How my brother freaked me out for Christmas.......

[daleanime]

sitting on his sofa Christmas morning, enjoying the kids enjoying Christmas. Marveling at the fact that my little brother is a grandpa, when he walks into the room and tosses something on my lap. My first thought is 'this is a pretty authentic lighter' as I pick it up and slip my finger on the trigger. I don't know if I said something or it just showed on my face, because he tells me.....



"It's real."



In a room full of kids, my brother just tosses a gun on my lap then wonders why I looked shocked.

[chickenfairy]

1. Well he shouldn't have tossed it

Not to change to subject I don't know how computers work so much but right under your post I'm seeing an ad to join the NRA. Weird.

[daleanime]

2. Money....

the reason we don't have sane gun laws.


And there's a lot more wrong with this then just the tossing.

[chickenfairy]

4. No such thing

As sane gun laws. No matter what law is passed someone is going to get shot. Nothing will be good enough. Universal background checks will do nothing.

[daleanime]

5. I think your lost....

this is where I get to say that we can and must do better.


People will die, does that mean no one should seek medical care?

[Skittles]

11. I need xray glasses to see through you

HAR

[GGJohn]

12. Disagree.

Universal BGC's would help keep gun out of the hands of those forbidden from having them.

[enough]

3. I find there is a subset of gun owners who seem to think showing how casual they are

about their guns is what makes them cool. I walk out of the room when such people show up. Most gun owners I know take a very different attitude and do not bring their guns into random social events.

[daleanime]

6. True....

and I would hope so, which is why I worry.

[Shamash]

7. Intolerable

Speaking as gun owner from a family of gun owners for as many generations back as I can trace the family tree, your brother was a dick. I support practical and legal knowledge as a pre-requisite for gun ownership and what he did would be a failing grade. If my brother had done that, he would have been shown the door if it was my house, or me and mine would have left if it was his. Absolutely intolerable conduct with a firearm. All guns should be handled like they are loaded, all the time.

[daleanime]

8. Wouldn't say that...

just totally clueless.....and therefore more dangerous then I want to think.


Problem is, we've been a gun family for generations also. I remember building muzzle loaders as a kid. I know he's got great gun safe, the rest of the house could be leveled and his guns would be unharmed. But that action was just so nuts. It's days later and I'm still worried about.

[GGJohn]

9. He tossed a gun onto your lap?

What the hell was he thinking? You never, ever toss a gun, period!!!
Loaded or unloaded, that's a very irresponsible and dangerous action.
Sounds like he needs a serious lesson in firearm handling 101.

[daleanime]

10. Tell me about it....

it was very stunning.