Timeline for What is 'too broad' about the question about firearms in the USA?
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| Jul 5, 2015 at 5:33 | comment | added | Fattie | One could close any question as too broad by invoking specific, ultra-local concerns. I do apologise if you found my language rowdy, but those adjectives (directed at the concept of closing such a simple question ... not directed at any person) seem appropriate. | |
| Jul 5, 2015 at 5:31 | comment | added | Fattie | .. I appreciate you are making a fine, arcane, observation that in some very specific - neighbourhood - in the US there is more crime than in others. But the idea of closing the question on "broad" for that reason is not sensible. Really, I think it's just politically motivated. Note that if I asked, for example "Are people in NYC so incomprehensibly lame and behind the times that they still think nightclubs are lol 'cool'?" the answer would be, very simply .. "Yes.". SURE you could go on about how in some specific blocks people are only 10 not 40 years behind the times. | |
| Jul 5, 2015 at 5:29 | comment | added | Fattie | Hi CG. I can only direct you to the answers on the OP by reirab and JonathonR which, simply and easily, explain and give a feel for the very simple questions "How common is open carry of firearms in the USA?" and "So I'm wondering, in open-carry states, can you see people carrying handguns in their belts?" (the trivial and obvious answers are "every cop has a gun" and "it's not like in the movies, you will rarely or ever see an open carry") cont... | |
| Jul 5, 2015 at 2:22 | comment | added | CGCampbell | @JoeBlow Joe, please read the wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_carry_in_the_United_States and you will see you are wrong. When you are ready, if you are honorable, we will accept your apology for calling all of us "silly" and "farcical" and "bizarre" ... | |
| May 24, 2015 at 10:51 | comment | added | Fattie | "The answer to this question will vary on the state." It utterly does not vary "by state" - and it's a silly thing to ask. | |
| May 15, 2015 at 18:42 | history | edited | Relaxed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 15, 2015 at 18:26 | comment | added | reirab | Yes, I saw that, but I wasn't sure if that was what prompted the close votes, since that user was not one of the close votes and there's no way to see who actually upvoted the comment. I agree that I wouldn't expect everyone who casts a close vote to comment. | |
| May 15, 2015 at 17:53 | history | answered | Relaxed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |