Gun Etiquette

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

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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?

btw people do keep poisons in their house, often out in the open, they're called "cleaning supplies"

- target shooting (recreational and competitive)
- collector's pieces
- starting races (lol)
- ceremonial salutes
- pistol-whipping/bludgeoning (you never said non-violent uses)

-buttstroking

anybody want to come over to my place, I'm gonna be doing some butt stroking

nah cad, I didn't explain it, I can if you want tho

k3, are you against the use of guns for killing animals?

I can't believe I missed the first 2 days of this thread and all the fun you had on it.

here I typed it

Met dude during thanksgiving, he is an in law of sorts I guess (neither of us are married). So we all met up at the in laws' house for thanksgiving, and, because he is around my age, after we ate, all us younger ppl went to his place, which is not too far from the in laws' house we met up at.

I guess this all sounds more confusing than it needs to be but I'm trying to be too specific about it I guess, I wanted to make this all less about talking about people who don't post on the forum and more about talking about cultural mores, but then I remembered the whole king of queens thing and couldn't help posting about it

im trying not to be, that is

Open carry would be fun for one day, if you did it dressed like Steve McQueen in Bullitt (armpit holsters!), or some crazy Wild West getup.

I wonder if I could get legislation passed that would allow a free open carry handgun permit as long as the holder was dressed as Ulala from Space Channel 5

lol ok thanks.

this is why i avoid ppl i don't already know.