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In reply to the discussion: Gun talk - by Tom Tomorrow [View all]FunkyLeprechaun
(2,383 posts)But I often get sick of the people who say, "My gun didn't hurt anyone today. They shouldn't be scared of it." When I see someone with a gun out in public (even if it's cops) I get nervous (and I was the same way when I saw the UK military patrolling the London Underground with semi-automatic rifles prior to the 2012 games and that's a very very rare sight in London as not even the regular police carry firearms). I realized at a young age that guns aren't to be messed with and I never grew up in a household with guns and I've shot a real gun once before (an over/under shotgun) for skeet shooting and a sort-of-real gun (a BB gun) for target practice only once.
Does anyone seriously think that they'd be calm and collected when they see someone, a civilian, with a gun slung over their shoulder?
When I see pictures of ordinary people openly carrying their guns, my first thought is, I'd get the hell out of there.