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“You never know where something might happen.”

Jun 6, 2015 12:15PM PDT

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Evidently
Jun 6, 2015 3:20PM PDT

he DIDN'T harm anyone........can't say the same for Detroit, Chicago, NY, and Baltimore lately....

"Others" don't have to know it.....they just have to know that at least one person in that airport will defend himself and 'others'. Make it visible enough and the warning stands for itself. Even the cops didn't feel threatened.....the only ones that need to feel threatened are the bad guys.

Guess you haven't figured it out yet......

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I wouldn't be happy if I saw that.
Jun 6, 2015 3:29PM PDT

What if somebody got alarmed and tackled him?
Dafydd.

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Since this is legal
Jun 7, 2015 2:34AM PDT

in two states now, I would imagine many people are actually used to seeing it and probably feel safer since the gun is over his shoulder and not being waved around or being carried in his hands in a 'shooting' position. Surprisingly people actually don't panic as easily as some might think.

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(NT) Would everyone have felt as safe if he was black.
Jun 6, 2015 6:19PM PDT
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(NT) Typical liberal race bait mentality.....SMH
Jun 7, 2015 2:35AM PDT
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RE: Typical liberal race bait mentality
Jun 7, 2015 3:58AM PDT
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And your point is???
Jun 7, 2015 5:15AM PDT

If you were attempting to prove my point because of the comments from posters at the link you provided, you succeeded.............all very liberal race baiting points of view. I didn't find any links other than yours that commented that 'police were alarmed'.......what he did was legal and had been done before so I have to assume that 'alarm' statements aren't anything but fear mongering, which liberals do often when they can't debate or argue their side well.

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RE: alarmed
Jun 7, 2015 7:40PM PDT

cause (someone) to feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

While in the airport, Cooley was approached by a fire marshal asking him why he was carrying the gun, an Atlanta police officer who asked him if he had a carry permit, and then multiple officers who followed him to his car while taking pictures.

A Fire Marshall questions him? Multiple police officers follow him? Police take pictures of him?

NOT alarmed?

NOT concerned enough to arrest BUT concerned enough to question/be alarmed?

When you're feeling in "danger" you call the po-po have them investigate....You sound the alarm OR the po-po eliminate "you" for the equaton and sound the alarm themselves and investigate.

I noticed in the video...his wife and daughter acted like......"Who is that nut?"

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"po-po"...........REALLY?????????
Jun 8, 2015 3:05AM PDT

You sound like those against the police with a remark like that.

"approached by a fire marshal ASKING him why"........"police office who ASKED him if he had a carry permit".........

QUESTIONS do NOT constitute ALARM.........evidently you don't comprehend that.

Pictures taken.....does the article state WHY they did? Perhaps the airports OWN surveillance cameras weren't working or perhaps the 'multiple cops' following him to his car 'while taking pictures' were doing nothing more than taking CYA actions? They may have taken those pics back to the station to make sure they didn't have any warrants out for him....or they have pics of others who have done this and they are compiling a photo array of ones they don't have to worry about?

I think you are making much ado about nothing since what he did is legal......

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RE: I think you are making much ado about nothing
Jun 8, 2015 3:37AM PDT

Unlike the "gun nut"?

Alright, he's got the "right to bear arms"...Why is it necessary to flaunt it? He just wants the attention.

While he was posing with his weapon would have been a good opportunity for someone to shoot him. He would have looked foolish exercising his rights laying on the floor. It's difficult to protect when posing.

Pictures taken.....does the article state WHY they did?

Oh, I can't imagine why the police would take his picture...can you? To test their Facial Recognition software?

or they have pics of others who have done this and they are compiling a photo array of ones they don't have to worry about?

Now all they have to do is distribute this "photo array' to all the citizens that might encounter this individual and waste the police time by calling in and reporting this looney. And this photo array shall be known as the "Nut File"?

QUESTIONS do NOT constitute ALARM.........evidently you don't comprehend that.

QUESTIONS do indicate CONCERN. Get the wrong answers...CONCERN is upgraded to ALARM.

"No need for concern" is another way to say..."no need for alarm".

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Point your alarm and concern
Jun 8, 2015 3:55AM PDT

in the direction of those (far too many...meaning more than one) who have unlawful concealed weapons, like professional protestors, gang members, etc., JP.......those who can legally 'flaunt' their weapons in the open and posing no threat by carrying their rifle over their shoulders in a proper manner or wear a hip/shoulder holster are NOT the ones you have to worry about. You would probably be one of the first to thank him/her for saving your life if they were in a position to do so....but you would do it behind closed doors and not publicly because that would be so against your liberal 'ban the guns from legal law abiding citizens' stance.

I'm done........

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RE: You would probably be one of the first
Jun 8, 2015 4:12AM PDT
You would probably be one of the first to thank him/her for saving your life

I want to be no where near a person with a 100 round clip in a rifle. Exactly how many people did this individual expect to defend himself against? He's a terrible shot and has an accuracy rate of 1%? And you think he's going to hit the perp and not me?

those who can legally 'flaunt' their weapons

I think it would be cool if he flaunted 10 rifles with 100 round mags. How much would THAT weigh? There are no restrictions on how many he can "open carry" is there?
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RE: who have unlawful concealed weapons,
Jun 9, 2015 12:47PM PDT
who have unlawful concealed weapons, like professional protestors


Since it's not against the law to "protest" and it's not against the law to "open carry"

The next logical step will be protesting while open carrying a weapon.

The "law' is on your side.

