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Puerto Rican cuatro
A Puerto Rican cuatro
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The Puerto Rican cuatro is the national instrument of Puerto Rico. It belongs to the lute family of string instruments, and is guitar-like in function, but with a shape closer to that of the violin. The word cuatro means "four", which was the total of strings of the very first Puerto Rican cuatro.
The current cuatro has ten strings in five courses, tuned, in fourths, from low to high B3 B2♦E4 E3♦A3 A3♦D4 D4♦G4 G4 (note that the bottom two pairs are in octaves, while the top three pairs are tuned in unison), and a scale length of 500-520 millimetres.[1]
The cuatro is the most familiar of the three instruments which make up the Puerto Rican jíbaro orchestra (the cuatro, the tiple and the bordonúa).
A cuatro player is called a cuatrista. This instrument has had its prominent performers like Edwin Colón Zayas, Yomo Toro, Ernie Miranda, Pedro Guzmán y el maestro Maso Rivera.
Note that cuatro is a name also applied to a number of other somewhat differently-configured instruments, including the Venezuelan Cuatro, the Cuban cuatro and some small Spanish instruments.
Very little is known about the exact origin of the cuatro. However, most experts believe that the cuatro has existed on the island in one form or another for about 400 years. The Spanish instrument that it is most closely related to is the vihuela poblana (also known as the Medieval/Renaissance guitar), which had four courses, two strings each for eight strings in total as well as the Spanish Medieval/Renaissance four course and the Spanish laúd, particularly in the Canary Islands.
There was a "cuatro antiguo" which had four single strings, then eight strings in four doubled courses, and then the modern cuatro with five double courses. Despite the name, however, the origins are not clear.
Types of Puerto Rican cuatros[edit]
There are three main types of cuatro: cuatro antiguo of four orders and four strings, the "Southern" cuatro of four orders and eight strings, and the cuatro "moderno" of five orders and ten strings.
- The four string cuatro antiguo: This is the original Puerto Rican cuatro. It was made from a single block of wood and used four gut strings. This instrument may have evolved from the vihuela poblana. It was used to mostly play jíbaro music.
- The eight string "Southern" cuatro: This cuatro evolved from the old four string cuatro. It was made like a guitar and had four pairs of steel strings. It was used to play salon genres like the mazurka, danza, waltz, polka, etc.
- The ten string cuatro "moderno": This cuatro evolved from the Baroque era ten string bandurria and laúd from Spain. It is made from a single block of wood and it has five pairs of steel strings. It is the most commonly used today and is used to play jíbaro music, salon genres, salsa, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and even American bluegrass and many more styles.
Cuatro shapes, sizes and variants.[edit]
Sound Box designs:
- The antiguo design: This box resembles a medieval keyhole, also known as cuatro cuadrao, or cuatro araña. This shape has been found on some old dotars and citolas. Four string, eight string and ten string cuatros were made using this design. This was the very first design and it might be 400 years old. Sometimes some ten string cuatros are still made with this design.
- The aviolinado design: This box resembles a violin. It is the most common shape used today. Eight string and ten string cuatros were made using this design starting in the 19th century.
- The dos puntos design: This box looked like some old mandolinas made by Martin in the United States during the 20th century. However, it was first used in the 19th century in Yauco, Puerto Rico. Eight string cuatros were made using this design.
- The tulipán design: This box looked like the antiguo design but with no straight lines and all curves and thus resembled a tulip. Eight string and ten string cuatros were made using this design during the 1900s near Yauco and Ponce.
- The higuera design: This is the rarest design. This box was shaped like an organic oval. This was because the soundboxes were made from domed gourds instead of wood. Four string cuatros were made using this design in the 19th century in Puerto Rico by enslaved Africans on the island. Now they are made with ten metal strings and often have designs carved onto their backs.
- Besides these, many other lesser known and one-of-a-kind designs also exist.
