Thread: Store fined $30K for stocking toy guns

Originally Posted by Kal'Stang

Millions of tourists also visit Mount Rushmore...doesn't mean that S. Dakota is a decent place.

Only if by "millions", you mean "two million"

NYC had 48.8 million visitors in 2010

Originally Posted by Aderleth

That's a tad melodramatic. Both San Francisco (where I live) and New York are outstanding places to live. Both places have substantially more robust job markets than most of the country. Both have art, culture, nightlife, great restaurants, etc.

Compare that with the "Wild West", whose main attraction is "ghost towns"

Originally Posted by theangryamerican

Well, if you’re content to live where you are subjected to a “stupid crap from time to time” that is certainly your business. There are those of us who do not feel the same, and frankly, the ones the silently permit “stupid crap” to stand are the ones that encourage further abuses at their expense in the future, like say, being fined $30K for attempting to sell six plastic toys in a dollar store.

Stupid crap happens everywhere. In New York, it might be an idiotic fine for selling a piece of plastic. In other places, it might be having someone else's religion shoved down your throat. No place is perfect. All things being equal, I'd rather deal with the legislative excesses of well meaning but small-minded liberals if it means I get to live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.

Originally Posted by theangryamerican

That’s great, but that’s NOT what I’m referring to. Granted they are not the only two cities, but they are both pretty much liberal strongholds that have run the Bill of Rights into the ground. America is not our nightlife or our food, it is our freedom.

Btw, I lived in San Francisco too… which is why I moved.

Umm, this so-called "liberal stronghold" regularly votes republican for mayor

Originally Posted by 007

NYC enjoys having the nations most empowered criminals and frightened populace!!

Right! That's why NYC has such an active nightlife. Because everyone's too scared to go out at night!

Originally Posted by sangha

Umm, millions of people from places with looser (or no) gun control come to NYC to visit. They think NYC is awesome. They love to visit one of the greatest spots in the world for theater, music, restaurants, museums, artists, fashion, commerce, architecture, etc

That’s great. However, again, that’s not what I’m talking about. The things you mentioned have no bearing on the rights of the People. Do you think it’s OK that NYC is so hoplophobic that they fine a store owner for selling pieces of plastic? Is that part of their great culture? …or what about arresting a law abiding citizen who dutifully informed police that she was carrying a gun in respect to a “No firearms” sign. Is that part of the awesome that is NYC?

Originally Posted by theangryamerican

That’s great. However, again, that’s not what I’m talking about. The things you mentioned have no bearing on the rights of the People. Do you think it’s OK that NYC is so hoplophobic that they fine a store owner for selling pieces of plastic? Is that part of their great culture? …or what about arresting a law abiding citizen who dutifully informed police that she was carrying a gun in respect to a “No firearms” sign. Is that part of the awesome that is NYC?

And nothing you mentioned has any bearing on the rights of the people, either.

Originally Posted by Aderleth

Stupid crap happens everywhere. In New York, it might be an idiotic fine for selling a piece of plastic. In other places, it might be having someone else's religion shoved down your throat. No place is perfect. All things being equal, I'd rather deal with the legislative excesses of well meaning but small-minded liberals if it means I get to live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.

If you’re comfortable with that, that’s great for you. However, calling a $30k fine for selling a piece is plastic “well meaning” is downright insane. I’m aware of no state in this country where “someone else’s religion” is imposed upon you in the same fashion as this ludicrous piece of legislation in NY.

Originally Posted by sangha

Umm, this so-called "liberal stronghold" regularly votes RINO for mayor

Fixed.

Originally Posted by sangha

Right! That's why NYC has such an active nightlife. Because everyone's too scared to go out at night!

I’m sure it’s because NYC’s citizens are kept so much safer by one of the most corrupt police departments in the country, but I digress, this is another topic entirely.

Originally Posted by Aderleth

Stupid crap happens everywhere. In New York, it might be an idiotic fine for selling a piece of plastic. In other places, it might be having someone else's religion shoved down your throat. No place is perfect. All things being equal, I'd rather deal with the legislative excesses of well meaning but small-minded liberals if it means I get to live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.

If you’re comfortable with that, that’s great for you. However, calling a $30k fine for selling a piece is plastic “well meaning” is downright insane. I’m aware of no state in this country where “someone else’s religion” is imposed upon you in the same fashion as this ludicrous piece of legislation in NY.

Originally Posted by sangha

Umm, this so-called "liberal stronghold" regularly votes RINO for mayor

Fixed.

Originally Posted by sangha

Right! That's why NYC has such an active nightlife. Because everyone's too scared to go out at night!

I’m sure it’s because NYC’s citizens are kept so much safer by one of the most corrupt police departments in the country, but I digress, this is another topic entirely.

Originally Posted by sangha

And nothing you mentioned has any bearing on the rights of the people, either.

Read the Bill of Rights again, Sir, then please address the topic of the thread

Originally Posted by theangryamerican

Fixed.

No, you're still dishonest. Editing other peoples quotes doesn't "fix" that; it just makes it obvious

I’m sure it’s because NYC’s citizens are kept so much safer by one of the most corrupt police departments in the country, but I digress, this is another topic entirely.

NYC is one the safest cities in the US.