Interesting bus ride this AM

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"Lady, I exercise my right to shoot off my guns to protect your right to shoot off your mouth!" ;)

I know, not High Road, but...............
 
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I have used this on many an occasion, madam If I wanted any s#!t from you I would of squeezed your head.
 
Quite honestly I didn't know what to say and just went back to my reading. Next time I'll read the NY Times.
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First of all, let's not be supporting the NY Times. ;)

There's little to be gained from a snappy retort. It might make you feel good, but likely won't change things in a positive way.

Personally, while I'd feel like slapping her silly (though she apparently is already there), I'd invite her to talk about it: "Ma'am, why don't you sit here by me? . . . I'd love to talk to you about that." Give her the chance to throw a hissy fit, demonstrating for all that she's an idiot.

Whatever you do, don't allow a numbskull like that to change your public reading habits. She was clearly the one in the wrong.
 
"Freedom is dangerous. Perhaps we should all be put away, for our own safety."
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Excellent quote sir!


I was going to say.... Maybe you should have gotten up and sat down next to her and continued reading your magazine.
 
Personally, while I'd feel like slapping her silly (though she apparently is already there), I'd invite her to talk about it: "Ma'am, why don't you sit here by me? . . . I'd love to talk to you about that." Give her the chance to throw a hissy fit, demonstrating for all that she's an idiot.
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Ah, the best response yet. Give her the rope she needs to hang herself. Then again, she might have learned something and come away from the conversation a little wiser - or not...

Woody
 
Oh is that right? You must have met and talked to many gun nuts in your long and fulfilling life on this earth.

Always a wheel with a nut on it somewhere.
 
I would have applauded her bravery at pointing out a dangerous maniac at the risk of her own safety!

I have done this - literally. Stand up, smile, applaud, encourage other to join you. Such courage must be rewarded appropriately.

At least a golf-clap for such bravery!
 
Or maybe you should have just stared and her and not said a word. And every few minutes twitch your entire body and pull down on your right ear. And stare at her.

Funny, whatever happened to "don't look at or say anything to the crazy guy on the subway"? If she really thought you were a nut, why the hell would she want to push your button?
 
Or stare vacantly and through her and then sort of giggle and squeal (While clapping hands and bouncing) in pleasure of actually talking to someone who has finally taken time to speak to you.

That will vacate the seat next to you quickly enough. I dont do buses anymore yeech. 50 close friends snoring together for 400 miles with a stinking toilet stacked 5 feet high.
 
Glad I live in a small rural town of 6000 with no bus system even to ride. There is even an Ikes Club shooting range on the edge of town.
 
When I was going to school I would work security at a condo at night and work the bar on the weekends. While working security I would do homework and read gun mags during breaks. My boss called in me in his office one shift and told me he had a complaint from one of the residents about my reading material. She said that I was reading porno at night. My boss thought it was od because he would do random checks on the evening shift anyway to make sure we weren't sleeping and he never saw any porn only my homework and gun mags. He asked me not to bring or leave out those magazines again. go figure:D
 
Whenever I have to get on a commercial flight, I usually take something to read, usually a "Combat Handguns" or similar....
 
When I used to take public transit in Chicago every day, I always had a Shotgun News, Guns, American Handgunner or something similar with me. Nobody ever bothered me, sheeple OR criminal.
 
If you don't want elderly women to annoy you with small talk on long Grayhound trips, read the Special Forces Programmed Text for Improvised Demolitions. Works like a charm. It's a good book too. Buy the FM 5-25 Explosives and Demolitions to go with it.
 
A couple weeks ago I went to the doctor's officer to have a routine blood test. When I took my jacket off so the girl could draw my blood she saw my .40 cal in its holster on my right hip. She started and said, "Why in the world would you wear a gun to the doctor's officer?" I replied, "There are 3 kinds of people in the world. The good guys. The bad guys. And the guys whose job it is to keep the bad guys from taking over the world. Which one are you?" She didn't say another word for the rest of the time I was there. :)
 
- some really good responses, but -
take a copy of the bill of rights, and hand it to her next time
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but - you'd most likely have to explain it to her -

"Oh, you're one of those people who gets involved in the business of strangers. You should all be shot."
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The first sentence is great, but - Please don't use to last sentence :banghead:

Laugh it off and move on. . .
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As irritating as it was, I think you did the right thing. You took _The High Road_. I can think of a dozen snappy replies which would have only provoked the situation. Well done.
 
Well, I sort of got caught on the doc's medical scale with a bit of weight gain, but took care of it before the exam REALLY started LOL.

Wonder what a MRI or CAT will do to the thing? No forget it, you wear a thin cloth in there anyway.
 
I would have started a nervous tick and twitch while I continued to read. I do not think there would have been much you could have said to change her mind otherwise. Don't confuse her with facts. Her mind was already made up.
 
That woman sure was ignorant and rude, I mean come on, nobody wants to hear you opinions.
A good response would have been....."gun nut?! I'm the nut and here you are wearing that outfit with those shoes. And you call me the nut.":D
 
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