Originally Posted By schnebs Vaguely related tangent on how people could be dumb enough to carry weapons to places they shouldn't: A long time ago, I was a naval officer, and our ship had pulled into port for an open house. We asked folks coming aboard not to bring any dangerous items on the tour, and one guy pulled out a Crocodile Dundee-sized knife and asked us if it'd be a problem if he brought it onboard. Even considering this was pre 9-11, you'd think it would have occurred to the guy that bringing a weapon on to to a warship berthed at a military base would be a bad idea, but apparently he didn't see a problem with it...
Originally Posted By tashajilek I'm sure he wasn't the first person to bring a gun into the parks. He just happened to get caught.
Originally Posted By Donny The NRA believes in the right of the owner of a home or business to deny people entrance who carry guns. This guy was so irresponsible I know the NRA would not defend this guy.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Oh, I don't know Donny. I think the NRA would consider defending his right to legally carry his weapon inside a Disney park if this indecent were to become politicized. Wasn't it the NRA who said the best place to hide your loaded weapon at home is inside your kids' bedroom?
Originally Posted By Donny "Wasn't it the NRA who said the best place to hide your loaded weapon at home is inside your kids' bedroom?" send me a link on that
Originally Posted By DyGDisney <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4UWcX-vrC4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...WcX-vrC4</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/04/1964091/nra-guns-kids-room/?mobile=nc" target="_blank">http://thinkprogress.org/justi...obile=nc</a> Yes, MANY links. It's called "The Google". Even GW Bush knew about it.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney We can all contact Disney about this and let them know we are not pleased. Seriously, this guy got a "detention" when he deserved to be expelled.
Originally Posted By disneymusic This whole situation just bothers me. No, the guy bringing in the weapon was not dangerous. But people are crazy nowadays. It seems like every activity we once thought perfectly safe is now considered a hazard. It scares me that stuff like this is able to be brought into the magic.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I am 100% in favor of the Second Amendment. But there is no f'ing reason you need to bring a gun to Disney World. None whatsoever. There's this belief about the hardcore gun nuts that the government is trying to take their guns away, you keep pulling stupid crap like this and guess what's going to happen?
Originally Posted By Yookeroo " they probably figured that if they did, they'd either be facing an NRA boycott" This is a feature, not a bug. "No, the guy bringing in the weapon was not dangerous." He wasn't?
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 <<"No, the guy bringing in the weapon was not dangerous." He wasn't?>> I would say he wasn't intentionally dangerous, but just the fact that he was careless enough to leave a loaded gun on a ride where it was entirely possible that a kid would have been the one to find it and pick up makes him dangerous. That is the problem with some of the very paranoid "I have to have my gun on me at all times for protection" people...they may not mean to hurt anyone, and they may see themselves as the good-guy-cowboy-who-is-going-to-save-the-day if something does happen, but there is a very real possibility that an accident (like this one) or some misunderstanding will happen and someone will get hurt. That is why people carrying guns around a theme park is such a bad, and dangerous, idea.
Originally Posted By disneymusic ^right. By dangerous, I meant he's not going into the park to intentionally hurt anyone. At the same time, how many guns pass through the turnstiles every day? I feel like we've had a false sense of security all these years and with all the recent happenings we're not seeing any improvement in security. Then again, I'm not sure if metal detectors are the answer either.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I am 100% in favor of the Second Amendment. But there is no f'ing reason you need to bring a gun to Disney World. None whatsoever. There's this belief about the hardcore gun nuts that the government is trying to take their guns away, you keep pulling stupid crap like this and guess what's going to happen?<< This, times a million.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I have a false sense of security everywhere I go. I refuse to spend my life worrying about things I cannot control. If someone starts shooting at me, I'm going to hide as quickly as I can, if the first shots don't get me. To me, a person that brings a pistol to a place like WDW has some serious problems or feelings of grandeur. Either one requires some serious medication. They vision themselves to be a hero in the event of a problem. In many cases they create the problem, but, that's another thread for another time. At the very least it shows that they are not capable of clear thought and massively incorrect judgment.
