<div><span style="color: rgb(160, 160, 168); ">On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 12:45 PM, David Powell wrote:</span></div>
<blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;">1) Some people simply like guns. Showing them off to other gun enthusiast is not dangerous when they are not loaded and the people are sane.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Feel free to play with them at home with your friends. Showing guns to folks isn't "hacking" and we're talking about hackerspaces.</div><div> </div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><span><div><div><div>2) For protection because hackers are typically a little nuts. I have yet to meet a hacker who does not have a personality flaw. Who's to say someone won't get pissed and come shoot up the place one day. Have an armed police officer in the space makes you feel a little more secure.</div>
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</div><div> Seriously? If you're so afraid of your peers that you need a gun, reconsider membership.</div><div><br></div><div>Al</div>