My Father in law brought a gun to Mother's Day

[Emerson40]

The conceal carry rate in America is about 16%, so in any given day in which you cross paths with Americans, and you’ve been in the presence of at least 16 guns, guns that are there to protect their owner, and has no effect on your day unless a bad guy shows up, in which case you’ll be glad a friendly gun was on hand.

This the second most stupidest thing I have seen you post on Lit.

The winner is still the post you made about how you insisted the server at the Mexican restaurant speak to you in English, it being the US of A and all, and not speak to you in Mexican.

Mexican!

Fuck, that still makes me laugh! MEXICAN!

We are getting to the stage where almost everything you write is so alien to me that the areas of agreement are fast disappearing!

Let me try to put it as neutrally as possible. I have not been to the US, and the more I read about gun attitudes the less likely that is. My loss, I am well aware, and certainly not the US's. For someone to see carrying a gun as a normal part of getting dressed is truly, without exaggeration, as strange to me as the thought of putting on a mermaid's tail every day. n both cases I am sure people do, but in neither case can I think why. I understand, rationally, because you have no reason to lie to me, that what you say is true, and that tens of millions of Americans carry a gun everywhere they go. But emotionally that is such a world away from anything I want anything to do with.

You are as likely to suffer an attack from an armed intruder in my house as you are to suffer a shark attack in the Sahara. There is absolutely no need for a gun. I use the word absolutely there in its proper sense.

Why would you want to visit America? Apparently, according to gun fanatics at least, it is the home of the boogeyman, roaming gangs of home invaders, and skulky, opportunistic career criminals who share intel on unarmed (autocorrect suggested ‘unharmed’ - must be set to Commonwealth) homeowners who don’t have an arsenal of weapons. Or is it a cache of cock compensators? I digress...the place seems full of baddies and constant danger, requiring a motley band of deputy cowboys, conceal-carrying pew-pew shooters to dinner parties and Mother’s 82nd birthday, to keep the defenceless and frightened public safe.

 

[Taint_mAnn]

No, what would be irrational is you running and hiding behind an armed security guard when you're 6 foot 5, and a self-professed Army Golden Gloves, division champion because a black woman asked you if you could spare some change.

I'm 6'5"? Nice.

 

[Taint_mAnn]

Tell that to megastars who often get stalked and their stalker can show up anywhere/anytime. Tell it to President Reagan who's attempted murderer flew across country just for that single purpose. Tell it to the thousands (if not millions) of battered spouses who get shot at work, play, grocery shopping, and elsewhere.

You NEVER know when the threat will materialize. IF there's a real threat, there's no safe haven or time period that dictates when/where it will happen.

Thinking there is, is stupid.

Well, he didn't say that his father n law was a megastar. That changes everything. What if his uncle was actually kim jung un and kim was the only guy with a gun was kim and president trump was coming over to his house for cheeseburgers. Talk about embarrassing!

 

[coachdb18]

The winner is still the post you made about how you insisted the server at the Mexican restaurant speak to you in English, it being the US of A and all, and not speak to you in Mexican.

Mexican!

Fuck, that still makes me laugh! MEXICAN!

Typical 'memory' of a leftwing looney... the post you speak of was my visit to a local McDonald's (not a Mexican restaurant), but the staff was all Mexican, and asked for my order in Mexican (which is NOT the same as Castilian Spanish), so I simply gave her my order in GERMAN (I too am bilingual).

You fuckers hardly know anything you think you do... lost causes all. The LEAST you could do is at least TRY to get it right!

 

[Emerson40]

Oh. That’s right.


That’s even funnier, and still number one!



By the way, there are many indigenous languages spoken in Mexico, the main language Spanish. None of them are called ‘Mexican’.

The dialect of Spanish spoken in Mexico is often referred to as Latin American Spanish, compared to say Spain, where you will find Castilian and Andalusian Spanish.

Spanish. Not Mexican.


Mexican!

 

[coachdb18]

Oh. That’s right.


That’s even funnier, and still number one!



By the way, there are many indigenous languages spoken in Mexico, the main language Spanish. None of them are called ‘Mexican’.

The dialect of Spanish spoken in Mexico is often referred to as Latin American Spanish, compared to say Spain, where you will find Castilian and Andalusian Spanish.

Spanish. Not Mexican.


Mexican!

