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I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
"Yeah, you may be right, mom. I usually only take it with me when I'm going to rob a bank."
I hate that, "Do you really need that?" question. It's actually implied criticism which is why you bristle a bit when she says that. Moms are good for those left-handed kinds of things, though. Gotta' love 'em.
When I go to someone's house for dinner, I always bring a gift. Usually a bottle of wine . . . maybe flowers. When I'd ask my late husband to stop along the way to pick something up, his favorite line was, "You don't need to do that...."
What I thought was, "Yeah, you cheapskate, I guess you wouldn't do it. Jerk."
What I said was, "Oh, yes I do."
I can see the question coming from someone that doesn't know how to use a firearm and is uncomfortable around them. Your response to mom is valid, but shouldn't you move out of moms basement? People are going to talk (jk). I have reduced the number of places I carry - guess I'm just getting old and not caring as much as I use too.
Lol. I wish. Gotta love the economy. I'm in the process of moving out actually. I have to get into law school first (in the application process)...and I can't afford a place of my own.
I carry more now than I did when I first got my license. I have 3 guns I carry (not at once). A 9, .380, and a .22wmr. I didn't carry as much before because I was in college and spent time on campus. Now I carry nearly 100% of the time I leave the house because I can. I just made it a routine like grabbing my sun glasses (I always wear sunglasses. I get a headache if I don't...sunshine state ya know?).
I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
Lol. I wish. Gotta love the economy. I'm in the process of moving out actually. I have to get into law school first (in the application process)...and I can't afford a place of my own.
I carry more now than I did when I first got my license. I have 3 guns I carry (not at once). A 9, .380, and a .22wmr. I didn't carry as much before because I was in college and spent time on campus. Now I carry nearly 100% of the time I leave the house because I can. I just made it a routine like grabbing my sun glasses (I always wear sunglasses. I get a headache if I don't...sunshine state ya know?).
I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
"I hope not. If I knew i needed to take a gun, I would take my rifle..."
true, you never go to a gun fight only with a pistol unless that is your only choice.
I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
What if your Mom said she didn't want any guns in the house?
The cost of housing is insane these days. A LOT of people are living with either parents or roommates into their later 20s and even 30s these days because of it.
Some think this is terrible thing, but a lot of people don't realize that until the later 20th century it was commonplace for multiple generations to live under one roof on the family farm. Usually the oldest son (heir to the farm) and his bride and children would live there... because when the old man got too old to run the place, he'd be taking over. Daughters and younger sons would typically move out when they could afford to, but it wasn't that uncommon for them to continue living there for a while after getting married, before they could afford their own house.
You'll see more of this in poverty-stricken areas as well, and among immigrant families. An extended family can live cheaper under one roof than as isolated "nuclear families" in separate houses.
OOPs didn't mean to hijack the thread...
I've had people ask me things like that.... one of my sisters (former hippie now yuppie), and certain former GFs... (note "former"). Yes it is typically a subtle means of expressing disapproval. You have a good answer... if you're interesting in spurring more conversation, you can add on to it... "I HOPE I don't need it... but you can never tell when or where something may happen, so it is better to have and not need it than need it and not have it."
I moved out in 1981. You remember what the economy was in 1981? It was crap.Lol. I wish. Gotta love the economy. I'm in the process of moving out actually. I have to get into law school first (in the application process)...and I can't afford a place of my own.
I carry more now than I did when I first got my license. I have 3 guns I carry (not at once). A 9, .380, and a .22wmr. I didn't carry as much before because I was in college and spent time on campus. Now I carry nearly 100% of the time I leave the house because I can. I just made it a routine like grabbing my sun glasses (I always wear sunglasses. I get a headache if I don't...sunshine state ya know?).
Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
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