At Kings Island today in Planet Snoopy kids area a couple with guns strapped to their legs

[Windy]

They had tee-shirts on that said 8/22 Never Forget...

Can't figure out what the tee shirts mean, but more importantly,I was appalled that they were walking around a kids amusement park area with guns strapped to them. I wanted to walk up to them and ask them to leave the area. Seriously what in the hell is wrong with people. They may think that they have a "right to bear arms" but I have a right not to have to explain to my 6 and 4 year old granddaughters why people were walking around the amusement park with guns.

[Turbineguy]

1. It's how weenie waggers sublimate.

Perhaps?

[furious]

2. I've been hammering on this theme quite often today,

the best antidote to this stupidity is for every state that allows open carry is for them to repeal it and put a stop to this nonsense, plus, it would make my job that much easier.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Sickos, trying to play the macho role?

I have no idea what the 8/22 reference is either, but I would find the whole thing unsettling.

[Aristus]

4. 08/22 is probably the anniversary of something or other that sends the

delicate flowers to their fainting couches.

Undoubtedly, some dastardly gub'mint scheme that has them cowering in their beds at night.

Cowardly losers...

[Fawke Em]

39. Ruby Ridge

Historical Events (8/22):

1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho

[Aristus]

43. Sooooooo....

....let's all walk around with guns so that everyone who had nothing to do with that can feel frightened and intimidated?

I hate these fuckwads with the heat of a thousand white-hot suns...

[Fawke Em]

50. Apparently.

And then they bitch about a woman breast-feeding.

[KG]

5. yay, guns!

[NightWatcher]

6. When people open carry it makes the rest of us a little scared

How can we tell the Constitutional blowhards from the nuts who committ shooting rampages. All the mass shootings start with an asshole with a gun and voila, you've two of them right there. That'd make me nervous and I've had a CCW permit for the last 15 years and I've been known to keep a concealed piece near me.

Open carry should be banned even in the loosest CCW permit states.

[dem in texas]

7. Tell the owners that you will never be back

I would never take my children to a place where people can walk around carrying guns. And I would be complaining big time.

[TalkingDog]

44. /\ /\ /\ This. And write a letter to the local paper.

While some people think that all publicity is good publicity, they should ask all the owners of the businesses who discriminated against gays and were widely publicized for it. At least two have had to shut their doors in the last month. (that we know about)

[petronius]

8. Wikipedia has a nice long list of 8/22 happenings - I'm guessing Ruby Ridge

Unless they're still pissed about that whole Arbogast/Eugenius thing...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_22

[madinmaryland]

9. FBI HRT sniper shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge.

Teabagging gun-nutters seem fixated on Ruby Ridge.

[Lizzie Poppet]

42. Anyone with the slightest respect for civil rights is, too.

Ruby Ridge was a national disgrace. There were no heroes there, on either side, but Lon Horiuchi got away with cold-blooded murder.

[Voice for Peace]

17. possibly the defeat of Charles the Bald.

[pitbullgirl1965]

28. BHAHAAA!!! Excellent comment ^^^^

omg. I don't know why it's insanely funny (maybe it's irreverence?) but it is.

[Recursion]

21. No, just the BFEE fuck-up at Ruby Ridge

Another low point for the Bush crime syndicate...

[Hoyt]

25. Well, ole racist Randy Weaver should have turned himself in instead of hiding behind his wife and

kids. The feds gavr the Ayran Nation gun trafficker ample time to surrender peacefully. Instead Weaver allowed his 14 year old son - brought up a racist in the gun culture - to shoot a federal agent. Too bad things went down like they did, but weaver should have surrendered.

[Recursion]

26. Then the court should have given him a summons with the correct date for the hearing

Rather than one two weeks later.

Weaver is a free man and a million dollars richer because of the BFEE's catastrophic mismanagement of that standoff.

[Hoyt]

30. When the feds waited outside hus compound for days for him to surrender,

the date was not an issue.

