candle_86

MrImSoGood

MSim

MrImSoGood

MSim

MrImSoGood
Can someone please explain to me in what scenario would someone be walking in public with a rifle or shotgun?

Why should anyone need a reason to exercise a right.

Just because it a right doesn't mean it makes sense

 
Just because it doesn't make sense to you, doesn't mean people should be forbidden from exercising that right. You can't just walk around waving/pointing the gun at people.
 
The main reason people open carry rifles in Texas, was to point out it's legal to do it and to protest the law not allowing open carry of modern pistols.

First off nowhere did I say anything about forbidding anything
Secondly carrying a gun or even having one is a privilege not a right
Thirdly protesting over not being able to carry a gun in the open is silly and a waste of time when there are some many other things that are incredibly more important to protest about.
 
Seriously, people in Texas are tripping about not being able to show off their guns while walking down the street

 
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
 
Seems to me having a gun is a right, not a privilege. 
 
Also I feel it should be pointed out, the reason we are all armed is to ensure our rights can not be infringed, sadly most American's are onboard with the government taking our rights anyway, for whatever excuse seems reasonable. Protect Children, Terrorism, Civil Rights. Instead of educating people and then letting people suffer the consequences of their own actions, you now have punishment for hate speech, because your not allowed to use your freedom to say mean things. We are being told in many states we for instance can't smoke in a car or house with Children Present or being told we can't allow the kids to play outside unsupervised because every other person alive is a predator. 
 
Our right to bear arms was meant to make sure this didn't happen, but no one cared.

MrImSoGood

candle_86

MrImSoGood

MSim

MrImSoGood

MSim

MrImSoGood
Can someone please explain to me in what scenario would someone be walking in public with a rifle or shotgun?

Why should anyone need a reason to exercise a right.

Just because it a right doesn't mean it makes sense

 
Just because it doesn't make sense to you, doesn't mean people should be forbidden from exercising that right. You can't just walk around waving/pointing the gun at people.
 
The main reason people open carry rifles in Texas, was to point out it's legal to do it and to protest the law not allowing open carry of modern pistols.

First off nowhere did I say anything about forbidding anything
Secondly carrying a gun or even having one is a privilege not a right
Thirdly protesting over not being able to carry a gun in the open is silly and a waste of time when there are some many other things that are incredibly more important to protest about.
 
Seriously, people in Texas are tripping about not being able to show off their guns while walking down the street

 
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
 
Seems to me having a gun is a right, not a privilege. 
 
Also I feel it should be pointed out, the reason we are all armed is to ensure our rights can not be infringed, sadly most American's are onboard with the government taking our rights anyway, for whatever excuse seems reasonable. Protect Children, Terrorism, Civil Rights. Instead of educating people and then letting people suffer the consequences of their own actions, you now have punishment for hate speech, because your not allowed to use your freedom to say mean things. We are being told in many states we for instance can't smoke in a car or house with Children Present or being told we can't allow the kids to play outside unsupervised because every other person alive is a predator. 
 
Our right to bear arms was meant to make sure this didn't happen, but no one cared.

It was a right to carry a gun back in the 1700s, now it's more of a privilege
 
So you think you should have the right to smoke in a house with kids around? What about their right now to be subjected to 2nd hand smoke and possible cancer
And why would anyone want to leave their kid(s) outside unsupervised?
 

wrinvert
I'm dying from cancer from second hand smoke from living with my grand father that smoked 2 packs a day in a house and a car I had no choice in being in. I glad to know you think it a right to kill children against their will for your fix.
driving on government roads is a privilege, driving around your own private land is more close to a right.
defense of ourselves with what ever weapon is common for the times is a right that some in a time of perceived comfort and complacency are trying to turn it into a privilege. Those same people will be the first to cry when they need that right to save their person.

wrinvert
You and every other tax payer before and after you paid for those roads also. So your stuck using the rules set by those elected of the masses.

So to prove my point:
I also paid in some part for them and I don't want to driving on them at all. Whos choice is honored?

Your view of it being a right is self entitlement.

As for the cancer, no 100% proof that's impossible. But it has the highest probable cause based on type and genetic history. I mean it killed him first...

wrinvert
You and every other tax payer before and after you paid for those roads also. So your stuck using the rules set by those elected of the masses.

So to prove my point:
I also paid in some part for them and I don't want to driving on them at all. Whos choice is honored?

Your view of it being a right is self entitlement.

As for the cancer, no 100% proof that's impossible. But it has the highest probable cause based on type and genetic history. I mean it killed him first...

