I have no doubt that gun owners do indeed discuss their guns, show them to each other and so on. I doubt most people have a problem with that. It seems to me, though, that this is not the same thing as visiting someone’s house and whacking your hand cannon down on their coffee table without asking permission.
People are familiar with your posting history - it’s not fair to assume anything when it comes to your (in)ability to follow general social customs and cues.
We might well–that wasn’t the topic under discussion. The topic under discussion was whipping out your piece when the display of said piece was both uninvited and unwanted.
There’s a huge difference between that and “show and tell”.
I assumed you might well be unlicensed or untrained, as you were either unfamiliar with or blatantly violating Illinois gun laws by carrying a gun either concealed or openly here.
I may have misunderstood but it seemed to me that most people in this board were saying that you should not be carrying that thing at all right now. Not until you know what you’re doing at least and IMO not even then judging by your post above. Why the heck do you mean by, “Who they pulled the gun out on?” This whole thread is utterly terrifying and it only reaffirms by negative feelings about guns on the streets.
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Why do people get offended when pack a pistol in their neighborhood?
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It really doesn’t matter why others are uncomfortable with your behaviour. The question is why you, knowing that you will make people uncomfortable in their own homes, prefer to do this rather than mend your ways.
Fear of ‘bad neighborhoods’ is one of the biggest pet peeves I have in the world. People in a neighborhood where murders have occurred don’t randomly just kill strangers who show up. I’ve walked through the worst neighborhoods Baltimore and DC have to offer many times without problems and I’ve gotten mugged in a neighborhood of million dollar houses in suburban San Diego.
I used to have a concealed permit when I lived in Utah and often wondered how bad the mugging might have gone if I had had a gun or resisted in any way. One or more people dead versus me losing my wallet and 50 bucks.
That and, I assumed untrained (at the least) because the OP openly admits to being uncomfortable and fearful about handling the gun. She whips it out because she’s afraid to wear it. That doesn’t say to me “well-trained and confident in her ability to handle the gun responsibly so there’s only slender chance of the OP discharging the gun into her host when she slams it on the dinner table.”
If that’s the level of training required to get a carry permit, holy shit do we need to revise those laws and training programs. That’s hardly better than rubber-stamping a license for any schmoe who comes along, regardless of ability to handle the weapon.
I’m generally a live and let live kinda guy, but if you can’t understand why someone might get offended or uncomfortable, the problem is not with the other folks.
Would you be offended if I popped open my works kit and started ligthing up the spoon at your dining room table? How about I come over for Sunday pancakes and fill up your bone china tea cup with Thunderbird or Mad Dog 20/20 and top it off with a dollop of Earl Grey (ya know, for flavor) while your kids decide between boysenberry or maple syrup?