get this father in law and brother in law were getting the last of the stuff from my wifes shed and decided to put stuff upstairs in the attic. well I still had all my reloading stuff out and my brother in law decided that the attic was too hot for primers and powder to be up there so he saw fit to toss them in the trash and started complaining to my wife about how he dosnt want his kids over any more because I have reloading stuff. Funny since he lets his kids stay with their crack head mom and dealer boyfriends and go to her brothers who is a sherrif but has loaded guns all over the house. Thankfully my wife recovered the powder and primers.
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Uh... what?
RoadkingLarry
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I think a complaint about how he illegaly and improperly disposed of potentially hazardous material is in order, particularly if he just tossed powder and primers into unsecured trash containers allowing potential access by children.
supraneurotoxin
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my lowroad side tells me there is a beat down in order
but, since that wouldn't really help matters, I would call said brother in law and fill him on a variation of what roadkinglarry said. in addition, I'd ask him what right he has to throw anything not belonging to him in the trash, and possibly ban him from my home all together. maybe throw in some expletives for flavor.
but, since that wouldn't really help matters, I would call said brother in law and fill him on a variation of what roadkinglarry said. in addition, I'd ask him what right he has to throw anything not belonging to him in the trash, and possibly ban him from my home all together. maybe throw in some expletives for flavor.
Eric,
I feel your pain. My wife and I were invited to go with my parents-in-law on a four day vacation. Catch was I was asked to drive my car to go. I don't do road trips without being armed. On the way down/back the gun was on me, and at night the gun was on the nightstand. Not wiped out and waived around, all very discrete. But not discrete enough because mother-in-law saw it.
Later mother-in-law unloads on wife about how the gun made her all nervous and knowing I had it ruined her vacation. And mother-in-law told wife that in future I am not welcome to go with them if I am armed. Which is fine, it ain't the only nutty thing about MIL.
The great part is very recently wife has gotten into guns/concealed carry big time and will actually carry a gun much more than I ever have (my job does not allow gun in car, so I don't carry 5 days a week).
Bottom line, I don't need to be surrounded by irrational people, particulary inlaws. If guns are a hang up for them, bub-by!
I feel your pain. My wife and I were invited to go with my parents-in-law on a four day vacation. Catch was I was asked to drive my car to go. I don't do road trips without being armed. On the way down/back the gun was on me, and at night the gun was on the nightstand. Not wiped out and waived around, all very discrete. But not discrete enough because mother-in-law saw it.
Later mother-in-law unloads on wife about how the gun made her all nervous and knowing I had it ruined her vacation. And mother-in-law told wife that in future I am not welcome to go with them if I am armed. Which is fine, it ain't the only nutty thing about MIL.
The great part is very recently wife has gotten into guns/concealed carry big time and will actually carry a gun much more than I ever have (my job does not allow gun in car, so I don't carry 5 days a week).
Bottom line, I don't need to be surrounded by irrational people, particulary inlaws. If guns are a hang up for them, bub-by!
I think I have it figured out. For the sake of the discussion, let me break it down:
Oh.. his fahter-in-law and brother-in-law were moving some things at his wife's house.
(JWarren's comment: You and your wife do not have the same house?)
I suppose he stores his reloading components in the attic. The Brother-in-Law decides it is hot in the attic.
The Brother-in-Law takes it upon himself to start throwing things away in the wife's house.
The Brother-in-Law decides he doesn't want his kids around reloading supplies.
(JWarren's comments: Seems like a good way to keep the Bro-in-Law from coming over.)
The Brother-in-Law's reasoning and actions are not logically consistent and the OP disagress with some of the choices that the Brother-in-Law makes in raising his children.
He has a good wife. She'd be better if she chewed the Bro-in-Law a new one for throwing things in HER house away.
It would be even better if I could figure out why this is HER house and not BOTH of their house.
Hope I helped. Yes, I did get a degree in English.
-- John
Edit: I feel you, Eric. I would be SERIOUSLY upset if this happened to me. Hang in there.
Oh.. his fahter-in-law and brother-in-law were moving some things at his wife's house.
(JWarren's comment: You and your wife do not have the same house?)
I suppose he stores his reloading components in the attic. The Brother-in-Law decides it is hot in the attic.
The Brother-in-Law takes it upon himself to start throwing things away in the wife's house.
The Brother-in-Law decides he doesn't want his kids around reloading supplies.
(JWarren's comments: Seems like a good way to keep the Bro-in-Law from coming over.)
The Brother-in-Law's reasoning and actions are not logically consistent and the OP disagress with some of the choices that the Brother-in-Law makes in raising his children.
