Going to guess he considers himself a responsible gun owner.
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Bigfoot, Mothman and the Responsible Gun Owner are my favorite mythological creatures of American folklore.
I actually am a responsible gun owner. I keep my guns locked up when I'm not going to the range, and I store the ammo separately. When I clean my guns, I always check the chamber to verify it is empty. I have been shooting guns since I was about 8, and I've never had a negligent discharge and never will with how anal I am about gun safety.
The only reason I don't carry is that I don't have the money for it right now, and I don't feel I am a good enough shot. I am only confident at 20 to 25 feet.
Well that's good, but even if we are generous and say half the ~80 million gun owners in the US, are as responsible with their weapons as you are; that leaves a fuckton of gun wielders who are not responsible.
I am not outright anti-gun, but it makes no sense to me it took two tests and several weeks of waiting, to get a driver's license; and if I want to do e.g. more than basic electrical or plumbing changes in my home, I should get a permit and there will be an inspection. Yet I could waltz into a store, buy guns like I was a personal army, and at worst I would have to wait a couple days to pick them up. As far as I know, there are 0 requirements or inspections for if you have a gun safe; let alone any form of test or licensing of if you are just barely competent and safe weilding them.
I'm more of a Jersey Devil fan myself, could do without the gun owners and bootleg yetis.
Every gun owner is a responsible gun owner until they aren't.
No, no they aren't. Some people were never responsible gun owners to begin with, regardless of anyone's beliefs around guns.
Most people I know I wouldn't even trust with a grilled cheese sandwich.
dude i have fucked up the roof of my mouth on more than 1 grilled cheese
That's why we don't give you guns.
Guns would definitely fuck up the roof of my mouth :(
Hollonbeck admitted to his actions and said he was "afraid for his daughter's safety and didn't know who she was with or that she had left without permission," according to the report.
Oh, well if he didn't know then it's perfectly understandable to point a gun at an underpaid taxi driver.
This is why it's so important to have AR's at arms reach, who knows how this situation could have ended up had he not been armed.
I thought pointing guns at people who you thought wanted to sleep with your daughter was something out of bad jokes and old movies. Apparently not.
I had a old Co worker who told this story... When he was a teenager/early 20s he had several guns and was a member of the gun range. One day he went shooting and came home. Like a good gun owner started cleaning his guns when there was a knock on the door.
He held the shot gun he was holding over his should, several more from pistols to rifles on the table and answered the door.
Unknown to him his younger sister had a first date that night, and he was here to pick her up. Needless to say she was home before curfew and was a complete gentleman to her.
Hollonbeck admitted to his actions and said he was "afraid for his daughter's safety and didn't know who she was with or that she had left without permission," according to the report.
And yet again this shows that people cannot use guns responsibly, guns must be prohibited. The US could be such a nice place...
The US could be such a nice place...
Not really. You'd still have way too many stupid and hateful people.
They'd just be slightly less dangerous stupid and hateful people.
(And yes, I do mean slightly, but am not going to go more into details of the other methodology with much higher body counts that the hatred of small minded folks have taken over the years.)
I dunno, I reckon they'd be a lot quieter if there's an actual danger of physical harm to themselves.
Guns make people too eager to do crazy shit. You're not going to try to force somebody out of their car with a flick-knife.
You're not going to try to force somebody out of their car with a flick-knife
In countries that don't just give guns to anyone who can write their name, carjacking is functionally unheard of. It's just not a crime that happens. If the criminal doesn't have a gun, you can just drive away.
And yes, I do mean slightly, but am not going to go more into details of the other methodology with much higher body counts that the hatred of small minded folks have taken over the years
Apologist bullshit. There is no reality where this man threatens an Uber driver with a truck bomb. Even when talking about domestic terrorism, bombs are far more effort with far more risk, which is why they're not already used.
Are these people living in real dangerous areas or are they just convinced any unexpected car entering their driveway is out to murder them?
Second similar article in a short period, the other was a pizza delivery that went to the wrong address and got shot at.
I guarantee that these people have never lived in the ghetto. People who pull guns on the regular have more morals and honor than these wannabe cowboys.
The ONLY ONLY ONLY WAY to PREVENT this is if the CAB DRIVER SHOT the man BEFORE He could do this!