Your ability to shame anybody is forever gone, you're a waste of DNA and should simply go back into hiding in mommies basement.... what a useless fucktard! OBTW, I lived in Spain for a short while during my time in the Air Force (Zargoza), have you ever even been there? Didn't think so.... *IGNORE*

 

[Emerson40]

As a funny, somewhat ironic aside, in Spanish (and likely in ‘Mexican’ ) mensa is the feminine form of menso, and roughly translates to stupid.


Sorry (not sorry) about the thread derailment. Please continue trying to convince sane people how all the many, many pew-pew shooters, especially those hidden under your clothing in wee penis holders / holsters, is maintaining America’s international status as the safest country in the world.

 

[beew]

They can't get beyond the fact that the "gun" is scary. Worse, they project that they are afraid of the gun when in reality it's the PERSON they're afraid of. It's their family member, friend, neighbor, etc who is not trustworthy.

Which makes one wonder about the type of family member, friend, neighbor, etc these people hang around with. Or if it's just projection of the fact that they don't trust themselves and blame everyone else on the planet as the cause of their fears.

You started by sounding sensible and with common sense, but now you sound just as fundamentalistic as Coach and Mello did (note that I distance myself from those who ganged up on Coach) in this thread.

DesEsseintes made a good point, it's also about a difference in cultural attitudes towards guns. And not knowing that in the beginning, I was unnecessarily judgmental towards some of you guys too.

But so are you just now. "Anybody who's uncomfortable seeing a gun in their house" is crazy. (that's half of the world, btw.) Even if very remote, the possibility of an accidental shooting, when kids are in the house makes me not want to take any chances.
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[ThatsTheGuy]

Nobody has the right to enter a private residence with a gun except a cop and he has to be allowed in.

He left with one. "Entering" is future tense.

 

[ThatsTheGuy]

The best part of my post was "wiping is for pussies"!

one of these days somebody's gonna catch me ridin' dirty.

You never bare backed before? You don't know what yer missing.

Horseless in Kentucky,
ThatsTheGuy

 

[richard_daily]

But so are you just now. "Anybody who's uncomfortable seeing a gun in their house" is crazy. (that's half of the world, btw.) Even if very remote, the possibility of an accidental shooting, when kids are in the house makes me not want to take any chances.
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The chances of your kids dying by other means are far, far greater. You still do those other things, and don't worry about them.

It's ok to be afraid of guns irrationally. But admit it for what it is.

 

[Taint_mAnn]

Derpy derp derp

 

[phrodeau]

Toddlers fire guns. Pets fire guns. Guns even fire themselves sometimes. Check the news.

 

[chillywilly2]

Toddlers fire guns. Pets fire guns. Guns even fire themselves sometimes. Check the news.

Be afraid...be very afraid

 

[IG_88]

Toddlers fire guns. Pets fire guns. Guns even fire themselves sometimes. Check the news.

A gun will only fire itself if the owner is a negligent, moronic asswipe who has no clue how to care for a gun or take even the smallest of precautions. Almost all guns these days also have a drop safe feature.
Being afraid of a gun going off on its own is just being afraid of guns like a little pansy bitch.

 

[beew]

The chances of your kids dying by other means are far, far greater. You still do those other things, and don't worry about them.

It's ok to be afraid of guns irrationally. But admit it for what it is.

Yeah, me irrational and you guys who arrive armed to your teeth at a family party - rational.

A regular meeting between adults would be a different scenario. The OP was referring to a party where people drink and kids are usually dragged along. Alcohol makes people less vigilant, and kids are mischevious and have a fascination with such objects.

 

[schism666]

A gun will only fire itself if the owner is a negligent, moronic asswipe who has no clue how to care for a gun or take even the smallest of precautions. Almost all guns these days also have a drop safe feature.
Being afraid of a gun going off on its own is just being afraid of guns like a little pansy bitch.

9 times outta 10 it's the guy with the guy who is the little pansy bitch.

 

[IG_88]

9 times outta 10 it's the guy with the guy who is the little pansy bitch.

Hardly. Sometimes but not most. Most people with guns never let on they have them. No reason to. The ones that brag are the bitches.

 

[phrodeau]

A gun will only fire itself if the owner is a negligent, moronic asswipe who has no clue how to care for a gun or take even the smallest of precautions. Almost all guns these days also have a drop safe feature.
Being afraid of a gun going off on its own is just being afraid of guns like a little pansy bitch.

