Do you think it should be legal to bring a gun to the zoo?

[mudesi]

It's a simple question.

Edit: Feel free to replace "zoo" with movie theater, restaurant, school, etc.

[exothermic]

1. Your silly little poll might just backfire.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Faygo Kid]

3. Boy, that's a weird one, alright.

Left field, as it were.

Oh, backfire. Now I get it.

[geckosfeet]

2. Yeah - bring the kids too.

[lame54]

4. Is it panda season?

[anonymous171]

5. If you have the proper papers, yes.

Would I? No.

[Trajan]

6. Isn't this a Gungeon question ?

Hmmmm ....

[Island Blue]

7. If you're so afraid when you go to the zoo,

that you need to bring a gun, you should probably just stay locked inside your house with your head under the covers. Same goes for most public places that people want to bring guns to.

[exothermic]

10. Good suggestion, since nobody has ever been attacked and murdered in their own house.

:hi:

[Popol Vuh]

8. I think it should be legal.....But

I think the zoo should retain the right to disallow weapons of any type on their premises.

[bossy22]

33. agreed

as much as i am for gun rights, i also support property rights- if the owner of private property wants to ban firearms on his property- well i believe he/she has the right to do that

[Angleae]

35. And just how many zoos are privately owned?

[dems_rightnow]

9. I believe you'll find

That the people who answer "No" would be the same people that would say "No" pretty much regardless of what public place it is. I can't see a reason for "zoo" to be different than "restaurant".

[RC]

27. How about a church?

http://toughsledding.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/guns-in-church-now-theres-a-pr-problem/

[SteveM]

42. Some of the first gun laws in the South allowed whites to carry in church...

Just after the first slave rebellions, laws were passed allowing whites to carry guns to church in the belief that rebellions were most likely to occur on Sundays when the "massah" and his family were away and plantations were more vulnerable. BTW, when blacks rebelled, the first thing they acquired were guns.

From the rebellions forward, you began to see all manner of gun-controls in the South -- designed to disarm blacks.

[WillyT]

11. Unfortunately... It Has Always Been Legal To Be An Idiot !!!

:shrug:

[exothermic]

12. And also to be an asshole! Ain't Amerika great?

:D

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Leave the kids home - bring a piece instead

:wtf:

[IDemo]

14. It would be foolhardy to put firepower anywhere a chimp might have access to.

Somebody had to say it... :)

[The Straight Story]

15. Why not, cops do. And given some threads around here, I trust my neighbor more with a gun

than I do cops with even a taser (and this coming from someone who has defended cops in the past).

If the only people you want to trust are those in power, well...that is kinda scary to me.

[Speck Tater]

16. Sure, as long as you have a hunting license and an elephant tag. NT

[BlooInBloo]

17. I don't get it.

[BlooInBloo]

19. Ah - got it. Carrying argument from another thread.

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

18. Yes, those cages could crumble at any moment. n/t

[Occam Bandage]

20. I can't see why zoos should be exemptions from gun laws in either direction.

A better poll would be, "Should people have right to carry unconcealed firearms in public?"

[Major Hogwash]

32. Why is the courthouse exempt then? Because it's not as safe as the zoo!!

I'm dying here, man.
Ten loony birds strap their guns on and go to the zoo - you can't make this shit up!!

What I really want to know is, did that one fucking asshole of a monkey throw his shit at them, like he does to everyone else that stares at him, or did he refrain, knowing they were armed?

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!

[XOKCowboy]

21. I guess the question wasn't simple enough..

it needed an edit to make any sense at all.....

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

22. What are you going to hunt

while at the zoo? :shrug:

[WWFZD]

23. Have at it

If your state allows CCW, which all but two do, and you've gone through the proper procedures then CC and enjoy your day at the zoo(movie theater, restaurant, school...).
Might have helped a couple SF stoners a few months ago fight off a pissed off (and rare) four legged predator. Much more likely that you need it to defend yourself against a psycho on two legs but my XD-40 comes in handy either way. And unless anyone was that 2 or 4 legged predator they'd never know I had it.


