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sob · 03-12-2005, 10:52 AM

I'm about to demonstrate why I picked the username "sob."

I have been involved in a couple of situations like this. The last one was three or four months ago when some wacko started abusing a young mother in line at McDonald's because her kid was crying.

In each instance of such an event that I have seen, every person around seemed to want to look the other way. This whole thread full of people who "would have done something" very much smells to me like a collection of the usual personalities who are very brave as long as they're at a keyboard. Sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings, but my experience is that in a random group of people, you're lucky to have ONE person willing to get involved, and in this thread we have lots of people who supposedly would have entered the fray with flying fists of fury.

That's not necessarily bad--not even the Navy SEALS I know are anxious to mix it up with someone who might be packing. It just bugs the hell out of me that some people who claim to be pro-active are gun-control proponents.

That's why Lebell hit it on the head. Your best defense if you're the victim here is to be carrying, unless you've already had a few years of martial arts training. That's also why politicians like Diane Feinstein suck, because they think they're reducing crime by making a CC permit impossible to get in California.

Any witness not willing to carry should be on the cell phone calling the cops, but that isn't going to help you if you're the one getting the crap beat out of you. Wouldn't you be very anxious for an honest person in line to have a pistol, and know how to use it?

Remember that the next time a gun-control politician is running for office.

03-12-2005, 10:52 AM	#168 (permalink)
sob Banned	I'm about to demonstrate why I picked the username "sob." I have been involved in a couple of situations like this. The last one was three or four months ago when some wacko started abusing a young mother in line at McDonald's because her kid was crying. In each instance of such an event that I have seen, every person around seemed to want to look the other way. This whole thread full of people who "would have done something" very much smells to me like a collection of the usual personalities who are very brave as long as they're at a keyboard. Sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings, but my experience is that in a random group of people, you're lucky to have ONE person willing to get involved, and in this thread we have lots of people who supposedly would have entered the fray with flying fists of fury. That's not necessarily bad--not even the Navy SEALS I know are anxious to mix it up with someone who might be packing. It just bugs the hell out of me that some people who claim to be pro-active are gun-control proponents. That's why Lebell hit it on the head. Your best defense if you're the victim here is to be carrying, unless you've already had a few years of martial arts training. That's also why politicians like Diane Feinstein suck, because they think they're reducing crime by making a CC permit impossible to get in California. Any witness not willing to carry should be on the cell phone calling the cops, but that isn't going to help you if you're the one getting the crap beat out of you. Wouldn't you be very anxious for an honest person in line to have a pistol, and know how to use it? Remember that the next time a gun-control politician is running for office.