HAZMAN_THE_GREAT
Here is a nice video to educate everyone about the laws of open carry in Texas as well as just a bit on carrying in general

nateman_doo
 
As for the smoking? As much as I HATE dirty smokers it is their right to smoke.  I feel bad for smokers because they tax the crap out of it.  Imagine the government taxing something you enjoy? Imagine they taxed PC gaming or something?  It is my right however to not smell it, so I support no smoking in enclosed spaces.  I do remember going to diners and them asking "smoking, or non-smoking" sections. 
 

kaninja

nateman_doo
 
As for the smoking? As much as I HATE dirty smokers it is their right to smoke.  I feel bad for smokers because they tax the crap out of it.  Imagine the government taxing something you enjoy? Imagine they taxed PC gaming or something?  It is my right however to not smell it, so I support no smoking in enclosed spaces.  I do remember going to diners and them asking "smoking, or non-smoking" sections. 
 

I hate smoking...I just passed the 3 year mark being smoke free in April. I disagree with your take on the taxation. Even when I smoked I understood the taxation (even heavier in Canada). Looking at the U.S. you guys subsidize healthcare at around $.25 on every tax dollar collected. Yet smoking related diseases are a preventable thing. PC gaming doesn't quite cause the huge drain on the medical system that smoking and obesity does. We are free to smoke, but because smokers are a disproportionate burden on the health care system, they should help subsidize the very service they will eventually need.

Now, if no tax dollars went to healthcare/obamacare/Nixon-scam whatever you want to call it then sure I would agree with you....no taxation on smokers because they would bear the full financial burden of thier decisions.....as it is now, we all do.

kaninja

I hate smoking...I just passed the 3 year mark being smoke free in April. I disagree with your take on the taxation. Even when I smoked I understood the taxation (even heavier in Canada). Looking at the U.S. you guys subsidize healthcare at around $.25 on every tax dollar collected. Yet smoking related diseases are a preventable thing. PC gaming doesn't quite cause the huge drain on the medical system that smoking and obesity does. We are free to smoke, but because smokers are a disproportionate burden on the health care system, they should help subsidize the very service they will eventually need.

Now, if no tax dollars went to healthcare/obamacare/Nixon-scam whatever you want to call it then sure I would agree with you....no taxation on smokers because they would bear the full financial burden of thier decisions.....as it is now, we all do.

BF3PRO
Yes I do think I have a right to smoke in my house even with children, especially since there's been research showing second hand smoke was over reacted too.... It's still a right not a privelige....

bill1024

paragon21xx

BF3PRO
Yes I do think I have a right to smoke in my house even with children, especially since there's been research showing second hand smoke was over reacted too.... It's still a right not a privelige....

Go tell that to my diabetic grandmother who also developed MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome) which causes her to always be out of energy and needs to have a shot that costs $300 every month to live precisely because my grandfather smoked around her constantly. Tell her yourself that second hand smoke is not that big of deal and thus you have every right to possibly inflict any disorder or disease upon others.

My father-in-law developed Emphysema from working in a small store with 2 smokers and a smoker at home.
He never smoked.
 
Where in the constitution does it say you have the right to a pack of Newports?

HAZMAN_THE_GREAT

bill1024

paragon21xx

BF3PRO
Yes I do think I have a right to smoke in my house even with children, especially since there's been research showing second hand smoke was over reacted too.... It's still a right not a privelige....

Go tell that to my diabetic grandmother who also developed MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome) which causes her to always be out of energy and needs to have a shot that costs $300 every month to live precisely because my grandfather smoked around her constantly. Tell her yourself that second hand smoke is not that big of deal and thus you have every right to possibly inflict any disorder or disease upon others.

My father-in-law developed Emphysema from working in a small store with 2 smokers and a smoker at home.
He never smoked.
 
Where in the constitution does it say you have the right to a pack of Newports?

I have to do this quick rant but where does it say in the constitution you have the right to travel or have children, or be able to start your own business, or be able to own private property? Those that I listed are not listed in the Bill of Rights. BUT here is the thing, have you ever heard of the Ninth Amendment? Well the Ninth Amendment takes care of that. It basically says that the constitution does not have to be a comprehensible list of what you can and can not do. I mean come on there is no way in heck that the founding fathers can label EVERYTHING that is your natural God given rights. So that is why the Ninth Amendment is in place. So in the constitution you do have the right to have a pack of Newports because you have the right to put whatever YOU want in your body not the government. 
 
 
 
But anyways can we please get back on track about open carry/guns.