Traffic here is horrible, and there are plenty of completely ignorant drivers; but in my estimation, there's no place with worse drivers than Florida. Old people + high speed = OMFG.
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^^^ Could very well be the cause of the 1-car accident in the first place.
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Dear Diary, Today, I found out what a blog is. At least, I think I did...
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God forbid people actually try to get an education and work to make a better life for themselves. I know there are plenty of people who need help, but there are also a shitload of them who are capable of helping themselves--at least to some degree--but choose not to. It's easier to blame everyone else for their plight, and seek easier ways to make (or steal) a buck. I know some of them personally
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Overall crime in Centreville really isn't that bad. It has its problems from time to time, as others have pointed out; but it's hardly a town with what one might call "mean streets." As someone who grew up in PG County (Hyattsville in the mid 70s, and then Laurel until the mid 90s), I can attest that it's like Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood compared to many of those areas in MD--which have only gotten
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Funny enough, I grew up in PG county... and now live in Centreville. Maybe I'm the problem, afterall.
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They probably were just feeder fish, Meeper; that hadn't occurred to me. As far as animal cruelty, I wasn't thinking so much about that as I was simply not wanting to see the bag explode like a water balloon all over me. Most shoppers wouldn't toss a dozen eggs onto the counter, because they want them to be intact when the get home. I'd expect the same to hold true for a large bag of water (fil
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Not the most flattering pic on CNN.com. Looks like they captured Cro-Magnon Man.
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I had to go to PetSmart this morning to pick up dog food, and while I'm in the checkout line, I notice a shopping cart pulling in behind me. I placed the little divider thingamabob on the belt to separate my items from the next customer's, and suddenly I hear what I can only describe as a splashy thud as the first item is tossed up--it's a bag of goldfish. Fortunately, it didn't break. I've neve
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But did she have the all-important Baby On Board sign in the window? Because, you know, that gives her carte blanch to do whatever the hell she wants.
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Tim45 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Before this goes on and on about if you can carry > a gun openly remember that Virginia is a big state > and a lot of it is rural. Seeing someone carrying > a rifle in south west Virginia is no big deal. > Seeing them walk around here with one is probably > cause to be concerned but is still not against the &
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I'll pass, thanks. Since you've got the time to kill, though, feel free to track down whoever wrote the article (or the Indy police). Perhaps they can answer the open carry/concealed question definitively--not that it matters at this point... it would just a sidebar to a story that had a positive outcome for a change.
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RESton Peace Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I could just as easily conclude he did NOT have > it concealed... the article does not say. > > Some states force you to be permitted to carry a > handgun without regard to concealment.. All of which again raises the question--about whether criminals would be less likely to even attempt such robberies
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RESton Peace Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.examiner.com/a-228800~Would_Be_Robber_W > ith_Screwdriver_Foiled.html That's a good example of a best-case scenario; a civilian prevented a robbery in progress without anyone getting hurt. That he did so with a valid gun permit makes it even better. Given that he had the permit, I'm guessing the gun h
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pgens Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > trekroner Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I agree with you, that there's some some degree > of > > hero aspiration going on here with folks who > > openly carry weapons. I'm waiting to hear their > > reasons for doing so, guessing that most won't
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Speaking of stopping for pedestrians, two of the least pedestrian-friendly shopping centers are Fair Lakes and Union Mill. Fair Lakes had to finally resort to a series of stop signs and crosswalks, because so many drivers simply fail to let people cross. It's doubly annoying when you stop to allow a pedestrian to cross--only to have them stop in the middle of the street, because the asshole driv
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Turbo Mirage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hey trek you are an idiot. alot of people in VA > carry openly because they can't carry concealed. > > for the longest while the county was actually > denying people CCL just because the clerks at the > court didn't like the fact that people could carry > weapons unknowingly. fortunately, a judge m
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RESton Peace Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have to admit, I love guns, but I wouldn't carry > one around out in the open. > > I think, round eyes, you are missing on vital > possible reason for doing so: the "potential > hero" card... I bet lots of these open carriers do > so because they want to be ready for that big > moment when
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brianl703 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone who is openly carrying obviously likely > isn't up to anything bad since they haven't hidden > the gun. This is probably true. But it also begs the question of what happened with the victim in the original topic of this thread--he was openly carrying, and was robbed of the very weapon that was supposed to
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And Sammy, you can take your openly carried firearm, your crude attitude, and your poor typing skills and pound them all up your ass. It might be more difficult than it sounds, however, as you're obviously full of shit. Next.
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I expected a little more from you. Tsk tsk tsk... I really thought you were more creative than this, RESton Peace. Of course, I'm sure you thought you were, too. But as you've hopefully learned, we can all be wrong sometimes.
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Honky, Whiteboy, and Crackalacka are also acceptable, until further notice. But "Round eyes"? Ninja, please.
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RESton Peace Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whatever you say, "round eyes", whatever you say. As a citizen of non-Asian descent, I should be offended by that remark. But I'll let it slide. This time.
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RESton Peace Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did you bother to click on the link I provided, > trekroner? It explained the answer to literally > everything you asked, in simple language that even > you can understand. > > I mean, seriously, trek, you asked a question, and > when you got an answer, you assumed the person was > wrong despit
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RESton Peace Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did you bother to click on the link I provided, > trekroner? It explained the answer to literally > everything you asked, in simple language that even > you can understand. Yes, I did bother to click on the Brady Campaign link, RESton Peace. And no, the cacaphony of fonts and jacked HTML coding--part of w
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Actually, there was one wordy, technical link on Virgina code posted before brianl703 posted the story from the Washington Post--after which, I didn't question the legality of it again. Just because Dirty Harry decides to quote one of my earliest posts on the subject doesn't mean I'm still denying that it's true. The million links you speak of rolled in after the fact.
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I'd buy it; but hearing the likes of George Michael and co. repeatedly say "...and the Natives are restless, folks!" would get old very fast. Of course, it'd also be painfully ironic that the Washington Natives aren't really "native" to Washington at all, playing in scenic Landover, MD.
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NRA Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't speculate, there are no laws nor should > there be preventing your average law abiding > citizen from obtaining a permit to conceal a > firearm. Lighten up, Francis.
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Very good to know. Even with it being completely legal, I'd also be afraid that an officer would go circus freak crazy if he saw a handgun sitting in plain view during a routine traffic stop. With that in mind, having the permit to legally carry it in the glove box has to be the best option.
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Very interesting stuff... I still wouldn't feel comfortable walking around in public with an open sidearm--only for fear that someone would call the police, and cops who aren't familiar with this law would respond and taser me into a vegetative state.
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