Gun store opening next door to Franklin Sherman Elementary in Mclean

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Anonymous wrote:and lets remember our dear Barbara Comstock

another NRA lover.

who is supporting the gun store

who voted to close the government as another spineless politician

I'm curious. Barbara Comstock is our 10th Congressional District Rep. - In Congress, not local McLean. Just where exactly has Barbara Comstock said anything about the local gun shop? Citation please. Now John Foust, our local supervisor ad a Dem. has stupidly taken on this issue even though there is no legal support whatsoever for him. This is why he lost the 10th congressional district to Comstock (and ran a very dirty race) and will lose the Supervisor's seat to Jennifer Chronis. Virginia is an open carry state, folks. People can open carry. People can conceal carry with appropriate training and licensing. Lots of people in McLean open carry or conceal carry and they don't care about the soccer moms who can't explain their position beyond a whiny "but it's wrong" and Foust has really pissed people off so has sacrificed his seat for a issue that is not defensible. People who shoot up schools do not buy their guns at a gun shop in McLean. You do know that you have to get ATF clearance and file your registration to get a gun? Which are used shooting clays or self-protection. The guys shooting up schools, committing the bank crimes in McLean either steal their guns or get them from the underground. They don't go into a respectable McLean business, turn over their license, and buy a gun registered with the ATF. If anything, the school kids are MORE safe having the gun store there than they would without it. I conceal carry and would have saved lives today in Oregon. Unfortunately, the school was a gun-free zone with one officer with no gun,

What is wrong with common sense gun control? No one wants to trample on your 2nd Amendment rights. We just want common sense controls so that we can send our kids to school without worrying about some crazy mass murderer. And plenty of them bought their guns legally or took them right out of their own homes where they were bought legally by someone else.

Can we not agree that these mass shootings have reached such a shocking level where we must seriously reflect on what kind of society we want to live in and leave to our children? Do we have the humanity to come together to protect our children? To say enough is enough?

And if reasonable gun control is not the answer, what is? I ask that sincerely, as I think we desperately need to find a way to stop this madness.

The store was previously what...3 blocks away from what I understand? That's not gun control. There is no more or less danger with the shop next door.

Tell me, how many people were even aware that that store was open on Elm Street? Where there any big signs outside the store advertising its presence? Was it located next door to a school so it could generate a lot of free publicity? No. The new location is bigger, more visible, and riskier. It does not belong next to an elementary school.

How does the location make it riskier?

"Just because." No real reason whatsoever.
But, just in case, let's ask again:
How does the new location make it riskier?
Anyone??

It normalizes guns. It makes creates an environment that projects an idea that guns are and should be part of every day society. That they are valuable to our every day life. It is in your face and makes them seem very available. It influences kids, so when they see a gun, instead of being shocked and telling a parent, they just think it is normal, and maybe something really fun to touch. I hate guns. I don't want my kids to see that store every time they go to school.

Your projected fears are just that, your own fears. Or show some stats to support your fears as reality.

Those who fear airplanes can either drive, take a train or a boat. Do they get to outlaw airplanes? Or demand a no-fly zone over their neighborhood?

If you really care about what's influencing the kids, take a look at the idiot box and violent video games, not to mention the music McLean kids are listening to every day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and lets remember our dear Barbara Comstock

another NRA lover.

who is supporting the gun store

who voted to close the government as another spineless politician

I'm curious. Barbara Comstock is our 10th Congressional District Rep. - In Congress, not local McLean. Just where exactly has Barbara Comstock said anything about the local gun shop? Citation please. Now John Foust, our local supervisor ad a Dem. has stupidly taken on this issue even though there is no legal support whatsoever for him. This is why he lost the 10th congressional district to Comstock (and ran a very dirty race) and will lose the Supervisor's seat to Jennifer Chronis. Virginia is an open carry state, folks. People can open carry. People can conceal carry with appropriate training and licensing. Lots of people in McLean open carry or conceal carry and they don't care about the soccer moms who can't explain their position beyond a whiny "but it's wrong" and Foust has really pissed people off so has sacrificed his seat for a issue that is not defensible. People who shoot up schools do not buy their guns at a gun shop in McLean. You do know that you have to get ATF clearance and file your registration to get a gun? Which are used shooting clays or self-protection. The guys shooting up schools, committing the bank crimes in McLean either steal their guns or get them from the underground. They don't go into a respectable McLean business, turn over their license, and buy a gun registered with the ATF. If anything, the school kids are MORE safe having the gun store there than they would without it. I conceal carry and would have saved lives today in Oregon. Unfortunately, the school was a gun-free zone with one officer with no gun,

What is wrong with common sense gun control? No one wants to trample on your 2nd Amendment rights. We just want common sense controls so that we can send our kids to school without worrying about some crazy mass murderer. And plenty of them bought their guns legally or took them right out of their own homes where they were bought legally by someone else.