In the 1950s, there was an effort to produce a "classical" ensemble of cuatros, with various-sized instruments taking on the role of the violins, violas, cellos, and double bases in a classical orchestra. To meet these roles cuatros of the aviolinado style were produced in four different sizes and tunings: Cuatro Soprano, Cuatro Alto, Cuatro Tradicional (the standard instrument, also called Cuatro Tenor), and Cuatro Bajo (Bass Cuatro): all have ten strings and are tuned in fourths. The project met with only limited success and today most of these variants are rare, with the cuatro tradicional surviving as the standard instrument.[2]
There is also a Cuatro Lírico ("lyrical cuatro"), which is about the size of the Tenor, but has a deep jelly-bean shaped body; a Cuatro Sonero, which has fifteen strings in five courses of three strings each; and a Seis, which is a Cuatro Tradicional with an added two string course (usually a lower course), giving it a total of twelve strings in six courses.[3]
Cuatro orchestras of Puerto Rico[edit]
The original cuatro orchestra was the orquesta jíbara which consisted of a various number of different string instruments:
- Puerto Rican Tiple
- Cuatro Tradicional
- Bordonúa
At least two configurations of "classical" cuatro orchestra were formed in the 1950s and 1960s:
- Primero Cuatro Concertino
- Segundo Cuatro Concertino
- Cuatro Bajo
- Cuatro Rítmico
- Cuatro Tradicional
- Cuatro Soprano
- Cuatro Tenor
- Cuatro Alto
- Cuatro Bajo
As noted, most of the instrumental variants are now rare, as are these classical groupings. There have been, however, modern efforts to revive the orquesta jíbara, notably the Cuatro Project's Orquesta Jíbara Antigua, which has made several recordings and given many concerts since 1992.
"The Puerto Rican Cuatro Project"[edit]
William Cumpiano and Christina Sotomayor founded the Puerto Rican Cuatro Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the traditions that surround the national instrument of Puerto Rico, by means of gathering, promoting and preserving the cultural memories of Puerto Rican musical traditions, folkloric stringed instruments and musicians. The Cuatro Project is also dedicated to promoting and preserving the Puerto Rican décima verse form and the traditional song as created by its greatest troubadours, living and past.[4]
Cumpiano, together with Sotomayor and Wilfredo Echevarría, wrote, directed and produced twoDVD documentaries for The Cuatro Project. They are:OUR CUATRO Vol.1, the first feature-length documentary about the cuatro and its music and OUR CUATRO Vol. 2: A Historic Concert. Cumpiano and cultural researcher David Morales produced another DVD documentary THE DÉCIMA BORINQUEÑA: An ancient poetic singing tradition, directed by Myriam Fuentes. The proceeds of these recordings were to be used for the research and documentation activities of the Puerto Rican Cuatro Project.[5]
- "Nuestro Cuatro: Volumen 1", The Puerto Ricans and their stringed instruments. An unprecedented documentary that reveals the emotional story of the development and the history of the music and stringed instruments traditions of Puerto Rico.
- "Nuestro Cuatro: Volumen 2", Un Concierto Histórico/A Historical Concert. The conclusion of the video documentary Nuestro Cuatro, a cultural and musical history of the Puerto Rican cuatro and Puerto Rico's stringed instruments.
Name misconception[edit]
The Puerto Rican cuatro has been mistakenly labeled by Jon Anderson (of Yes) since the late 1970s. He used it for the album Tormato[6][7] where it's labeled as an Álvarez ten string guitar. For this reason, it has been almost impossible for many Yes fans to find out more about this instrument for decades.
Anderson started using the Puerto Rican cuatro in 1977 Going For The One Tour with Yes [8] and can also be seen playing it on the music video for Love Will Find A Way.
See also[edit]
- El Cuatro (Spanish Wikipedia)
- Music of Puerto Rico


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Don't Call Me 'Mamacita.' I Am Not Your Mommy.
One of the very few things I don't miss about my native Mexico City is fending off sleazy guys calling you sabrosa (tasty) or rica (delicious) or some other insult disguised as a compliment. It's an unfortunate but everyday aspect of life in a machista country like Mexico.
Of course, women everywhere, are on the receiving end of catcalls but it happens less often in the U.S. than Mexico.
However, as my New York City neighborhood (Hamilton Heights) continues its transformation into "The Little Mexico of West Harlem," the unthinkable happened last summer.
"Mamacita!" yelled a young man -a fellow Mexican, I'm sure- as I walked by a local fruit stand.
Really? Mamacita? Right here? In Manhattan?
I was furious. I turned to my paisano and gave him the evil eye. "Excuse me? Are you talking to me? What did you say?"
Crestfallen, he walked away, quickly, with his tail between his legs.
If you grew up in Mexico City like I did, you know the word mamacita is laden with highly sexual overtones. The literal translation of mamacita is "little mother" but the figurative and more accurate translation is "hot momma." The moniker is never really used to describe an actual mother, a genuine mamá or mamita.
Instead, the word is inextricably linked to a man's perception of a woman as an object of sexual desire. A man calls you mamacita because what he really wants is to get in bed with you and turn you into the mother of his children.
