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Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby gun_fan111v2 on Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:02 pm

I was wondering if places with bars are gun free over there
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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby OldmanFCSA on Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:02 am

My wife's and my opinions are : Why can't these deranged shooters just shoot themselves in the head instead of killing innocent civilians, before shooting themselves.

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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby Rip Van Winkle on Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:21 am

We'll know more in the next few weeks/months, but in my experience, the goblins that perpetrate these kinds of heinous crimes have a long history of anti-social behavior and mental instability.
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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby Markemp on Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:35 am

gun_fan111v2 wrote:I was wondering if places with bars are gun free over there


Generally a good idea to not have guns around where a lot of drinking occurs.
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Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby dismal on Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:00 pm

gun_fan111v2 wrote:I was wondering if places with bars are gun free over there


Looks like it’s allowed, unless the bar prohibits. Illegal to be intoxicated and carrying of course.
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Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby gun_fan111v2 on Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:25 pm

Markemp wrote:
gun_fan111v2 wrote:I was wondering if places with bars are gun free over there


Generally a good idea to not have guns around where a lot of drinking occurs.


Sober people should not carry around drunk people? Why?
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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby Markemp on Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:41 pm

gun_fan111v2 wrote:
Markemp wrote:
gun_fan111v2 wrote:I was wondering if places with bars are gun free over there


Generally a good idea to not have guns around where a lot of drinking occurs.


Sober people should not carry around drunk people? Why?


How can a bar tell who is sober?
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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby jdege on Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:14 pm

Markemp wrote:How can a bar tell who is sober?

The ones who aren't drinking?
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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby Lumpy on Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:58 pm

Apparently the bowling alley had a "please do not carry" sign, which while not legally enforceable most people went along with. And iirc the bar would be off limits to carry. So that explains why a gunman could shoot multiple people in a carry-friendly state with no return fire.
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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby westhope on Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:51 pm

How many of the roughly 400,000 with MN permits carry ALL the time were legal? ( Signs do not make it illegal in MN.)

Those on this this forum are most likely carry more often.

This Maine shooting is a great example of the failure of officials NOT using the current laws to protect the public. Officials will never be perfect. There always be failures. That is why ultimately the individual will need the tools to protect themselves.

Right now I’m finally listening to the national news of the above failure but the Maine Governor deflected any questions on the subject in a news conference stating it will need to be investigated further.
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Re: Lewiston Maine mass shooting

Postby Holland&Holland on Tue Oct 31, 2023 6:20 am

Markemp wrote:
gun_fan111v2 wrote:I was wondering if places with bars are gun free over there


Generally a good idea to not have guns around where a lot of drinking occurs.

As evidenced by this tragedy?
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