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Col. Dash wrote:


Has anyone heard about the other three people who were arrested in relation to this and were being uncooperative to the police? They kind of fell off the earth in regard to being in the news.

From what I've gathered they were just the open carry people. So them being uncooperative could be pretty standard if they just sat there ranting about how it was their right to carry their rifle etc.

You youngins talking about 200 yard shots...so annoying. Its like you have eyesight beyond 20 feet or something...

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

Col. Dash wrote:


Has anyone heard about the other three people who were arrested in relation to this and were being uncooperative to the police? They kind of fell off the earth in regard to being in the news.

From what I've gathered they were just the open carry people. So them being uncooperative could be pretty standard if they just sat there ranting about how it was their right to carry their rifle etc.

No information has been released regarding them, as of the most detailed stories I've read. Thanks for your supposition though that it's just "gun nuts ranting about their rights".

Weird thing about the OKC protest was that there were counter protesters lined up with Confederate flags.

Bringing a non-race related symbols of states rights to a race based protest seems like a weird choice.

 d-usa wrote:
Weird thing about the OKC protest was that there were counter protesters lined up with Confederate flags.

Bringing a non-race related symbols of states rights to a race based protest seems like a weird choice.

Are you trying to bait me D-USA or are you serious?

Did you wave a confederate flag at the OKC #BLM protest?

Never mind you are baiting. I agree its poor form. And as with many sets of iconology, it can be perverted, and this group would definately get some kick back from me personally, but we are currently banned from OKC.


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 d-usa wrote:
Did you wave a confederate flag at the OKC #BLM protest?

nope, nor would I ever. I would like to think I'm smart enough to know better, and further more it is an inflammatory statement to do so. I also do not participate in any form of political protest since it could lead to issue based on my current employment. If I was, I would not attend a BLM parade, nor any other possible movement that could potentially lead to harm to myself, my family or my background check.

 redleger wrote:


I also do not participate in any form of political protest since it could lead to issue based on my current employment.

I feel the same way. I wonder how many other citizens also feel this way?

I am not even in the military, but I know that my 1st Amendments rights do not apply to an employer in a right to work state.

 Easy E wrote:

 redleger wrote:


I also do not participate in any form of political protest since it could lead to issue based on my current employment.

I feel the same way. I wonder how many other citizens also feel this way?

I am not even in the military, but I know that my 1st Amendments rights do not apply to an employer in a right to work state.

If I'm going to take a day off from work to do something it better be more worthwhile than risking arrest in a vain attempt to get the attention of some politician(s) that already don't care what I think anyway.

Prestor Jon wrote:

 Easy E wrote:

 redleger wrote:


I also do not participate in any form of political protest since it could lead to issue based on my current employment.

I feel the same way. I wonder how many other citizens also feel this way?

I am not even in the military, but I know that my 1st Amendments rights do not apply to an employer in a right to work state.

If I'm going to take a day off from work to do something it better be more worthwhile than risking arrest in a vain attempt to get the attention of some politician(s) that already don't care what I think anyway.

#Apathy!

That's another reason many people do not participate in the political process beyond the occasional vote and/or email to a congress critter.

Apparently this is a thing now.

Two officers killed, one wounded, in a Michigan courthouse today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/11/two-bailiffs-gunman-dead-in-shooting-at-michigan-courthouse.html

 djones520 wrote:
Two officers killed, one wounded, in a Michigan courthouse today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/11/two-bailiffs-gunman-dead-in-shooting-at-michigan-courthouse.html

Not related to Dallas or anti police sentiment in general. An inmate at the courthouse for arraignment/trial broke free and stole a bailiff's gun and tried to shoot his way out of the courthouse and escape. He shot two bailiff's and a deputy and a couple civilians. An inmate attempting a jail break is a very different scenario than people targeting working cops for assassination.

Prestor Jon wrote:

 djones520 wrote:
Two officers killed, one wounded, in a Michigan courthouse today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/11/two-bailiffs-gunman-dead-in-shooting-at-michigan-courthouse.html

Not related to Dallas or anti police sentiment in general. An inmate at the courthouse for arraignment/trial broke free and stole a bailiff's gun and tried to shoot his way out of the courthouse and escape. He shot two bailiff's and a deputy and a couple civilians. An inmate attempting a jail break is a very different scenario than people targeting working cops for assassination.

But it does show how easy it is to get a gun without a background check.

 CptJake wrote:

Prestor Jon wrote:

 djones520 wrote:
Two officers killed, one wounded, in a Michigan courthouse today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/11/two-bailiffs-gunman-dead-in-shooting-at-michigan-courthouse.html

Not related to Dallas or anti police sentiment in general. An inmate at the courthouse for arraignment/trial broke free and stole a bailiff's gun and tried to shoot his way out of the courthouse and escape. He shot two bailiff's and a deputy and a couple civilians. An inmate attempting a jail break is a very different scenario than people targeting working cops for assassination.