Even Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel, who has been criticized for using the word mamacita on a radio show he used to host, understands the word can get you in hot water. On a clip from his old radio show, McDaniel wonders aloud, "What about mamacita? Mamacita works. You say that at the wrong place, the wrong time, you will get beat down."
As someone who doesn't speak Spanish, what McDaniel doesn't realize is that there isn't ever really a good place or a right time to call a woman mamacita.
That is, unless the place is Spanish-language television and the right time is Saturday night. Sábado Gigante is the longest-running television show in U.S. history. The program is hosted by the septuagenarian Don Francisco and in May (on the occasion of Mother's Day, perhaps?) featured a Miss Mamacita contest, a kind of beauty pageant featuring scantily-clad mothers competing for the mamacita crown.
The Miss Mamacita contest, which invites viewers to vote online for their favorite mamacita, is not to be confused with the Miss Colita competition of the same month, which looks to crown the best "Miss Booty"
Despite its frequent use, the official dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy does not list mamacita. Interestingly, the closest word you will find is mamacona which apparently was a term used by ancient Incas to describe elderly virgins devoted to the service of sacred temples.
The official dictionary also lists mamita, but surprisingly the definition given is not the diminutive for mother (that is, a "little mother" or a "little mama" ). Instead, it defines mamita as a colloquial term for a timid person, a coward.
And coward is the perfect word to describe that sleazy paisano who called me mamacita.
Laura Martínez is a senior editor of CNET en Español. She is also the founder of Mi blog es tu blog, a source of daily commentary on Hispanic marketing, media and pop culture.
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Extremely random sketchdump by BarukuriiWatch
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I'm clearing out my Pictures folder to make more space, so here is a sketchdump before most of these pics end up either on Photobucket or in Recycle Bin Heaven. <u<;
Some of the drawings are quite a few months old, so excuse the inconsistent quality, but I am fond of them... /u\;
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It really annoys me when people think their sketches are "awful" since 1. it's a sketch and 2. it looks great
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LOVE your sketches
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I love how expressive your art is.
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I was just thinking about the Flint the Time Detective show the other day! After they stopped airing it, it was like it simple dropped off the face of the earth.
FLINT THE TIME DETECTIVE AAAHH BARU OMG I AM CURRENTLY....just.....AMAZED....you're just......T.P. Lady is one of my favourite characters ever!
and also human oogie boogie....
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and also human oogie boogie....
and..actually EVERY one..
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Omg. I remember Flint the Time Detective. Very vaguely. Now I want to find it again aaah!
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I thought it was Sparrowhawk too! Lol.
I'm afraid not! I haven't seen that movie yet! 6_9
I love how your human Oogie Boogie looks like Cab Calloway. The lady above him is cute too! I also like the way you draw Sakura and wow, I haven't thought about Flint the TD in a long time. (I always loved that sort of hopelessly clueless villain.)
Ah, I'm glad someone noticed! My sister showed me some vids of Cab Calloway and I was enthralled to say the least. XD It's so cool how they gave Oogie his body language and all in the movie.
HAHA I remember Flint the Time Detective! Love your sketchies <3
I'm glad someone else does! I spent like half a day trying to remember the name of it, like 'Cave the... Something'? 'Rocky the Time Bandit'? 'Stoney the Time Guy'?! It was driving me crazy. D>
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Thanks so much Loppiii!
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I am so happy to see them in your style DDDD
Aww, I always thought that Sarah Goodman was such a cutie
Steam Powered Giraffe! You are awesome for drawing them!
They are all so beautiful as always!
They are all so beautiful as always!
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THEATER REVIEW: "Young Frankenstein" lives again at UA
By Mark Hughes Cobb Staff Writer Published: Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. If you walk into "Young Frankenstein" the musical expecting "Young Frankenstein" the movie, well, you're entering with the wrong attitude. Walk this way. As with any adaptation from one medium to another — book to film, myth to play, song to […]Uncategorized


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Well guess what? There is absolutely nothing wrong with thinking this way. Maybe if I were getting paid for my opinions, I would tone it down a bit. But those thoughts would still be in the back of my head.
Isn't that the point of sports, to fill us with hope and joy? I won't be angry or mad if West Virginia beats the Buffs on Sept. 18 but I believe that the Buffs will pull out a huge upset in the John Denver Bowl.
Being a homer gets you ridiculed a lot. Most of the people who make fun or rip on your ideas are either homers themselves (just for another team) or people who don't truly enjoy sports.
