Entrance to Fair
Jul 6, 2019 08:45:55 #
For the first time in three years, my wife and I went to the county fair a few blocks from our home. One of the changes that surprised us was a new security area, covered by red awnings - manned by wand-wielding men - just before the traditional ticket-selling area.
Jul 6, 2019 08:50:44 #
...another sign of our lost freedom...we are living in a fast changing world...and yes it is important for everybody’s safety but it brings along some sadness...
Jul 6, 2019 09:00:46 #
Jul 6, 2019 09:01:50 #
DIRTY HARRY
Loc: Hartland, Michigan
I don't remember having to worry about someone caring a gun into the Grand Traverse County Fair when I was a kid. And NO ONE thought their masculinity was being challenged either.
Jul 6, 2019 09:35:10 #
...isn’t the mayor over there running for president...and isn’t gun violence one of his main platforms...and wasn’t there a fight at the fair...and wasn’t there a controversial police shooting recently...? Things are starting to make sense...?
Jul 6, 2019 14:45:56 #
Jul 6, 2019 16:03:00 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Roughly sixty years ago, my Dad took me to the Grand Traverse Fair {we spent several weeks at Torch Lake every summer}. I’ve been looking for those negatives - we saw a “Horse Pull” then, which wasn’t nearly as noisy as the “Tractor Pull” we saw last night.I don't remember having to worry about someone caring a gun into the Grand Traverse County Fair when I was a kid. And NO ONE thought their masculinity was being challenged either.
Jul 7, 2019 08:30:22 #
Jul 7, 2019 08:41:41 #
jaymatt wrote:
The Indiana State fair did this last year. 
Looking at complete list of forbidden items - which includes coolers - I think their greatest concern is terrorism.
Jul 7, 2019 08:57:37 #
Chadp
Loc: Virginia Beach
We are fooling ourselves aren’t we? Sign should say “ Law abiding citizens please stand in line for security check”. A terrorist could get in in so many other ways in a matter of seconds.
Jul 7, 2019 10:17:49 #
Chadp wrote:
We are fooling ourselves aren’t we? Sign should say “ Law abiding citizens please stand in line for security check”. A terrorist could get in in so many other ways in a matter of seconds.
While terrorists are certainly a problem (although I doubt it at a small county fair) more common are "law abiding citizens" that may or may not have a mental problem and carry guns and in a flash of anger or stupidity and end up shooting someone.
Jul 7, 2019 12:17:46 #
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Jul 7, 2019 13:02:15 #
Kaib795
Loc: Maryland, USA
quixdraw wrote:
Just a no go sign.
I agree, when signs like this go up, the bad guys simply find another way in ... with their guns and create chaos. I'm a firm believer with the right to carry, gun or knife. All my life I've carried a super tool and a knife and helped so many people and all of them were thankful that they could be saved. One time a fellow employee had someone back into his car and bent the wheel well plastic into his tire. He asked for help and my supervisor turned him to me. I pulled my knife and cut the thick plastic out of his wheel well and he was able to drive home. When we worked on the farm, everyone had a knife and we used them all the time. Not as a weapon but as a tool. Often the misconception of what a knife is, to 98% of the population.
Jul 7, 2019 13:21:40 #
traderjohn wrote:
What????
Absolutely. Gun free zone is a magnet for crazies. How could you hope for a better situation if you were a crazy than lots of people, none of them able to shoot back.
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