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bookybookbook t1_je2cbyl wrote

Reply to comment by snotick in Lock Stock and Two Expresso Shots by CantStopPoppin

You can make clever intentionally obtuse arguments all you want, but the essence of his point is that an asshole with an assault rifle in a Starbucks is a totally fucked up thing to see, and it’s totally fucked up that US culture accepts it. Even if that stupid motherfucker was on the way home from the gun range and didn’t want to leave his gun in the car, then common decency and reasonable standards of etiquette should have been enough for him to skip the coffee, go home, and lock up his gun before running errands. This asshat just wants to show off and make people nervous.

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snotick t1_je2cojx wrote

Do you feel the same when it's a cop with a gun in a holster, getting coffee?

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bookybookbook t1_je2u4l0 wrote

Why would that matter?

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snotick t1_je2uypm wrote

Trying to understand if people are just afraid of an object or the person with the object.

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bookybookbook t1_je367tg wrote

I think people are upset that our society has reached such a point that these deadly weapons are fetishized by large numbers of people and that those people then feel so self righteous about their identity that they feel the need to make others uncomfortable with no sense of concern for the literal fear they are provoking in people who are otherwise just trying to go about their day.

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snotick t1_je36p85 wrote

So both the object and the person? Which is why I asked about a cop getting coffee.

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Capable-Cockroach-10 t1_je336np wrote

He has done literally NOTHING to be slightly safe wth this in public. You're dying on this hill justifying it, saying he couldn't leave it in his car etc. Ya, if he had the proper gun case etc, hidden it out of view and locked his car it's 1000x safer in his vehicle. He doesn't even have a trigger lock on this, even if he isn't nuts and there are "guns we can't see" it's about access. Some actual lunatic could rip this off his back and suddenly shoot up this Starbucks, which wouldn't have happened if this loser hadn't walked in with his gun strapped to his back like a GD kids backpack.

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