I know a guy who says he is a huge Nuggets fan, but he spends the whole game yelling and screaming at the players on the television. The words he says cannot be repeated in case any young ones are reading this.
At the end of the game, if the Nuggets are the victors he is giving out high fives and saying how great of a job they did. If they just lost, he continues his yelling for about a half hour. Can this really be giving him more joy than stress? The kid probably takes a month off his life every time he watches a game.
I will never questions any person's "fanhood" because I don't really know if he is a better or worse fan than I because of the way that he acts. I can see arguments for both sides.
What upsets me is that these types question my "fanhood" by calling me a homer, that I don't think the home team can do any wrong.
Of course, my teams do not always play well. The Buffs and Iowa State last year is a great example.
But I would prefer not to rip on the teams I love for every little thing they do wrong. I love watching the game and having hope that everything will turn out right.
Maybe it is because I was raised by Disney and everything always comes out right. Darrell Scott, I mean, Prince Charming will find me one day.


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A certain cable company.
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Willian 'likes' his new Chelsea song on Instagram which says he hates Spurs
New Chelsea signing Willian has rubber-stamped his new chant at Stamford Bridge after he 'liked' a video posted on Instagram. The video was recorded by Chelsea fans drinking before the Super Cup Final in Prague on Friday night, and the words to the new Willian song are: The shits from Spurs, They bought his flight, But Willian, […]
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AIK Stockholm beat Gefle 3-0 on Saturday to move third in the Swedish Allsvenskan, and he match had a terrific finale as home forward Martin Mutumba put on an exceptional skills show. With the match won and injury time ticking over, Mutumba, a Swedish-born Ugandan international footballer, made Gefle look stupid in two moves, right after each other. […]
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With just a little bit over 48 hours left in the summer transfer window, Manchester United appear to be frantically looking for a new midfielder if two of the Sunday papers are accurate. The Star on Sunday and the Telegraph on Sunday both have stories about United's pursuit of midfielders on their backpages. The Star's story […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mountain BizWorks in Asheville, a nonprofit community development financial institution serving Western North Carolina, was presented Friday with a $1 million loan from the Small Business Administration.
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, visited Mountain BizWorks for the announcement. Mountain BizWorks will use the loan to provide microloans to small business in Western North Carolina, Hagan's office said in a news release.
Since 1989, Mountain BizWorks has provided $9 million in loans to 715 small business owners who otherwise would not be able to get the financing to start or expand, creating 3,500 jobs in Western North Carolina, the release says.
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"On behalf of Mountain BizWorks, I just want to thank Sen. Hagan and the Small Business Administration for the work they do supporting small businesses in Western North Carolina," said Mountain BizWorks Board Chair Eileen McMinn. "Over the years, we have worked hard to get our small businesses in the area the funding that they need. This very large level of funding signifies to us that the SBA believes in our abilities and wants to continue to support us in our mission of creating new businesses and expanding existing ones."
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This is a discussion on Scenario: Dog Shot in Yard within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by CowboyColby S.S.S. Originally Posted by OldLincoln Sorry, but I don't know what that means. S hoot S hovel S hut-up...
Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M Nixon
Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.
Jeff Cooper
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Well the OP said 'attacking' so I can shoot to protect my horses. And I'd do so to protect the dogs too.
However the logistics of doing that without hitting my animals are ugly. I'd have to get in very close. Pepper spray would probably work as well or at least to get it to back off. If it approached again, shoot.
I have never practiced this however. (Using pepper spray, then shifting to gun) If at home, both would be in my hands and I'd have my animals to deal with as well. I should put some more thought into this.
Thanks for the scenario.
Fortune favors the bold.
Freedom doesn't mean safe, it means free.
The thing about "defense" is that it has practically nothing to do with guns. (As passed on by CCW9MM)
I actually asked this question to the Sheriff of a county I have a house in. I know this is coming from the Sheriff and to be taken lightly as its not the law verbatim. There are numerous stray dogs in the neighborhood. Recently one of the strays attacked someones dog as they walked out of the house and almost killed it before they could get the stray off the dog. According to the Sheriff its fine to shoot an animal in that county (you can discharge weapons there as its not city)if its attacking someone or another animal. Everyone in the neighborhood who walks carries a stick because of the dog issues. I mentioned that to the Sheriff and he said he'd even recommend carrying a gun while walking.
I was speaking to another neighbor about the issue as well and they said they shot a dog who attacked his chickens. He called to report it and they were not even concerned.
