Comments on: Gun Shop Opens in Downtown Bellevue

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:25:19 +0000

@Gregory: holy thread revival, Batman!

I must have missed it… All I’ve read in the original post was opinion, and I don’t feel that Michael was trying to pass it off as facts. Could you possibly point out what you thought could be construed as facts?

By: Gregory

Gregory — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:14:41 +0000

Do I smell the stench of arrogance?

By: Gregory

Gregory — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:13:25 +0000

Micheal when you state that something is a fact it has to be verifiable, not just something you ‘believe’ to be true. Your arrogance reeks of intolerance and close mindedness. I have no respect for people with such attitudes.

By: AOG

AOG — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:30:39 +0000

It’s about time Bellevue allowed some semblance of a reality-based commercial balance back into the city. This isn’t about guns or bikinis or housing…this is about a jurisdiction trying to create a false shopping/living utopia that caters to only those they deem appropriate to reside within their precious city limits. Your city welcomes the cash of the outsiders, but you’d rather keep the housing costs so high “they” will never be able to afford to stay longer than a few hours. What the city council has actually created is something so UN-American it should be torn down and started fresh….it is literally being designed as an off-hour life support system for it’s primary commerce…shopping…and those who buy into the mystique of “urban living” may as well have taken up residence on the roof of the mall. Have another look at the movie The Matrix…Bellevue’s residents are the Coppertop’s…think about it. Old Bellevue used to be a charming and livable city…what we have now is a soul-less and cash-driven store-front display of a community…if you could ever call the current downtown region a community.

For those of us who actually enjoy owning firearms, hunting, shooting, etc, this is a great step in the right direction. For the rest of you, get off your precious green high-horse and visit other cities to gain an understanding of what real America is about. It has a little grit under its fingernails. It works for a living. And it’s full of real people with real lives and realistic incomes. I’d be ashamed to live in and stand up for such a filtered, processed city.

By: Evelyn Reed

Evelyn Reed — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:09:17 +0000

i think that gun control should always be imposed at all times to reduce violence.:-*

By: Matt Radcliffe

Matt Radcliffe — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:50:22 +0000

Money Tree is by FAR a worse indicator for a neighborhood then a gun shop. Guns are a high end product that are purchased in the VAST majority by law abiding citizens. I purchased a nice shotgun from them in their Kirkland store a year or two ago and they were a professional group of people that sell only high end products. On the other hand a store like money tree caters only to those who are poor and have a poor understanding of money (too put it politely). The fact that there is enough business for them in a place like Bellevue is troubling. I would say that the poverty that they represent is a far greater indication of a potential for crime then a store that sells guns for hundreds of dollars a piece. I also agree that criminals almost never get guns from stores. Even in high-school I was offered a chance to get “any gun” in a no questions asked kind of deal from a “friend”. Stores like this are if anything a benefit to the community. And for everyone that says that you should trust the police to protect you from crime just remember this. When seconds count the police are only minutes away.

By: boats and guns

boats and guns — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:47:51 +0000

I like where your head is at rtell. We should ban more stuff. I’m actually quite concerned with high end retailers – people with nice clothes make me nervous. Clearly all the concern over a gun shop in town is warranted. After all, gun violence in DTB has skyrocketed from zero to…zero since this post in December.

By: rtell

rtell — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:56:28 +0000

I find it very troubling that there is a Thai restaurant nearby. I heard about food poisoning by Thai food, and I think Bellevue should protect it visitors(who obviously require a nanny) and ban all Thai restaurants.

Also, I feel threatened by and uncomfortable around tall people. Can we ban them from visiting Starbucks so I can relax there with my(also short) kids ?

By: cardinal

cardinal — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:29:44 +0000

The author of this story is an idiot!

By: Chris Garibaldi

Chris Garibaldi — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:30:38 +0000

Welcome to a free society. Many a crime would be stopped if there were more responsible gun owners.
I dislike Japanese food – can we start a poll on getting rid of them?