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Title: Geeks with Guns
Post by: CrAz3D on November 26, 2010, 07:33:04 PM
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_106453816087816

I loves New Mexico
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: rabbit on November 29, 2010, 09:22:36 AM
Stop it.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: MyndFyre on November 29, 2010, 11:47:15 AM
Quote from: rabbit on November 29, 2010, 09:22:36 AM
Stop it.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: Blaze on November 29, 2010, 12:22:13 PM
What is it?  I don't have an account on facebook.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: CrAz3D on November 29, 2010, 01:29:28 PM
no thnx @ "stop it."

Blaze, it's the Mesilla Valley Linux Users Group's photos of their recent firing range excursion.  I guess there is a good number of organized Linux users that also like guns.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: iago on November 29, 2010, 04:36:39 PM
I'm sure there are plenty of Linux users who like guns, and plenty who hate them, and even more who have no strong opinions. In fact, I expect those numbers to be roughly proportional to the population at large, and likely linked to where the person lives.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: deadly7 on November 29, 2010, 05:54:26 PM
Quote from: iago on November 29, 2010, 04:36:39 PM
I'm sure there are plenty of Linux users who like guns, and plenty who hate them, and even more who have no strong opinions. In fact, I expect those numbers to be roughly proportional to the population at large, and likely linked to where the person lives.
I'd actually disagree. The population of users that use linux is, typically, not at all representative of the population as a whole. From what I've seen geeks fall into one of the two extremes of: "gov't can leave me and my guns alone" or "guns are bad, mmkay?"
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: CrAz3D on November 29, 2010, 06:18:49 PM
Most computer nerds I've never are pretty libertarian-esque.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: Joe on November 29, 2010, 06:30:25 PM
Most nerds I know, and I go to school with a ton of them, have very strong opinions about stuff.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: iago on November 30, 2010, 09:39:28 PM
You guys spend too much time in the US, I suspect. :)

I don't think people here have especially strong opinions about guns.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: Hitmen on November 30, 2010, 10:25:33 PM
Quote from: iago on November 30, 2010, 09:39:28 PM
You guys spend too much time in the US, I suspect. :)

I don't think people here have especially strong opinions about guns.

I bet they would if they were as likely to get shot as someone living here!
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: dark_drake on November 30, 2010, 10:29:43 PM
Quote from: iago on November 30, 2010, 09:39:28 PM
You guys spend too much time in the US, I suspect. :)

I don't think people here have especially strong opinions about guns.
Pft... The ~5 Canadians I knew were all about guns and shooting stuff. :P
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: CrAz3D on December 01, 2010, 01:30:29 PM
Quote from: iago on November 30, 2010, 09:39:28 PM
You guys spend too much time in the US, I suspect. :)

I don't think people here have especially strong opinions about guns.


People in NM dont really say much about guns 'til someone suggests some sort of ban...then tons of people walk around with guns on (open carry is legal).  About 2.5 yrs ago, cops harassed a guy for carrying a gun to a movie (legal).  A bit after that, a number of folks started having opencarry BBQs.  The idea was to inform the public and the cops of NM laws.  It's prtty shitty that the NM cops didnt know the law.
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: iago on December 01, 2010, 02:59:30 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on December 01, 2010, 01:30:29 PM
Quote from: iago on November 30, 2010, 09:39:28 PM
You guys spend too much time in the US, I suspect. :)

I don't think people here have especially strong opinions about guns.


People in NM dont really say much about guns 'til someone suggests some sort of ban...then tons of people walk around with guns on (open carry is legal).  About 2.5 yrs ago, cops harassed a guy for carrying a gun to a movie (legal).  A bit after that, a number of folks started having opencarry BBQs.  The idea was to inform the public and the cops of NM laws.  It's prtty shitty that the NM cops didnt know the law.
So it sounds like it's the opposite - people there care a great deal.

Some guns are legal here, some aren't. You can carry them with a permit, which is basically for law enforcement/security guards. Lots of people hunt. Nobody really makes a big deal out of things..
Title: Re: Geeks with Guns
Post by: CrAz3D on December 01, 2010, 07:07:38 PM
Yeah.  People in southern NM hold guns "close to their hearts."