So I tell a lot of stories about my life here

But some stories I avoid because of how people might react 😬

Like tbh I wanna tell the story about a shootout I got in that made me walk away from street shit as a whole.
But with all the gun hate here.. it makes me afraid to tell the story because I don't want people to think I'm evil 🥺 I did shoot someone... but he shot at me first & if I didn't have my gun I might've died that night.
I do think the world would be better without guns.. I do think we need to regulate them way more.

I took many classes for mine & have my license for it. Even though where I live thats not even necessary. I did that because I believe it's important. I'm very well trained to the point I can take apart any gun & put it back together no problem. Which is surprising to many people considering my background.

But since I own guns & I'm not afraid to defend myself.. I've received a lot of hate for that in the past.
I also don't side with the "pro-gun" people either. & They typically hate me as well.

I'm a weird "in the middle" type I guess. & The last time I talked about guns on here, I got my first & only blocks from that 😂 so I'm not writing this post to talk guns or argue. I won't engage in any of those comments. I'm just venting about how it sucks I can't write certain things out of fear of being judged 🤷
Which might sound funny considering how open I usually am on here 😂

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NotJamieM · 46-50, M

I'm glad you made it out of that situation. You have a really cool way of expressing yourself and I feel like I either learn something and/or just enjoy reading your thoughts. Including adding to the "useless but interesting information" we both like to collect. It's too bad that you (and me, and many others) feel hesitant to always be open because of those who come here to judge and argue. Funny, on this particular topic, I think I'm right there in the middle with you, except that I'm one who doesn't own guns - mainly because I don't have any training or expertise with them. But I couldn't have written my own thoughts on the subject better than you just did, lol.

ChiefWalksWith40oz · 26-30

@NotJamieM thanks man. I always like writing my stories because I feel like I learned a lot from them & I like people being able to understand why I think certain things. Plus my life's been different than most people here, so I used to feel like I didn't fit in here.. but now I like being able to bring something different to the table here

NotJamieM · 46-50, M

@ChiefWalksWith40oz I learn the most from people who are totally different from me. That's one reason I enjoy your stories so much. I think even if you were saying something I disagreed with, we'd have a mutually respectful dialogue and have some fun with it. We might not change each other's minds, but we'd learn from each other and appreciate each others' point of view. There should be more of that on here than there is.