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In reply to the discussion: Oh dear - another theater shooting - this time in Tennessee [View all]alarimer
(16,245 posts)10. At the same time, though, I am sick of the pat-downs and searches everywhere
Mostly they've been instituted under a bogus threat of "terrorism" at stadiums and wherever, but it's mostly nonsense. The real threat is from lunatics with guns.
So either the choice is to not leave the house, or be subject to unreasonable searches.
Yet no one talks about banning guns or having very restrictive permit processes. Because we have more to fear from a guy (usually, but not always, a white guy with a gun and some kind of grievance.
So I don't know.
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Jackass on M$NBComcast saying theaters must increase security - not one fugging word
malaise
Aug 2015
#3
Anything except the fact that millions and millions of guns in this country.....
NCTraveler
Aug 2015
#18
I live 6 miles from a Nuclear Plant... I ain't scared of NOTHING!! :-)
Ghost in the Machine
Aug 2015
#55
Initial reports said there was a gun battle between the dead guy and the cops.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#54
If it's AP, the weapon will be a .50 Browning aircraft machinegun. Or AR 15.
Eleanors38
Aug 2015
#60