He has a good wife. She'd be better if she chewed the Bro-in-Law a new one for throwing things in HER house away.
It would be even better if I could figure out why this is HER house and not BOTH of their house.
Hope I helped. Yes, I did get a degree in English.
-- John
Edit: I feel you, Eric. I would be SERIOUSLY upset if this happened to me. Hang in there.
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Stick to your guns, figuratively and literally. I'm in somewhat the same situation in that I have liberal in-laws and family who'd wet their pants and generally freak if they knew I have and use a CCW, let alone all the goodies I keep locked up in my safe when they visit. I've found the best thing is to not change what I do (carry everywhere it's legal, whether or not they're around) and to be very matter of fact about it if somehow it comes up.
A couple of years ago it would have been a very Bad Scene if one of my liberal in-laws discovered that we have (and use) arms, my wife would have been very upset with me too and would have expected me to back down. However, 6 months ago she got her own CWP and her own .38, and she now sees things much the way I do and carries regularly herself (and is a better shot than I am). If hysterical anti-gun people encounter an armed person such as yourself, I think being matter of fact and unapologetic about carrying and owning/enjoying firearms is the best tack. Saying "i'm sorry I upset you" lends credence to their emotional dislike of firearms. Seeing firearms carried routinely and without incident has the best chance of getting one of them to see the light, and to see that us CCW'ers don't run around itching to get into a gunfight with someone.
Side note - I reload also, and my reloading press and working area in our garage makes quite the ice-breaker with people when we show them around. "what is that thing, a chemistry set?" "Well, sort of, it's actually a reloading press" "What's that?" and so forth.
A couple of years ago it would have been a very Bad Scene if one of my liberal in-laws discovered that we have (and use) arms, my wife would have been very upset with me too and would have expected me to back down. However, 6 months ago she got her own CWP and her own .38, and she now sees things much the way I do and carries regularly herself (and is a better shot than I am). If hysterical anti-gun people encounter an armed person such as yourself, I think being matter of fact and unapologetic about carrying and owning/enjoying firearms is the best tack. Saying "i'm sorry I upset you" lends credence to their emotional dislike of firearms. Seeing firearms carried routinely and without incident has the best chance of getting one of them to see the light, and to see that us CCW'ers don't run around itching to get into a gunfight with someone.
Side note - I reload also, and my reloading press and working area in our garage makes quite the ice-breaker with people when we show them around. "what is that thing, a chemistry set?" "Well, sort of, it's actually a reloading press" "What's that?" and so forth.
MilsurpShooter
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Just let it go, and next time your in his house dispose of his *Insert hobby item here* in the toilet or garbage disposal
I know, I know, Highroad.
If he's open to it I'd suggest a sit down someplace and have a nice discussion. Perhaps it's misunderstanding from the information he's being fed from the one side? I dunno, but still doesn't give him the right to do what he did
I know, I know, Highroad.
If he's open to it I'd suggest a sit down someplace and have a nice discussion. Perhaps it's misunderstanding from the information he's being fed from the one side? I dunno, but still doesn't give him the right to do what he did
KiltedClaymore
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off the record, i would have re-arranged his teeth
on the record, talk to him and educate him. take him shooting. teach him and create an ally
on the record, talk to him and educate him. take him shooting. teach him and create an ally
supraneurotoxin
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for some reason this subject burns me-
I guess I've always had a problem with authority, and extended family intervention is a soft spot. I'm lucky to have pro-gun inlaws. some of my own extended family is less than supportive, but I've made my choice. the way I see it, my wife and I have our own household, our own rules, and our own life. anybody who doesn't like it can take a long walk off a short pier.
***see supraneurotoxin with drop leg holster, bandoleer, EBR in one hand and middle finger flying from the other***
I guess I've always had a problem with authority, and extended family intervention is a soft spot. I'm lucky to have pro-gun inlaws. some of my own extended family is less than supportive, but I've made my choice. the way I see it, my wife and I have our own household, our own rules, and our own life. anybody who doesn't like it can take a long walk off a short pier.
***see supraneurotoxin with drop leg holster, bandoleer, EBR in one hand and middle finger flying from the other***
TallPine
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My inlaws are one of the reasons I have guns, and always carry 
Fortunately, they live two states away, and do not know exactly where we live.
Fortunately, they live two states away, and do not know exactly where we live.
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liberals are scourge upon humanity. For heaven's sake, liberals deal with the world as they wish it to be, when "realists" view it as it actually is.
