As soon as he confronted you and started spewing his nonsense, you should have looked up, but away from him, saying loudly and hastily (in a mental handicapped voice), "I LOVE FRENCH FRIES!!!" as you pushed about two dozen of them in your mouth at once. Maybe spitting a little drool onto your chin as you munch on the huge mouthful of potato mush.
Anti called me "Rambo"
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Justin
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Ok, is there any chance of dragging this one back into the realm of reality?
It's getting a bit silly in here.
It's getting a bit silly in here.
AZ Jeff
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I am a resident of the Phoenix metro area. I have, on occasion, wondered about in the open carry mode (usualy I carry concealed), and have NEVER had anyone say a thing to me.
Out of curiosity, WHERE in the metro area did this little incident occur?
Out of curiosity, WHERE in the metro area did this little incident occur?
freedom and guns
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Good job. You kept your cool. God bless.
freedom and guns
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Ya know
Rambo doesn't strike me as a Glock kind of guy either.
Rambo doesn't strike me as a Glock kind of guy either.
Deanimator
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Reminds me of the time I was taking AMTRAK from Cleveland to Chicago.
There was this old schizophrenic who showed up at the station with a ticket to Pittsburgh or Philly. He of course decided to change his ticket for one to Elkhart.
He was a nuisance from the second he walked into the station, talking loudly and asking inappropriate questions of female passengers. He latched onto this Amish couple and just tormented them mercilessly. I caught the husband's eye and told him in German that the guy was a nutcase and not to talk to him. At some point, the guy zeroed in on me. Just as he was about to say something, I gave him the Josie Wales squint. He turned white and headed the other way, fast.
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C-grunt
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AZ JEFF
It happened at the JITB at 43rd Ave and Bell Rd.
It happened at the JITB at 43rd Ave and Bell Rd.
Cacique500
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LMAO...I *will* remember to use that some time!!
Sheldon J
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A B or C?
A: he wanted to rob the place and seeing your gun PO'd him off
B: he drank too much Agent Orange in Nam.
C: he's off his medication.
Ran into his type before, not about gun's but other stuff, tools, food, totallly irrevlelant stuff, they usually reek of booz, BO, or filth, just ignore them as the loony, to argue with them which is the first instinct is a total waste of time, just like argueing with a drunk, you are never right.
A: he wanted to rob the place and seeing your gun PO'd him off
B: he drank too much Agent Orange in Nam.
C: he's off his medication.
Ran into his type before, not about gun's but other stuff, tools, food, totallly irrevlelant stuff, they usually reek of booz, BO, or filth, just ignore them as the loony, to argue with them which is the first instinct is a total waste of time, just like argueing with a drunk, you are never right.
Clipper
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Next time...
...Someone accuses you of being a Rambo, just remember your Tango & Cash..."Rambo is a p***y!".
...Someone accuses you of being a Rambo, just remember your Tango & Cash..."Rambo is a p***y!".
Tom Servo
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If he'd really been all over the world, he'd have understood the importance of civilian firearms ownership.
ExtremeDooty
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Maybe this would work
"If I'm trying to be Rambo, does that mean you're trying to be.....Rosie O'Donnell?"
"If I'm trying to be Rambo, does that mean you're trying to be.....Rosie O'Donnell?"
Deanimator
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Years ago, there used to be some nutcase in usenet rec.aviation.military who'd go into these long assinine rants about how airshows were the "manifestations of the violent patriarchy" or some such.
One day, I replied: "I like ducks. Do you like ducks? Ducks are our friends! What kind of ducks to you like? I like mallards..." etc., etc., etc. I followed with endless pseudo-Downs Syndrome conversation on our feathered friends. The Marxist to whom I was responding was flat bewildered. She quite literally had no idea what to say! I'm thinking in person, that'd be even MORE hilarious!
Ryder
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Using that kind of language used to get you arrested in my state. Maybe still does? I don't keep up with all the laws they pass. He was disturbing the peace and attempting to instigate a confrontation. Too bad 911 wasn't speed dialed behind your back for them to record a bit of that yelling. Imagine the look on his face as you lift the phone to give your location to the dispatcher. More fun than ripping his tongue out.
Myself, I won't engage a stranger that displays a huffy attitude with a single word. His only reply from me would have been a glare. I owe no stranger an explanation for anything. I'm also good at being freindly, in fact I prefer it, just depends on them.
Myself, I won't engage a stranger that displays a huffy attitude with a single word. His only reply from me would have been a glare. I owe no stranger an explanation for anything. I'm also good at being freindly, in fact I prefer it, just depends on them.
cbsbyte
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How did the guy know you where not a plain clothes police officer? If I saw a person with a holstered gun i would think they where a cop.
HE MUST HAVE BEEN A FRIGGIN IDIOT!
He must have been a friggin idiot or had a screw loose! Anybody with a pistol on their hip is not someone to pick a fight with. The funny thing is it's usually always the anti's that start a confrontation! I find this ridiculously ironic since they claim to be against violence. I have yet to hear a a progunner who picked a fight with an anti.
He must have been a friggin idiot or had a screw loose! Anybody with a pistol on their hip is not someone to pick a fight with. The funny thing is it's usually always the anti's that start a confrontation! I find this ridiculously ironic since they claim to be against violence. I have yet to hear a a progunner who picked a fight with an anti.