But it does show how easy it is to get a gun without a background check.

paratrooper humor. Im gonna miss that.

 redleger wrote:

 CptJake wrote:

Prestor Jon wrote:

 djones520 wrote:
Two officers killed, one wounded, in a Michigan courthouse today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/11/two-bailiffs-gunman-dead-in-shooting-at-michigan-courthouse.html

Not related to Dallas or anti police sentiment in general. An inmate at the courthouse for arraignment/trial broke free and stole a bailiff's gun and tried to shoot his way out of the courthouse and escape. He shot two bailiff's and a deputy and a couple civilians. An inmate attempting a jail break is a very different scenario than people targeting working cops for assassination.

But it does show how easy it is to get a gun without a background check.

paratrooper humor. Im gonna miss that.

Being complacent can get you killed.

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/173109186-story

In Washington D.C., police were shot at by someone in a SUV. Fortunately it seems that nobody was hurt and the five people in the SUV were taken into custody.

Still, it boils my blood to see people associated with BLM promoting hate and not being disavowed for it.

 Breotan wrote:
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/173109186-story

In Washington D.C., police were shot at by someone in a SUV. Fortunately it seems that nobody was hurt and the five people in the SUV were taken into custody.

Still, it boils my blood to see people associated with BLM promoting hate and not being disavowed for it.

Ehm, where in that article does it say that it has anything to do with BLM at all?

Yes, I read it twice and am mystified as well. What is the connection? Are BLM now responsible for disavowing every police shooting that happens regardless of the details? Should they also be called upon to disavow the white guy that tried to shoot his way out of prison from earlier on this page?

Sorry. Separate trains of thought there. The BLM comment was a general sentiment and not a reference to the linked article.

 Breotan wrote:
Sorry. Separate trains of thought there. The BLM comment was a general sentiment and not a reference to the linked article.

Should all conservatives apologize for McVeigh? Should all Christians appologize for the guy who shot up the abortion clinic in Colorado?

mcVeigh wasn't a conservative.
I apologize categorically for anyone who does violence on behalf of ending abortions. Now going for the last slice of pizza, thats of course perfectly acceptable.

Does that work?

 Breotan wrote:
In Washington D.C., police were shot at by someone in a SUV. Fortunately it seems that nobody was hurt and the five people in the SUV were taken into custody.

Hey, that's what I call great policework! Officers get shot at and not only refrain from killing the perps on the spot but get them to surrender peacefully! Maybe this is a new beginning after all? I hope so.

Spetulhu wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
In Washington D.C., police were shot at by someone in a SUV. Fortunately it seems that nobody was hurt and the five people in the SUV were taken into custody.

Hey, that's what I call great policework! Officers get shot at and not only refrain from killing the perps on the spot but get them to surrender peacefully! Maybe this is a new beginning after all? I hope so.

actually, contrary to what the media and most on this site would tell you, that is closer to the norm.

 redleger wrote:

Spetulhu wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
In Washington D.C., police were shot at by someone in a SUV. Fortunately it seems that nobody was hurt and the five people in the SUV were taken into custody.

Hey, that's what I call great policework! Officers get shot at and not only refrain from killing the perps on the spot but get them to surrender peacefully! Maybe this is a new beginning after all? I hope so.

actually, contrary to what the media and most on this site would tell you, that is closer to the norm.

Not really closer to the norm, it is the norm.

 Frazzled wrote:
mcVeigh wasn't a conservative.
I apologize categorically for anyone who does violence on behalf of ending abortions. Now going for the last slice of pizza, thats of course perfectly acceptable.

Does that work?

He was indeed a conservative. Right wing anti-government. That makes him a conservative.

Okay...You apologized...Now everyone else needs to

Anti government doesn't make you a conservative. After all the the point of the Weathermen was to bring the govenrment down. No one accused Bill Ayers (the Weatherman who helped murder a cop and now a tenured Illinois professor) of being conservative.

Conservatives work to preserve the status quo. Thats why they're called "conservative."

Funny...they always want to reduce taxes and cut spending. That isn't preserving the status quo.

McVeigh along with Bundy etc are right wing...ie conservative.

McVeigh...another Vet gone stupid....

 skyth wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
mcVeigh wasn't a conservative.
I apologize categorically for anyone who does violence on behalf of ending abortions. Now going for the last slice of pizza, thats of course perfectly acceptable.

Does that work?

He was indeed a conservative. Right wing anti-government. That makes him a conservative.

Okay...You apologized...Now everyone else needs to

McVeigh was anti-government whacko.

He didn't fit in any right-wing ideology. He's been know to be agnotistic and some of his political beliefs were more libertarian.