WHY bother to "conceal" a weapon when protesting?
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If someone frightens you,
Jun 8, 2015 4:58AM PDT

do you follow them with a camera? This could well be just another attempt to gather documentation in case some patron in the airport reports seeing a man with a firearm. We all know how important it becomes to investigate an document any and every suspicious event. It often more just to cover one's own bases than to protect. I wonder how many false reports of bombs and such are generated than those where bombs were actually found. All it would take is 1 in several thousand to go un-investigated if that one resulted in an actual detonation for policy to require action for any report at all.

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(NT) Notice you didn't answer the question
Jun 8, 2015 7:40PM PDT
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It didn't deserve an answer
Jun 9, 2015 2:03AM PDT

Unless you can prove that a black man had also exercised his legal right to carry openly at an airport in these two states and was attacked or arrested for it, it's not an issue, except to a liberal who uses race to shut down the debate/discussion, and that happens pretty frequently now.

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Does it have to be at an "airport"?
Jun 9, 2015 3:48AM PDT

WHY? You won't accept any other examples?

here ya' go

I won't be shocked if you stop posting in this thread.

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Your own link
Jun 9, 2015 4:09AM PDT

states that the black man was NOT carrying it over his shoulder...he had it on his hip, which made it easier to 'weaponize' it, and since this happened just recently, it's perfectly logical that police would be in a position of 'defensive positioning' because so many of them have become targets of mostly blacks with this new 'what do we want? Cops dead' mentality.

Your link also doesn't state what happened to those black men after they were taken into custody....I'm going to assume they were released just as the white man was, and that the videos are typical of the liberal slant of only showing and reporting for visual affects only regarding racism within the police force....in order to 'prove' their point.

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RE: states that the black man was NOT carrying it
Jun 9, 2015 4:33AM PDT
states that the black man was NOT carrying it over his shoulder.

I guess you didn't watch the video... It WAS over his shoulder.....Slung over his head on his left shoulder, while carrying a cellphone or recording device in his right hand. The white guy had his over the other shoulder

Sorry, I didn't realize the 'right to carry" law stipulates which way you have to carry your weapon. You can legally carry a weapon over your left shoulder IF you are right handed, IF you are left handed you can carry over your right shoulder, if ambidextrous...you must get a Judge to authorize you to be able to carry on either shoulder.


reporting racism within the police force

That's what YOU wanted proof of...I provided that proof.

Admit you are wrong and move on.
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There were TWO videos
Jun 9, 2015 5:02AM PDT

the second one with the story under it stated that the man in that video wasn't carrying in a non-threatening position and instead had it on his hip, which could easily be used threateningly.

I don't see racism as an issue in either of them.....I see a police response that is appropriate to protestors wanting them dead, and said protestors are mostly black and they (the police) are being cautious. The black men in these videos gave appropriate responses to police directions, and were probably released quickly. (your article again doesn't state the results, which makes for very selective reporting) Unfortunately, most of the protestors or even those being approached by police refuse to obey and those are the majority of the problems.....they are begging for confrontation and when they get it, they try to make sure someone has a camera rolling and liberal media exploit that crap.

Would YOU want their job where they have to make an immediate decision in order to protect themselves? You DO realize that close to 98% of the police population ARE not racists, don't you?

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RE: which could easily be used threateningly.
Jun 9, 2015 6:06AM PDT

Just like Jim Cooley?

appropriate to protestors

I must have missed that part...there were "protestors"?...or did you pull them out of your ***

You DO realize that close to 98% of the police population ARE not racists, don't you?

Then the remaining 2% should be making coffee back at the station.

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As usual, you grasp at straws
Jun 9, 2015 7:23AM PDT

in a debate.....and, yes, police are confronting far more protestors now because of recent incidents, and many of them are calling for their deaths so they are far more cautious today.

And you have a habit of pulling more s... out of your a.. than anyone I know in order to keep your nonsense going.

As for my 'hero'.........was he actually carrying it on his shoulder until the posed picture was taken or was he carrying it in a 'confrontational' manner as the picture depicts?

I'd rather have 2% of our police population on the streets, even if they are racists, than the 75%+/- (gangs have grown tremendously over the past ten years) who have turned into 'professional' violent looters/arsonists/killers....and many of those others who have been incarcerated as convicted hard-core criminal illegals being freed willy-nilly by our pos "leader's" policies.

Goodbye.....eod

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RE: he actually carrying it on his shoulder
Jun 9, 2015 7:33AM PDT

Just like the black guy in the link I posted, AND it was never OFF his shoulder...UNLIKE Jim Cooley...not even to "pose".

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RE: .they are begging for confrontation
Jun 9, 2015 6:16AM PDT

Just like your idol?....Jim Cooley/gun nut

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You really have to tie yourself in knots to
Jun 10, 2015 6:20AM PDT

justify your ideas.

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Speaking of
Jun 9, 2015 4:39AM PDT
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RE: he DIDN'T harm anyone
Jun 6, 2015 7:08PM PDT

Only because he didn't want to harm anyone. You possess the power to read peoples minds?

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RE: the only ones that need to feel threatened
Jun 6, 2015 8:12PM PDT
the only ones that need to feel threatened are the bad guys.

Since you're not a 'bad guy", you would never feel threatened, and never phone the police, if you saw a person (not wearing a police uniform) with a weapon at your door/walking down the street you live on?
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(NT) How do you tell the good guys from the bad guys?
Jun 8, 2015 7:39PM PDT
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(NT) No response?
Jun 10, 2015 6:19AM PDT