No, man, I'm sober. I just got the image of a bag of rattlesnakes in my head that represents the image you painted about you and your neighbors. It boggles my mind to think that you and your kind make FedEx delivery a dangerous job. And think that's OK.
That's the problem.
It's kind of the reverse of a quote by Churchill to a woman who was shocked to see him drunk at a party and criticized him for being so. He said,
Not the case. An unmarked van crossed my tripwire, where we just don't see much traffic. .. very little. What would you think?... living remotely?.. would you just wait for them to come to the door, or pack a small firearm just in case?
I think you are being cowardly. I don't think I would. From what you say, you contemplate taking another man's life many times a day for no good reason. As if you live in a war zone. I think it has made you crazy.
Negative.. I'm pretty level headed... and "many times a day"?.... no. Again, it's a rare occasion. Cowardly is not standing your ground or being situationally aware. Know the difference. Our regular UPS guy is very cool. He comes in the house and we pack a couple of blunts for him from our own stash, and shoot the shit for a few min., bump fists and say "see ya next time bro!"... and we ain't two white dudes. He's a black man, and i'm white. Love this guy!.. totally cool. He mostly catches us in our PJ's because we sleep so late. We both love this guy. FedEx seems to vary on thier drivers and delivery vehicles..so.... you never know. But, I know when my dude shows up from UPS that he's welcome inside. I just keep him out of view from the interior cameras for his own protection. Don't want him losing his job or anything. Hope he's around for a while.
One of our UPS drivers leaves Milkbones for the dogs. If our dog isn't out there when he drops off a package he always leaves a few bones on top. Super cool of him. We bought him a big box of them to show our appreciation. This is the most dog friendly place I've ever lived in,
We’re scared? Of what? I’m not the one pulling the gun out because an “unmarked” fed ex van pulled up. You have a stockpile of weapons in case the fed ex guy tries anything funny
It's not me, if the extremist situation persists, eventually an extremist solution will be found, the room for compromise is eroding and once it begins the slippery slope argument will apply. I believe it is the only constitutional way in light of recent SCOTUS decisions, federal regulation of arms appears the only way and if the government wants to disincentivize something, it taxes it.
I’ve been practicing on the UPS guy. I don’t have shaky hands anymore but I haven’t received a package in 6 months.
I don’t know how Fogdog would feel about it but if it were me in that situation I’d rather you kept your gun in your pants.
You realize it's the cartridges, not the gun that's defeats body armor right? You can already get various models of guns chambered in 277 Fury.
That's a completely different round than the various rounds the AK variants all shoot....
that would be a lot more likely if he didn't have to face armed, paranoid people, many of which are NOT ok with him being black...
or you could try to draw on someone who is just faster and better than you, piss him off, and he kills you and every other person in that store, because you wanted to be in the news to prove that a good guy with a gun can make a difference...and you were right, you made a difference in that robber's day, the clerks day, your own day, and the days of everyone else you just got murdered...
Sounds like a recipe for turning a robbery into a gun fight to me.
No shit?? Wow! Really you must be one of those "smart" people.
Oh my.
see, the thing is, NO ONE that has been killed by a mass shooter gives one thin fuck about that. Neither do the friends and families of those killed.