Can we not agree that these mass shootings have reached such a shocking level where we must seriously reflect on what kind of society we want to live in and leave to our children? Do we have the humanity to come together to protect our children? To say enough is enough?

And if reasonable gun control is not the answer, what is? I ask that sincerely, as I think we desperately need to find a way to stop this madness.

The store was previously what...3 blocks away from what I understand? That's not gun control. There is no more or less danger with the shop next door.

Tell me, how many people were even aware that that store was open on Elm Street? Where there any big signs outside the store advertising its presence? Was it located next door to a school so it could generate a lot of free publicity? No. The new location is bigger, more visible, and riskier. It does not belong next to an elementary school.

How does the location make it riskier?

"Just because." No real reason whatsoever.
But, just in case, let's ask again:
How does the new location make it riskier?
Anyone??

It normalizes guns. It makes creates an environment that projects an idea that guns are and should be part of every day society. That they are valuable to our every day life. It is in your face and makes them seem very available. It influences kids, so when they see a gun, instead of being shocked and telling a parent, they just think it is normal, and maybe something really fun to touch. I hate guns. I don't want my kids to see that store every time they go to school.

Your projected fears are just that, your own fears. Or show some stats to support your fears as reality.

Those who fear airplanes can either drive, take a train or a boat. Do they get to outlaw airplanes? Or demand a no-fly zone over their neighborhood?

If you really care about what's influencing the kids, take a look at the idiot box and violent video games, not to mention the music McLean kids are listening to every day.

We absolutely have a gun problem in the U.S. That fact that you can't or won't admit this is astonishing. We can't have a productive conversation until the pro-gun side admits this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and lets remember our dear Barbara Comstock

another NRA lover.

who is supporting the gun store

who voted to close the government as another spineless politician

I'm curious. Barbara Comstock is our 10th Congressional District Rep. - In Congress, not local McLean. Just where exactly has Barbara Comstock said anything about the local gun shop? Citation please. Now John Foust, our local supervisor ad a Dem. has stupidly taken on this issue even though there is no legal support whatsoever for him. This is why he lost the 10th congressional district to Comstock (and ran a very dirty race) and will lose the Supervisor's seat to Jennifer Chronis. Virginia is an open carry state, folks. People can open carry. People can conceal carry with appropriate training and licensing. Lots of people in McLean open carry or conceal carry and they don't care about the soccer moms who can't explain their position beyond a whiny "but it's wrong" and Foust has really pissed people off so has sacrificed his seat for a issue that is not defensible. People who shoot up schools do not buy their guns at a gun shop in McLean. You do know that you have to get ATF clearance and file your registration to get a gun? Which are used shooting clays or self-protection. The guys shooting up schools, committing the bank crimes in McLean either steal their guns or get them from the underground. They don't go into a respectable McLean business, turn over their license, and buy a gun registered with the ATF. If anything, the school kids are MORE safe having the gun store there than they would without it. I conceal carry and would have saved lives today in Oregon. Unfortunately, the school was a gun-free zone with one officer with no gun,

What is wrong with common sense gun control? No one wants to trample on your 2nd Amendment rights. We just want common sense controls so that we can send our kids to school without worrying about some crazy mass murderer. And plenty of them bought their guns legally or took them right out of their own homes where they were bought legally by someone else.

Can we not agree that these mass shootings have reached such a shocking level where we must seriously reflect on what kind of society we want to live in and leave to our children? Do we have the humanity to come together to protect our children? To say enough is enough?

And if reasonable gun control is not the answer, what is? I ask that sincerely, as I think we desperately need to find a way to stop this madness.

The store was previously what...3 blocks away from what I understand? That's not gun control. There is no more or less danger with the shop next door.

