Do you feel comfortable wearing your jewelry on the metro?

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Anonymous wrote:In virginia you can carry a firearm on the metro to deter the scumbags

Or kill innocent people walking by. Get your meds psycho

Many people are armed on the orange line, you just don't notice it

No way!

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Anonymous wrote:Unless I am going to a special event, I don't wear my jewelry partly for safety and partly out of solidarity. I grew up poor just a few blocks from my current ultra-gentrified address. Mere steps away yet an entire world apart. I cannot bring myself to walk around here wearing jewelry valued more than the household income of some of my neighbors. I think it would make me look like an asshole. Safety is still a concern around here so I don't take unnecessary chances but respect for my less privileged neighbors is the main reason.

That's weird. If you are so guilt-ridden by the trappings of your new found wealth, why have such ostentatious jewelry at all? Why wear jewelry that you say makes you look like an asshole to the poor folks. I'm sure the unwashed in your old neighborhood are grateful for your solidarity. Personally, I think buying jewelry valued more than anyone's household income is tacky. And I'm not even poor!

NP. By that logic, you would own no jewelry that you yourself purchased, because there are people who are unemployed and thus have a household income of 0. Buying things you can afford is generally not tacky, flaunting said things in certain circumstances definitely can be.

Do you really think the poster was talking about costume jewelry? Clearly she was not talking about jewelry that is not expensive. Spending outrageous amounts of money on showy jewelry is pretty much always low class and nouveau riche.

You sound jealous. And low class because apparently you are unaware that jewelry can be both expensive and tasteful in appropriate settings. I don't blame you since you've probably never met any actual upper class people with good jewelry just the gigantic poor quality tacky jewelry from your low class world. Sorry but class can't be taught, especially not over the internet.

LOL. I can afford anything I like. Spending more on a bauble than the GDP of a developing country is never in good taste. Sorry.

High class people are more courteous than you. You are not fooling anyone. You reek of class envy. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless I am going to a special event, I don't wear my jewelry partly for safety and partly out of solidarity. I grew up poor just a few blocks from my current ultra-gentrified address. Mere steps away yet an entire world apart. I cannot bring myself to walk around here wearing jewelry valued more than the household income of some of my neighbors. I think it would make me look like an asshole. Safety is still a concern around here so I don't take unnecessary chances but respect for my less privileged neighbors is the main reason.

That's weird. If you are so guilt-ridden by the trappings of your new found wealth, why have such ostentatious jewelry at all? Why wear jewelry that you say makes you look like an asshole to the poor folks. I'm sure the unwashed in your old neighborhood are grateful for your solidarity. Personally, I think buying jewelry valued more than anyone's household income is tacky. And I'm not even poor!

NP. By that logic, you would own no jewelry that you yourself purchased, because there are people who are unemployed and thus have a household income of 0. Buying things you can afford is generally not tacky, flaunting said things in certain circumstances definitely can be.

Do you really think the poster was talking about costume jewelry? Clearly she was not talking about jewelry that is not expensive. Spending outrageous amounts of money on showy jewelry is pretty much always low class and nouveau riche.

You sound jealous. And low class because apparently you are unaware that jewelry can be both expensive and tasteful in appropriate settings. I don't blame you since you've probably never met any actual upper class people with good jewelry just the gigantic poor quality tacky jewelry from your low class world. Sorry but class can't be taught, especially not over the internet.

LOL. I can afford anything I like. Spending more on a bauble than the GDP of a developing country is never in good taste. Sorry.

Holy hyperbole, Batman. In the space of a few posts we've gone from the jewelry being worth more than someone's household income to it being worth more than the GDP of a country. Gotta love DCUM threads. PP, give it up -- your posts are illogical and straying further and further from the actual topic.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless I am going to a special event, I don't wear my jewelry partly for safety and partly out of solidarity. I grew up poor just a few blocks from my current ultra-gentrified address. Mere steps away yet an entire world apart. I cannot bring myself to walk around here wearing jewelry valued more than the household income of some of my neighbors. I think it would make me look like an asshole. Safety is still a concern around here so I don't take unnecessary chances but respect for my less privileged neighbors is the main reason.

That's weird. If you are so guilt-ridden by the trappings of your new found wealth, why have such ostentatious jewelry at all? Why wear jewelry that you say makes you look like an asshole to the poor folks. I'm sure the unwashed in your old neighborhood are grateful for your solidarity. Personally, I think buying jewelry valued more than anyone's household income is tacky. And I'm not even poor!

