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Prove a Point Somewhere Else, Assholes
Hey! Guess what!
When you go to the zoo, you expect to see monkeys, ducks in a pond. You don’t usually expect to see visitors with handguns.
But you would have, had you visited Zoo Boise Saturday morning.
About 10 members of the local chapter of OpenCarry.org, a national group that advocates for citizens’ rights to openly carry handguns, met there.
After a little confusion at the front desk about whether it’s legal to bring an unconcealed handgun into the zoo - it is - the group bought tickets and sauntered through the front gates like all the other visitors.
That they were no different from all the other visitors was the point the group members were trying to make.
Look, dumbasses. You wanna make a point about handguns laws, do it somewhere that’s not heavily populated with children. Just because you can carry a concealed firearm in front of a bunch of 8-year-olds gawking at monkeys doesn’t mean you should. There’s a better time and place for that bullshit. Like a roller rink, where you can fall on your ass and inadvertently discharge your openly concealed handgun into your ass.
Comments
psst....I think you mean "morons". And yes, they are.
Posted by Lesli | July 22, 2008 5:20 PM
Actually, "morans" is how the cool kids are writing it these days. I suppose not being a cool kid, it looks like I'm just an illiterate moron.
Posted by Dustin
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July 22, 2008 5:22 PM
Kind of like "teh" and "!!!111!!!"? Chalk me up as an illiterate moron, too, then.
Posted by Lesli | July 22, 2008 5:39 PM
He said, "openly concealed handgun." This is a joke, righhhht?
Posted by umm | July 22, 2008 7:22 PM
Again, that's how the kids refer to them these days -- "openly concealed handgun." For reals, I saw it on Pajiba.
Posted by Dustin
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July 22, 2008 8:07 PM
I don't see anything wrong with an open carry policy. I personally think that if everyone "showed their cards" than it would level the playing field. Of course, I live in a rather rural area, and seeing people with guns is common, especially during hunting seasons.
in CT, we are a concealed carry only state. You don't know who has what.
Posted by Steve | July 23, 2008 8:19 AM
It was legal to openly carry weapons around town in Europe up until ~ the 1600 and that made society much safer. Psych, actually, people tended to kill one another in the streets over minor insults. Monarchs had to start threatening to hang anyone who got in a duel to put an end to the practice. Openly strutting around town with a .45 hanging from your belt might make you feel more like a man(because you have a tiny penis), but from a social benefit perspective, it will only lead to grief, but I guess it'll take a rapid increase in shooting deaths before the NRA and their ilk admit that.
Posted by Julian | July 23, 2008 8:57 AM
you gotta do the whole post in tardspeak if you're gonna do it right D.
Ex:
HAY GUYZ LOL GUESS WUT
PPL R MORANS!!1!eleven
FLYIENG POOP LOL
Posted by lol | July 23, 2008 4:40 PM
Lesli:
Haven't you ever seen this?
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/n/U/moran.jpg
It was popularized by Fark and the general interwebs circa 2002, and has been part of the cultural lexicon ever since, especially online. Basically, a moran = a double moron.
Speaking of double morons, I've always wanted to know what the moran in that photo thinks of it all, and what he's up to these days.
Posted by Ranylt | July 23, 2008 4:40 PM
Honestly, the members of groups like these typically tend to be pretty responsible gun owners and try to prove points by setting examples and pushing legislation. It's more the people NOT legally allowed to bring in a concealed weapon who are and who are at the zoo who are worrisome.
No OpenCarry person is going to shoot a kid, that would negate the point they're trying to make.
Posted by Lindzee | July 23, 2008 8:07 PM
Ranylt, eyes guees Im teh reel moran hear!!11! Funny stuff.
I've gotta say, when I first read this I checked once on the location of the event (not Florida), twice on the chapter (not visiting from Florida), and so am convinced that at least some of these morans must originally be from Florida. There has to be some connection! Has to be!
Posted by Lesli | July 23, 2008 10:31 PM