Tell me, how many people were even aware that that store was open on Elm Street? Where there any big signs outside the store advertising its presence? Was it located next door to a school so it could generate a lot of free publicity? No. The new location is bigger, more visible, and riskier. It does not belong next to an elementary school.

How does the location make it riskier?

"Just because." No real reason whatsoever.
But, just in case, let's ask again:
How does the new location make it riskier?
Anyone??

It normalizes guns. It makes creates an environment that projects an idea that guns are and should be part of every day society. That they are valuable to our every day life. It is in your face and makes them seem very available. It influences kids, so when they see a gun, instead of being shocked and telling a parent, they just think it is normal, and maybe something really fun to touch. I hate guns. I don't want my kids to see that store every time they go to school.

Your projected fears are just that, your own fears. Or show some stats to support your fears as reality.

Those who fear airplanes can either drive, take a train or a boat. Do they get to outlaw airplanes? Or demand a no-fly zone over their neighborhood?

If you really care about what's influencing the kids, take a look at the idiot box and violent video games, not to mention the music McLean kids are listening to every day.

We absolutely have a gun problem in the U.S. That fact that you can't or won't admit this is astonishing. We can't have a productive conversation until the pro-gun side admits this.

Are you aware that the expression of violence (in any form) is a symptom of inner rage?

Do you understand these violent people are severely angry?

Do you understand they will not stop unless you want to put them in chains and strap them to a hospital bed, or a jail cell?

Just keep ignoring the root cause of the rage. And you'll keep getting the violence, however it gets expressed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and lets remember our dear Barbara Comstock

another NRA lover.

who is supporting the gun store

who voted to close the government as another spineless politician

I'm curious. Barbara Comstock is our 10th Congressional District Rep. - In Congress, not local McLean. Just where exactly has Barbara Comstock said anything about the local gun shop? Citation please. Now John Foust, our local supervisor ad a Dem. has stupidly taken on this issue even though there is no legal support whatsoever for him. This is why he lost the 10th congressional district to Comstock (and ran a very dirty race) and will lose the Supervisor's seat to Jennifer Chronis. Virginia is an open carry state, folks. People can open carry. People can conceal carry with appropriate training and licensing. Lots of people in McLean open carry or conceal carry and they don't care about the soccer moms who can't explain their position beyond a whiny "but it's wrong" and Foust has really pissed people off so has sacrificed his seat for a issue that is not defensible. People who shoot up schools do not buy their guns at a gun shop in McLean. You do know that you have to get ATF clearance and file your registration to get a gun? Which are used shooting clays or self-protection. The guys shooting up schools, committing the bank crimes in McLean either steal their guns or get them from the underground. They don't go into a respectable McLean business, turn over their license, and buy a gun registered with the ATF. If anything, the school kids are MORE safe having the gun store there than they would without it. I conceal carry and would have saved lives today in Oregon. Unfortunately, the school was a gun-free zone with one officer with no gun,

What is wrong with common sense gun control? No one wants to trample on your 2nd Amendment rights. We just want common sense controls so that we can send our kids to school without worrying about some crazy mass murderer. And plenty of them bought their guns legally or took them right out of their own homes where they were bought legally by someone else.

Can we not agree that these mass shootings have reached such a shocking level where we must seriously reflect on what kind of society we want to live in and leave to our children? Do we have the humanity to come together to protect our children? To say enough is enough?

And if reasonable gun control is not the answer, what is? I ask that sincerely, as I think we desperately need to find a way to stop this madness.

The store was previously what...3 blocks away from what I understand? That's not gun control. There is no more or less danger with the shop next door.

Tell me, how many people were even aware that that store was open on Elm Street? Where there any big signs outside the store advertising its presence? Was it located next door to a school so it could generate a lot of free publicity? No. The new location is bigger, more visible, and riskier. It does not belong next to an elementary school.

How does the location make it riskier?

"Just because." No real reason whatsoever.
But, just in case, let's ask again:
How does the new location make it riskier?
Anyone??

It normalizes guns. It makes creates an environment that projects an idea that guns are and should be part of every day society. That they are valuable to our every day life. It is in your face and makes them seem very available. It influences kids, so when they see a gun, instead of being shocked and telling a parent, they just think it is normal, and maybe something really fun to touch. I hate guns. I don't want my kids to see that store every time they go to school.

