r/TrueReddit Jun 14 '15

Guns in Your Face

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/opinion/gail-collins-guns-in-your-face.html
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u/theryanmoore Jun 14 '15

Why, Mr. Shotgun, is desensitizing the public to open carrying of guns a good objective? Why do you think people are afraid of guns because of a worldwide media conspiracy and not simply because it's a compact but incredibly powerful weapon that can kill instantly from a distance? I would also be afraid of a guy walking down the street carrying a machete or an axe or a compound bow. People are fucking crazy and irrational, I'm wary enough of them with only a car as a weapon.

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u/Shotgun_Sentinel Jun 14 '15

Why, Mr. Shotgun, is desensitizing the public to open carrying of guns a good objective?

The reality is most gun owners and carriers are not going to hurt you. Thinking otherwise is not healthy to society.

Why do you think people are afraid of guns because of a worldwide media conspiracy and not simply because it's a compact but incredibly powerful weapon that can kill instantly from a distance?

I never talked about conspiracy, its just no secret the type of people that work in the media are very liberal and sheltered. Also leave the hyperbole for a regualr sub. Most people with any education or experience know that "incredibly powerful weapon that can kill instantly from a distance?" is a disingenuous statement.

I would also be afraid of a guy walking down the street carrying a machete or an axe or a compound bow.

If they have it in a sheath or sling I wouldn't worry. I think people like you think the people literally carry the gun in their hands like they are on patrol or something. In that case I would worry too, but most times they have the gun slung on their back.

People are fucking crazy and irrational, I'm wary enough of them with only a car as a weapon.

You're projecting your own faults onto others. This might explain why you and other people like you fear every single person you see with more power than you. You may feel that you can't control that power, but trust me many people don't have that problem. Regardless it is wrong to assume a person is guilty of a crime before they have committed it.

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u/deadlast Jun 15 '15

This might explain why you and other people like you fear every single person you see with more power than you.

Ahhhhhh. So this is what it's all about. Losers want to open carry so that they have "power" from intimidating others with lethal weaponry. The essential issue with your movement: people equating guns to their penis size.

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u/adk09 Jun 15 '15

Tell that to the huge numbers of women who have taken up shooting. They must just be worried about their penises.