Posted on Craigslist

[undeterred]

Found this posted on Craigslist:

man with pistol at park (fitchburg/madison)

I was engaging in lawful open carry with my family. 2 people eyed up my pistol but had no reaction beyond that. 2 people were enjoying the beautiful day regardless. And 2 people didn't stay long once you noticed that I was exercising my rights. To the third party, I'm not sorry that you felt inadequate around us. I've been around guns all my life and have never seen anyone shot. I know the true value of defending my life and family. You should thank me for being there to protect all of us in the unlikely event of a would be mass shooter. Especially since so many children have been targeted in the last year.

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OK, when you see someone carrying a gun in the park, how are you supposed to know what that persons intentions are? It makes me uncomfortable to see someone who is not a police officer displaying a weapon... I probably would have left too. I guess that means I'm "inadequate".

[lpbk2713]

1. Ah, now I get it. They carry so others can feel indebted to them.

Riiight.

[Electric Monk]

2. Another glib sociopath asshole.

I propose we put them all in a big room together and set off a firecracker, and see what ensues.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. 'inadequate?'

This guy thought that displaying a weapon in public made others feel 'inadequate?' Project much? Seems to me that if anyone was feeling inadequate, it's the guy who feels it necessary to pack heat at all times.

[clarice]

8. Pistol envy. nt

[mikeysnot]

10. it's the guy who feels it necessary to pack heat at all times.

around children in... a park...

self important gun nut

[Drale]

4. "And 2 people didn't stay long once you noticed that I was exercising my rights."

whats the point of having rights if everyone around you doesn't acknowledge your using them?

[cbdo2007]

5. I would call the police if I saw one of these weirdos with a gun in a park

eyeing everybody else. I would assume they are the criminal and would file a police report.

[mikeysnot]

6. common among most gun nuts

The feeling of self importance while brandishing a gun...

[clarice]

11. Gun nuts? I thought firearms were gender neutral. nt

[mikeysnot]

12. nuts = crazy

not nuts = balls.

If he had balls he would not need to carry a gun.

[clarice]

15. I was kidding. nt

[mikeysnot]

17. I know

I was just clarifying...

[clarice]

18. Thank you. nt

[TheFutureWillCome]

25. so

if you carry a gun that means you have no balls? Interesting.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. That man has confused a pistol and a penis. "They eyed up my pistol."

"...you felt inadequate" and "...exercising my rights".

[The Magistrate]

9. Standard Issue Gun Fetishist Fantasy Life, Sir

"Public policy and law concerning lethal force should not be based on gratifying the fantasies of fetishists."

[clarice]

13. ohhhhhh I get it now......

I don't like guns, so nobody else should have one. Crystal clear.

[bowens43]

22. why should you be allowed to carry, in public a device whose only purpose is to kill?

IMO people like this guy should take their gun love, their nra buddies and move to Afghanistan or Somalia, somewhere they would feel more comfortable and maybe even fit in. ....there is no place for this sort of bullshit in a free society.

[clarice]

23. Your signature line tells me all I need to know. over and out nt

[The Magistrate]

26. And What Does It Tell You, Ma'am?

"Enquiring minds want to know...."

[SomethingFishy]

29. It's more like I don't like guns in a park where my kids play...

But hey, Stupidity, it's the price of freedom...

[Xyzse]

14. Dang, they never consider that the usual response is escalation.

Escalation means, there are more and more chances for some sort of destruction.

Any how, he's lucky he's never seen any one shot.
Carrying a weapon like that in a park more likely than not just seems to make him look like he's showing off. Which is the wrong thing to do with a gun.

I have nothing against him having a gun, but that type of arrogance shows a lack of respect to his tool, and a lack of regard for others beyond himself.

[JHB]

16. Yeah, those people have some nerve for not reading your mind, eh, pal?

They are inadequate for not knowing that you have "been around guns all (your) life and have never seen anyone shot" and that you "know the true value of defending my life and family" (unlike them, right?). For wondering if maybe they might have to deal with a mass shooter who looks a lot like you.

Lucky for you that such inadequate people were not also lawfully OCing, especially if they still felt threatened and yet felt justified to stand their ground.

[Marrah_G]

19. How do these nuts expect people to know your intentions?

If I see someone entering an area I am in and they have a gun, I am outta there.

[lpbk2713]

21. True

If they aren't in uniform or displaying a badge, my first concern is about their mental stability.
And then I start to put as much distance between me and them as possible.

[bowens43]

20. the gun toting asshole should be in jail. Period.

I would call the police, even if he wasn't violating a law I would make damn sure he at least checked out and hassled a bit.


By in inadequate he means an IQ over 60.

[marions ghost]

24. How to get a park all to yourself

...and the rest of the country really.

From now on, if a store or restaurant allows guns I am not going there. And I'm going to be bold enough to ask.

This is what they have done to us--"my right to carry a gun trumps your right to be in a public space without being confronted by strangers with guns."

[Raine1967]

27. "I've been around guns all my life and have never seen anyone shot." the fuh?

and yet you are proudly carrying a gun in public? What the hell -- seriously -- what if other people in his presence actually HAD SEEN PEOPLE SHOT? They are inadequate because they are uncomfortable?

This is some fu**ed up garbage.

You right to own a gun ends when it infringes upon my self described right to life liberty and happiness.

I am not happy seeing open carry -- and I certainly don't feel liberated when open carry people are making it clear that that can take life can take life at any given moment.

It's the fuckin' opposite of "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" that was put forth in the Declaration of Independence.

[spanone]

28. hey bud, i don't need your fucking gun or you.

[The Straight Story]

30. Meh. People who open carry are not the ones that worry me.

Criminals who plan on doing something bad won't obey the open carry law and will conceal anyway until the moment they need it.

99% of gun owners are law abiding, just like other groups (Muslims come to mind) though some folks will use the few to spread fear of the many any chance they get.

[Lizzie Poppet]

31. But a lot of people worry more about spree killers than common criminals.

Yes, those people are uninformed about where their actual probability of becoming a victim of gun violence comes from...but fear's not always rational.

[undeterred]

33. The ones who worry me are the ones with bad tempers and road rage.

Someone who has no criminal history can still have a nasty temper. If that person is unarmed, a public disagreement will be a war of words or gestures, or fists at worst. If that person is armed and he has a bad temper, he might use the gun in a moment of anger. There are far more people out there with anger issues than there are criminals. But if you have a hot temper and a gun... it could be a lethal combination.

[Orrex]

32. I like these asshole who demand that we feel safer because they're armed

And if we don't like the idea of a random anonymous stranger carrying a gun, then we're inadequate.

[nobodyspecial]

34. Delusional with a hero complex

"You should thank me for being there to protect all"

If you want to carry a gun and protect people, become a cop! Oh, that's right. You tried and couldn't pass the psych eval.