Your projected fears are just that, your own fears. Or show some stats to support your fears as reality.

Those who fear airplanes can either drive, take a train or a boat. Do they get to outlaw airplanes? Or demand a no-fly zone over their neighborhood?

If you really care about what's influencing the kids, take a look at the idiot box and violent video games, not to mention the music McLean kids are listening to every day.

We absolutely have a gun problem in the U.S. That fact that you can't or won't admit this is astonishing. We can't have a productive conversation until the pro-gun side admits this.

Are you aware that the expression of violence (in any form) is a symptom of inner rage?

Do you understand these violent people are severely angry?

Do you understand they will not stop unless you want to put them in chains and strap them to a hospital bed, or a jail cell?

Just keep ignoring the root cause of the rage. And you'll keep getting the violence, however it gets expressed.

There is zero reason we can't do both - keep guns away from them and try to address the mental issues. But come on, we all know guns do a lot more violence than other things. It is disingenuous to suggest otherwise and, again, we can't have a productive conversation until this is admitted. I have zero desire to take guns away from hunters, responsible gun owners and the like. But I do not want my children growing up in a culture of violence and having guns normalized so much that they pass by a gun store on their way to school and it is just another store for them, similar to the library and Giant.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and lets remember our dear Barbara Comstock

another NRA lover.

who is supporting the gun store

who voted to close the government as another spineless politician

I'm curious. Barbara Comstock is our 10th Congressional District Rep. - In Congress, not local McLean. Just where exactly has Barbara Comstock said anything about the local gun shop? Citation please. Now John Foust, our local supervisor ad a Dem. has stupidly taken on this issue even though there is no legal support whatsoever for him. This is why he lost the 10th congressional district to Comstock (and ran a very dirty race) and will lose the Supervisor's seat to Jennifer Chronis. Virginia is an open carry state, folks. People can open carry. People can conceal carry with appropriate training and licensing. Lots of people in McLean open carry or conceal carry and they don't care about the soccer moms who can't explain their position beyond a whiny "but it's wrong" and Foust has really pissed people off so has sacrificed his seat for a issue that is not defensible. People who shoot up schools do not buy their guns at a gun shop in McLean. You do know that you have to get ATF clearance and file your registration to get a gun? Which are used shooting clays or self-protection. The guys shooting up schools, committing the bank crimes in McLean either steal their guns or get them from the underground. They don't go into a respectable McLean business, turn over their license, and buy a gun registered with the ATF. If anything, the school kids are MORE safe having the gun store there than they would without it. I conceal carry and would have saved lives today in Oregon. Unfortunately, the school was a gun-free zone with one officer with no gun,

What is wrong with common sense gun control? No one wants to trample on your 2nd Amendment rights. We just want common sense controls so that we can send our kids to school without worrying about some crazy mass murderer. And plenty of them bought their guns legally or took them right out of their own homes where they were bought legally by someone else.

Can we not agree that these mass shootings have reached such a shocking level where we must seriously reflect on what kind of society we want to live in and leave to our children? Do we have the humanity to come together to protect our children? To say enough is enough?

And if reasonable gun control is not the answer, what is? I ask that sincerely, as I think we desperately need to find a way to stop this madness.

The store was previously what...3 blocks away from what I understand? That's not gun control. There is no more or less danger with the shop next door.

Tell me, how many people were even aware that that store was open on Elm Street? Where there any big signs outside the store advertising its presence? Was it located next door to a school so it could generate a lot of free publicity? No. The new location is bigger, more visible, and riskier. It does not belong next to an elementary school.

How does the location make it riskier?

"Just because." No real reason whatsoever.
But, just in case, let's ask again:
How does the new location make it riskier?
Anyone??

It normalizes guns. It makes creates an environment that projects an idea that guns are and should be part of every day society. That they are valuable to our every day life. It is in your face and makes them seem very available. It influences kids, so when they see a gun, instead of being shocked and telling a parent, they just think it is normal, and maybe something really fun to touch. I hate guns. I don't want my kids to see that store every time they go to school.

Your projected fears are just that, your own fears. Or show some stats to support your fears as reality.

Those who fear airplanes can either drive, take a train or a boat. Do they get to outlaw airplanes? Or demand a no-fly zone over their neighborhood?