But, gun lovers seem to excuse Weaver's racism, violence, gun trafficking, and raising a family to be just like him. The feds gave him plenty of time to walk out unarmed and surrender. He chose to hide behind his family, even sending his 14 son out armed to confront the feds.

Not much excuse for any of Weaver's doings, yet gun lovers find a lot of love for him.

[Niceguy1]

33. even law enforcement

Admits it was a screw up and use the incident as an example of what not to do.....

[NutmegYankee]

37. I think most people are horrified that an unarmed woman holding a baby was shot dead by a sniper.

Official reports from law enforcement agencies label the entire thing a disaster. You focus solely on the wanted man, but a fair approach would be to focus also on the methods used to arrest him. I don't care if the man is hiding behind his family. it's the responsibility of law enforcement not to kill innocents. Yeah, he didn't walk out. But he was cornered and they could have waited and worn them down.

No one should have been shot.

[Hoyt]

38. Nope, I also focus on the fact daddy weaver let his son and friend shoot a federal agent.

Weaver should gave surrendered. Agents did not shoot his wife for the heck of it (obviously, I feel sorry for her).

Truth is, I have no sympathy for a racist, who tried to arm the Ayran (?) Nation to help them intimidate or kill minorities.

Weaver should have surrendered and asked that his family receive help for their hatred.

[Recursion]

52. The killing of the Federal agent by his son was ruled lawful self-defense

Agents did not shoot his wife for the heck of it

Sadly, that's exactly what happened. Then they mocked him over the loudspeaker asking if Mrs. Weaver was cooking him breakfast.

[Hoyt]

53. When it comes to guns, and even some of the racist crap too many gun lovers are into,

you guys kind of forget about morality and what is good for our society. I really don't understand it, but I'm convinced it is wrong.

[Agnosticsherbet]

10. The Ruby Ridge shooting, August 1992

Ruby Ridge, along with the Waco standoff, was what drove Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols to commit the Oklahoma City Bombing.

What you saw as a Militia second amendment terrorist int he flesh.

[Snarkoleptic]

11. Prolly members of the small penis gun club.

Video here, must watch all the way through...
www.smallpenisgunclub.com

[rwsanders]

12. I like that they gave the wolf a cameo. The same mentality seems to drive the need to kill...

large predators just to prove something? to someone?

[Iliyah]

13. At this rate you won't know who is the "good guy" or "bad guy"

[msongs]

14. non-gun owenrs have NO legal right to not be threatened/shot by gun owners nt

[furious]

15. Oh yes they do.

I've arrested many a person, men and women, for threatening or shooting someone with a firearm.
Please don't spread nonsense like this.

[Iliyah]

16. I don't want my children around people who feel they need to be armed.

Through tax dollars the Police Department handles that. And, I don't want to have to spend extra dollars for arm guards protection, heck didn't that happen during the early 20th century.

[furious]

18. I happen to agree with you.

but the poster I responded to was fundamentally wrong and I only corrected the person.

Unfortunately, police departments across the country are having their budgets cut right and left, hell, our Sheriff's Department is 6 deputies down right now and all overtime has been cancelled except in extreme circumstances, which puts a huge strain on us duty wise.
There has been many a time where we can't answer calls in a timely manner due to officer shortages, can you imagine how that makes us feel?

It's fast getting to the point where the citizens can't count on law enforcement to protect them and this greatly saddens me, I became a Sheriff's Deputy to help my county and I am at the point where I can barely do that now.

[pitbullgirl1965]

29. That's terrible... eom

[furious]

31. It is.

The repukes, which are a bunch of loud mouthed assholes, have, in the past, convinced our county commissioners not to raise property or sales taxes to properly fund our department, but, we are starting to see a turn around and I think in the next election cycle, we may see some slight increases in taxes to help us and the FD, which has suffered devastating cutbacks.

Our FD have had to revert back to volunteer status along with our Ambulance Service.
I can't understand how these idiots think this is a revenue saving cut, what ever happened to what's best for the citizens?
As I said, we're finally starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel and I think we're going to defeat those asshole repukes on the county commission and get some pragmatic candidates elected.

