What do you say to a person that says you are paranoid when you carry a gun everyday?
I have had people say that I need help at a clinic because I carry a gun.
I think these people don't realize that there are bad people out there.
What do you think?
What do you say to a person that says you are paranoid when you carry a gun everyday. I have had people say that I need help at a clinic because I carry a gun. I think these people don,t realize that there are bad people out there. What do you think?
2) If one must, generaly, people only understand examples. One can talk 2A rights all day...but most can neither relate nor even care. So, examples such as the resent CSprings church shooting, or the number of home invasions or car jackings.
3) Bottomline...I don't care what other people think. I only care for the safety of my family and myself.
I would ask them do they wear a seatbelt everytime they drive, or wash their hands after going to the toilet, or cook chicken before they eat it, or wear a life jacket when boating.
Its the same thing
We arent gauranteed to be in a car accident everyday or get sick everytime we eat or drown when out fishing, but there are precautions we can take "just in case"
I would carrying a gun everyday is just another precautionary manner like everything else people do to be safe.
What do you say to a person that says you are paranoid when you carry a gun everyday. I have had people say that I need help at a clinic because I carry a gun. I think these people don,t realize that there are bad people out there. What do you think?
I'd invite that person to view a video interview of someone who has been robbed, beaten, raped, to witness the raw emotions, pain and sense of powerlessness the victim felt during the ordeal.
"Paranoia" is merely what the unenlightened call that which we know as an acceptance of reality, and the heightened sense of awareness which goes hand in hand with it.
Handle them as you would any other child: pat them on the head and tell them to go play.
Carrying is your decision. You don't have to build a consensus; if you want to carry, carry. And don't tell anyone about it. It's none of their business.
Even if you avoid all bad places and bad situations (and you should), some nut job could appear i.e. The New Life Church in Colo Spgs.
If they are good friends then you should have explained your position and that should be it. If they are not good friends, then you tell too many people your personal business!
I can count on one hand how many people(besides on this forum) that know I carry a firearm. I go out quite often, my friends just don't need to know. I don't need their opinions one way or the other. I don't carry to boost my ego, so only my girlfriend and my very closest friends know. I never tell anyone I work with this secret. I believe it would be safe to tell half my fellow employees. I do not because no one needs to know such a personal thing. No good can come because you tell someone you carry a gun, as you have found out.
My own mother does not know I conceal a firearm every day.
I had a friend who used to enjoy getting me riled up about CCW and 2nd Amendment rights. He knows all the right buttons to push (psychiatrist). He enjoyed watching me try to defend the gun culture. I learned to just accept that he would not budge. When he says stuff like, "Isn't a loaded gun dangerous?" I just say, "You bet it is!"
I work in a clinic and carry. They have no idea of what the anitsocial personality is, much less its prevalence in society. Ignorance cannot always be enlightened with truth.
Usually it's not about why I myself am carrying because they don't know, rather it's just a pro-CC vs anti-CC/gun argument.
I don't like the "rap" music very much, but one time, while briefly scanning a 50Cent song, I heard a line that I repeat ALL the time in these arguments, regarding guns. "I'd rather have one and not need it, than need one and not have it" :wave:
A friend's uncle once said after watching a Judo practice in the living room floor, "Remember, boys, never carry Kung-Fu to a gun fight." As I put all the stuff back in my pockets and on my belt, he noticed the 1911 and asked me why I had that gun. I answered, "so I don't have to carry my Kung-Fu to a gun fight." That's become my standard answer.
All of the above arguments are valid. The amount of effort needed in a discussion like that really depends upon the person and their relationship to you. The off-hand remarks are funny, but the alienation they generate is probably bad form. The safety gear comments are pretty good, because that is all it is, a piece of safety gear. I put on my seat belt, lock my doors, keep my smoke detectores operating and carry the means to keep myself and those around me safe from violent harm. Preparedness and paronoia are different. I was taught to be prepared.
I'll use myself as an example. Some of my friends know I have a CCL; some don't. I don't advertise it. That's it. Those who know I have a CCL don't know if, when, or where I carry. What they do know is that I teach pistol and rifle in the 4-h Shooting Sports program. But the rest, they can speculate. Even my wife doesn't know when I'm carrying unless she sees me arm myself or hugs me and notices my weapon.
Again, IMNSHO, one of the responsibilities of concealed carry is not to advertise the fact that I am or am not carrying. It ain't about the ego or for bragging rights, or for discussion starters, ice breakers or anything other than to protect you, your family and loved ones.
My suggestion is to keep it quiet and smile a lot. If you smile a lot, people wonder what you're up to. :image035:
You aren't going to impress the folks who already carry, and you sure as heck have little chance of changing the minds of those who are anti-carry.
Thanks to all who replied. I have a better understanding of how to handle these people.
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