Colorado Gun Demand Jumps 41%

[MarineUS]

so you are in the military and you dont consider somebody looking at you and putting his hand on his gun a threat.  ok sure you keep believing that.

but ask yourself somebody knocks on your door in the middle of the night.  do you go armed, or do you open the door and smile and say hi, how are you, come in would you like some tea?

semp

Yes I am and no I do not.

I don't do either because they're both stupid. You call the police.

Semp, just give up man. We used logic to shut you down and you're still fighting. Even General Cornwallis surrendered once he knew he was beaten....he may have not been at the ceremony, but he knew it was time.

[guncrasher]

Yeah, I'm completely lost on what guncrasher is trying to say.   

why dont you just look up a couple of postings before and read what I said.  then also read the responses from others.

a police should protect and serve the public not intimidate.  i could understand if I lived in the middle of the ghetto where there's gunfire at all times.  but when I live in a neighborhood where the only time i felt in danger was when a police officer was looking at me while having his hand on his gun,   then there's something wrong here.  and it isnt the people living in my neighborhood that I saw as dangerous but the officer himself.

I dont know about any of you but when somebody looks at me and has his hand on a weapon, I consider it as a threat.

semp

[Melvin]

semp, have you ever come across a cop that you knew didn't give a shat about you?


Or are you just speculating?

[MarineUS]

speculating

[bmwgs]

why dont you just look up a couple of postings before and read what I said.  then also read the responses from others.

a police should protect and serve the public not intimidate.  i could understand if I lived in the middle of the ghetto where there's gunfire at all times.  but when I live in a neighborhood where the only time i felt in danger was when a police officer was looking at me while having his hand on his gun,   then there's something wrong here.  and it isnt the people living in my neighborhood that I saw as dangerous but the officer himself.

I dont know about any of you but when somebody looks at me and has his hand on a weapon, I consider it as a threat.

semp

"Cities with less than 10,000 people represent the second-most-likely place for officer deaths, according to the FBI’s groupings of fallen police over the past decade."

http://news.opb.org/article/small-town-police-officers-face-big-risks/

Service is not necessarily safer in smaller communities.  What you need to understand is, you always know your intentions, the officer does not.

Fred

[Jayhawk]

why dont you just look up a couple of postings before and read what I said.  then also read the responses from others.

a police should protect and serve the public not intimidate.  i could understand if I lived in the middle of the ghetto where there's gunfire at all times.  but when I live in a neighborhood where the only time i felt in danger was when a police officer was looking at me while having his hand on his gun,   then there's something wrong here.  and it isnt the people living in my neighborhood that I saw as dangerous but the officer himself.

I dont know about any of you but when somebody looks at me and has his hand on a weapon, I consider it as a threat.

semp

So an officer put his hand on his gun once (in what reason or context is unknown) and that's your argument against concealed carry?

[MarineUS]

Even from the way he described it, he made it sound like he cautiously placed it there. Even his description doesn't sound like the guy "John Wayned" it when he put it there. He did it nice and slow.

 

[guncrasher]

Even from the way he described it, he made it sound like he cautiously placed it there. Even his description doesn't sound like the guy "John Wayned" it when he put it there. He did it nice and slow.

 

and when you were in Afghanistan or Iraq if any civilian there put his hand on his gun nice and slow you just looked and smiled and offered him some tea or did you just open fire?.  that officer didnt look at me as if I was just another guy walking by.  I didnt get the name semp just because I thought it was cool.  I was once in the marines and I know the the look of just give me a reason so I can just blast you away.  that is the same look that officer had on his face. no expression just a blank stare.  that's why I was afraid, and I shouldnt  be afraid when there's a police officer around.  he didnt cautiously or casually place his hand on his gun, he thought I was a threat.  why?  I dont know as like I said before i dont live in the ghetto I dont look like a gangbanber, I dont dress like one.  I was in my work uniform just stopping at a 711 to get a cold beer after work.  and that isnt a crime last I checked.

btw nobody remembers the last time a police officer got shot or killed in my city.  and I dont live in a small city.  I own 2 guns and I always have one next to me when I play the game as not for the need for it but just I am used to it.  both guns I have owned for about 15 years and I have never had the need to use them other than when my gf goes target shooting.   I have never wished I had a gun while walking outside as crime is not my main concern.  I dont carry one as I dont see the need for it.  Like I said you guys can bs yourselves all you want, but I shouldnt be more afraid of the police than of criminals.  and since then to be honest I am more concerned of getting shot by the police than by a regular joe smith walking down the street as a regular joe smith hasnt looked at me with that blank look on his face while putting a hand on his gun.


semp

[jimson]

Man what messed up town do you live in where teens are always engaging in public sex in the open and all the cops walk around with a menacing glare ready to murder everybody?!?

[Jayhawk]

Man what messed up town do you live in where teens are always engaging in public sex in the open and all the cops walk around with a menacing glare ready to murder everybody?!?

