Metal Detectors at RG!

I guess PA decided that he doesn't want people to carry guns to the games, even if they are lawfully allowed to do so. I don't like that, but I don't hate it enough to quit going to games.

Perhaps more importantly, I'm guess metal flasks will also not be allowed.

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that blows. I liked being able to just walk in to the arena instead of emptying pockets.

 

I don't see any big whoop about it. After seeing some of the heated arguments over games and stuff, it's probably for the best. Just because somebody can carry a gun legally doesn't mean they are responsible.

 

It's an NBA policy, not one coming from the Trailblazers. Heightened security at random games throughout the year.

I think they're doing it in Portland only so L*ker fans can't cry "profiling..."

 

A big piece of this probably has to do with a certain guy named Gilbert Arenas....

 

That's why my back-up is glass with a plastic cap

 

I don't carry to the games, so it's not that big a deal to me either.

But, if I did carry to the games, the case I would make would be:

Huge, young, drunk asshole fan for another team says, "FU, I'm going to follow you out and cut your freak'n throat after the game. If I'm carrying, I laugh him off. If I'm not, I can try to deal with it through the securty/police, or worry about whether I'll get to my car in one piece.

Nobody is hating the idea that you can't carry your stainless steel flask with the pinwheel to the games?

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So you think the metal detectors go away after this game? Just ask'n, because I don't know.

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Yeah, but does it have the pinwheel on it? Guess I better start shopping for a new flask.



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Luckily you'll know he doesn't have a knife on him because he too went through the metal detector!

 

What like there aren't plastic flasks? Hell I am more worried for the folks whose hide a pipe is metal.

Wherever you go in life, there is a chance for trouble. You can't pack a gun everywhere, that's just the way it is. The reality of the situation with Gilbert Arenas is that the NBA wants to make its fans feel safe. IMO, I wasn't realy worried about the guns, I was more worried about say, a suicide bomber with tons of metal balls in a vest.

 

Actually, on someone else's private property, you're only allowed to carry on their whim. From here: http://oregonfirearms.org/faq/

Just sayin'.

 

Yeah, I understand that they are within their rights on private property.

Good point above about the knife and the metal detector.

I don't think it's a new policy (no guns at the RG), but that they just haven't done much enforcement around it.

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John Hinkley nearly assassinated Ronald Reagan to try to impress Jodie Foster. Is it really so improbable that some hardcore insane fan packs a firearm into an arena, has too much to drink, and starts taking shots at the other team's star player? Or a ref after a bad call? Or Chris Anderson just because he's a douche?

Well, I guess I could live with the second two possibilities. But as a fan of a team with a superstar and a hell of a lot of bad luck lately, I'd just as soon remove the possibility....

 

Yup. I think this was a policy put in place by the NBA last year as a contingency. I think it was triggered by the heightened alerts caused by the Undiebomber...

 

...or maybe they think Hibachi's Pistol Pete impression might light a fire under some moron's ass to actually shoot a player.

 

They have metal detectors to get into the Ghetto, er, I mean Oracle Arena down here. While I don't mind it too much, I always thought it was a much more relaxing and nice atmosphere at the RG without having the metal detectors.

 

<uncomprehending stare>

 

I'm just saying I think it's less about the Undiebomber and more about Gilbert Arenas being a bad influence on America's gun-toting youth.

 

Maybe it's because the Grizzlies have a known Taliban member on their roster and The Hoop Family will be rollin' through!