Missouri Lawmakers Pass Expanded Gun Rights on Final Day

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19. Sorry for your bad experiences. but...

you posted an anti-gun message that included two examples with no guns involved.

I get that you were talking about hyper-vigilant and threat assessment, but you can include yourself in that group with your statement "I have no doubt he would have shot me." If this guy goes around shooting people for surprising him in stores than odds are that he would have shot someone years ago and still be in prison during your store experience.

I tend to be a very quiet walker and often times surprise people or will have someone run into me because they don't know I've stopped because they don't hear my footsteps stopping. Nobody's pulled a gun on me nor any other weapon. Maybe you and I should put taps on our shoes?

I agree with you on the threat assessment issue as this has led to folks calling in cops for black men holding a bb gun in a store and brown skinned men wearing turbans. I'm much more concerned about these types of reactions than having someone shoot me, but I'm white so my main threat to others is that I might be a corporate raider who will steal your pension or legislator that will cut back your social security.