If you really care about what's influencing the kids, take a look at the idiot box and violent video games, not to mention the music McLean kids are listening to every day.

We absolutely have a gun problem in the U.S. That fact that you can't or won't admit this is astonishing. We can't have a productive conversation until the pro-gun side admits this.

Are you aware that the expression of violence (in any form) is a symptom of inner rage?

Do you understand these violent people are severely angry?

Do you understand they will not stop unless you want to put them in chains and strap them to a hospital bed, or a jail cell?

Just keep ignoring the root cause of the rage. And you'll keep getting the violence, however it gets expressed.

There is zero reason we can't do both - keep guns away from them and try to address the mental issues. But come on, we all know guns do a lot more violence than other things. It is disingenuous to suggest otherwise and, again, we can't have a productive conversation until this is admitted. I have zero desire to take guns away from hunters, responsible gun owners and the like. But I do not want my children growing up in a culture of violence and having guns normalized so much that they pass by a gun store on their way to school and it is just another store for them, similar to the library and Giant.

You mean like the liquor store next to Giant?

[Anonymous]

Where is the landlord? Maybe McLean needs to expand the school campus through the exercise of eminent domain over adjacent property to help mitigate overcrowding in our schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and lets remember our dear Barbara Comstock

another NRA lover.

who is supporting the gun store

who voted to close the government as another spineless politician

I'm curious. Barbara Comstock is our 10th Congressional District Rep. - In Congress, not local McLean. Just where exactly has Barbara Comstock said anything about the local gun shop? Citation please. Now John Foust, our local supervisor ad a Dem. has stupidly taken on this issue even though there is no legal support whatsoever for him. This is why he lost the 10th congressional district to Comstock (and ran a very dirty race) and will lose the Supervisor's seat to Jennifer Chronis. Virginia is an open carry state, folks. People can open carry. People can conceal carry with appropriate training and licensing. Lots of people in McLean open carry or conceal carry and they don't care about the soccer moms who can't explain their position beyond a whiny "but it's wrong" and Foust has really pissed people off so has sacrificed his seat for a issue that is not defensible. People who shoot up schools do not buy their guns at a gun shop in McLean. You do know that you have to get ATF clearance and file your registration to get a gun? Which are used shooting clays or self-protection. The guys shooting up schools, committing the bank crimes in McLean either steal their guns or get them from the underground. They don't go into a respectable McLean business, turn over their license, and buy a gun registered with the ATF. If anything, the school kids are MORE safe having the gun store there than they would without it. I conceal carry and would have saved lives today in Oregon. Unfortunately, the school was a gun-free zone with one officer with no gun,

What is wrong with common sense gun control? No one wants to trample on your 2nd Amendment rights. We just want common sense controls so that we can send our kids to school without worrying about some crazy mass murderer. And plenty of them bought their guns legally or took them right out of their own homes where they were bought legally by someone else.

Can we not agree that these mass shootings have reached such a shocking level where we must seriously reflect on what kind of society we want to live in and leave to our children? Do we have the humanity to come together to protect our children? To say enough is enough?

And if reasonable gun control is not the answer, what is? I ask that sincerely, as I think we desperately need to find a way to stop this madness.

The store was previously what...3 blocks away from what I understand? That's not gun control. There is no more or less danger with the shop next door.

Tell me, how many people were even aware that that store was open on Elm Street? Where there any big signs outside the store advertising its presence? Was it located next door to a school so it could generate a lot of free publicity? No. The new location is bigger, more visible, and riskier. It does not belong next to an elementary school.

How does the location make it riskier?

"Just because." No real reason whatsoever.
But, just in case, let's ask again:
How does the new location make it riskier?
Anyone??

It normalizes guns. It makes creates an environment that projects an idea that guns are and should be part of every day society. That they are valuable to our every day life. It is in your face and makes them seem very available. It influences kids, so when they see a gun, instead of being shocked and telling a parent, they just think it is normal, and maybe something really fun to touch. I hate guns. I don't want my kids to see that store every time they go to school.

Your projected fears are just that, your own fears. Or show some stats to support your fears as reality.

Those who fear airplanes can either drive, take a train or a boat. Do they get to outlaw airplanes? Or demand a no-fly zone over their neighborhood?