PS: those idiots at the SF zoo brought that tragedy on themselves.

[geckosfeet]

24. Right - a handgun is going to stop a 500 pound tiger. My advice is run.

[WWFZD]

25. Thats not the best advice in the world

but you do what you gotta do.
My advice is to to empty the mag into the 500 lb. tiger, then run.
Sure beats the old joke about the two guys hiking in the woods when they encounter a Grizzly Bear. The first dude stops to change into his running shoes, the second asks him - "what the hell are you doing? You can't outrun that bear." - the second one says - "I don't have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you!".

[geckosfeet]

29. Good. You stand and shoot. I'll run and,,, errr,, get help.

[AtheistCrusader]

40. So you acknowledge a bystander with a firearm might

save your life? Interesting. Some of us are willing to risk our lives to fight, and protect others. Not sure why you would mock us.

As far as a Tiger goes, I would think a .40 or .45 should be sufficient to stop this type of anmial, shot placement of course being the more critical factor. Should get a foot or more of penetration.

[Howzit]

31. Never run from a predator N/T

[tburnsten]

38. Handguns did stop that tiger

If I were those cops that had to go in after it I would have been shaking in my boots, but I guess the .40 is really an underestimated round. Plus cats are pretty thin skinned and lightly built for their size, a bear of the same rough height and length would probably weigh 1.5-2x as much as the cat. I would have dumped at least one mag into the animal before I paused.

[CHIMO]

26. Why Not

Of course, John Wayne would have asked a differtent question. Or maybe he wouldn't have asked.

[randyjet]

28. The question is not phrased well.

The question should be, Should licensed and registered people who have a concealed weapons permit be allowed to keep their weapons while in the zoo?

I assume that is what was meant, so I voted YES to the question. I have no problem with responsible, and people educated in the laws on the use of firearms, to keep their weapons with them any more than I worry about cops having their guns with them.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

30. Do you think it should be legal to kill a deer?

It's a simple question.

Edit: Feel free to replace "deer" with child, pregnant woman, koala bear, baby seal, river otter, etc.

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

34. It's kind of inconvenient to leave them home when...

If guns are for self defense then they are most useful outside the home where you are more likely to be physically attacked. But if you're going to any public destination you have to leave them home, which defeats the purpose.

I think zoos and public locales should have a gun check at the front desk so you can be protected on the streets but also keep the weapons out of the destination place.

[iverglas]

36. do you now

I think zoos and public locales should have a gun check at the front desk

You think the costs and risks of some individuals' loony and self-centred choices should be passed on to the general public / publics of the "public locales" in question.

Maybe you think that there should be a charge for this "gun check" that would amount to a user-pay system. Such a charge could cover the material and human resources needed to perform this function. I'm not sure how much it would cost to completely eliminate the risk of checked firearms falling into the wrong hands, and why anyone should be required to assume that risk and bear any costs that result if the risk materializes.

Not when the risk can be 100% averted by LEAVING THE FUCKING THING AT HOME. Properly secured against theft, of course.

[tburnsten]

39. Many places that don't allow firearms

have accomodations for their storage while people who carry are at the location. Some state court buildings for instance. Usually they just have lockboxes set into the walls that the people can use, and they just get them out on their way back out. For that to be justified, the place has really got to have a need for constant security presence, like a courthouse. It is incredibly cheap to have some strongboxes built into solidly constructed walls, and so long as there is an actual security screening process for people entering the area it is legitimate. If its honor cyctem, it would be foolish for people to use them unless it were a water park or someplace similiar where the firearm would be at risk of loss or damage.

[slackmaster]

37. Not enough information for a meaningful answer

Does the zoo screen every visitor for weapons? Any place that bans lawful possession of weapons should. If not, then it's a phony gun-free zone.

[benEzra]

41. For those who have a CHL, police officers, and others,

yes. I don't have a problem with requiring a license to carry there, though.