NP. By that logic, you would own no jewelry that you yourself purchased, because there are people who are unemployed and thus have a household income of 0. Buying things you can afford is generally not tacky, flaunting said things in certain circumstances definitely can be.

Do you really think the poster was talking about costume jewelry? Clearly she was not talking about jewelry that is not expensive. Spending outrageous amounts of money on showy jewelry is pretty much always low class and nouveau riche.

You sound jealous. And low class because apparently you are unaware that jewelry can be both expensive and tasteful in appropriate settings. I don't blame you since you've probably never met any actual upper class people with good jewelry just the gigantic poor quality tacky jewelry from your low class world. Sorry but class can't be taught, especially not over the internet.

LOL. I can afford anything I like. Spending more on a bauble than the GDP of a developing country is never in good taste. Sorry.

Holy hyperbole, Batman. In the space of a few posts we've gone from the jewelry being worth more than someone's household income to it being worth more than the GDP of a country. Gotta love DCUM threads. PP, give it up -- your posts are illogical and straying further and further from the actual topic.

That poster is a complete moron.

Hey PP, Look at the title of the thread genius. It hints at the topic. Totally not addressing people who don't buy expensive baubles. That would be you. So move along.

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Anonymous wrote:In virginia you can carry a firearm on the metro to deter the scumbags

Or kill innocent people walking by. Get your meds psycho

Many people are armed on the orange line, you just don't notice it

No way!

Here is the list from that link:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection http://www.cbp.gov/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement http://www.ice.gov/

U.S. Park Police http://www.nps.gov/uspp/

U.S. Marshals http://www.justice.gov/marshals/

Supreme Court Police - Sub agency of the U.S. Marshals

U.S. Secret Service http://www.secretservice.gov/

Smithsonian Police http://www.security.si.edu/

US National Zoological Park Police officers - Sub agency of the Smithsonian Police

U.S. Capitol Police http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/

U.S. Bureau of Diplomatic Security http://www.state.gov/m/ds/

U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Services http://www.ncis.navy.mil/Pages/publicdefault.aspx

United States Army Criminal Investigative Command http://www.cid.army.mil/

U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg2/cgis/

Pentagon Police http://www.pfpa.mil/

U.S. Mint Police http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/mint_police/

Food and Drug Administration Criminal Inspection http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/FOrgsHistory/ORA/ucm084102.htm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Law Enforcement http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/

U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police http://uspolice.com/bureau-of-engraving-and-printing-police

U.S. Postal Inspection Service https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/

Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/

Federal Protective Service http://www.dhs.gov/topic/federal-building-security

U.S. Government Printing Office Police http://www.gpo.gov/careers/police.htm

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives http://www.atf.gov/

Drug Enforcement Administration http://www.justice.gov/dea/index.shtml

United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police http://www.osp.va.gov/OSandLE_Overview.asp

Amtrak Police http://police.amtrak.com/

Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Enforcement http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/criminal-enforcement

U.S. Federal Reserve Police http://uspolice.com/united-states-federal-reserve-police

Homeland Security Investigations http://www.ice.gov/about/offices/homeland-security-investigations/

U.S. Military Police Corps http://www.wood.army.mil/usamps/

Defense Security Service http://www.dss.mil/

Metropolitan Police Department. http://mpdc.dc.gov/

Washington National Cathedral Police - Sub agency of the Metro Police Department.

D.C. Housing Authority http://www.dchousing.org/?docid=56

Metro Transit Police Department http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/transit_police/

D.C. Protective Services Police Department http://dgs.dc.gov/service/protective-services

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority http://www.metwashairports.com/Police.htm

Georgetown University Police http://police.georgetown.edu/

George Washington University Police http://police.gwu.edu/

American University Police http://www.american.edu/finance/publicsafety/patrolops.cfm

U.S. Department of Energy Police http://energy.gov/ig/about-us/careers

Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation http://www.irs.gov/uac/Criminal-Enforcement-1

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Police http://www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil/PatientVisitors/SitePages/Security.aspx

National Institutes of Health Police http://www.ors.od.nih.gov/ser/dp/Pages/default.aspx

Administrative Office of the United States Courtshttp://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/UnderstandingtheFederalCourts/AdministrativeOffice.aspx

U.S.Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/law_enforcement.html

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Police http://www.osp.va.gov/Police_Services.asp

D.C. Department of Corrections http://doc.dc.gov/

Federal Bureau of Prisons http://www.ice.gov/about/offices/homeland-security-investigations/

Bureau of Industry and Security Police

Library of Congress Police

Federal Emergency Management Agency Police

National Institute of Standards & Technology Police

Bureau of Reclamation Police





All of these people are paid to carry guns in D.C. Virtually all carry a concealed handgun off duty; many commute by metro. You are surrounde by people with guns at all times in D.C., you just do not realize it.

