Woman In Starbucks Drops Purse With Forgotten Gun, Shoots Friend In The Leg: St. Pete Police

[quakerboy]

119. But she was

Just as many many people are. . Right up until she proved otherwise, she was considered a legal, responsible gun owner. As far as any police officer she met on the street was concerned, it was none of their business. As far as her father who provided the gun was concerned. As far as anyone was concerned, she was a responsible gun owner.

Until she proved otherwise beyond any shadow of a doubt.

Because having a gun is a right. Like breathing. Only more protected.

Sure, if someone had searched her, then they would have found an illegally carried gun, and it would have been a different story. But this is the USA. As long as you are white, and don't look too youthful or start taking pictures of police or something, no ones going to just search you. So whether she was or was not following the law is irrelevant. For any practical intent or purpose, she was a responsible gun owner. Right up until that second when she wasn't.

Just like every other gun owner. They are all responsible. Right up until they make a mistake, get angry and do something stupid, or forget some important detail. Then they aren't responsible anymore, so we can't hold that against any other responsible gun owner. And possibly not even against that one, as he/she was always responsible, and just made an itsy bitsy mistake that one time.