The dog problem is pretty bad, if you drive by in a car random dogs will jump on your car and scratch it. Unfortunately there are no leash laws or much of animal control there. Next time i'll have some sort of Pepper/OC spray for dogs when they run up on me.
What is the corresponding law to the Sheriff's assertion? Is is covered by state, county, or local ordinance? Have you read the laws yourself? Probably a good place to start...
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martyr is a fancy name for crappy fighter
You have never lived until you have almost died. For those that have fought for it, life has a special flavor the protected will never know
In Michigan, legally you cannot shoot to protect your property.
That property includes your pets.
If a dog is attacking your pet you cannot shoot to protect it.
However, if I thought the dog was attacking me.....dead dog.
"Don't be afraid to see what you see.
-Ronald Reagan-
An old college buddy of mine shot his neighbor's dog many years ago. It had repeatedly escaped into his yard and went after the chickens. They gave the neighbors ample warning to get the dog under control. One day the dog was loose and killing a chicken and he pulled out his rifle and shot it. There were no repercussions other than futher deteriorating the relations with the neighbors. This was in rural Spotsylvania, VA (less rural now but still rural), about 20 years ago.
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I read of a very relevant case today in my morning paper:A neighbor with a gun who killed a snarling dog after it and another attacked a post office mailman's truck said Monday he told the dog to go home before he fired the fatal shot.
Police said the 51-year-old mailman had just driven up to the Arlington house on the 1400 block of Panther Run Road about 3:30 p.m. Friday to deliver mail when the two dogs, one a white and brown American bulldog, the other a Labrador retriever, ran across the lawn right at him. The dogs, owned by a Jacksonville police officer, barked and growled as they tried to jump in the mail truck window.
"The whole van was rocking and shaking, and everyone heard him screaming," said Adam Cuppoletti, 34, who said Monday he was working in his yard across the street.
The mailman's scream alerted Cuppoletti, who grabbed his handgun from the kitchen and ran back outside, yelling at the dogs to stop. As he yelled "no!" and "stop!" several times, the pit bull turned and growled at him from the street, then came into his yard.
"I yelled for the dog to stop. A 100-pound American bulldog is a pretty intimidating dog," Cuppoletti. "I told 'Petey' to stop and go home, and it snarled, growled and immediately ran toward me, into my yard. I brought up my pistol and fired one round."
The wounded dog ran back to its yard, leaving a trail of blood before it fell and died. No one was injured, and the other dog disappeared.
Cuppoletti said he works for the Navy but wouldn't say in what capacity. He said he was trained to use a firearm.
Cuppoletti said the dogs had been lounging in the neighbor's front yard since he got home earlier but ran at the postal van when it pulled up...No charges were filed in the shooting, police said.
"It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first."
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Looks like that scenario is fine in Washington State.RCW 16.08.020
Dogs injuring stock may be killed.
It shall be lawful for any person who shall see any dog or dogs chasing, biting, injuring or killing any sheep, swine or other domestic animal, including poultry, belonging to such person, on any real property owned or leased by, or under the control of, such person, or on any public highway, to kill such dog or dogs, and it shall be the duty of the owner or keeper of any dog or dogs so found chasing, biting or injuring any domestic animal, including poultry, upon being notified of that fact by the owner of such domestic animals or poultry, to thereafter keep such dog or dogs in leash or confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper thereof, and in case any such owner or keeper of a dog or dogs shall fail or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for the owner of such domestic animals or poultry to kill such dog or dogs found running at large.
Last edited by ak56; June 22nd, 2010 at 10:01 PM. Reason: Can't even spell my own state.
Hit 'em hard the first time that follow up shot when they are running and howling is tough, but doable DAMHIKT
Raised sheep for 15 years and have dealt with both strays and neighbors pets on several occasions "ole Bucks a good dog he'd never hurt nothing." In MO your G2G if the animal is damaging your stock, don't know about cats. But as stated earlier S.S.S.
Being shot in the process of committing a crime provides potent Pavlovian conditioning to the perpetrator.
dead dog! I would shoot it for attacking anything on my property animals, children, anything.
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women
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Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
My county dump is a posted gun free zone, but I have carried my concealed handgun there ever since I was chased back into my truck by feral dogs a few years ago when I went to dump my trash. I'm not sure that carry isn't covered by pre-emption statutes anyhow. The dumpsters are provided and maintained by a private company, but I've been unable to determine who owns the land where they are located. But, concealed is concealed.