If you really care about what's influencing the kids, take a look at the idiot box and violent video games, not to mention the music McLean kids are listening to every day.

We absolutely have a gun problem in the U.S. That fact that you can't or won't admit this is astonishing. We can't have a productive conversation until the pro-gun side admits this.

Are you aware that the expression of violence (in any form) is a symptom of inner rage?

Do you understand these violent people are severely angry?

Do you understand they will not stop unless you want to put them in chains and strap them to a hospital bed, or a jail cell?

Just keep ignoring the root cause of the rage. And you'll keep getting the violence, however it gets expressed.

There is zero reason we can't do both - keep guns away from them and try to address the mental issues. But come on, we all know guns do a lot more violence than other things. It is disingenuous to suggest otherwise and, again, we can't have a productive conversation until this is admitted. I have zero desire to take guns away from hunters, responsible gun owners and the like. But I do not want my children growing up in a culture of violence and having guns normalized so much that they pass by a gun store on their way to school and it is just another store for them, similar to the library and Giant.

You mean like the liquor store next to Giant?

Why do you constantly deflect? Guns are an issue. You need to admit this. This does not mean it is the only issue. Drunk driving is also an issue. I am also against that. But no drunk driver has ever crashed in to an elementary school and killed a class full of kindergarteners. Try to stick to the discussion.

[Anonymous]

As the sheriff in Douglas County, Oregon, John Hanlin was front and center following Thursday's shooting at Umpqua Community College, which left 10 dead and 7 others wounded. Two years ago, Hanlin was one of hundreds of sheriffs around the country to vow to stand against new gun control legislation. In a January 15, 2013, letter to Vice President Joe Biden, he wrote, "Gun control is NOT the answer to preventing heinous crimes like school shootings."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/us/oregon-shooting-sheriff-john-hanlin/

no suggestion on what to do, just more me, me, mine, mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is the landlord? Maybe McLean needs to expand the school campus through the exercise of eminent domain over adjacent property to help mitigate overcrowding in our schools.

Maybe we need to bully all the shops into vacating along that stretch of Chain Bridge Rd? And since miss cherrydale says we're just like Arlington, we want to bake cookies for the day laborers coming to town. Didn't someone say her nine bathrooms didn't build themselves? Don't we want more cheap labor?

[Anonymous]

Why do you constantly deflect? Guns are an issue. You need to admit this. This does not mean it is the only issue. Drunk driving is also an issue. I am also against that. But no drunk driver has ever crashed in to an elementary school and killed a class full of kindergarteners. Try to stick to the discussion.

Not PP to whom you are responding. However, drunk drivers kill far more kids than guns. Alcohol ruins more lives than guns, too--but I don't have the stats on that. Are you going to picket the liquor stores?

http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html

[Anonymous]

I suggest we start paying attention to our kids, and stop throwing more junk at them. Mr and Mrs Lanza didn't care two hoots about that sick boy of theirs. Not one bit.

And who says divorced parents are a good thing for kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is the landlord? Maybe McLean needs to expand the school campus through the exercise of eminent domain over adjacent property to help mitigate overcrowding in our schools.

That's a good idea. FCPS has the power to do this under state law and expects enrollment growth at Franklin Sherman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this has been mentioned, but the store wasn't in McLean "forever". It was in a tiny unmarked space hidden on Elm Street and you basically had to make an appointment to go in or put an order online. The vast majority of its customers did not live in McLean. You didn't just drop by on a Saturday in between your MYS soccer game and doing your grocery shopping. Even my pro-gun neighbors did not know of the prior location or ever visited it.

It is important to note that anyone without a criminal background can walk in and buy a gun with no waiting period or proof that they are emotionally stable or know how to operate it. I don't think many of the people against the gun store here are saying that it is illegal, so you can stop the arguments about just because it is legal means it is ok. After all the school shootings, you'd think these tone deaf gun crazies might see the stupidity and inappropriateness of a gun store backing an elementary school.

I would encourage you all to note that the majority of signatories to the petition against the gun store are local to McLean. Most of my friends in McLean are Republican and oppose the store's location. And then please note that the pro gun store petition does not even mention that the store abuts an elementary school and the vast majority of its signers (still lower in number than anti store) are not local to McLean. If you want a gun store next to an elementary school, please petition your local landowners to offer incentives to relocate them there. There, win/win?

