atk
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Hi,
Warning: This is a little long. It may not appear to be on topic, but I think it is pretty close. It has to do with my choices about RKBA.
Along with some other members of this board, I role-play (not playing with other THR members, but - well, you get the idea, right?). I get to hang around with my firends that way, and we get to do something inexpensive and creative and have fun.
A few weeks back, I was running a game and one of the players was loaned a knife to sharpen her pencil. I don't know this person (she was a friend that one of the players brought in), and everyone started teasing her about being extremely dangerous with a knife. From my perspective, I couldn't tell whether or not they were joking, and decided to prepare for the potential problem. This girl was sitting directly between myself and one other player, whom I'll call "Bob". Bob would have been a backstop, so I asked him to move (he didn't know that I carried, yet). He obliged, and I had a safe backstop should the girl go crazy, like everyone else was saying she would. When some other players figured out what was going on (most of them know I ccw), I was told that they were just teasing, and she wouldn't really do anything like that.
The topic came up later, at a different game, and Bob was informed that I ccw (most of my friends already know, and are perfectly okay with it). He was interested in it, and asked to see the gun. I obliged (most of the players already know), making the firearm safe, explaining the 4 rules, the operation of the firearm, etc.
Next, one of the other gamers - the one hosting this game - is interested. We'll call this gamer "Charlie" (Charlie is only letting us use his place, he's not the one running the game). Charlie works in a store that sells firearms (though he doesn't handle them) and had discussed having me help him learn firearm safety. He also lives in the same house as his parents. I agree to explain everything to Charlie, and start going over it all from the beginning. Now, here's where the problem starts: Charlie's father comes home and walks in the room, and sees what's going on. I immediately tell him that I'm explaining firearms safety to his son, and offer to show him my license. He declines the license viewing, and asks us to put the gun away. I agree, explain to Charlie about how to safely hand a firearm to someone, recieve it, load, and holster.
The next time I see Charlie, he informs me that his parents don't want firearms in their house. I tell him "Okay. I just won't be going there any more." The next game session has been moved, in order to accomodate my choices. We can't use that location very often, as there's not really enough room. At this point, I either have to find another location for the game, or I have to leave the game.
I'd rather not leave the game, so I have to ask: does anyone have any reccomendations as to where, in the Danvers, MA area, I should look into? Games usually run from 6 to 10, sometimes slightly later. I need to find somewhere somewhat private, so we don't have to deal with lots of interruptions. We can't use my house, since I live about 45 minutes away, and everyone else lives about 2 minutes away (and I don't think they'll agree to it, but I can try...). The other players don't have enough room to host the game. I've got until 24SEP03 to find a new location.
Any suggestions? Do you think I've handled this all wrong, and what did I do wrong?
Looking back on this (as I preview my post), I could have asked her to put down the knife. Bob had just gotten out of the way when I found out that she wasn't really dangerous, so I think not asking was okay. I'd rather have the backstop ready before asking her, anyhow.
Warning: This is a little long. It may not appear to be on topic, but I think it is pretty close. It has to do with my choices about RKBA.
Along with some other members of this board, I role-play (not playing with other THR members, but - well, you get the idea, right?). I get to hang around with my firends that way, and we get to do something inexpensive and creative and have fun.
A few weeks back, I was running a game and one of the players was loaned a knife to sharpen her pencil. I don't know this person (she was a friend that one of the players brought in), and everyone started teasing her about being extremely dangerous with a knife. From my perspective, I couldn't tell whether or not they were joking, and decided to prepare for the potential problem. This girl was sitting directly between myself and one other player, whom I'll call "Bob". Bob would have been a backstop, so I asked him to move (he didn't know that I carried, yet). He obliged, and I had a safe backstop should the girl go crazy, like everyone else was saying she would. When some other players figured out what was going on (most of them know I ccw), I was told that they were just teasing, and she wouldn't really do anything like that.
The topic came up later, at a different game, and Bob was informed that I ccw (most of my friends already know, and are perfectly okay with it). He was interested in it, and asked to see the gun. I obliged (most of the players already know), making the firearm safe, explaining the 4 rules, the operation of the firearm, etc.
Next, one of the other gamers - the one hosting this game - is interested. We'll call this gamer "Charlie" (Charlie is only letting us use his place, he's not the one running the game). Charlie works in a store that sells firearms (though he doesn't handle them) and had discussed having me help him learn firearm safety. He also lives in the same house as his parents. I agree to explain everything to Charlie, and start going over it all from the beginning. Now, here's where the problem starts: Charlie's father comes home and walks in the room, and sees what's going on. I immediately tell him that I'm explaining firearms safety to his son, and offer to show him my license. He declines the license viewing, and asks us to put the gun away. I agree, explain to Charlie about how to safely hand a firearm to someone, recieve it, load, and holster.
The next time I see Charlie, he informs me that his parents don't want firearms in their house. I tell him "Okay. I just won't be going there any more." The next game session has been moved, in order to accomodate my choices. We can't use that location very often, as there's not really enough room. At this point, I either have to find another location for the game, or I have to leave the game.
I'd rather not leave the game, so I have to ask: does anyone have any reccomendations as to where, in the Danvers, MA area, I should look into? Games usually run from 6 to 10, sometimes slightly later. I need to find somewhere somewhat private, so we don't have to deal with lots of interruptions. We can't use my house, since I live about 45 minutes away, and everyone else lives about 2 minutes away (and I don't think they'll agree to it, but I can try...). The other players don't have enough room to host the game. I've got until 24SEP03 to find a new location.
Any suggestions? Do you think I've handled this all wrong, and what did I do wrong?
Looking back on this (as I preview my post), I could have asked her to put down the knife. Bob had just gotten out of the way when I found out that she wasn't really dangerous, so I think not asking was okay. I'd rather have the backstop ready before asking her, anyhow.