So if every sixteenth person has a gun, there are bound to be a lot of negligent moronic asswipes with guns around.

Sure, a gun won't go off when dropped IF it has a drop-safe feature and IF it's properly maintained and activated and IF those parts haven't worn out and IF the gun has been cleaned lately.

 

[HisArpy]

You started by sounding sensible and with common sense, but now you sound just as fundamentalistic as Coach and Mello did (note that I distance myself from those who ganged up on Coach) in this thread.

DesEsseintes made a good point, it's also about a difference in cultural attitudes towards guns. And not knowing that in the beginning, I was unnecessarily judgmental towards some of you guys too.

But so are you just now. "Anybody who's uncomfortable seeing a gun in their house" is crazy. (that's half of the world, btw.) Even if very remote, the possibility of an accidental shooting, when kids are in the house makes me not want to take any chances.
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This doesn't make any sense.

Guns do not, on their own, do anything except just be in whatever place they're put. They're not sentient or self-ambulatory so there is no reason to fear "the gun". Worse, a concealed gun is invisible and inert at the same time. Yet, the OP professed that he was afraid of the fact that his dinner guest brought one into the OP's house.

Go back and read the OP and you'll see that, in reality, what the OP says he is afraid of isn't the gun, it's the person who was bearing that gun. His post was all about "how do I know you're trustworthy with a gun?"

Well, how do you know your FIL is trustworthy WITHOUT a gun? Lots of mass murderers and serial killers out there who don't use guns. Yet I don't see ANY threads about being afraid of everyone you meet. Or being afraid of the cops (the Golden State killer for ex; he was apparently a cop).

Yet in thread after thread it's all about how "the gun" is the reason they're afraid. Even your own words show how irrational it is.

Even if very remote, the possibility of an accidental shooting, when kids are in the house makes me not want to take any chances.

Your kids have higher odds of dying in a car accident that being shot. Are you afraid of cars too?

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-mortality-risk

The odds of being killed by an accidental gun discharge are around 544,125 to 1. Odds of being killed in a car accident are 7,586 to 1. You are almost 72 times more likely to be killed by a car than a gun.

It's definitely much riskier to be around people with cars. You should also watch out for people who have concealed cars in their homes/garages. Because you never know when one of those cars is going to zoom off and kill someone.

THAT is how ridiculous people get over guns. It's all about "the gun" when in reality it's the person they don't trust. And then they get overly safety-minded while ignoring the very real fact that people die from other reason than guns in much higher numbers and instances.

But "guns" are the danger.

I carry a gun every day. I know the odds and the risks. I live the odds and risks. Believe me, I'm more afraid of the people who text and drive than I am about my gun going off accidentally. You should be too. Because 1 is a very real risk to life and limb and the other nothing more than irrational fear due to being uninformed or misinformed.

 

[phrodeau]

If someone showed up at my front door with a car, I would insist that he leave it outside.

To suggest otherwise is really idiotic.

 

[ryan8558]

as far as the uniformed cop carrying a gun while dropping off his child at school, if he's like every cop I know (local police, sheriff deputies, state troopers, agents for the FBI, even an actual Texas Ranger) he's carrying whether on duty or off.

 

[schism666]

Hardly. Sometimes but not most. Most people with guns never let on they have them. No reason to. The ones that brag are the bitches.

i can only go by personal experience in which little pansy bitches with guns are 0-2. my 9 out of 10 was being generous.

 

[HisArpy]

If someone showed up at my front door with a car, I would insist that he leave it outside.

To suggest otherwise is really idiotic.

And if your door was a repair shop? Or the motor vehicle dept? Or a toll booth? Or gas station?

Oh, but those things are for cars and your house isn't. Which is sensible. Except that cars can be locked and secured. And no one blames the owner of the car if it's stolen while sitting in the driveway.

 

[IG_88]

So if every sixteenth person has a gun, there are bound to be a lot of negligent moronic asswipes with guns around.

Sure, a gun won't go off when dropped IF it has a drop-safe feature and IF it's properly maintained and activated and IF those parts haven't worn out and IF the gun has been cleaned lately.

You wanna spend your life being afraid be my guest but it is truly moronic to be afraid of a gun by itself.