Help me to understand and maybe get wiser

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  • Hairy Dane
    Hairy Dane Denmark Posts: 205
    Wow, thanks a trillion for the informative posts they really helped me clear up some stuff ... and question others.
    I'm still a bit schocked by the concealed weapon "law" permit thingy. That in my eyes are just dangerous, but maybe that's just me.

    So once again; thank you all for using a bit of your day to make me a wee bit wiser.
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    I was at a starbucks once (canada)
    some lady gave her 2 year old (TWO!) a nice, steaming, super hot, hot chocolate.
    no she didn't feed it to her, she gave her the cup!

    well i'm sure you could imagine what happened,
    next thign you know shes yelling at the barista and demands some sort of legal form in order to sue

    yes, yes it was the barista's fault she gave her 2 year old daughter an incredibly hot bevvy in a paper cup :roll:
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  • Aaron 23
    Aaron 23 Allen, TX Posts: 543
    Hairy Dane wrote:
    Wow, thanks a trillion for the informative posts they really helped me clear up some stuff ... and question others.
    I'm still a bit schocked by the concealed weapon "law" permit thingy. That in my eyes are just dangerous, but maybe that's just me.

    So once again; thank you all for using a bit of your day to make me a wee bit wiser.
    The concealed weapon permit can be a pretty big deal politically here in the states, too. I, for one, own a couple of firearms for recreational purposes (all hunting style rifles/shotguns, although I do not use them for hunting). I have owned a handgun (and had a CCW for carrying it on my person) in the past, but have since sold it and have no plans on purchasing another in the near future. Both of my parents have their CCW, as well, but they only carry if they're on a long trip through areas they know little about (they of course map out the legality of their carrying on their trip before deciding to take their handguns, as the ability to carry a concealed weapon changes from state to state).

    I honestly do not have a problem with law abiding citizens carrying a concealed handgun on their person, however, I wish the law to obtain such a permit would be changed to help filter out those that may be less responsible, or rather less mentally capable of handling that responsibility than others.

    I have many friends and acquaintances that carry. It is surprisingly rare in this country of 300 million for a problem to arise where the fault lies with someone that was able to carry legally...at least that is my understanding of the issue.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Hairy Dane wrote:
    Wow, thanks a trillion for the informative posts they really helped me clear up some stuff ... and question others.
    I'm still a bit schocked by the concealed weapon "law" permit thingy. That in my eyes are just dangerous, but maybe that's just me.

    So once again; thank you all for using a bit of your day to make me a wee bit wiser.

    Yeah, and that's pretty recent too. At least in Texas. Personally, I don't like guns and don't own one and never will, but in order to get a license to carry one, you have to take classes and pass background checks and all kinds of stuff. I'd like to know the stats on accidents with concealed weapons, or murders (not self defense).

    I am not really anti-gun either. I personally think assault rifles and stuff like that are ridiculous and no one really needs one of those, but I do believe in your right to own a gun.
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  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    Hairy Dane wrote:

    1) Everytime I see something involving someone getting out of the hospital, they are being wheeled out in a wheelchair - yes we fixed your gunshotwound to our arm, so now we have to push you around in a wheelchair, because obviously you can't walk after being shot in the arm... I mean the few times I've been to the hospital I was able to walk out of there myself, isn't that the general point in a hospital? They fix you up?

    2) Sometime somewhere I read or saw that an apple (that's one) costs more than a burger - seriously is that true? Here I can buy ten apples for the price of a (Danish sized) BigMac. Please oh please don't let this be true.

    1) No, generally you do not get pushed out in a wheelchair.

    2) A bag of apples is probably more comparable to the cost of a burger.
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    Hairy Dane wrote:
    4) In many of Quentin Tarantino's movies his protagonists very often smoke a cigarettebrand called 'Red Apple'. Some say this brand is made up by Tarantino others say it's a real brand - is it? If so I need to get some ;)
    .


    no. Tarantino is an employee of Hasbara......his latest movies scream it.



    probably a fake brand, like everything about him.

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