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when one talks about an article then quotes right after it implys the quote is from that article. at least it did in journalism 101
Wear rubber-soled shoes and don’t stand in water when you click on those sites. There are more than 275 comments on the
Times reader feedback site, and a rather pitiful – by comparison – 67 comments at the
P-I site.
"NRA, I didnt elect you. Get the H out of my city. Same for all you stupid WA yokel losers. Go stick to your dumpy towns. The engine called Seattle that pays all your bills gets to make its own decisions. I thought you guys were all about local rights. But I know, your only true love, your gun, is crying out - "help, me daddy, help me, the liberals want to put me away, but I need to shoot...help me, yokel-daddy"
Less disturbing but perhaps as enlightening in terms of defining the problem that exists within the firearms community, is adebate among a segment of the Open Carry activists who want to argue over wording of the complaint filed by attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Washington Arms Collectors and five Seattle-area individuals. There’s an
interesting thread devoted to this at the OpenCarry.org forum.
"I don't care for this mayor at all, but I trust the judgment of the vast majority of second amendment nut jobs even less. Go ahead and wrap yourselves tightly in your "rights", the rest of us will use our brains, our cell phones, the police, and maybe some pepper spray without screwing everything up in pursuit of some sort of fantasy of dropping the bad guys.
The
West Seattle Blog is also rife with comment, though not as many as have been garnered by the newspapers, but certainly as interesting.]
[size= There does not appear to be much “middle ground” in this debate, and sentiment appears strongly tilted against the mayor. Defenders of the ban are certainly a devoted bunch, even though State Attorney General Rob McKenna has stated unequivocally that it is illegal under state statute, which I discussed [url=http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d28-SAF-NRA-file-lawsuit-to-overturn-Seattle-parks-gun-ban]
here[/url] and
here.
"Guns are illegal at schools and universities so why not a park?
Hey, Big man with a gun in your hand, do you feel strong?"