Thank you for taking the time to point this out. This was my understanding as well.

[Anonymous]

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Why do you constantly deflect? Guns are an issue. You need to admit this. This does not mean it is the only issue. Drunk driving is also an issue. I am also against that. But no drunk driver has ever crashed in to an elementary school and killed a class full of kindergarteners. Try to stick to the discussion.

Not PP to whom you are responding. However, drunk drivers kill far more kids than guns. Alcohol ruins more lives than guns, too--but I don't have the stats on that. Are you going to picket the liquor stores?

http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html

Excellent points and CDC link. Thank you.
One can only wonder how many of these pseudo-concerned parents are showing their children how to drink and drive? Oh, only a few? Dad and Mom can still drive, huh? They aren't really drunk, are they? And soon they'll wonder why their kids (at Potomac, Langley, or McLean HS) are drinking and driving.

And they're worried about what? A little gun shop on the side of the road? Your kid's use of alcohol and drugs should be your worry. Oh yeah, "Not my kids. We're a good family." Right. Check out Saturday Night in the Burbs, I'm telling you. By the time you realize your own kid has a problem, it's a little late. GL.

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Anonymous wrote:and lets remember our dear Barbara Comstock

another NRA lover.

who is supporting the gun store

who voted to close the government as another spineless politician

I'm curious. Barbara Comstock is our 10th Congressional District Rep. - In Congress, not local McLean. Just where exactly has Barbara Comstock said anything about the local gun shop? Citation please. Now John Foust, our local supervisor ad a Dem. has stupidly taken on this issue even though there is no legal support whatsoever for him. This is why he lost the 10th congressional district to Comstock (and ran a very dirty race) and will lose the Supervisor's seat to Jennifer Chronis. Virginia is an open carry state, folks. People can open carry. People can conceal carry with appropriate training and licensing. Lots of people in McLean open carry or conceal carry and they don't care about the soccer moms who can't explain their position beyond a whiny "but it's wrong" and Foust has really pissed people off so has sacrificed his seat for a issue that is not defensible. People who shoot up schools do not buy their guns at a gun shop in McLean. You do know that you have to get ATF clearance and file your registration to get a gun? Which are used shooting clays or self-protection. The guys shooting up schools, committing the bank crimes in McLean either steal their guns or get them from the underground. They don't go into a respectable McLean business, turn over their license, and buy a gun registered with the ATF. If anything, the school kids are MORE safe having the gun store there than they would without it. I conceal carry and would have saved lives today in Oregon. Unfortunately, the school was a gun-free zone with one officer with no gun,

What is wrong with common sense gun control? No one wants to trample on your 2nd Amendment rights. We just want common sense controls so that we can send our kids to school without worrying about some crazy mass murderer. And plenty of them bought their guns legally or took them right out of their own homes where they were bought legally by someone else.

Can we not agree that these mass shootings have reached such a shocking level where we must seriously reflect on what kind of society we want to live in and leave to our children? Do we have the humanity to come together to protect our children? To say enough is enough?

And if reasonable gun control is not the answer, what is? I ask that sincerely, as I think we desperately need to find a way to stop this madness.

The store was previously what...3 blocks away from what I understand? That's not gun control. There is no more or less danger with the shop next door.

Tell me, how many people were even aware that that store was open on Elm Street? Where there any big signs outside the store advertising its presence? Was it located next door to a school so it could generate a lot of free publicity? No. The new location is bigger, more visible, and riskier. It does not belong next to an elementary school.

How does the location make it riskier?

"Just because." No real reason whatsoever.
But, just in case, let's ask again:
How does the new location make it riskier?
Anyone??

It normalizes guns. It makes creates an environment that projects an idea that guns are and should be part of every day society. That they are valuable to our every day life. It is in your face and makes them seem very available. It influences kids, so when they see a gun, instead of being shocked and telling a parent, they just think it is normal, and maybe something really fun to touch. I hate guns. I don't want my kids to see that store every time they go to school.

Your projected fears are just that, your own fears. Or show some stats to support your fears as reality.

Those who fear airplanes can either drive, take a train or a boat. Do they get to outlaw airplanes? Or demand a no-fly zone over their neighborhood?

If you really care about what's influencing the kids, take a look at the idiot box and violent video games, not to mention the music McLean kids are listening to every day.