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pancho wrote:

jmra wrote:

gringo pistolero wrote:It sounds like we grew up on different Batman stories. Carry on.

Yes it does. Along with a different sense of what it means to be a community. Carry on.

What do you gentlemen consider community? What do you think community members owe each other?

To me, community is more than geography. To me, community requires shared values and mutual respect. Shopping in the same mall doesn't make some stranger part of my community.

Well said, pancho! I'd never thought of it in those terms but now that I have, .

jmra wrote:
I don't think people know what a batman license is. Protecting a third party (running to gunfire in order to protect an innocent) is not a Batman license activity. Driving around looking for opportunities to use your gun against a criminal is.

There could be a fine and possibly very expensive line separating the two concepts. I think I'd probably let the people who get paid to do that sort of thing do it without my assistance. Now then, if the gunfire was directed at me or mine, game on!

On a side note, this morning in church, there were three of us saying our howdies before service and all three of us were packing.

So, you charge into the fray and see folk in street clothes shooting at each other. Who are the 'good guys' and who are the 'bad guys'? For that matter, who are you to either group?

Nope, really dumb idea; however, YMMV.

WildBill wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:Ain't my job, no siree!

After further review, the answer above is changed to a resounding, "maybe".

At our age, "Depends".

...and then, there is that. Khakis went out of style several years ago.

Oldgringo wrote:Ain't my job, no siree!

After further review, the answer above is changed to a resounding, "maybe".

Ain't my job, no siree!