Your thought patterns change when you are carrying a weapon. You may be less
reticent to avoid a dicey situation. You may not even be aware that your
behavior has changed.
From: Josh Luthman
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 7:55 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guns etc
It's concealed... Shouldn't be relevant.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Oct 12, 2015 8:52 AM, "Jeff Broadwick - Lists" <jeffl...@att.net> wrote:
I go out of my way to avoid any potential conflict when I'm carrying.
Jeff Broadwick
ConVergence Technologies, Inc.
312-205-2519 Office
574-220-7826 Cell
jbroadw...@converge-tech.com
On Oct 11, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
I worry about a generation of kids raised on the Internet I encounter out
in the real world who don’t seem to know a different set of rules apply. I’m
surprised more don’t get punched in the nose. Their real nose, not an
anonymous, virtual nose.
Speaking of which, this video of Buzz Aldrin never gets old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wptn5RE2I-k
That’s probably what my father, who fought in WWII and helped liberate some
of the death camps, would do today if he were still alive and met one of those
Holocaust deniers.
I also remember I think it was Mike Royko reporting that after a hockey
game at Chicago Stadium, a fan had punched Gordie Howe in the fist with his
face. Google couldn’t find that for me, closest I could find was:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-05-05/news/8602010647_1_fan-bashing-young-man
And to be clear, I’m not threatening to punch anybody in the nose, that’s
not my point. I’m saying civility may be a thing of the past online, but it’s
still a good idea IRL.
Those of you in areas where people routinely carry firearms, does that
cause people to think twice before insulting other people? Or is it like the
gangs in Chicago and they shoot instead of punching noses? The movie Tombstone
was on TV yesterday, nice image of uncivil society.
Well, at least our weapon of choice when disrespected isn’t a bomb like
some parts of the world.
From: Mathew Howard
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 4:05 PM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guns etc
Well, he did say "mostly polite", not completely polite...
And no, you probably shouldn't expect civility anywhere online, or not
online, for that matter... unless you enjoy being disappointed :P
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
So Chucks says “folks are smart and mostly polite” and then you have to
ruin it.
I don’t understand why it takes so little provocation these days to use
the **tard word. In this case, just because you disagree with some folks. As
I’ve turned 65 recently, I’ve noticed people using that language with senior
citizens because they (we?) don’t move fast enough or something. Not to
mention it’s insulting to people with mental retardation, to use that very
outdated term.
Should I not expect civility online anywhere?
From: Philip Rankin
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 1:09 PM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Guns etc
Especially with all thee libtard views out there today!
On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 12:10 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller
<par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
It is also a great reminder that people in other parts of the country
do not necessarily share your views.
Also a great reminder that the founders of this country really did know
what they were doing.
For things to happen in this country you have to AGREE...which is
becoming more and more difficult ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck McCown
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:40 AM
Subject: [AFMUG] OT Guns etc
This has been fun reading.
I love this list. Folks are smart and mostly polite and post some
pretty
well reasoned arguments on both sides of almost any issue. This is
all the
social media I need.
I did want to make a comment about the Illinois FOID card.
I was a hostage in a bank robbery back in about 1993 in Quincy
Illinois.
Once it was over and I got out of the bank, I learned that a
co-worker had
suffered some kind of stress attack and was in the hospital. That
afternoon
they were out of beds in some of the areas so that took him to the
5th
floor. That is the psych floor.
Then, it turned out, anyone that gets admitted to a psych ward in
Illinois
gets reported to the FOID people.
They revoke the FOID card.
This guy was a big time hunter. It just about killed him.
He got some pretty good press and got some political help. Hot his
card
back in about 6 weeks.
So, if you want to keep your FOID stay out of psych wards!
--
Philip J. Rankin
Wireless Telecommunications Services
PO Box 24
Pittsburg, KS 66762
