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silverweb

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17. Actually, my transit experiences have been mostly quite positive.

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 08:10 PM

Oct 2013

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Of course, I'm in a relatively small city, so it's different from a big city.

And I do watch. I practice constant situational vigilance because I walk and take transit almost everywhere. Just looking alert and purposeful is, I believe, the first line of defense.

Also, I make a point of nodding and smiling at everyone who I see glance my way, which tends to disarm them if they feel at all hostile. It's been very effective so far in that I've never been attacked or even felt threatened, even though I walk through sketchy neighborhoods at times.

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SF passengers too absorbed in their electronic devices to notice man pulling gun [View all] n2doc Oct 2013 OP

so people should always be on the look out for gun nuts ? JI7 Oct 2013 #1

When left to their own devices... Blue Owl Oct 2013 #2

That is what the gun crowd wants, the 95% who don't carry to ignore gun toters. Hoyt Oct 2013 #3

It's considered rude to stare at strangers Fumesucker Oct 2013 #4

the point is situaional awareness... Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #5

+1 Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #6

Exactly. silverweb Oct 2013 #7

I would have calmly changed cars Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #9

And if you couldn't easily change cars? silverweb Oct 2013 #11

make yourself Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #12

Then I'd wish you were there. silverweb Oct 2013 #13

spend a week actually watching Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #15

Actually, my transit experiences have been mostly quite positive. silverweb Oct 2013 #17

the biggest change for Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #21

Very, very true. silverweb Oct 2013 #29

funny thing Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #30

Yikes! silverweb Oct 2013 #31

I do, thanks Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #32

I thought we were supposed to treat assholes brandishing their guns as totally normal? nt RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #8

Who has advised that? GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #19

Oh so you know exactly when he went from being a responsible gun owner Rex Oct 2013 #23

Yes. When he began to brandish. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #33

Yeah, I guess there's about a split second's difference RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #28

It is the double standard that the gun nuts have no answer to. Rex Oct 2013 #24

Well, that's disturbing. surrealAmerican Oct 2013 #10

Yup. silverweb Oct 2013 #14

And if they'd had their noses in books or newspapers... JHB Oct 2013 #16

Good point. treestar Oct 2013 #18

Precisely. What are the odds this bunch would have missed it too? JHB Oct 2013 #25

Great find! treestar Oct 2013 #26

Man pulls his penis out on a bus and nobody notices. nt madinmaryland Oct 2013 #20

would think it would have been smaller dembotoz Oct 2013 #22

and wiped his nose with it cvoogt Oct 2013 #36

Now that I might notice. n/t Butterbean Oct 2013 #38

Not Surprising BKH70041 Oct 2013 #27

It's our sad reality today Sebastians father Oct 2013 #34

What was the police record of the shooter? GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #35

Wow how sad gopiscrap Oct 2013 #37