Gun Etiquette

Milo, would you really be comfortable with a guy who had a table full of poisons in his living room? They're just inanimate objects, you know.

― Illia Rump (emil.y), Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:39 PM (7 minutes ago)

guns have multiple functions, poisons only have oh fuck me are we really going to do this again

I'm not aware of any hobbies involving a wide variety poisons

taxidermy
or
housekeeping

I was taught that a gun is always loaded – i.e. don't lay it casually on tables or point it at anybody even if the magazine is empty.

I did grow up with dangerous power tools laying around on the reg.

Of course, both my parents smoking until I was 16 was infinitely more dangerous than the guns or saws.

What if he was a metallurgist for christ's sake.

(the arsenic man, obvs.)

i'm not aware of any hobbies involving a wide variety poisonsI'm not aware of any hobbies involving a wide variety poisons

bar hopping?

sometimes i just leave my black belt out there, on the table

I went to this guy's house and he had a car.

― M. White, Thursday, December 1, 2011 1:46 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

Cars scare the shit out of me.

what about babies – they bite and scream

could you make a gun that was also a car

like maybe tie a gun to a golf cart

i remember coming back from grandma's, curling up in the chamber of a gun and falling asleep.

Look, I get where the gun law advocates are coming from and where the enthusiasts are coming from but I really think that debate should go to one of those threads. I don't think webinar is going to convince his friends to get rid of guns and if he wants to befriend this guy and maybe hang out and watch daft sitcoms w/him, he wants to figure out the gun etiquette. Personally, I think it's a two-way street but he can probably determine what he thinks by starting a thread in his own head.

xp: oh, so this is you

Gun Etiquette

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could you make a gun that was also a car

http://www.thelittletinsoldier.com/catalog/images/GAS1%20Assyrian%20Chariot.jpg

Early version

If I could make my car into a gun, I would do so in a HEARTBEAT

cars are just guns w/ wheels

most cars I know of don't have triggers that start a combustion event that launches a projectile at a target; maybe I should reinvestigate American auto makers

guys guys guys guys guys

I just figured out what gun spelled backwards is

http://www.ohio.edu/people/urieli/stirling/engines/Alpha_Stirling.gif

most cars I know of don't have triggers that start a combustion event that launches a projectile at a target; maybe I should reinvestigate American auto makers

it's all a perspective thing

next gun etiquette question, and I guess both q's can still be answered by any knowledgeable person, is it impolite to stare at someone's gun, in fear or awe or whatever, if they are legally open carrying it in a public place

― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, December 1, 2011 4:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

it's probably slightly impolite but a bigger danger is being drawn into a conversation with that person about that gun.

they want you to stare

goole OTM

most cars I know of don't have triggers that start a combustion event that launches a projectile at a target; maybe I should reinvestigate American auto makers

― OH NOES, Thursday, December 1, 2011 2:03 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. : )

the open-carrying person might misinterpret your stare of fear or awe as a rmde "why are you an attention-seeking dick" stare, especially if (as seems highly probable) he is an attention-seeking dick

If I went to the house of someone I did not know and that person had guns out on the table I would feel very uncomfortable because I did not know that person or his/her gun safety habits or his/her homicidal inclinations. So to that end, it would seem reasonable to put your guests at ease by stowing the firearms with asking.

withOUT asking, I meant to say.

"Oh don't worry, the homicidal urges only really kick in on Tuesdays."

Also I would be worried watching King of Queens would drive me to turn one of the guns on myself.

considering all of the CBS sitcoms of the past 10 years, you can go so much worse than King of Queens

yes I am looking at you, According to Jim and Yes, Dear

Can we talk about guns some more, and maybe cars, before we go down the King of Queens road once again?

thejenny, it would be so much easier to just go all Elvis on the TV

yeah I was just about to say, please don't turn another gun etiquette thread into a discussion about king of queens

I was in Florida over Thanksgiving. There sure were a lot of gun shops there. I think ppl in Florida love guns a lot.

if ever I open a business, I will hang a sign that says:

NO CONCEALED WEAPONS OR DISCUSSION OF CBS SITUATION COMEDIES ALLOWED ON THESE PREMISES

i am still totally baffled by the story that kicked this thread off

King of Queens Road is the Hong Kong version of the show I think.

what about, cad

guns have multiple functions, poisons only have oh fuck me are we really going to do this again

― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Thursday, December 1, 2011 1:48 PM (2 hours ago)

sure, let's! name one other than killing people/animals

I've driven though Queens before but saw nary a King.

lol there was not a gun thread that turned into a KoQ thread, was there?

tbh I've never seen the show and I think I was confusing it with Everbody Loves Raymond. Or that Jim Belushi one.

starting a footrace

xxpost

there are all sorts of hilarious uses for guns

what about, cad

― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, December 1, 2011 3:52 PM (35 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink

i guess mostly about your relationship to this guy and the circumstances under which you showed up. maybe you explained and i missed it--sorry if that's the case. i just can't imagine having this interaction.

and useful! like what if we surgically replaced world renowned pianist lang lang's hands with guns and then made him place rachmanikoff. instant comedy!

name one other than killing people/animals

killing clay pigeons? cans? bottles?