Civilian permits to carry a gun run at most, 1 to 2% of the population and virtually none of them carry all the time (plus I think metro bans civilians carrying even if they are licensed ).

[Anonymous]

lol lol NO way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In virginia you can carry a firearm on the metro to deter the scumbags

Or kill innocent people walking by. Get your meds psycho

Many people are armed on the orange line, you just don't notice it

No way!

Here is the list from that link:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection http://www.cbp.gov/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement http://www.ice.gov/

U.S. Park Police http://www.nps.gov/uspp/

U.S. Marshals http://www.justice.gov/marshals/

Supreme Court Police - Sub agency of the U.S. Marshals

U.S. Secret Service http://www.secretservice.gov/

Smithsonian Police http://www.security.si.edu/

US National Zoological Park Police officers - Sub agency of the Smithsonian Police

U.S. Capitol Police http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/

U.S. Bureau of Diplomatic Security http://www.state.gov/m/ds/

U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Services http://www.ncis.navy.mil/Pages/publicdefault.aspx

United States Army Criminal Investigative Command http://www.cid.army.mil/

U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg2/cgis/

Pentagon Police http://www.pfpa.mil/

U.S. Mint Police http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/mint_police/

Food and Drug Administration Criminal Inspection http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/FOrgsHistory/ORA/ucm084102.htm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Law Enforcement http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/

U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police http://uspolice.com/bureau-of-engraving-and-printing-police

U.S. Postal Inspection Service https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/

Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/

Federal Protective Service http://www.dhs.gov/topic/federal-building-security

U.S. Government Printing Office Police http://www.gpo.gov/careers/police.htm

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives http://www.atf.gov/

Drug Enforcement Administration http://www.justice.gov/dea/index.shtml

United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police http://www.osp.va.gov/OSandLE_Overview.asp

Amtrak Police http://police.amtrak.com/

Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Enforcement http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/criminal-enforcement

U.S. Federal Reserve Police http://uspolice.com/united-states-federal-reserve-police

Homeland Security Investigations http://www.ice.gov/about/offices/homeland-security-investigations/

U.S. Military Police Corps http://www.wood.army.mil/usamps/

Defense Security Service http://www.dss.mil/

Metropolitan Police Department. http://mpdc.dc.gov/

Washington National Cathedral Police - Sub agency of the Metro Police Department.

D.C. Housing Authority http://www.dchousing.org/?docid=56

Metro Transit Police Department http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/transit_police/

D.C. Protective Services Police Department http://dgs.dc.gov/service/protective-services

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority http://www.metwashairports.com/Police.htm

Georgetown University Police http://police.georgetown.edu/

George Washington University Police http://police.gwu.edu/

American University Police http://www.american.edu/finance/publicsafety/patrolops.cfm

U.S. Department of Energy Police http://energy.gov/ig/about-us/careers

Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation http://www.irs.gov/uac/Criminal-Enforcement-1

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Police http://www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil/PatientVisitors/SitePages/Security.aspx

National Institutes of Health Police http://www.ors.od.nih.gov/ser/dp/Pages/default.aspx

Administrative Office of the United States Courtshttp://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/UnderstandingtheFederalCourts/AdministrativeOffice.aspx

U.S.Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/law_enforcement.html

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Police http://www.osp.va.gov/Police_Services.asp

D.C. Department of Corrections http://doc.dc.gov/

Federal Bureau of Prisons http://www.ice.gov/about/offices/homeland-security-investigations/

Bureau of Industry and Security Police

Library of Congress Police

Federal Emergency Management Agency Police

National Institute of Standards & Technology Police

Bureau of Reclamation Police





All of these people are paid to carry guns in D.C. Virtually all carry a concealed handgun off duty; many commute by metro. You are surrounde by people with guns at all times in D.C., you just do not realize it.

Civilian permits to carry a gun run at most, 1 to 2% of the population and virtually none of them carry all the time (plus I think metro bans civilians carrying even if they are licensed ).

These federal officers are all armed and they are on every line of the metro.

All of them have arrest powers. If you attack them, they can and will arrest you.