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bedula32 · March 19, 2006, 06:15 PM

So some moron carried a loaded Glock into a theater in his jacket in such a manner where the trigger could be pulled and now it is supposed to be wrong for anyone ever to carry a gun about themselves into a theater or similar such supposedly 'safe' place? Nonsense. What about the DEA agent who carried his 40 caliber Glock into a classroom full of moms and dads and kids and shot himself in the foot just after pontificating his superiority to the rest of the room? Stupid people do stupid things. Drawing the conclusion that no one ought ever carry a gun into a theater from the original poster's described incident is just typical nanny state pandering to the lowest common denominator. Would I have had a gun in that theater? Yes, I would have because odds are I would not have had bodyguards to escort me to and from the theater in perfect utopian safety. You never heard of anybody getting murdered/raped/robbed going to or coming from a movie theater? One difference though is I am not a retard and my gun is not going to inadvertantly discharge. I carry a DAO WITH a manual safety on top of that and I am always 100% in control of the weapon. It does not get grabbed up on my way out as an afterthought. The guy who had his Glock discharge should be in prison for criminal negligence. He should not be allowed to again legally own, let alone carry, any typer of weapon let alone a gun.

And yes, as a previous poster articulated, I do not carry TO the theater or to church. I carry WHEREVER I am which happens to be sometimes in a theater or in a church. And for those pontificating not carrying on the job when against company policy you just try and not forget to ask during your next job interview if it is OK for you to carry a gun on the job and see how that goes. Employment is a necessity for most of us, not a luxury. And though I do respect the owner of the company's rights I also have to put my families best interest first which means getting murdered on the job, or on the way to and from the job, because I was defenseless is not an option. Is that employer going to raise my kids and take care of my family when I die because of their goofy policies?

March 19, 2006, 06:15 PM	#92
bedula32 Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2005 Posts: 229	So some moron carried a loaded Glock into a theater in his jacket in such a manner where the trigger could be pulled and now it is supposed to be wrong for anyone ever to carry a gun about themselves into a theater or similar such supposedly 'safe' place? Nonsense. What about the DEA agent who carried his 40 caliber Glock into a classroom full of moms and dads and kids and shot himself in the foot just after pontificating his superiority to the rest of the room? Stupid people do stupid things. Drawing the conclusion that no one ought ever carry a gun into a theater from the original poster's described incident is just typical nanny state pandering to the lowest common denominator. Would I have had a gun in that theater? Yes, I would have because odds are I would not have had bodyguards to escort me to and from the theater in perfect utopian safety. You never heard of anybody getting murdered/raped/robbed going to or coming from a movie theater? One difference though is I am not a retard and my gun is not going to inadvertantly discharge. I carry a DAO WITH a manual safety on top of that and I am always 100% in control of the weapon. It does not get grabbed up on my way out as an afterthought. The guy who had his Glock discharge should be in prison for criminal negligence. He should not be allowed to again legally own, let alone carry, any typer of weapon let alone a gun. And yes, as a previous poster articulated, I do not carry TO the theater or to church. I carry WHEREVER I am which happens to be sometimes in a theater or in a church. And for those pontificating not carrying on the job when against company policy you just try and not forget to ask during your next job interview if it is OK for you to carry a gun on the job and see how that goes. Employment is a necessity for most of us, not a luxury. And though I do respect the owner of the company's rights I also have to put my families best interest first which means getting murdered on the job, or on the way to and from the job, because I was defenseless is not an option. Is that employer going to raise my kids and take care of my family when I die because of their goofy policies?