Keep your fingers crossed.

[Skittles]

34. this is worthy of its own thread

yes indeed

[sorefeet]

45. I say never call a cop

ESPECIALLY for protection. If you don't report corruption, by your co workers, you are just as guilty. Never ever trust a cop, any good lawyer will tell you that. Never admit to being a cop, your buddies who are corrupt bullies give the very few that aren't corrupt, a black eye. In all reality most cops are corrupt because they turn a blind eye. Millions of dollars in law suits are spent on violent, corrupt cops. Could it be part of needing more tax dollars, to support legal expenses or hire more crooked cops????

[hunter]

22. But it's legal to mock them, right?

[furious]

23. You bet it is, it's that 1st Amendment thing.

As a cop, I can't tell you to do such a thing (wink, cough, smile) but you do what you think is right.

[TheDeputy]

36. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Like Furious, I have arrested a few for such behavior. Please don't make stuff up.

[Lizzie Poppet]

41. Nonsense.

An actual threat is a crime, and the person menacing with a firearm can be arrested. The simple presence of a firearm doesn't constitute a "threat," legally or (to be blunt) rationally.

[padruig]

19. "8/22 Never Forget"

"8/22 Never Forget" is a reference to the lock down of the community when law enforcement was searching for the Boston Marathon Bombers

As you may recall they secured a very large area asking everyone to remain indoors as police teams searched.

This may be their way of saying "look what can happen if the Government gets out of control !"

I did a little checking, "Open Carry" is apparently not restricted by Ohio statute, however, the Amusement Park would be able to prohibit such displays if signage were posted.

Kings Island is private property.


"I remain convinced that the issue of guns in American culture, as hard-wired to our national origins as slavery was, will take every bit as long to rectify as slavery, and can only happen if Americans want it to happen, which most of them don’t now. So let’s at least acknowledge the truth: This country is soft on domestic terrorism."

-- Frank Rich

[furious]

24. Any private property owner, in my state, can restrict firearms in their establishment

by putting up no firearms allowed signs, the property owner can tell someone to leave, if they refuse, then we can charge them with trespass, which, unfortunately, is only a Class C misdemeanor, which is not enough to lose their firearms rights.

[Bay Boy]

51. Uhmmm.... no!

The Boston Marathon bombing was in April of this year. (April is the 4th month)

[Enthusiast]

27. Brown Shirts..............nt

[pitbullgirl1965]

32. Are you going to complain?

Smh over the stupidly. And honestly? They put everyone around them at risk of injury or death carrying around firearms. If they are that casual in public, I question how responsibly they handle them in private. I don't get the casual attitude these yahoos have.

This may sound like a strange comparison:
it's like working with bulls:
1.you don't make pets of them, treat them with respect, and handle them as little as you can get away with. (people have been killed/mauled by their pet bulls)
>guns aren't toys)

2.Know where they're at all times and watch them. Leave yourself an out too. Warn people where they are.: Hey, be careful, Pen 2 has a bull in it.
>assume they are always loaded
>don't point it at anyone
>know where you are shooting into and have a clear target.

3.They are there for one purpose: to impregnate heifers and cows with the end result of producing milk
>a guns purpose is to kill.
Not to make you feel like Badass of the Week,
parade around Chucky Cheese, Planet Snoopy, or a pediatric intensive care unit.

Dumb city slickers. They would be rounded mocked if they paraded around up here like Dirty Harry.

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. How old were they?

[justhanginon]

40. Would that be mentally or chronologically?

Might I suggest 8 and 22 respectively although I do suspect most 8 year olds would have more sense. How very sad at an amusement park where families go to have fun.

[Windy]

46. Probably in their 50s.

I should call Kings Island and complain. I actually think I'm going to right now. Good suggestion.

[JesterCS]

47. Wow. I used to work at KI

I did Tech Services. I dont see why they were even allowed into the park. Thats a security nightmare

[Iggo]

48. "They wear their guns because it's against the law for them to show you their pee-pees."

And then have the girls point and laugh.

[Hoyt]

49. Bingo.