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Originally Posted by Slims
How is it rude or any different from any other tool?
There is no etiquette difference between (having wild screaming monkey sex in) a supermarket and (having wild screaming monkey sex) in a house... Both are private property.
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Does this statement still make sense if we alter the activity? If not, can it still be considered logically sound?
The difference between a gun and any other tool is that a gun is a weapon. It's not like you have a legitimate use for a gun apart from aiming it at people and making it go bang. If your bike chain pops off the sprocket, you're not going to lever it back into place with your Colt .45 .
People who get a CCW for their weapon are at least in theory responsible gun owners, and I would expect responsible gun owners to understand that their guns are emotionally and politically charged hotbeds. Some people get really worked up about these sorts of things and if you are going to bring one into someone's home you owe it to that someone to let them know. Can you probably get away without telling them? Well, yeah, but for one that doesn't mean it's right, and even if it did why would you want to? If the environment isn't threatening, it's just rude to put your own feelings above that of your host. And if it is, why are you even entering it in the first place?
I don't know, these are just my thoughts. Maybe I'm not being rational on this one, but the bottom line is that if I were in a situation where this were possible, I'd want to know.