[guncrasher]

Man what messed up town do you live in where teens are always engaging in public sex in the open and all the cops walk around with a menacing glare ready to murder everybody?!?

oh great another ava member that feels the need to lie.  I am surprised you are even an ava staff member, I thought you guys were held to higher standards of course except for you.

please feel free to quote where i say all cops walk around with menacing glares and all teens are engaging in public sex in the open. I dare you I double dare you.  unless of course you lie about it.

semp

[jimson]

Oh get over yourself, just jokin around a bit.

Of course it was an exaggeration.

EDIT: Yeah Ok, I thought I was being funny but I guess it wasn't funny to you so I will apologize.

[VonMessa]

Oh get over yourself, just jokin around a bit.

Of course it was an exaggeration.

EDIT: Yeah Ok, I thought I was being funny but I guess it wasn't funny to you so I will apologize.

I thought it was funny.  I LOL'd, in fact...           

[Nathan60]

oh great another ava member that feels the need to lie.  I am surprised you are even an ava staff member, I thought you guys were held to higher standards of course except for you.

please feel free to quote where i say all cops walk around with menacing glares and all teens are engaging in public sex in the open. I dare you I double dare you.  unless of course you lie about it.

semp

Calm down semp. They let me in the ava club.

[MarineUS]

and when you were in Afghanistan or Iraq if any civilian there put his hand on his gun nice and slow you just looked and smiled and offered him some tea or did you just open fire?.  that officer didnt look at me as if I was just another guy walking by.  I didnt get the name semp just because I thought it was cool.  I was once in the marines and I know the the look of just give me a reason so I can just blast you away.  that is the same look that officer had on his face. no expression just a blank stare.  that's why I was afraid, and I shouldnt  be afraid when there's a police officer around.  he didnt cautiously or casually place his hand on his gun, he thought I was a threat.  why?  I dont know as like I said before i dont live in the ghetto I dont look like a gangbanber, I dont dress like one.  I was in my work uniform just stopping at a 711 to get a cold beer after work.  and that isnt a crime last I checked.

btw nobody remembers the last time a police officer got shot or killed in my city.  and I dont live in a small city.  I own 2 guns and I always have one next to me when I play the game as not for the need for it but just I am used to it.  both guns I have owned for about 15 years and I have never had the need to use them other than when my gf goes target shooting.   I have never wished I had a gun while walking outside as crime is not my main concern.  I dont carry one as I dont see the need for it.  Like I said you guys can bs yourselves all you want, but I shouldnt be more afraid of the police than of criminals.  and since then to be honest I am more concerned of getting shot by the police than by a regular joe smith walking down the street as a regular joe smith hasnt looked at me with that blank look on his face while putting a hand on his gun.


semp

Actually most people who DO walk around with weapons over there, have their hands on them. You gonna call that BS too or would you like every person on this forum who has ever deployed to answer as well? Oh wait...they'd ALL be liars too.

Until they attempt to LIFT/RAISE the weapon, they are no threat. So, you gonna shoot every civilian in the middle east? According to your logic we'd have to since they all carry weapons and if they aren't slung around on their back they're hands are on them on the front.

Once in the Marines? I guess they teach you to have no pride. No Marine (Royal or US) would would type it out without a capital M. Have some PRIDE.

In short: You don't look like a criminal? Guess what? Your typical Haji in the middle east doesn't look like a terrorist...wait...I meant the terrorist don't look like terrorist. They look like every day people, just like criminals do. Not EVERY criminal dresses like a "gang banger". That's stereotyping/profiling. I bet you think every guy who wears a tight polo and uses hair gel is gay (not that I wear that garbage) too? I got a cop fired because he profiled my car. Deputy Garland of Thomasville GA. You can look him up on their database and see he was let go in 2010.

The only person who can make you afraid of the cops more than the criminals is yourself.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt
OR (this fits nicely sits we're talking about cops trying to be big shots)
"'A snub' defined the first lady, 'is the effort of a person who feels superior to make someone else feel inferior. To do so, he has to find someone who can be made to feel inferior.'"

I carry because as I stated before (I can quote it if you'd like, Sweetheart), because I go to the range at random. I'm sorry that my life doesn't have a set schedule I must follow like a fourth grader, and it also works as a deterrent. I don't need a deterrent where I live, but I do travel a LOT and go to big cities. I don't always end up in the nice part of town, so having it there is nice.






In short: If you really WERE a Marine and you're freaked by a cop just putting his hand on his weapon; you got scarred and have PTSD from boot camp and probably never set foot out of your country for something other than training.

You can fight this all you want, "Semp" but like I said before: (Oh oh let me add the extra title in there too) General Lord Cornwallis gave up when it was obvious he had lost.

When everyone tells you you've lost your mind, yet you are screaming EVERYONE else is nuts...you need to take a look at your life and reassess it.