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underpants
(183,040 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)I'm devastated.
I ran errands wearing my Obama hat as a one man protest. Didn't get any comments.
rsdsharp
(9,237 posts)With the exception of the term "snowflake," you've described every gun show I've ever been to. And I haven't been to one in about 15 years.
marble falls
(57,523 posts)I admit, I own a .45 mounted .22 like the one I used in pistol training at USN boot-camp and we use it for plinking.
I am shocked that I could weapon at a gun show and the ammunition, go out in the parking lot and load up and go back in. There's usually only off-duty deputy at the door who it being in my county I may well know him.
I look for old pocket knives and I feel a little dirty when I leave. And yes - I could load up on beef jerky and MREs and freeze dried "survival" food.
Dismal place. Not much to do out here in the fall if you don't sit in a blind in front of a feeder and snipe deer the size of a German Shepard and I just don't have the heart to 'hunt' for meat I don't need and wouldn't eat.
Irish_Dem
(48,026 posts)A lot of these gun hoarders and machine gun nuts are cowards.
marble falls
(57,523 posts)essential supplies from the other "militia"..
Irish_Dem
(48,026 posts)DFW
(54,506 posts)Iraq was a major miscalculation. They prefer invading places like Grenada (Reagan) or Panama (Bush I). For all their noises about Iran and North Korea, none of them want to contend with the number of body bags they'd need to order if we invaded either one.
Besides, the average Iranian likes us better than they do their own Ayatollahs (at least, they did before Trump). The only way to turn them against us would be to do something incredibly stupid and offensive to them as a nation. My impression is that invading their country and killing a bunch of them would probably qualify.
Irish_Dem
(48,026 posts)DFW
(54,506 posts)Just the one they put forth for (Re-)public consumption.
Irish_Dem
(48,026 posts)greyl
(22,990 posts)Not joking.
Irish_Dem
(48,026 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)I once went to a gun show when I was in college in Eureka, CA. I've never heard so many racist jokes in my life.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,110 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)you with a 10-foot pole?
FSogol
(45,591 posts)this crowd.
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GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)FSogol
(45,591 posts)Ilsa
(61,714 posts)ISIS will step in your kid's shit, and *Boom!*
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)https://tacticalbabygear.com/collections/diaper-bags
I would have bought one when my boy was little.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)jayschool2013
(2,319 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)Paladin
(28,287 posts)Must be nice to be so easily satisfied.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)It is the operator.
kimbutgar
(21,284 posts)Because you most of them would shite their pants if someone fired back at them!
Initech
(100,146 posts)Because you never know when you'll get shut out of a restroom when you're exercising your 2nd amendment rights! Ah that's freedom baby! Available now in camouflage!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Which is why I avoid "gun culture" like the plague
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)I find it surprising that someone does not go to one of these shows and try to kill a bunch of people before getting shot?
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)tenderfoot
(8,439 posts)You might be one of them.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Like most other Gunshow attendees
tenderfoot
(8,439 posts)more money to stock up on pork greased ammo.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)Carry on.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)It has nothing do do with ISIS and that is all that's needed to understand them. They aren't buying their guns to fight off a foreign invasion. The inclusion of ISIS at their show in this manner speaks volumes. They are buying guns for domestic reasons, not foreign. Though the darker skin aspect absolutely applies.
Kingofalldems
(38,511 posts)are Trump supporters. Am I wrong?
tenderfoot
(8,439 posts)not at all.