sarisataka (4,578 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172159159
Why your gun makes me nervous
There’s a mantra quickly repeating in my head: “Please have a badge. Please have a badge. Please have a badge.†It’s a steady heartbeat as I begin a conversation with a shop clerk and reposition myself so I can peer over her shoulder.
I’ve already seen the bulge in his jacket, and it’s clear from the size and shape that he has a holstered gun. Now my eyes are quickly scanning, hoping to find a law enforcement badge clipped to his belt.
I’m in a local bookstore and there’s a sticker near the door asking patrons not to carry weapons on the premises. My two children scurried off the moment we entered, each in search of their own treasures.
The man with the weapon is as interested with the bookstore patrons as he is with the books on display. I’ve watched him watch others. The way he tracks them is unnerving.
http://thegazette.com/subject/opinion/blogs/lynda-waddington/why-your-gun-makes-me-nervous-20150110?fb_action_ids=916845454992771&fb_action_types=og.comments
The answer seems to be- because it exists, even if only in the writer's mind. At no point does she actually view any portion of this gun/holster- she just knows.
If that man's actions make her unnerved I would likely make her manic. When out I always look at my fellow shoppers. I make eye contact and sometimes *gasp* greet them with a hello. I am neither a fugitive, a drug dealer, a rapist nor the owner of a sporting goods store.
So... the author of the article doesn't know for sure there is a gun... and so she assumes that there is and that makes her nervous.
Boo ****ing Hoo.
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
2. If an African American (or Mexican, Chinese, or other) tells you they think something is racist do you tell them that it's all in their head? What about if a woman tells you she thinks something was sexist or misogynistic, do you tell her it's all in her head?
No?
Then why do you think it's cool to mock people who are concerned about having guns casually around unnecessarily that it's all in their heads
?
1) Because it's obvious that the person in question is a whiny assed liberal ***** bitch and that she made the whole thing up.
2) If we are reaching for a strawman arguement How about the one where you single a person out for looking Jewish... or Black... or Mexican...or carrying a gun and make that person a second class citizen? Does that work? Hm?
Nuclear Unicorn (13,700 posts)
15. Do you tell people that want to defend themselves that it is all in their heads? You do. Repeatedly. Day after day. And you mock them.
yup.
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
18. Ok, so how many times have guns saved your life? Where, without one, you'd be dead Statistically speaking, I'm guessing none.
Mine has a lot. But I suppose I am the non-average person. BUT- It only has to save my life once to be worth it.
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
23. Does your hypothetical woman carrying for self defence need a 30 round mag, bayonet lug, or bump-stock? Has she been trained in how and when to use it and when not to? Did she pass the background checks and obtain it legally? Does she carry it safely, in such a way that her 2 year old won't shoot her with it in the supermarket? Despite what seems to be a commonly held belief otherwise, I'm not in favor of "taking everyone's guns away", but I am in favor of limits and rules regarding them and where they can be carried.
Moving the goalposts much?
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
29. My only problem with you keeping guns in your house is it increases the odds of you getting shot. nt
So... where am I supposed to keep them? Locked up in the police station? That would be handy. Have you ever been shot?
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
34. Once, when I was mugged. If I'd had a gun too it'd probably have made the situation even worse.There were five of them vs one of me, and one of the assailants was trigger happy when I didn't surrender my wallet fast enough. Yeah, it sucked, but it could've been worse. This was around 20 years ago. Thanks for asking :/
BULL-****ING-SHIT.
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
39. I don't know where they got their guns. Could've been a gun show parking lot "private sale". nt
We are doubling down on the stupid.
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
64. I think it's safe to say you were both blocked for being already known hardcore gunthusiasts but I think you already knew that.
Oh... did I fail to mention that DUmbass here is the host for teh anti-gun forum on DU... the one who blocks any talk of pro-gun discussion while trolling the pro-gun forum thusly?... I did mention that... didn't i?
Duckhunter935 (5,837 posts)
65. No, we were blocked because you do not want to here some true things about controllers and how they insult democratic gun owners that do not agree with their positions. It is nice that this group is run differently and you are granted and we welcome the discussion of the other side. Seems like you like it here more than the group you host. At least I am "allowed" to post my opinion or answer a question in response to you over here unlike your group.
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
24. When is the last time a seatbelt or life jacket killed someone, intentionally or by mistake? nt
Go **** yourself, retard.
Electric Monk (11,057 posts)
55. I already did, then you started changing the subject and shifting goal posts, so I'm done here.
You refuse to answer any questions, you make strawman claims about everything, and whine when people call you on it.
sarisataka (4,578 posts)
56. Nope- nice dodge
like your answer in post #24
When is the last time a seatbelt or life jacket killed someone, intentionally or by mistake?
You did not answer my question
here I'll ask again quite clearly:
NU asked in #15
Do you tell people that want to defend themselves that it is all in their heads?
Your Post 18-
Ok, so how many times have guns saved your life? Where, without one, you'd be dead?
Statistically speaking, I'm guessing none.
My question-Is the only person who has been killed for not having a gun when needed the only one who should be permitted one?
hack89 (28,891 posts)
5. Yet gun violence rates are at historic lows
And continue to decline. Go figure.
