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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:09 PM Mar 2015

I can't imagine what it must be like to be so afraid

that you can't leave your home without a gun. The level of paranoia to need a gun to go to the grocery store or to take your children to a park or to church is beyond anything I can fathom.

What a sad and miserable way to live, imagining a need to protect yourself with a firearm when going about everyday activities in public.

Yet this need is so entrenched in a small group of Americans that politicians cater to their every need for a gun regardless of how counter intuitive it is. Guns in bars? Guns in church? Guns at political rallies? Guns in elementary schools? Guns at daycare centers?

If it weren't so frightening I'd feel pity for them.

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I can't imagine what it must be like to be so afraid (Original Post) flamin lib Mar 2015 OP
It's easy for politicians to capture to the yahoo and Zimmerman type voters. Hoyt Mar 2015 #1
I used to work at a bank YarnAddict Mar 2015 #2
Totally the right thing to do: threaten some kid bullies with a gun. truebluegreen Mar 2015 #3
+1 Scuba Mar 2015 #4
He didn't threaten them YarnAddict Mar 2015 #5
Uh-huh. Having a gun isn't a threat. truebluegreen Mar 2015 #6
Not if it's concealed YarnAddict Mar 2015 #7
Even if it's concealed. jeff47 Mar 2015 #9
It was implied Jon82 Mar 2015 #16
backed down until the next time, mopinko Mar 2015 #11
That fear is why gun control is hard jeff47 Mar 2015 #8
I can't imagine what's it's like to be a black teen leaving the house. valerief Mar 2015 #10
They also probably have wire fenced yards ErikJ Mar 2015 #12
Great! You've started another case of rampant Hoplophobia!! pocoloco Mar 2015 #13
I'm not a big fan of that pejorative, and especially not when posted in this Group. Buh bye. Electric Monk Mar 2015 #14
This is a great example of letting your alligator mouth overload flamin lib Mar 2015 #15
 

YarnAddict

(1,850 posts)
2. I used to work at a bank
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:54 PM
Mar 2015

and one of my customers owned a small business and carried large amounts of cash. He carried. His gun came in handy more than once. At one point one of his kids was being threatened by some bullies, and he was there. One of the bullies asked if he was carrying. He just answered, "Yup," and the bullies backed down.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
3. Totally the right thing to do: threaten some kid bullies with a gun.
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:37 PM
Mar 2015

Not. That guy's part of the problem and if you think that is reasonable behavior, so are you.

 

YarnAddict

(1,850 posts)
5. He didn't threaten them
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:49 PM
Mar 2015

They asked. He answered. (And by kids I mean teenagers. His answer maybe saved his own kid's life.)

Jon82

(92 posts)
16. It was implied
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 12:18 AM
Mar 2015

Yes, he only answered their question and that is not a literal threat. Still, he and the bullies knew the threat of him using the weapon was implied. This is a very poor argument. It goes no where except to the eventual conclusion one can draw is that he would have shot them if he continued. Otherwise, the argument is drawing a conclusion based on itself (goes nowhere but in a circle).

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
8. That fear is why gun control is hard
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:09 PM
Mar 2015

If you are consumed by that much fear, you will vote to keep Sweetness by your side. No matter what else comes with it.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
10. I can't imagine what's it's like to be a black teen leaving the house.
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:57 PM
Mar 2015

Armed or not. But that's not paranoia. That fear is based on REAL THREATS.

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
12. They also probably have wire fenced yards
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:09 PM
Mar 2015

The occasional RW house around here does. They also usually have flags and warning signs. And its a perfectly safe, quiet neighborhood. One house is even painted red, white and blue.

 

pocoloco

(3,180 posts)
13. Great! You've started another case of rampant Hoplophobia!!
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:10 PM
Mar 2015

The good news is that with enough knowledge it can be cured!

 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
14. I'm not a big fan of that pejorative, and especially not when posted in this Group. Buh bye.
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 05:06 PM
Mar 2015

/GCRA host

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
15. This is a great example of letting your alligator mouth overload
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 06:37 PM
Mar 2015

your paperbag ass. I have a FFL. I am not afraid of guns. I own rather a lot of them.

Next time, before you embarrass yourself find out who you're talking to.

What bothers me and on occasionally frightens me is necroguniacs who are too terrified of life to leave their homes without a gun. Frightened animals are dangerous.

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