Thanks for the suport guys duked it out with father in law tonight (verbaly) bro in law has always been useless and never worth talking to all of his issues are about himself any way. Father in laws most used quote is keeping "the children safe" kids are not allowed upstairs in my house not just because I have my guns(locked up) and reloading equipment(also locked up unless I am working on load development like I am this week) up there but there are other dangerous and more accessable stuff up there like my saws and wood working tools and just as a side note my upstairs/attic is really an unfinished second floor I use for storage and my work area.
So in short these complaints are nothing more than them venting about stuff in their lives they have no control over.
So in short these complaints are nothing more than them venting about stuff in their lives they have no control over.
Elm Creek Smith
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I had a former brother-in-law who tried to use the "I'm a hunter, but no one needs an AK-47!" and "The NRA is too extreme!" arguments with me. I explained to him that the Second Amendment had damn'-all to do with hunting and an AK-47 like you could buy in a gun shop was a far cry from the AK-47 I carried in the long ago and far away. He really got upset when I told him that I didn't think the NRA was extreme enough. (I'm a no compromise kinda guy.) I'm not a full-auto aficionado, anymore, since Uncle Sam isn't footing the bill, and I believe aimed fire is more effective than "spray and pray." However, I explained to the former brother-in-law that if we actually followed the reasoning of the 1939 Miller Decision every member of the unorganized militia should have an M16 or equivalent. He no doubt thought that I was nuts but never said anything else about it since I was, and still am, always armed and was at the time on active duty with the United States Army. (That sort also believes that only losers and misfits choose the military as a career.)
I feel your pain.
ECS
I feel your pain.
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My thoughts on the matter are not edifying, and wouldn't make it past automatic or moderator censorship.
So he won't be owing you any money. Too bad. I'd be hoping for punitive damages, myself. What was the value of what he tried to discard?
Set him down, give him a good talking too.
Hmmm. Interesting situation.
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It is always HER house. The only thing in the house that belongs to the husband is the remote control.
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Hold on one second this is at your own home right? if that is the case I would have thrown him out.
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JWarren wrote:
It would be even better if I could figure out why this is HER house and not BOTH of their house
I lived on a boat when we met she bought the house when we were dating I stayed on my boat we got marrried 2 weeks after huricane Isebell claimed my boat(we were getting married any way). It is now our house I have just always refered to it as her house.
And I am a 24 hour shift fire fighter I was/still am at work while this happened yesterday so I really wasnt present for all this to happen that is why they were doing all the work instead of me. I am willing to bet had I been home and they saw my stuff nothing would have been said at least not in my presence and nothing would have been tossed I do most of my businedd with the inlaws over the phone any way with the execption of her brother they are ok folks just somtimnes overly oponionated.
JWarren wrote:
It would be even better if I could figure out why this is HER house and not BOTH of their house
I lived on a boat when we met she bought the house when we were dating I stayed on my boat we got marrried 2 weeks after huricane Isebell claimed my boat(we were getting married any way). It is now our house I have just always refered to it as her house.
And I am a 24 hour shift fire fighter I was/still am at work while this happened yesterday so I really wasnt present for all this to happen that is why they were doing all the work instead of me. I am willing to bet had I been home and they saw my stuff nothing would have been said at least not in my presence and nothing would have been tossed I do most of my businedd with the inlaws over the phone any way with the execption of her brother they are ok folks just somtimnes overly oponionated.
:banghead:Eric,
Thanks for explaining. And again... I feel for you.
legaleagle 45 wrote:
OK... you got me. (and caused a good laugh.)
My wife and I have been renovating a house since March. The ONLY say I've had in decorating has been an area I taped off in the study and told her that My Gun Safe would be moved to this spot.
I told her that this was the only point that I was going to put my foot down on. It worked. The safe is there, and I still can't find the remote for the TV.
-- John
Thanks for explaining. And again... I feel for you.
legaleagle 45 wrote:
OK... you got me. (and caused a good laugh.)
My wife and I have been renovating a house since March. The ONLY say I've had in decorating has been an area I taped off in the study and told her that My Gun Safe would be moved to this spot.
I told her that this was the only point that I was going to put my foot down on. It worked. The safe is there, and I still can't find the remote for the TV.
-- John
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I thought I was about to have a similar experience recently. I went out eating with my girlfriend's family when her aunt was visiting. When asked what I like to do, her mother chimed in "he goes out and shoots guns alot". I was preparing for a liberal freakout but instead I got a "that reminds me, it's about time I cleaned my .357" from her aunt. Yet another reason to hold on to this girl
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