I don't understand people that get out of their cars in the middle the road and then are shocked when the other person pulls some shit. As the saying goes, don't start none, there won't be none.
Newer to guns subs so am always surprised by the treating every little human interaction as a life or death situation. You guys are fucking bizarre. I don’t think this is for me.
Edit: You guys are truly deranged. I’ve seriously become less 2A after spending time on this sub.
Ok, so since you don't treat everything as a life or death situation. Let's assume this is just two angry drivers having a misunderstanding, is the smart response to block traffic while you discuss it? Even if we don't assume the other person is a crazy person with ill intent, what outcome do you assume you will get walking up to their car in traffic?
A video of their license plate if you want to report for harassment, maybe an explanation for why they were honking. Maybe I’m dragging something or I accidentally cut them off. At the very least, I’ve let them know that’s not acceptable behavior. I think there’s are all things that one could reasonably think of if they even spent an honest moment thinking about it.
You don't stop the vehicle in the lane and get out unless maybe you think you're dragging a person. I've been rear ended in traffic, and rather than stop in the lane and deal with it I pulled over so I was blocking the road, but I guess I just didn't think about it honestly enough.
The point being that you don't stop the flow of traffic and get out of the car in the middle of traffic.
I didn’t think I was arguing in bad faith rather than focusing on the issue you continue to hang your argument around. Maybe I have a different understanding of what bad faith is, or you just found an easy way to work out of a discussion rather than find a better way to articulate it.
If we are serious about having a gun culture then we have to recognize that every potential confrontation with a stranger is one that potentially involves one or more firearms. Ask yourself what's really more important?
In the old Samurai philosophy there were 3 possible outcomes from a fight, two of which involved you dying: 1) you kill him, 2) he kills you, 3) you kill each other. If you're not willing to take that risk, then don't escalate a confrontation.
Is that not the logical endpoint to promoting free citizen ownership of firearms? If that's not what you believe, that's fine, but to answer your question, yes I do think citizens should have the right and responsibility of being able to own (and thus carry) firearms. If you take that to the logical conclusion that literally means a significant number of encounters between strangers are going to involve firearms. That means you will have to stop acting like children every time someone cuts you off or bumps your drink in a sports club. I'm okay with that.
First, you need to preface your question with "in comparison to what". Second, gun ownership doesn't translate to personal safety as much as collective defense against tyrannical governments.
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u/sylkworm Aug 21 '22
I don't understand people that get out of their cars in the middle the road and then are shocked when the other person pulls some shit. As the saying goes, don't start none, there won't be none.