Not when you’re drinking/drunk that’s for sure.

Which is still a bad idea because the odds of getting into a fight at a bar are higher than pretty much any other place even if you’re sober because you’re surrounded by people who aren’t. This is coming from someone who carries daily.

It’s 3 AM, people are generally drinking and not dining out at 3 AM. People generally don’t get into a fight with strangers while dining at 3 AM. If the version of events is true the Deputy may have been defending himself. That said if you’re so drunk or high that you cannot follow police orders to drop a firearm you should not be carrying, likewise one should not carry when drinking or going to bars. The incident happened in front of a restaurant that was not open, the guy was out drinking got into some shit two men pulled guns and then when the cop showed up after gunfire was exchanged the shithead part time Rutland deputy got himself shot 10 times.

Seatbelts help but can’t do much if you go off the road and crash into a tree.

Who cares? Open carry of firearms is legal in Vermont who cares if some kid bought some swords?

In a perfect world everyone would understand firearm safety but people on average aren’t that bright. So since we don’t live in a perfect world and because people are dumb we were orange in hunting season and if you’re smart you don’t let your dog run loose.

Do nothing career officer POG carpetbagger that doesn’t live here.

You’re fucking kidding right? The Republican party itself has threatened Civil War, the Democrats aren’t the ones threatening violence. But yeah if you go by the last two elections there’s a hell of a lot more voting Democrats than Republicans, you guys only have a prayer because of gerrymandering and the electoral college. Phil Scott being one of the rarest exceptions considering he’s definitely not a modern Republican, the GOP barely consider him a Republican.

Blah blah blah it’s a deep blue state and will be in the future.

Why do you live in a dark blue state if you’re a stanch conservative? Seems fucking dumb choosing to live in the land of Bernie Sanders.

No, you’re just a dumbass that is desperate to go against the grain.

A lot of us liberals think you’re behaving badly as well, what you’re talking about is not happening here. You got here a month ago, try to become part of the community instead of screeching about what the community needs to be doing in response to a non issue. This isn’t Arizona, we don’t have armed people standing outside of ballot boxes.

Your problem is you’re not engaging with any of us, you’re just talking down to us because you think you know better because you came from somewhere else. I came here from SoCal about 3 1/2 years ago and it’s the safest place I’ve ever lived. Nobody gives a fuck about my politics, virtually no one has even asked me about them. You just seem desperate to stir shit up and talk down to the locals, why did you even come here if you didn’t want to become part of the community? People like you are why a lot of locals don’t like any of us transplants.

I will admit I’m deeply bothered by things that are happening in our nation and around the world but they aren’t happening here. I worry about real local problems like how this state pretends to be progressive but does fuck all to actually be progressive regarding its prison system, mental healthcare and dealing with poverty.

u/Quirfg stop trying to stir the pot over an issue that is not an issue here. So you moved here a month ago and you’re trying to project bullshit that’s happening in other far away states here when it’s not happening here. Vermont is one of the bluest states out there and others have eloquently put it out it’s not just the Republicans that own guns here. Despite high gun ownership there is surprisingly a little gun crime outside largely drug related murders we’ve seen in Burlington this year. You’re panicking about a non-issue and that’s a really shitty way to ingratiate yourself in a new community. You move to a low crime blue state, stop freaking out. this is coming from a gun owning liberal who moved here over three years ago and has tried to ingratiate themselves not act like a freaked out weirdo. You literally just got here, if you’re really this concerned why can’t you bother to participate in your own thread?

Good job posting from your porn account.

Yeah you’ve been on reddit for less than three weeks and you’re at -63 karma because you say a lot of dumb shit. Pretty doubtful you live here. Also really doubtful you just changed your mind about politics because you’ve been whining and crying about Democrats before today.

But then the wizard wants more trucks to pass.

Unlike Russian forces the Ukrainians have decent supply lines and yeah it would make sense to clean and change your clothes once in a while or have a spare set.

My thinking is any state that spends more federal dollars than the state pays in taxes shouldn’t bitch about how the federal government spends money. Vermont gets a lot more federal dollars per year than we pay in federal taxes, It’s more like Californians and New Yorkers are footing the majority of the bill and let’s be honest the people that scream the loudest about how government money is spent are probably getting a full tax refund because they don’t make shit.

I moved here a few years ago and I’ve been on pleasantly surprised by the stupidity I have encountered here. I knew not everybody was going to be progressive and educated but it’s surprisingly bad, what passes for progressivism here it’s like a first semester college student telling people how they know how to fix the world.

Fuck off back to Russia.

Fuck off Vladimir, the Nazis are literally committing genocide in Ukraine they’ve even admitted to it.

Supernatural thing are often constrained by for one reason or another. Like how vampires have to be invited into a home.

It’s well known that even a mild case can cause heart, long, circulatory and even brain damage although these injuries are generally suffered by the unvaccinated.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/heart-problems-after-covid19

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23011-covid-heart-damage

https://khn.org/morning-breakout/study-finds-link-between-covid-and-long-term-brain-injury-risks/

The airport has been jampacked for several months, everyone is back to traveling again. Hell more people traveled over the Labor Day weekend then traveled in 2019.