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Offline Rat Catcher

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Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« on: February 26, 2018, 01:28:32 am »
Just heard a report on the wireless of yet another shooting up above in Dublin. As I work the northside suburbs (where the latest shooting took place) it got me to wondering how many of my mytaxi clients could be targets for assassination or, indeed, carrying firearms. Taximen are obvious candidates for getting in the way of a bullet or even taking a bullet from some lad who's too spaced out to know what he's doing.

The halfwitted President of the Yewknighted States of America has suggested that teachers should be armed over there* so how about arming taximen who work up above in Dublin?

* the same halfwit promised that greater attention would be paid to the mental health of citizens purchasing high powered weapons such as AK47s. That seems pretty simple - if you want to buy an AK47 you're a lunatic... so you can't?
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Offline Firewall

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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2018, 01:48:56 am »
Just don't work the Northside. Honestly, very little trouble happens on the southside, never had an ounce of trouble from any punter going south.
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Offline Cool Boola

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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2018, 02:06:27 am »
Cept runners to UCD
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Offline Dr. Martin Gooter Bling

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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2018, 02:20:08 am »
"Not 'till you're twelve, son."  rofl
Mike Teavee
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2018, 10:54:56 am »
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2018, 10:55:39 am »
Who`d want to be a black teacher holding a gun when the cops arrive at a school shooting....
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2018, 11:22:27 am »
Quote from: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 26, 2018, 10:55:39 am
Who`d want to be a black teacher holding a gun when the cops arrive at a school shooting....

Or a Burka wearing school teacher with gun in hand trying to shepard her students to safety.
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Offline Bubba Ho-Tep

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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2018, 11:36:39 am »
Quote from: Belker on February 26, 2018, 11:22:27 am
Quote from: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 26, 2018, 10:55:39 am
Who`d want to be a black teacher holding a gun when the cops arrive at a school shooting....

Or a Burka wearing school teacher with gun in hand trying to shepard her students to safety.
Highly unlikely.
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Offline Shallowhal

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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2018, 11:45:52 am »
Controversial Ken Cash.
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Offline Belker

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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2018, 11:52:35 am »
Quote from: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 26, 2018, 11:36:39 am
Quote from: Belker on February 26, 2018, 11:22:27 am
Quote from: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 26, 2018, 10:55:39 am
Who`d want to be a black teacher holding a gun when the cops arrive at a school shooting....

Or a Burka wearing school teacher with gun in hand trying to shepard her students to safety.
Highly unlikely.

Yea, most likely she would be the one shooting at em !
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2018, 11:53:48 am »
Armed...to the fukin teeth!!
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2018, 12:01:07 pm »
Quote from: Shallowhal on February 26, 2018, 11:53:48 am
Armed...to the fukin teeth!!

And Legally in that B@stard nation of Imigrants and Slaves that like to call themselves the U.S. of A.
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2018, 12:46:02 pm »
Quote from: Firewall on February 26, 2018, 01:48:56 am
Just don't work the Northside. Honestly, very little trouble happens on the southside, never had an ounce of trouble from any punter going south.

I haven't encountered any serious issues working the northside, I was just letting my mind wander... although I think one of our colleagues/competitors was caught in the crossfire in Finglas a while back.

Anywaysanall, gang warfare isn't restricted to the northside, there have been plenty of shootings both sides of the Liffey. In fact the greatest concentration is probably in the city centre itself. I have noticed that I seem to carrying more punters that I'd suspect to be criminals since we got the PUC back from mytaxi and I increased my reliance on it.

Taximen carrying guns (sometimes overtly) is quite common in other jurisdictions with high rates of gang related crime e.g. Moscow, New York, etc...
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2018, 07:50:26 pm »
Plenty of Gunmen driving Taxis.

They haven't gone away Y'know? 8)
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Re: Should Dublin Taximen be Armed?
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2018, 01:40:25 am »
Yis must all be afraid of Moatview now, I got three jobs out of it tonight (Mon) - first around 9pm and the street where the shooting took place was awash with little kids playing out
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