws that are infringing on our Constitutional Rights, then post.

I was going to point that out, too, but I'm enjoying julius arguing about things he knows nothing about, solely based on emotion, and not laws.

 

[MARIS61]

show me where i took away, or suggested he lose his 'freedom'?

Go ahead, I'll wait.

Read The Second Amendment, which is where your Freedoms come from.

 

[PapaG]

Disarm America; arm Al Qaeda.

Today's Democratic Party.

 

[MARIS61]

I question your reading comprehension.

I question your mental stability.

 

[PapaG]

I question your mental stability.

I question his reasoning skills.

Disarm America; Arm Al Qaeda. That's Obama in a nutshell.

 

[MARIS61]

I just look at it this way. If your kids were on recess at school, playing 4-square or hopscotch, and they saw someone appear on the sidewalk of their school with a shotgun, how would you hope your. Kids responded? Personally I'd want them to head inside, tell a teacher and remain indoors until the person left or police gave the all clear.

My boys are in their 30's, but I'm not at all comfortable with my grandson being forced to be a "duck in a barrel" just to get an education. Knowing he's in a defenseless position created by banning guns in schools and then deliberately made into an appetizing target by widely advertising that it's a SAFE opportunity for any cowardly nutjob to make a name for himself without any opposition is a scary thought.

School shootings, mall shootings, church shootings...the blame for these murders is shared by those who "infringed upon" The Second Amendment and stripped the people of their only defense.

 

[julius]

Concealing your weapon is a felony and can get you imprisoned for years and pretty much destroy your life, despite the fact that the law is unconstitutional.

Learn the laws that are infringing on our Constitutional Rights, then post.

oooh, aren't you cute, arguing a point I didn't make.

 

[julius]

I question his reasoning skills.

Disarm America; Arm Al Qaeda. That's Obama in a nutshell.

Yep, that's exactly what I said.

 

[crandc]

Further gives words of wisdom. If it were your 4 year old and a person you did not know from Adam walked by his/her school with a gun, I'd bet you sure as fuck would not tell your 4 year old this is fabulous! You are protected! Some asshole walked into a mall openly holding a gun in (I believe) Arizona (some open carry state) and caused panic. Starbucks was losing customers because they were afraid of gun toting in coffee shops. There is no fucking reason except macho posturing to parade around the streets with a gun. I personally think it's compensation for small penis. As has been pointed out we are not talking about shooting ranges or hunting. And it's not the same as other objects. If I saw someone with a knife unless it was a machete I'd think they were cutting food. When I see a knitting bag I figure someone is knitting, not that he/she is going to kill a person with a knitting needle (yes it can be done). Nearly anything can be a weapon but a gun is ONLY a weapon. You don't use it to slice cake or make sweaters of saute chicken.

I think most of this thread is macho posturing "I'm a REAL MAN I am not afraid of someone toting a gun through the streets and by my kids' school". (BTW should we talk again about the Folsom Street Fair and how assholes are convinced that hurts children even though people under 18 are kept out? Or how the Texas legislature security allows open carry but confiscates women's sanitary products? Because guns don't kill people, tampons do! Parades do!)