My younger 22 year old brother, who is here on vacation from San Fran, threw a temper tantrum in my car (as a guest of my car after taking him to lunch as a favor because he has no car while on vacation here) when I had to stop at the LGS to put a deposit down for my AR.
It only took 2 minutes and he stayed in the car. When he asked what an AR is, I said it is a civilian semi-auto version of an M4 more or less. He said, "WHAT! You mean like the M4 from Counter-Strike!?!" I said, "Well, I don't think equating guns to a video game is the best way to understand them, but I suppose yes."
He said, "Great! So you own assault weapons now!
" and I said, "I suppose if you feel you need to term a normal semi-automatic rifle painted black, that isn't much different than rifles you recently could buy at Walmart.... yes."
At this point he starts getting incredibly angry (he turned red in the face and was shaking in a bizarre way) and throwing a tantrum saying, "This is so disturbing! I'm so angry! I feel like I should just get out of the car!"
Well, we were only 2 miles away from home. So I said, "Well, if that's how you feel, and you're going to throw a tantrum like a little child, feel free." and I pulled over. He got out of the car, and I drove home.
I know I was immature and over-reacted. I probably should have talked it out more with him instead of just letting him out of the car like that. It just gets so old dealing with the same stuff over and over that I just don't want to hear it anymore. :banghead:
It only took 2 minutes and he stayed in the car. When he asked what an AR is, I said it is a civilian semi-auto version of an M4 more or less. He said, "WHAT! You mean like the M4 from Counter-Strike!?!" I said, "Well, I don't think equating guns to a video game is the best way to understand them, but I suppose yes."
He said, "Great! So you own assault weapons now!
" and I said, "I suppose if you feel you need to term a normal semi-automatic rifle painted black, that isn't much different than rifles you recently could buy at Walmart.... yes."At this point he starts getting incredibly angry (he turned red in the face and was shaking in a bizarre way) and throwing a tantrum saying, "This is so disturbing! I'm so angry! I feel like I should just get out of the car!"
Well, we were only 2 miles away from home. So I said, "Well, if that's how you feel, and you're going to throw a tantrum like a little child, feel free." and I pulled over. He got out of the car, and I drove home.
I know I was immature and over-reacted. I probably should have talked it out more with him instead of just letting him out of the car like that. It just gets so old dealing with the same stuff over and over that I just don't want to hear it anymore. :banghead:
