Guns at weddings ......

[armedandsafe]

As we walked up to face the minister, FirstInLine reached around and pulled my work gloves out of my hip pocket and tossed them on a chair. Then she reached to the other side and pulled my S&W out of the IWB and handed it to my best man.

Pops

 

[AlexanderA]

Weddings are fun. Guns are fun. BBQs are fun, too for that matter.

I've been collecting and shooting guns my entire adult life, and I've never considered them to be "fun." "Deadly serious" would be a more apt description. There is a feeling of "satisfaction" when you fill a hole in the collection, or score a bullseye, but that still isn't "fun" in the silly, giggling sense.

Weddings can be fun. Bearing in mind, however, that a third or more of all marriages end in divorce, a seriousness of purpose is also required. I've been married for nearly 33 years, and I can tell you that the last thing I would have wanted at my wedding would be a bunch of rowdies with guns. As it was, there were enough rowdies there without guns to cause me problems. Hint: serious drinking goes on at weddings.

Having grown up in Texas, I realize that BBQs are fun (especially the political kind). I remember attending a political BBQ in Giddings in 1964, honoring Gov. Connally. Considering that he still had his arm in a sling from the assassination, someone showing up with a gun would have been totally unacceptable (and, in the case of a handgun, illegal). If I went to a BBQ these days (where beer is copiously consumed), the open carrying of weapons would make me extremely uncomfortable (and the open carrying of handguns is still illegal in Texas).

Sanity, folks! As it is, the anti-gunners love to portray us gun owners as yahoos. Let's not give them any more grist for their mill.

 

[LibShooter]

As it is, the anti-gunners love to portray us gun owners as yahoos. Let's not give them any more grist for their mill.

If we let the "antis" take the fun out of guns, then they've won.

I was out in the woods a while back shooting full cans of soda. One shot sent a can of Pepsi flying and spewing. Then in a really lucky shot I hit it again while it was in the air. That was "fun" in the silly, giggling sense.

 

[IlikeSA]

When a good friend of mine got married, he, his brother, and I all carried. We were all in LE and it was an unspoken, but each of us knew.

I believe the origin of the best man was to protect the groom from harm, and settle anything that may interfere with the wedding. Of course, we don't really do that today, but what is wrong to observing tradition, particularly with weddings?

 

[NavyLCDR]

Sanity, folks! As it is, the anti-gunners love to portray us gun owners as yahoos. Let's not give them any more grist for their mill.

There are several groups of people that I refuse to allow to affect how I live my life or affect my lawful behavior: cops, "terrorists", and anti-gunners.

If the cops don't like it when I open carry - too bad, it's legal and they can deal with it.

If I am a bigger target because I wear my uniform when on official travel - so be it, I feel we need more uniformed presence in places like airports to build patriotism.

If the anti-gunners are going to wet themselves over guns being carried at a wedding, then they don't have to attend.

 

[PcolaDawg]

Weddings can be fun. Bearing in mind, however, that a third or more of all marriages end in divorce, a seriousness of purpose is also required. I've been married for nearly 33 years, and I can tell you that the last thing I would have wanted at my wedding would be a bunch of rowdies with guns. As it was, there were enough rowdies there without guns to cause me problems. Hint: serious drinking goes on at weddings.

This was a completely dry wedding, for what it's worth. The groom and the bride don't drink, and no one in my family drinks. So there wasn't so much as a can of beer to be found, and all of the toasts were with ginger ale.

As to 'seriousness of purpose' at the wedding, well sure. Taking those vows are a serious commitment. But weddings are very much a celebration in my family as well. I've been married 26 years, my brother's been married 28, one sister has been married 27, and another sister has been married for 25. My parents are still married after 50 years and my in-laws are still married after 50 years. Fortunately, divorce has yet to touch anyone in my family. So we consider weddings to be a fun celebration.

Same with guns. Guns have to be taken very, very seriously. But guns are also seriously fun. We have a blast (no pun intended) shooting guns of all kinds, at all kinds of targets. I think driving my car is fun, but statistics show that driving is MUCH more dangerous than all of my guns put together. I still think it's fun to drive, though.

I'm not going to do something irresponsible with my guns, just because I think they're 'fun'. At the same time, I'm not going to get so paranoid about anti-gun freaks that it sucks all the fun out of my enjoyment of firearms.

 

[stevereno1]

No, guns are fun.

 

[achttung]

Heres the thing with guns and alcohol. If you're carrying a gun, dont drink TOO MUCH alcohol. (not saying you can't have a couple)
Beyond that, I see no problem with guns at wedding celebrations and whatnot.

Just like everything else in the world, it takes some common sense, and self control. Simple as that.

 

[axxxel]

I think we can all agree that handling firearms while under the influence of alcohol is a bad thing that gets worse with the increase of influence.

Wether or not guns are appropriate at weddings or not is simply a function of the presence of alcohol at the wedding and within the holder of the guns.

I don't think I'd be comfortable having more than two beers (probably not even that) while armed. It's not just that I want to be sure I don't do anything stupid, but that I want to make sure that I can keep drunker people around me from making the situation more dangerous due to the gun. A whole lot of "what if?s" occur when people are intoxicated.

 

[gym]

I wore a tux and a seacamp. It's a good place to be robbed at a wedding reception. And it would not be the first time someone tried to take off with the wedding cash. Thieves know where the catering halls, and wedding receptions are also. Sometimes there is a big bag of cash sitting there, why would that be suprising?

 

[InkEd]

I had my LCP for CCW at my own wedding back in September. No one saw it. Believe one of my groomsmen was carrying his 442. The usher had an LCP as well. All carried concealed. Very good chance others in attendance were armed too. It was a nice wedding and we didn't do any cheesy "look at us being funny" pictures. I cannot stand staged photos of people trying to be witty.

 

[Hypnogator]

Well, yesterday I was the photographer at my niece's wedding, with my Walther PPS snugly under my shirt at 10 O'clock. Nobody noticed, including a couple of local officers who were also in attendance.

 

[jfrey]

I will agree that irresponsible handling of guns is dangerous, BUT I have had a lot of fun with my guns. Putting 3 rounds through the same hole at 100 yds. is a lot of fun. Invisioning the face of some one I don't like on a skeet bird and powdering it is a lot of fun. Putting 20 rounds through a nickel size hole with a .22 pistol at 15 yds, is very satisfying and a lot of fun.

I guess it is all in your perspective of what is fun.

BTW you can carry openly in Texas as long as you do it on your own land. Otherwise it has to be concealed and you have to have a license.

 

[Sebastian the Ibis]

My life's worth defending wherever I am, and so is everyone else's.

So why did you let him get married?

 

[MtnSpur]

BTW you can carry openly in Texas as long as you do it on your own land. Otherwise it has to be concealed and you have to have a license.

It's grand to be able to do BOTH. Some nasty slitherin snakes inhabit West Texas and when roaming my land I like to dispatch em if the need arises.

Gotta love Alaska though, they got a 0 rating from the Brady folks and Texas got a whoping 6

Mtn