Recent content by Joe West

Great job on the posts Bob... I haven't reviewed this thread for awhile, but I'm glad to see that it is still active. The more folks who have the freedom to carry understand that carrying a firearm allows options that defense with a bicycle pump does not, the better. For those whose...

I can't help but notice the recurring tendency to cite statistical evidence to support both sides of the argument. I'm currently a third year doctoral student at a tier 1 research institute and I teach a master's level statistics course. I can tell you as an expert on the subject; statistical...

7 years and 294,000+ views... Wow. Although there have been some emotional discussions in this thread, it is difficult to walk away from reading it and not think that culture is a huge part of the disparity between those who are gun tolerant and those who are not. There certainly is no...

Arizona recently passed a law that allows any citizen to carry concealed without a license. I think we are now one of three states that allow this. If you are a cyclist in Arizona, you can now carry concealed while riding without having to have a license. Gotta love Arizona! :)

With Sonia Sotomayer coming up for confirmation to the Supreme Court, gun totin cyclists should be up in arms. Here's some text from the Gun Owners of America (which... if you don't belong, you should... excellent organization and much more conservative than the NRA): Obama Picks...

Loaded firearms leave little margin for error... I'm glad the rider is okay. Thanks for posting this; mistakes serve as a good reminder to those of us who carry with one in the chamber that it doesn't take much of a lapse of judgment for someone to be seriously hurt. Joe

I do have a fairly sick sense of humor :)

Now THAT is funny... Good one Steve.

There are a number of very detailed examples in this tread; you can do a thread search fairly easily (without reading all the posts). Joe NRA Life Member and Gun Owners of America Life Member :)

it's funny... I remember the day it came and I swear it was like Christmas... almost as good a feeling as the first brand new bicycle I received when I was roughly 12. That's probably the best I can do to explain the sequence of pictures :)

Hi All, As luck would have it, I'm in Washington DC this week in a political science class for my MBA. I've only been able to discuss the Supreme Court ruling with the Taxi driver who took me to the hotel here in DC, but it was pretty clear that he hadn't given the ruling much thought (which...

Hi, If you own a Co-Motion Americano, would you mind shooting me an email to: [email protected] Thanks, Joe

I'm a bit confused Jeff. You can't take me seriously because I don't post anything related to cycling (this is a bit of a stretch but I'll hang with you for a few sentences) Do a search on this forum for "Americano" and I do indeed believe you'll find some posts that (using your logic) will...

Spend a few minutes and read Scalia's opinion... I believe you'll have a great indication on why the framers of our Constitution wanted Americans to have the "god given right" to keep and bear arms. I don't understand why you seethe over the freedoms that belong to others... if you don't want...

True words indeed... thanks for the feedback. I find it heartning that the highest court in America sided with you and I... and millions of other Americans who always knew that the framers of our consitution meant for each of us to have the individual right to carry a firearm just as we have...