OldSchooler
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I dont know what this mans problem was, I actually tried to have a civil conversation but he just wanted to yell a swear at me. I wasnt able to say much as he was very angry and I thought we were about to have a fist fight, so I was getting ready for him to swing at me.
Exactly, you didnt know what his problem was. Maybe he'd been shot by someone with an open carry weapon. You did the right thing.
As long as he was only yelling, all you needed to do was let him vent.
Keeping a cool head is preeminent if you are going to carry. Good job.
Exactly, you didnt know what his problem was. Maybe he'd been shot by someone with an open carry weapon. You did the right thing.
As long as he was only yelling, all you needed to do was let him vent.
Keeping a cool head is preeminent if you are going to carry. Good job.
Stiletto Null
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I guess I would have just looked at him funny, scratched my head, looked around, and then ignored him.
But I like the "I like ducks..." routine.
But I like the "I like ducks..." routine.
smince
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I think you handled the situation very well.
I still think I would rather carry concealed. Open carry would probably signal "shoot-me-first" in the event of a robbery (just slightly on the other side of wearing a khaki photo-journalists vest).
I still think I would rather carry concealed. Open carry would probably signal "shoot-me-first" in the event of a robbery (just slightly on the other side of wearing a khaki photo-journalists vest).
EddieCoyle
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If a stranger asks me why I'm carrying a gun, my answer has been and always will be, "None of your business."
ArmedAmerican
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"Rambo"
Fun story-- I get that reaction regularly on message boards, but rarely in public, thank goodness...
Here is an excerpt from just a few days ago, on another board...
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I said this, among other things:
"...I carry a gun because I wish to do so. Questioning my "needs" is irrelevant. You can do what you like, of course-- I would not presume to tell others how to live. If you presume to tell me how to live-- whether it be with a draconian level of "gun control" or whatever-- I will refuse to submit. I will not surrender my constitutional rights. During the Clinton administration I told a number of people that if Americans do not learn to come together and support each other, we would all be in danger of losing our rights. I endured eight years of the government's constant pounding on the Second Amendment. The same people who criticised me during that period are now screaming about the current attacks on the First and Forth Amendments, among others. "One day they came for the (insert any group you don't 'belong to' here), and I did not say or do anything, because I was not one of them...." (to paraphrase Martin Niemoeller, Dachau, 1944). You may not have my gun. You may not take it by "prying it from my cold dead hands", or any other method. If you attempt to do so, I will give you the bullets-- one well-aimed shot at a time.
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Here is one response I got:
"Here's a guy who never missed filling his tank with turbo-testosterone, and shooting shut the lid. Give it a rest....find a useful hobby, showboating up here about what a gnarly bandoliered belligerent you are....has all the floating power of a tank filled with cement dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Before stuffing your pants with more guns, and strutting yourself a homegrown hernia, ....figure out why you support arming the criminals, cretins, children, crazies and worse? --DJ"
That last part is particularly strange, since I have never said anything of the sort...
Fun story-- I get that reaction regularly on message boards, but rarely in public, thank goodness...
Here is an excerpt from just a few days ago, on another board...
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I said this, among other things:
"...I carry a gun because I wish to do so. Questioning my "needs" is irrelevant. You can do what you like, of course-- I would not presume to tell others how to live. If you presume to tell me how to live-- whether it be with a draconian level of "gun control" or whatever-- I will refuse to submit. I will not surrender my constitutional rights. During the Clinton administration I told a number of people that if Americans do not learn to come together and support each other, we would all be in danger of losing our rights. I endured eight years of the government's constant pounding on the Second Amendment. The same people who criticised me during that period are now screaming about the current attacks on the First and Forth Amendments, among others. "One day they came for the (insert any group you don't 'belong to' here), and I did not say or do anything, because I was not one of them...." (to paraphrase Martin Niemoeller, Dachau, 1944). You may not have my gun. You may not take it by "prying it from my cold dead hands", or any other method. If you attempt to do so, I will give you the bullets-- one well-aimed shot at a time.
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Here is one response I got:
"Here's a guy who never missed filling his tank with turbo-testosterone, and shooting shut the lid. Give it a rest....find a useful hobby, showboating up here about what a gnarly bandoliered belligerent you are....has all the floating power of a tank filled with cement dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Before stuffing your pants with more guns, and strutting yourself a homegrown hernia, ....figure out why you support arming the criminals, cretins, children, crazies and worse? --DJ"
That last part is particularly strange, since I have never said anything of the sort...
progunner1957
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When he said
BTW, you did good - you remained rational and let him make himself and his viewpoint look idiotic. A win for the guys in the white hats!
I know what his problem is: He's a leftist antigun bigot!
When he said
I would have replied in a calm, low voice, "That is none of your damn business - I don't answer to you. You need to get away from me - now." Just my way of conducting business.
BTW, you did good - you remained rational and let him make himself and his viewpoint look idiotic. A win for the guys in the white hats!
Tearlachblair
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Double or nothing he's probably impotent, and the sight of you with a girl just pushed him over the edge.
Anti-gun philosophy causes impotence!, Yeah, that's right!
Anti-gun philosophy causes impotence!, Yeah, that's right!
progunner1957
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LOL!!!
His "snubbie" is shooting blanks
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