Making people understand....

[heavyhitter1k]

Buddy and I both are pro 2A and we carry 24/7. Another buddy and his wife were over for a camp fire last night and saw us carrying. They are both pro gun and he is a big hunter, but they both blew us s**t for having handguns on our persons. Kept asking why and gelling us not like the world was gonna end or all hell was gonna breakoosd and we would need to shoot someone.

I basically informed them my usual " better to have and never need then get caught without and wish I had" deal.

What do you tell people who are like this?

 

[beararms1776]

Sounds like they're pro firearm so why discuss "why" with them?

 

[heavyhitter1k]

They are pro-firearm, but not understanding why we carry sidearms. It seems silly to me, a gun is a gun and if you like one you typically like them all so to speak, but they do not understand why we carry...

 

[ATM]

Being pro gun but anti carry is like appreciating spare tires but leaving them at home when you go on a trip.

 

[Zephri]

I've met some people who pretty much just hunt who are like that. It's only after I go out hunting with them that I hear from friends/family ect. that they were kinda freaked out because I carry a little ole handgun with me all the time.

 

[heavyhitter1k]

Being pro gun but anti carry is like appreciating spare tires but leaving them at home when you go on a trip.

Exactly! I'm using that one.

 

[edporch]

Buddy and I both are pro 2A and we carry 24/7. Another buddy and his wife were over for a camp fire last night and saw us carrying. They are both pro gun and he is a big hunter, but they both blew us s**t for having handguns on our persons. Kept asking why and gelling us not like the world was gonna end or all hell was gonna breakoosd and we would need to shoot someone.

I basically informed them my usual " better to have and never need then get caught without and wish I had" deal.

What do you tell people who are like this?

I always have at least a handgun on me when we have fires in the evening in the country.
Not so much about people, but because of wildlife around us.
We often have food out with us too.
There are coyotes all around us, and at times sick ones have come up to some of our neighbors and they needed to shoot them.
Everybody we know usually has a firearm of some sort handy when having evening campfires.

 

[Josh Ward]

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

 

[Bennettjh]

Being pro gun but anti carry is like appreciating spare tires but leaving them at home when you go on a trip.

 

[Rocket]

It is similar to the argument of, "We don't need modern sporting rifles just don't try and take my shotgun or bolt action" It is a small view of the world that causes this kind of thinking. My response to them is "Why aren't you?"

 

[45fan]

Why wear a seat belt in a car? Hopefully nobody intends to get into an accident while driving, but you wear one just in case something happens. We do not control everything that happens around us, but we can be prepared to deal with our dynamic situations.

I personally dont plan on being in a life threatening situation where a gun would be a primary means to save my life, or the lives of my loved ones, but my wife and I both carry whenever legally possible just in case the situation should arise.

In todays day and society it is unfortunate, but it seems that the occurrences of these situations is on the rise, and with the economy, government cutbacks of police and other services, and the overall breakdown of society's conscience, it seems a very reasonable thing that one be prepared to defend their selves in such a situation.

 

[dmarsh8]

I guess they can have an opinion but
They sound hypocritical to me.
personally I wouldn't explain myself in much depth
Why don't they just get there meat
from the store instead of carrying a gun
Into the woods and killing something.
Then they store it In a freezer,ask them why they
are a prepper or hoarder?
they will justify what and why they do what they do whether
you agree or not.

 

[Denny347]

Buddy and I both are pro 2A and we carry 24/7. Another buddy and his wife were over for a camp fire last night and saw us carrying. They are both pro gun and he is a big hunter, but they both blew us s**t for having handguns on our persons. Kept asking why and gelling us not like the world was gonna end or all hell was gonna breakoosd and we would need to shoot someone.

I basically informed them my usual " better to have and never need then get caught without and wish I had" deal.

What do you tell people who are like this?

That's what you get for telling them you were armed. I hang out with a lot of gunaphobs but they'll never know I'm armed

 

[heavyhitter1k]

That's what you get for telling them you were armed. I hang out with a lot of gunaphobs but they'll never know I'm armed

Didn't say a word, I was OC on my own property...

 

[Denny347]

Didn't say a word, I was OC on my own property...

To each their own.

 

[Lebowski]

Just tell them, "I've seen some s**t I wasn't supposed to see..." and leave it at that. Leave them wondering what, if anything, you've seen. Let their mind fester around the thought of why you carry.

 

[TTravis]

So your guests who you invited to come over to enjoy a campfire wind up criticizing you about carrying on your own property?

I thought only family did that.

 

[churchmouse]

Like politics and religion....once they make up their minds it is so hard to bring them back around.

 

[Captain Bligh]

You can't "make" anyone do anything. The biggest fallacy I see on this forum is an assumption that all gun owners are the same...think the same, vote the same, hold the same political views, feel the same about carry, etc.

 

[CathyInBlue]

If you're pro-handgun, but can't understand why dem stoopit hunters gotsta have deir assault rifles, or if you're a big hunter, but can't understand why dem stoopit self-defense types gotsta have deir handguns on dem ever where dey go, then you're fooling yourself into believing yourself to be "pro-gun". You're not "pro-gun". You're pro-your-own-guns. Screw everybody else out of theirs.