Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
In civilian life, I was always taught that manners were the grease that reduces friction.
I try not to burn the bridge, but it gets closed once in a while...
I did what was best for me & the wife, just wondering how others would have handled it.
As for 'Validation', I sleep fine at night, and the wife still feeds me, that's all the validation I need.
As for 'Constraint'...
That's another thing entirely.
Since the guys replying are the same bunch that admit to road rage, 'Rolling Coal', then rant & rave about how disrespectful EVERYONE ELSE (and their dogs!) are and how everyone else SHOULDN'T do those very things to them...
You get what you give, be polite at the very least, or YOU become part of the problem.
When you are polite or at least controlled, you ARE NOT part of the problem.
It's REAL simple, and I think even the most popular religion books try to teach that very idea/ideal.
The other thing about ranting arguments and civilian incidental violence,
It's a deflection from something.
Either the person isn't educated enough to carry on a rational conversation,
Or they use aggression to cover inadequacy/mistake.
Smoke & mirrors.
The lack of constraint on both sides created this situation, and every road rage incident, every domestic abuse case, etc.
You either take it as a lesson, or you learn everything the hard way.
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I'm not law enforcement, and I'm not a judge/jury.
Since soccer moms called police, and since Mr. Melted down, foul mouthed open carry didn't reach for his firearm,
The women started it with someone just as idiotic as they were,
He was dumb enough to argue rather than simply put the firearm in his pocket instead of letting it flop around at face level for children, which triggered the soccer moms in the first place, and he wasn't about to correct/defuse the situation in the slightest...
I'm no judge, both sides have an absloute right to be as stupid as they want to be.
Keep in mind I wasn't picking sides, both were entirely too stupid for me to side with,
The women started it, he escalated it, neither side approached it like adults, and children will be children, no matter what the age...
I don't need 'Approval', I'm a full grown man, and the red faced name calling match with 6th grade posturing didn't interest me in the least other than there was a firearm involved around kids.
Did you really say “he was dumb enough to argue rather than simply put his firearm in his pocket”?
So much wrong with this. Just because someone’s offended by my 2A right doesn’t mean I need to conceal it, and it’s not my fault if she’s triggered because of that.
2nd, you honestly think the best course of action is to grab my safely holstered weapon, in public, to “move it to my pocket” to keep it from dangling in children’s faces?
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