stirring the pot
Hi Everyone, I'm going to stir the pot a bit to keep this thread going. Please don't take any of this personally. I'm trying to find some clarity.
I don't believe that people in gun friendly areas of the country don't fully GET the hostility that we gun owners can receive in the non friendy areas. I see it in the notification of police threads. In my area there is a good chance that a police officer sees all gun owners as threats and that only the police should have guns. Its a reflection of the society he comes from. For me I would be fired if I brought my gun to work even if it was left in my car. Just admitting being a gun owner puts you on a list of being a potential mass murderer. (Its one of 10 signs). I have to worry about people being "uncomfortable" with what I say and going to HR.
I feel with no evidence that I could be in a real jam if I make some sort of mistake with my gun such as letting it be seen "brandishing" or not following some bit of arcana from my states twisted gun laws. There are lots of threads in the hometown section of ar 15 com about what exactly is or isn't a CT legal assault rifle. I also feel that there is a good chance that if I had to use my weapon I could be charged and or sued or worked over by the system.
So I feel there is some risk to carrying a gun as well as not carrying one. As a prevous poster said "its the stakes that are high not the risk" because if you haven't needed a gun for 50 years the probability is that you won't need it for the next 50. But the risks can change as a neighborhood deteriorates or as a small town grows or as meth becomes a problem. Each person has to make their own assesment of them.
As for justification "I want and can afford it". How much more do you really need?
pete
Hi Everyone, I'm going to stir the pot a bit to keep this thread going. Please don't take any of this personally. I'm trying to find some clarity.
I don't believe that people in gun friendly areas of the country don't fully GET the hostility that we gun owners can receive in the non friendy areas. I see it in the notification of police threads. In my area there is a good chance that a police officer sees all gun owners as threats and that only the police should have guns. Its a reflection of the society he comes from. For me I would be fired if I brought my gun to work even if it was left in my car. Just admitting being a gun owner puts you on a list of being a potential mass murderer. (Its one of 10 signs). I have to worry about people being "uncomfortable" with what I say and going to HR.
I feel with no evidence that I could be in a real jam if I make some sort of mistake with my gun such as letting it be seen "brandishing" or not following some bit of arcana from my states twisted gun laws. There are lots of threads in the hometown section of ar 15 com about what exactly is or isn't a CT legal assault rifle. I also feel that there is a good chance that if I had to use my weapon I could be charged and or sued or worked over by the system.
So I feel there is some risk to carrying a gun as well as not carrying one. As a prevous poster said "its the stakes that are high not the risk" because if you haven't needed a gun for 50 years the probability is that you won't need it for the next 50. But the risks can change as a neighborhood deteriorates or as a small town grows or as meth becomes a problem. Each person has to make their own assesment of them.
As for justification "I want and can afford it". How much more do you really need?
pete