Moms Demand Action Loses Again: Fred Meyer Supermarket Will Not Ban Guns

ThunderSleeps said: "I don't understand the fear, ..."

I think at least some of these people have inner rage which they fear will express itself while they are carrying a gun.

They wish to reserve for themselves the right to express their anger in irrational behavior and violent outbursts, after which they intend to apologize profusely for the fact that something "made them angry".

It would be too costly to indulge in such behavior if the outcome became the loss of one's life or a murder charge.

Hehehe here’s one for you. I almost got my spouse and I banned from family dinners with her sister in law. We were at SILs house and as usual she started in on the gun nut rant and how gun nuts needed to be committed because of their irrational fears forcing them to carry guns everywhere. I ignored as usual. Then she went there... she says I just can’t stand the thought of having one of those things close to me and my kids. They are just so dangerous. You would have to be stupid or insane to let one be around you. So I took the bait. I said really. You would never let one get near you. She confirmed that yes she could never be around a gun because they are evil. So I said a hunk of metal is evil? And without waiting for a response I pulled out my XDM .45 and plunked it down on the table then said like that one? Her eyes got huge and not a sound issued forth forth from anyone. So I continued. Been carrying a weapon of some sort since before we meet. Yep all those outings, family dinners, game nights, movies. Yep I was carrying. Your welcome. Picked it up and put it away. Nothing more was ever said about guns. However relations did get significantly cooler and we didn’t get invited back for a few months. Oh well

Oh and I caught hell when we got home but I’m not taking it anymore!

“The wild inconsistency in their expressed concern for everyone’s well being is astounding.”

Exactly. The difference is that almost every adult in this country has personal familiarity with the operation of an automobile.

But when it comes to firearms, irrational fear is not only common, but promoted to others by the fearful. I grew up around loaded firearms in our house, my first merit badge was Marksmanship, and made sure my kids learned safe firearm handling as soon as they were old enough to visit the range.

But today, we teach our kids our irrational fear instead. Bizarre, indeed.

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