To the man I sat next to on the train: I am the gun owner you hate

[Hopper]

Just don't read the comments.

Ugh... too late, and I know better.

The number of commenters who are more afraid of being caught in some kind of hypothetical crossfire vs. defending themselves mystifies me. I don't understand why so many are so willing to be a victim. Do sheep really hate sheepdogs??

 

[MCgrease08]

Ugh... too late, and I know better.

The number of commenters who are more afraid of being caught in some kind of hypothetical crossfire vs. defending themselves mystifies me. I don't understand why so many are so willing to be a victim. Do sheep really hate sheepdogs??

I've never understood this mindset either, especially in the context of an active shooter.

Is there a chance shooting back might result in hits to an innocent bystander? Yes, but doing nothing guarantees the shooter will continue to kill innocent people.

It's the old mental dilemma, would you sacrifice one life to save five others? There are many people who are unable to come to grips with that decision.

 

[pudly]

Pffft, Patriots hat.....

This alone is enough to hate him...

I'll give him a pass on that. He can't help he was born there.

 

[eric001]

At the time I looked at the article, there were 357 comments. That alone made me smile...then I started reading the comments. Instead of boiling my blood, they instead made me laugh aloud several times. The obvious antigunners kept true to the loony vitriol they are stereotyped with, and this made me laugh again as I realized that this one stereotype at least is there for good reason. Even while arguing against being part of their own stereotype, they prove it to be absolutely true. Glorious irony!!!

Good read for the article, and the comments were chock full of stuff so classically idiotic I couldn't help but be amused.

I almost felt bad for having a passing thought, thinking that in the same situation--if there was an actual active shooter scenario--would it be all that wrong to use the vitriol-spewing antigunner as a human bullet-sponge while dealing with the shooter by taking careful aim??? Almost.

 

[JS1911]

The pants-****ting imbecility from the leftist commenters is comedy gold.

 

[HKUSP]

I made the mistake of reading the comments. I can't believe people.... can be that impossibly stupid. I'm so thankful I live nowhere near places that have a preponderance of morons like that. I know there are people that don't like guns in every corner of the country but it's just not on display with such ignorant self-righteousness here. Such irrational fear. It's pathetic and sad and irritating all at the same time. I'm not sure I want to live in the same country that spawns people like them, but there's nowhere left to run. I certainly don't want to call them "Americans". I don't like that word to be used to describe trembling cowards.

I need to go take a shower now. If you haven't read the comments yet, don't. Save yourself.

Chris

 

[88E30M50]

As much as I'd like to toss out a glib: Hater's go'n to hate, it's much deeper than that with libs. They live in a world of us vs. them. Today, it's gun owners that they choose to hate. They can turn that hate towards anything that they see as 'them'. My opinion is that they believe in a utopian world that will never exist. Every day, they are confronted with reality and it just spools up that big bag of emotions. They want a world without responsibility, so when they see violence reported, they blame the tool instead of the person. The person carrying that tool is 'them' and they rail against them. If guns magically disappeared, they'd find a new 'them' to fight.

Show me a liberal, and I'll show you a person that suffers from a debilitating lack of emotional maturity.

 

[Turf Doctor]

Anti-gun people are full of hate...and fear. Their inability to handle that fear, makes them hate.

Found this quote, maybe this applies as well.

“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.”
-Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis. (1920)

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

To the man I sat next to on the train: Spicy nachos for lunch.......sorry.

 

[UNLOCKEM]

Excellent article. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Cygnus]

A nice, short read: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion...er-you-hate/aSTz3mB9lYC0n3xyObLd5L/story.html



It's consistent with the "live and let live" philosophy. Too bad so many anti's don't feel that way.

Surprised The Globe ran this.....

Great read! Thanks for the post.

NO! Don't give them traffic ......j/k

I was surprised as well, which is why I looked it up before posting that letter:

Yes, you’re allowed to bring licensed firearms on the commuter rail

Good to know!

Just don't read the comments.

What the heck happened to Massachusetts?

You would be appalled to see what Lexington is trying to pass in March. B
BUT Hey we are actually better off than several of the northeast states now. Sad as that may be. I mean we can carry on commuter rail......

 

[AA&E]

The tolerant left...

reading the comments demonstrates why liberals do not trust anyone with firearms. It's because they have some serious anger issues and do not trust themselves with firearms.