I got rid of my Mother-in-Law
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In another thread in a separate sub-forum it discusses how two armed employees engaged a shooter with a "large amount of ammunition" in Florida potentially stopping a mass shooting. The concern in that thread was the "normal" one brought up in such situations involving good Samaritan legally armed individuals creating chaos and confusion and potentially shooting each other.
I know who is likely to be armed around work and even have some idea of how they would respond. I'm not entirely certain that the premise of only you should know is entirely accurate. Around my house its entirely likely that I am actually open carrying.
tony pasley
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The first time I met one of my SIL was the weekend I married her sister. They came to the house to change clothes and she used the master bath, when she saw my shoulder holster, she came out and insisted they leave and never saw her again. She explained to her sister that there was a gun in my house and she would not endanger her family. Best wedding gift I got.
lee n. field
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I'm the out "gun guy" in most of my social circles, and only my wife and a friend know I carry. And neither of those know how much I do (basically, all the time). I don't bring it up, and obfuscate if it does come up.
Looks like the OP did a good job. 
My son's ex-MIL carried three handguns when she rode her Harley. One in a saddlebag and two concealed somewhere on her person (I didn't ask about specific locations).
My wife has never fired a gun in her life even though she was raised in a Texas household with guns. She "tolerates" my collection though (as if it really mattered if she didn't
).
This is the S&W Model 36 I bought her mother after an incident where she used a Titan .25 to scare off a late night intruder when she was about 80 years old. (I didn't know she even owned a gun, much less a little pot metal .25). My son now owns grandma's .38 Special...
My son's ex-MIL carried three handguns when she rode her Harley. One in a saddlebag and two concealed somewhere on her person (I didn't ask about specific locations).
My wife has never fired a gun in her life even though she was raised in a Texas household with guns. She "tolerates" my collection though (as if it really mattered if she didn't
).This is the S&W Model 36 I bought her mother after an incident where she used a Titan .25 to scare off a late night intruder when she was about 80 years old. (I didn't know she even owned a gun, much less a little pot metal .25). My son now owns grandma's .38 Special...
“Concealed” should be just what the word implies, I know several persons who intentionally carry in such a manner that a sharp eye will notice the firearm. I on the other hand have carried concealed since joining a police department forty five years ago, in all that time I have never been confronted about carrying a pistol. If the weapon is properly carried it will be well concealed yet afford you the opportunity to produce the weapon quickly in time to address a situation.
My mother in law is full bore bonkers. She couldn't spell ammo. I do my very best not to get involved with her during christmas, i'd wind up getting toe socks to keep my feet warm when I'm out hunting "those things that I shoot at."
I curse the day that I moved back to the home town so my wife could be closer to her mother.
I curse the day that I moved back to the home town so my wife could be closer to her mother.
When it comes to Christmas, birthday, any day gifts
I remind people that if I wanted it I already have it
and if I don't have it I don't want it.
Or tell them you're bonkers for Western style
Stetson hats that start around $800 and go
up. No, nothing in a cheaper range, thank you.
I remind people that if I wanted it I already have it
and if I don't have it I don't want it.
Or tell them you're bonkers for Western style
Stetson hats that start around $800 and go
up. No, nothing in a cheaper range, thank you.
If I want to get my sister to hang up the phone, or stop texting me, all I need to do is mention, or send a pic of my latest gun. She instantly shuts down. It really annoys her, as she is totally anti gun. When I sent her a pic of my AR, she went totally off the deep end. She sent me an email of a totally nonsensical article where the author confused auto and semi-auto, and basically was as clueless as she could have been. When I mocked the article, she got very quiet for a while.
armoredman
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All parents on both sides of the equation are long deceased, no in laws of any stripe. However, my father in law, who I never met, was a shooter and carried a 38SW revolver for SD back in the day, so making an "ammo" request would have been no problem.
If you wanted to get rid of her, good job.
If you wanted to get rid of her, good job.
Pond James Pond
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I think part of it is a resistance to accepting the fact that there are nasty aspects of life.
I think if you recognise that someone carrying a gun is a valid answer to the potential risks that exist in life, you accept that those risks are real to you too and that is something many can't handle.
I recently opened a thread about a debate I had with a friend and his closing comment was that only the army should have firearms: no firearms in society = no one hurting anybody else.
It essentially denies the fact that you can't legislate the risks out of living.
A cop in Memphis was beaten to death with his own flashlight. One of the bad guys later back shot a swat officer.
No guns needed to cause mayhem.
Apparently she never cut her finger with a kitchen k ice or hit her thumb with a hammer, and I must assume that nobody ever ran into her car while running a light.
No guns needed to cause mayhem.
Apparently she never cut her finger with a kitchen k ice or hit her thumb with a hammer, and I must assume that nobody ever ran into her car while running a light.
Phoenix54c
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hemiram said:
Yup, same here, but that's my sister, so it's my duty and right to annoy her as often as possible for 'lols'. Gun convos at work are no-go--I'm at work to work, not to discuss politics or anything else.
I'd be happy to discuss gun rights in a social circle, but rarely do. It's just not something most people (on either side) can have a sane, polite discussion about. The labor involved in speaking to someone who doesn't have the ears to listen to another point of view just isn't worth the oxygen I'd use up...