nny420 said:
I went to a local store i go to regularly. The owner supports my right to open carry and has even helped explain to customers its legal in oregon.
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I will try one more time with his employee, open carrying, if he askes me to leave so be it he had just better be polite.
I'm surprised the employee is still an employee. And if he wants to keep his job he'd better not tell you to leave again. (
At least, if it were my business, that's how I'd see it.)
Ironbar said:
what is your affliction? Is it a genuine medical condition like cancer or glaucoma, or is "nervousness" or "irritable bowel" like everyone else?
While 'nervousness' isn't a real condition, irritable bowel is. (And there are anxiety disorders that might benefit from THC.)
Here's IBS info from the
Mayo Clinic,
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, & the NIH
National Library of Medicine. You could also try
Wikipedia.
[That's called citing to authority... see the forum rules.]
VW_Factor said:
I simply respect that other people can make their choices that affect themselves alone.
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I don't think anyone here would argue the point that it's a good idea to carry while under the influence of most anything that is mood altering.
What he said. But "bad idea" /= "illegal".
And "mood-altering" doesn't necessarily = "bad". SSRIs & MAOIs are mood-altering, but in a good way. Better to be on those while carrying/possessing than not to be on them.
01rednavigator said:
He is giving other open carriers a bad name by open carrying a firearm while under the influence of pot
And we're giving "responsible gun owners" a bad name by open carrying, period.
Someone from IL or DC can look at one of the Constitutional Carry states & say they're breaking the law & being irresponsible, unsafe,
etc.
If he's not breaking the law where he is, and he's not harming anyone (
or highly likely to cause harm, as in DUI), why do you have a problem with him running his life as he sees fit? If he harms someone (
e.g. ND, wrongful death) then he should be charged for that crime, not preemptively stopped from doing something which the vast majority of the time doesn't affect anyone but him.
I don't like that people smoke. I think it's disgusting, generally the people reek,
etc. But unless they're smoking upwind of me, or they're on my property, I have no say in what they do.
Sort of like how people who refuse to protect themselves could be considered a drain on society, but it's their choice not to defend their own lives.
The difference I see between DUI & carrying under the influence is that people generally go to a restaurant or bar intending to drive home. They plan to use their car.
I hope I never have to even point my pistol at another human being, just like I hope never to see the airbags in my car.
Ironbar said:
IMO, the vast majority of people with a medical marijuana card only have it because they're potheads who refused to grow the hell up in life, NOT because they have a legit medical condition.
You're welcome to your opinion. But you know what they say about opinions...
How about backing up your assertion with facts, research, maybe even just news articles (not really factual or researched, but it's a place to start)?