Go Maine !!!!!!

[Reservoir_Dog]

What the hell is the matter with you Americans? Why don't you all just shoot yourselves and get it over with?
Then maybe some civilized people can move in.

[Darkhorse]

What the hell is the matter with you Americans? Why don't you all just shoot yourselves and get it over with?
Then maybe some civilized people can move in.

If we were like you that would make us Canadian and that would not be good!

[Darkhorse]

DH, there really isn't a direct connection, past this: guns can be good, or evil, depending on largely human interaction. Creating a culture glorifying them leads to a lot of bad outcomes. I just chose the most recent. Does that directly relate to open carry law? No, but the cheerleading for open carry being more easily done leads IMO to a lax attitude towards guns as a rule.

I disagree that this is glorifying guns or creates lax attitude towards guns in any way, I see it as leveling the playing field. I do believe that the laws at the point of sale need to be tightened up and once a buyer is cleared they be required to attend a training/safety course and repeat every two or three years.

[HappyHappy]

The only thing Callmeshit is packing is fudge.....

[HappyHappy]

That Maine murder was all about a cheating woman and revenge.
That little point may never hit the news.

[Pudfark]

DH, there really isn't a direct connection, past this: guns can be good, or evil, depending on largely human interaction. Creating a culture glorifying them leads to a lot of bad outcomes. I just chose the most recent. Does that directly relate to open carry law? No, but the cheerleading for open carry being more easily done leads IMO to a lax attitude towards guns as a rule.

I disagree that this is glorifying guns or creates lax attitude towards guns in any way, I see it as leveling the playing field. I do believe that the laws at the point of sale need to be tightened up and once a buyer is cleared they be required to attend a training/safety course and repeat every two or three years.

Beg yer pardon...for adding this below, it seems relevant in regard to DH's remark above.

OBAMA-NOMINATED JUDGE GIVES ONE YEAR PROBATION TO STRAW PURCHASER WHO BOUGHT GUN FOR COP KILLER

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government ... op-killer/

"On November 2 Obama-nominated U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross gave one year probation to a woman who admitted buying a gun for her boyfriend, which he later used to shoot and kill Omaha Police Officer Kerrie Orozco.

The woman–Jalita Johnson–pleaded “guilty to providing false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer” in order to buy a guy for Marcus Wheeler, “a felon [who] gave Johnson money and told her what [gun] to buy.”

According to Omaha.com, Johnson took Wheeler’s money and “bought [a] Glock semi-automatic handgun, plus a 50-round drum magazine and ammunition, from a pawnshop in Jonesboro, Georgia.” On ATF form 4473 she answered “Yes” when asked if she was the actual buyer of the gun. She then gave the gun to Wheeler and, on May 20, he used to it to open fire on officers trying to arrest him. He fired nine rounds, one of which proved fatal for Orozco."

"In addition to the one year of probation, Judge Ross gave Johnson “40 hours of community service and 180 days of house arrest,” but that’s it."

I believe this to be a good example....of why gun laws don't work, neither do immigration laws....because of liberal/progressive Judges.

Old Pudfark sez: " Ignorance of the law is no excuse....and ignoring, ain't either. "