Carrying a Pistol Perceived as Antisocial?

[Vern Humphrey]

You know, I'd look at it just the other way around, "You mean if we were mugged, or a killer opened fire on us, you wouldn't help? You'd just sit there and let it happend and whine about being unarmed? Man, are you antisocial!"

 

[Doug S]

I think the OP's questions begs another question..."Does the fact that much of modern society has become virtually like children in adult bodies, without the ability reason logically, mean that those of us who are left with a little commonsense should stop reasoning, and let these idiots dictate how we think and what we do?

I think not, and I don't care if they view my handgun as "anti-social". I happen to be of the opinion, that it is their liberal behavior and views that lead to "anti-social" behavior, not my handgun. Just sayin.

 

[Nushif]

*le eyeroll* Sure, blame the liberals.

 

[HDCamel]

I never see anybody noticeably disturbed by my SAA, just a kid every now and then who asks if it's real. Then again, that could imply that most people think it's a prop or something, but I don't see why that would be the case. It's not like I dress like a cowboy.

Then again again, I live in Virginia. One of the gun friendliest states in the union.

 

[MyGreenGuns]

I posted earlier but forgot to add:

A friend of mine has a "Come as you're armed" party every forth of July. You dont get to come on the property without a gun on your hip. In his case, NOT carrying a pistol is percieved as being anti-social.

EDIT: I dont really get why you posted a comic. *see above*

 

[stevelyn]

The nicest and friendliest people you'll ever find are the ones that you'll see at a gunshow. Anyone thinking that carrying a gun is anti-social behavior knows nothing about guns or gun owners.

 

[HDCamel]

The nicest and friendliest people you'll ever find are the ones that you'll see at a gunshow. Anyone thinking that carrying a gun is anti-social behavior knows nothing about guns or gun owners.

Especially considering that pretty much anyone who is open carrying bought their gun legally (otherwise, why display it for all to see?) which means that they probably passed a criminal background check, which means they were not convicted of a violent crime.

 

[seansean]

OP, if anyone gives you **** about why you carry a gun, I suggest you direct them to this site: http://www.blogdelnarco.com/

the video on the front page is a pretty good reason to be concerned about some of the monsters walking the earth right now.(video is graphic violence, FYI)

 

[scramasax]

Don't have a problem with open carry. Just don't think it is good idea in urban/suburban locations. Don't make yourself a primary target. Keep surprise on your side. As to upsetting any sheeple try smoking in public. Also have to admit being a little bit of a snob.If you want to open carry get a quality nice looking holster.

Cheers,

ts

 

[psyshack]

I was not put here to make all happy.

 

[The_Armed_Therapist]

I'm in a Marriage and Family Therapy Master's program at the University of Akron. During the day of my initial interview, we were given a tour of the campus. The woman who gave us the tour said that she went out with a guy for a while who had been in the military and that he refused to go anywhere without a gun. She explained that she broke up with him because he refused to get help for what was obviously PTSD. I told her that I carried one all the time and that I had no history of trauma. She mostly just looked freaked out. LOL

 

[DWFan]

Put a person dressed in jeans and a t-shirt that is wearing a unloaded handgun on their hip in a public situation and people will react even if they know the weapon is unloaded. Put a police uniform on that same person and they take very little notice; even though they will assume the weapon is loaded.
That isn't fear; that is bigotry and paranoia if not outright phobia as a result of conditioning. It is exactly the same basis for racial persecution and justified using the very same excuses. In fact, racial persecution and gun control are intertwined in this nation's history. Gun control advocates share one trait in common and it isn't a desire for safety and security. It's that they see themselves as morally superior.

 

[HDCamel]

Indeed, gun control and race are intertwined. A major reason California's gun laws are so strict is that the Black Panthers ran armed patrols of their neighborhoods (i.e. perfectly legal militias) since the local police couldn't be counted on (read as, "abusive and apathetic toward actually enforcing the law") and the powers that be didn't like them doing that.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

I would like to see the law abiding black community wake up and join the NRA. I truly believe the NRA is colorblind.................

 

[Inebriated]

Open carry makes you MORE social, I would think. People may avoid you, but the ones who don't will most likely ask questions. At which point you have to opportunity to educate.

 

[Deaf Smith]

I think that would mean they're antisocial, not me.

No, not antisocial, just Hoplophobic.

I guess since I'm in Texas no one notices or cares down here. I mean everyone has a gun. The Governor (Rick Perry) even jogs with one.

I don't even know of a barber shop that doesn't have Field&Stream, Outdoor Life, and other hunting magazines in the rack.

I'm sure up north it's different but down here nobody cares as long as you behave yourself.

Deaf

 

[harmon rabb]

antisocial to who? most of my friends carry. i don't typically hang out with gun hating libs... and if i do, i carry my lcp in a little pocket holster, and they never know

 

[DBryant]

4thPointOfContact, I do think I recognize me some Probability Broach!

Deaf Smith, I've open carried in various parts of Maine and New Hampshire. Nobody ever gave me any guff about it. Really, the only stories about people in New England getting hassled about open carry, outside of Massachusetts, have been in cities or overgrown towns that fancy themselves cities.

 

[whalerman]

MY GREEN GUNS..I would love to attend a party like that. What a great idea. I have never heard of anything like it. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[seansean]

@sharpsdressedman: I'm black. I was an NRA member for 1 year, but, they were so right-wing in their politics, as far as who they supported, it made me not renew. I mean, dinners for tom delay?..no thanks

 

[armoredman]

I grew up in Arizona, open carry is normal and unremarked upon. I began lawfully open carrying at age 16. I have been asked to leave four businesses open carrying. Two are out of business, one changed the policy, and the last changed management.
The dumbest comment I ever heard was buying a gun magazine, (Guns and Ammo, IIRC), and a 12 pack of beer at the same time at a grocery store. The clerk scornfully siad, "That's a good combo!" A book and a beverage? Wow.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Seansean, the great majority of people being "disarmed" in the big cities are the blacks. The ONLY organization fighting those laws is the NRA. Certainly not the ACLU. True, the NRA is extremely right wing, but the left wing won't protect ANY of your rights in the future. Only the "socialist republic" will reign, not the individual.

 

[seansean]

I hear that, but that extreme right wing is working against people of color on so many other levels that it, for me, negates the good things NRA does re: guns. I know a lot of you will disagree with that, but, that's how I see it. And lets be honest: if it comes down to it, we'll have guns if we need 'em, legally or not.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I'm black. I was an NRA member for 1 year, but, they were so right-wing in their politics

You do understand that the original purpose of gun control was to protect the Ku Klux Klan? The idea was to keep guns out of the hands of blacks.

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

I'm black. I was an NRA member for 1 year, but, they were so right-wing in their politics, as far as who they supported, it made me not renew. I mean, dinners for tom delay?..no thanks

You do realize what political party is the one thats always trying to ban guns right? As much as people don't want to admit it, Liberals are 99% the source of gun bans.