My Breakfast Was Interupted By STUPID

[MurrayDelph]

23. I warned my wife that I was about to become flame bait

One of the problems with any group of people, no matter how good they are at heart, is that they have certain blind spots.

For the record, I believe those who are currently flaming me are well-meaning people.

Also, for the record, I did not say that nothing should ever be done about these type of bullies (i.e. the loudmouth assholes at the table adjacent to the OP) ever. Nor did I say that nothing should be done to combat their fetish towards guns.

What I did say was "choose your battleground wisely."

The OP was lucky that these loudmouths were just loudmouths. In the current climate, I am not sure how wise it is to directly confront a gun nut, when emotions are high on both sides. It is, however time to confront our elected officials to get off their collective fat asses and do something (I have no idea what; I'm just a former kindergarten teacher turned former restauranteur).


Also, for the record, I have a personal disdain for guns that goes back over twenty years, when a gang member walked onto my niece's high school and shot a rival gang member who was standing close-enough to my niece that she saw the flash and the bullet. Fortunately, back then, they only shot at the person they had the grudge over and not all the bystanders.