Gun Trolls Strike Again
So, some more gun trolls are taking it upon themselves to be dicks again. This time, some of them are open-carrying at Starbucks in the Bay Area.
Here’s the thing. When you learn how to handle firearms, one of the things you’re supposed to learn is that they are tremendously powerful tools which are quite dangerous and should be handled with great care and respect. They have a couple of very specific purposes (self-defense and sport) and THAT’S IT. Any other use constitutes misuse.
Open-carrying for the sole purpose of making a political point is misuse of your firearm. These people should have their weapons taken away from them by their grandfathers, be swatted with a hickory switch on the behind, and be sent to bed without supper. Once they grow back up and promise to treat their firearms with respect, they could have them back. In other words, if you’re going to behave like a petulant three-year-old, you should be treated like one.
Seriously, folks. Open-carrying to make a point is disrespectful to your firearms and it’s disrespectful to your fellow citizens. Grow the fuck up. If you feel your rights are in danger, find a better way to engage in the debate. And I’m talking as someone who knows what it’s like to have his rights actually legislated away. I would NEVER abuse my firearms this way even if I thought it would help my case. Which it doesn’t.
To everyone out there who’s looking at these people and thinking about generalizing, please PLEASE believe me, the vast majority of gun owners in this country are not complete douchebags.
Here’s the thing. When you learn how to handle firearms, one of the things you’re supposed to learn is that they are tremendously powerful tools which are quite dangerous and should be handled with great care and respect. They have a couple of very specific purposes (self-defense and sport) and THAT’S IT. Any other use constitutes misuse.
Open-carrying for the sole purpose of making a political point is misuse of your firearm. These people should have their weapons taken away from them by their grandfathers, be swatted with a hickory switch on the behind, and be sent to bed without supper. Once they grow back up and promise to treat their firearms with respect, they could have them back. In other words, if you’re going to behave like a petulant three-year-old, you should be treated like one.
Seriously, folks. Open-carrying to make a point is disrespectful to your firearms and it’s disrespectful to your fellow citizens. Grow the fuck up. If you feel your rights are in danger, find a better way to engage in the debate. And I’m talking as someone who knows what it’s like to have his rights actually legislated away. I would NEVER abuse my firearms this way even if I thought it would help my case. Which it doesn’t.
To everyone out there who’s looking at these people and thinking about generalizing, please PLEASE believe me, the vast majority of gun owners in this country are not complete douchebags.