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People are getting more paranoid and less smart. [I Think People Can Be Real Idiots]

The day before yesterday, I was in a Kroger’s grocery store. I saw a fat white middle-aged man, not wearing a mask, but with a gun holstered at his belt.

Today, I was in a Wegman’s grocery store. I saw a slender Black woman wearing a mask, and with a gun holstered at her belt.

I’m not sure what I think about all of this. If it was up to me, nobody would carry a gun in any grocery store. But the woman at Wegman’s busted the stereotypes about the kind of people who do.
jim44444 · 70-79, M
In Ohio in is illegal to carry, open or concealed, in a place that sells alchohol. That includes besides bars nearly every grocery store, convenience store and most pharmacies.

It has been reported that in 2020 nearly 5 million Americans have bought a firearm for the first time. I support their right to bear arms but worry that only a small percentage of the newbies has taken a firearm safety class. I wonder how many have gone to a firing range to become proficient in handling their weapon.
jim44444 · 70-79, M
@SmartKat total agreement. I know you are not anti-gun.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@SmartKat totally disagree. It is where it is needed most to save lives. Seconds count where police are many minutes away.
SmartKat · 56-60, F
@MasterLee We will just have to agree to disagree, I guess.
Rutterman · 46-50, M
I've yet to see anyone carry a gun into a store in my area. But the way things are going, it wouldn't surprise me if I do see it any day now. People are mask-compliant, though. We have a state mask order in effect and many stores require masks as well.
SmartKat · 56-60, F
@Rutterman Where I live, it’s not common to see guns in places like the grocery store. And people here are pretty good about masking up.

I think I’m just a little concerned, precisely because it’s not that common to see guns. I don’t want this to become common.

Maybe this will make me sound old, but I don’t care. When I was a kid, people didn’t carry guns every-damn-where. I liked it better then.
walabby · 61-69, M
Come to Australia, when you can... Nobody wears guns at all unless you are security or a cop.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
Here we don't mask and everyone carries practically everywhere. Very low crime and no "covid".
JoshuaLondon · 31-35, M
These fucking idiots obviously don't realize that open-carry means they're the first ones going down if it hits the fan. They think they're fully aware of their surroundings, though. They watch too many damn movies.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@JoshuaLondon no it is a choice
JoshuaLondon · 31-35, M
@MasterLee Leading the pack in the pro-choice movement
MasterLee · 56-60, M
Doomflower · 36-40, M
I carry a stun gun everywhere. Discreet, non lethal, defensive.

 
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