Benny The Jet
Posts: 2,987
Aug 4, 2011 10:45am
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Aug 4, 2011 11:01am
Watching news now, not sure what to make of this. Saying 3 youngsters reported seeing a man with a possible gun. Hope it amounts to nothing.
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MontyBrunswick
Aug 4, 2011 11:42am
It's probably a squirt gun because it's been so hot, LOL.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Aug 4, 2011 11:47am
dlazz;851568 wrote:It's probably a squirt gun because it's been so hot, LOL.
I hope so
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Aug 4, 2011 11:51am
Complete overreaction.
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MontyBrunswick
Aug 4, 2011 11:53am
tk421;851578 wrote:Complete overreaction.
this
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Aug 4, 2011 12:11pm
tk421;851578 wrote:Complete overreaction.
Tell that to the 32 people who lost their lives in '07 on the very same campus.
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Aug 4, 2011 12:13pm
Scarlet_Buckeye;851588 wrote:Tell that to the 32 people who lost their lives in '07 on the very same campus.
So that means that anytime someone so much as sees something that looks like a gun, they lock down the campus? Please
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Aug 4, 2011 12:17pm
tk421;851591 wrote:So that means that anytime someone so much as sees something that looks like a gun, they lock down the campus? Please
Better safe than sorry? Let me guess... you're also the person who complains about airport security, am I right?
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rydawg5
Posts: 2,639
Aug 4, 2011 12:39pm
overreacting big time.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Aug 4, 2011 1:22pm
The Sheep mentality and fear of guns in this country is ridiculous. When I was at Otterbein, we had a lockdown because of 2 ROTC students practicing drill with their actionless rifles outside of the dorms.
power i
Posts: 1,296
Aug 4, 2011 2:15pm
I'll take overreacting over underreacting, thank you.
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rydawg5
Posts: 2,639
Aug 4, 2011 2:18pm
you would have appreciated the 1950s and the red scare then. overreacting always ends up taking right/freedoms away.
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Aug 4, 2011 3:18pm
power i;851693 wrote:I'll take overreacting over underreacting, thank you.
That's the same stupid reasoning that has millions of travelers being molested and violated at airports across the country 10 years after 9/11. The fear mentality that the government and news media create in this country is outrageous.
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Aug 4, 2011 4:19pm
LJ;851657 wrote:The Sheep mentality and fear of guns in this country is ridiculous. When I was at Otterbein, we had a lockdown because of 2 ROTC students practicing drill with their actionless rifles outside of the dorms.
I'll disagree with this because what's truly frightening is that for the most part, any wacko can obtain a gun. I don't have a problem with ROTC students having a gun, but it's bad when these depressed, manic-depressive, pissed off at the world losers get their hands on one. Wasn't that the case back in 2007 - if a background check was performed on the guy, they would have discovered he had a history of depression and probably would have been denied a gun? I remember reading at the time that states are suppose to do background checks, but over half don't, and this guy managed to slip through the cracks.
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Aug 4, 2011 4:23pm
Gimme a freaking break. Are you serious? Molested and violated? Puh-lease.tk421;851738 wrote:That's the same stupid reasoning that has millions of travelers being molested and violated at airports across the country 10 years after 9/11. The fear mentality that the government and news media create in this country is outrageous.
I knew it and called it...
Scarlet_Buckeye;851594 wrote:Let me guess... you're also the person who complains about airport security, am I right?
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Aug 4, 2011 4:27pm
I knew you were a frightened scared shitless government loving sheep the moment you opened your mouth. If you want every American to be treated like prisoners just traveling by plane across the country, then go for it. Myself, I still believe in personal freedoms and the right to not be searched without probable cause. I laugh at the fact that you are supposedly so educated, yet are perfectly willing to let the government do whatever they want all in the name of "safety". It's laughable if it weren't so scary.
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Aug 4, 2011 4:40pm
tk421;851792 wrote:I knew you were a frightened scared ****less government loving sheep the moment you opened your mouth. If you want every American to be treated like prisoners just traveling by plane across the country, then go for it. Myself, I still believe in personal freedoms and the right to not be searched without probable cause. I laugh at the fact that you are supposedly so educated, yet are perfectly willing to let the government do whatever they want all in the name of "safety". It's laughable if it weren't so scary.
What the F are you talking about? I'm not frightened of the government one bit! If anything... YOU ARE! You're the one that has a problem with "lockdowns" and airport security "patdowns"! I have no problem whatsoever with being frisked because I know that it's going to bring safety. I don't want some gun-hugging-hippy like you bringing your pistol on, just to end up shooting yourself in the foot because you're probably stupid enough too, and then costing me my flight as now the pilot has to land the plane in an emergency.
Rules and safety processes are in place for a reason. Not to molest people, conspiracy-theorist.
This is 2011... Not 1960 anymore pal. Things change.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Aug 4, 2011 4:42pm
Scarlet_Buckeye;851805 wrote:gun-hugging-hippy
LOLWUT
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Aug 4, 2011 4:45pm
Scarlet_Buckeye;851805 wrote:What the F are you talking about? I'm not frightened of the government one bit! If anything... YOU ARE! You're the one that has a problem with "lockdowns" and airport security "patdowns"! I have no problem whatsoever with being frisked because I know that it's going to bring safety. I don't want some gun-hugging-hippy like you bringing your pistol on, just to end up shooting yourself in the foot because you're probably stupid enough too, and then costing me my flight as now the pilot has to land the plane in an emergency.
Rules and safety processes are in place for a reason. Not to molest people, conspiracy-theorist.
This is 2011... Not 1960 anymore pal. Things change.
lol you definitely called it.
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Sonofanump
Aug 4, 2011 4:46pm
Heretic;851808 wrote:LOLWUT
I think it's called an oxymoron.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
Aug 4, 2011 5:02pm
LJ;851657 wrote:The Sheep mentality and fear of guns in this country is ridiculous. When I was at Otterbein, we had a lockdown because of 2 ROTC students practicing drill with their actionless rifles outside of the dorms.
whenever we did any training on campus with a training rifles, we let the campus and city police know just for that reason.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Aug 4, 2011 6:06pm
friendfromlowry;851784 wrote:I'll disagree with this because what's truly frightening is that for the most part, any wacko can obtain a gun. I don't have a problem with ROTC students having a gun, but it's bad when these depressed, manic-depressive, pissed off at the world losers get their hands on one. Wasn't that the case back in 2007 - if a background check was performed on the guy, they would have discovered he had a history of depression and probably would have been denied a gun? I remember reading at the time that states are suppose to do background checks, but over half don't, and this guy managed to slip through the cracks.
You couldn't be any more wrong. Every FFL is required by federal law to complete a background check. The VT shooter had a background check performed and came back clean. The state mental health system failed to report his mental status anywhere.
GoPens
Posts: 2,339
Aug 4, 2011 6:09pm
rydawg5;851697 wrote:you would have appreciated the 1950s and the red scare then. overreacting always ends up taking right/freedoms away.
Like the Patriot Act??? :rolleyes:
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Aug 4, 2011 6:39pm
LJ;851856 wrote:You couldn't be any more wrong. Every FFL is required by federal law to complete a background check. The VT shooter had a background check performed and came back clean. The state mental health system failed to report his mental status anywhere.
Okay so the mental health system dropped the ball instead of the gun shop(s) - doesn't change my point that the wrong person got a gun and killed dozens.