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It's simple. This man was afraid because he has been conditioned by decades worth of anti-gun propaganda to be afraid of firearms and anyone who carries them.
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I think that many of us are in denial about the potential dangers around them. When they see you carry (or think that you might) it dispels the illusion of security that they depend on. They don't want to confront that reality any more than I want to confront the reality when my alarm clock goes off that I need to get out of bed. I get irrationally PO'd at my alarm clock, the same way they irrationally transfer their fear to you.
I get irrationally PO'd at my alarm clock
I think that many of us are in denial about the potential dangers around them. When they see you carry (or think that you might) it dispels the illusion of security that they depend on. They don't want to confront that reality any more than I want to confront the reality when my alarm clock goes off that I need to get out of bed. I get irrationally PO'd at my alarm clock, the same way they irrationally transfer their fear to you.
So After going to the range on Sunday we finished and went to grab food (Applebee's to be exact). So I knew we were going to sit in the bar I left my guns at in the car*. I forgot that I usually have my OWB holster on and my shirt/jacket is between my person and holster, so at this time it was showing...
So I went to the restroom to wash my hands and while I was drying them off, a patron (older guy aged 50ish) walks in and stops and is in shock and here how the convo went:
guy: Is that a gun belt?
ME: huh? what do you mean?
Guy: No, I mean is that a holder for guns!
ME: oh, yes. Why do you ask?
Guy: YOU DON'T HAVE A GUN ON YOU DO YOU???
ME: Do you see one on me? (again no I did not have a gun on me)
Guy: No
ME: well ok then
Guy: where is the gu....
ME: (interrupting) enjoy your food
And I walked out because I was extremely hungry
While we were sitting in the bar, he sat in the bar with some buddy of his and they both kept pointing at me. (I was getting a bit annoyed, but felt sorry for his ignorance). It was pretty obvious I didn't have a gun in the holster and all the employee's never questioned me since it was just a holster.
So brings me to my title of the thread, why are people so scared?
*to anyone who thinks I was drinking while at the bar, I was not, I had water just as an FYI
Yeah, I never understood that.Plus, they always seem to include the perpetrator in the casualty count if/when they are shot and/or killed, or off themself... STUPID.
Here is a perfect example of why people hate guns and find them destructive. Yesterday in an unfortunate case a teenager shot himself in a suicide attempt. He did it at school.
Today the students returned to school. What did the headline say on the article that was online?
This: "Teens to Return to Ohio School Day After Shooting". It doesn't say "Teens Return to School after Suicide Attempt". The headline is very misleading as anyone just glancing at it is going to assume that another nut has shot up a school. The article even goes so far as to mention that the gun was a semi-automatic. This type of media coverage is a big factor in the fear and hatred that the public as towards guns.
About the only time i open carry is on hot days when its just too uncomfortable to try and wear an overshirt to cover up. My last trip into Bi-Mart had me a little suprised however. I carry my 1911 on my hip and its always cocked with thumb safety on. So i have my family with me (Wife, twin 8mo old girls, and my boy 2.5yrs) and we head in to do some shopping. Just out of habit i check their window for any signs, nada (kinda figured this since they are a sporting goods store). So we head in and head back to the sporting goods counter and i start talking to the employee who is helping me get some primers, powder, bullets, ect. His department phone rings and he starts talking real quite, I kinda had a feeling. And sure enough, several employees had called the manager complaining and asking if it was in store policy (which it is). He kindly explained his conversation with his manager, and apologized for it. Told him no worries and thank you and sorry he had to deal with that on my account.
I just find it crazy that a store such as Bi-Mart doesn't educate their employees on what they may see while working their, and what store policy and rules are on the subject. I never got a single look from another customer there, just the employees. Oh well, sorry for the long post.
In regards to the original post, the guy who was apparently afraid of the gun has enough nerve to walk up to a guy with potential gun and ask if he has one. Where is the logic in that? Almost one of those things where the cat used up his last life from curiosity. Really, if someone had a gun and you were seen by someone who didn't like guns, why would they walk up to you and ask if it was real?