Today a close friend was called a "gun nut" by a co-worker who overheard a coversation he was having with me during his lunch break. We were talking about various topics ranging from RKBA and the choice of a handgun for persons of various physical stature and skill.
Later, he was approached by a supervisor who asked that he refrain from discussing firearms among some coworkers who are "still sensitive about the VT shootings"...though no one at that company has any relatives..or friends even...who were directly involved.
In fact, that person who overheard my friend's conversation suggested that he should be made to get a psychological evaluation to "protect the company and it's employees".
I was dumbstruck when my friend called and told me about this just a few hours ago. Now I am just mad. My friend, the epitome of stability and calm, has been labeled a gun-nut in the worst sense of the term simply because of a conversation that we here in the forum take for granted as quite normal.
Is this becoming a witch hunt for the Anti's? Are we "gun nuts" in danger of being criminalized because someone thinks that our interest in guns is a symptom of mental infirmity?
Later, he was approached by a supervisor who asked that he refrain from discussing firearms among some coworkers who are "still sensitive about the VT shootings"...though no one at that company has any relatives..or friends even...who were directly involved.
In fact, that person who overheard my friend's conversation suggested that he should be made to get a psychological evaluation to "protect the company and it's employees".
I was dumbstruck when my friend called and told me about this just a few hours ago. Now I am just mad. My friend, the epitome of stability and calm, has been labeled a gun-nut in the worst sense of the term simply because of a conversation that we here in the forum take for granted as quite normal.
Is this becoming a witch hunt for the Anti's? Are we "gun nuts" in danger of being criminalized because someone thinks that our interest in guns is a symptom of mental infirmity?