I live in the US where it is often said the people have the right to bear arms. But what about my rights to not want guns near me and my fam? I know it's a stupid argument, but I want the right to walk into a mall and know that people aren't carrying guns. My state allows open carrying without a permit. Why don't my personal freedoms matter at all here, ie. not being around people who are carrying guns without a permit? Folks want to arm teachers, but what about my right to not have my children in a classroom with an adult with a weapon? Nobody ever really thinks about the right of those who don't want a gun around them, why isn't this as equally as important?
I picked up my kids yesterday after their last day of school. To congratulate them on how great they were all year I took them to get ice cream. While in the establishment two men began to have an altercation. Another woman was involved after she asked them both to remember that children were there and they were acting pretty scary. Shortly thereafter one of the men quickly left the place and went right to his truck. The restaurant went silent. We all just watched him as he looked for something under his drivers sear. It was eerie and I instinctively put both kids behind me so they were furthest from the door. Thankfully whatever he was looking for, he never found, though he did storm back in and started yelling again before getting back into his vehicle. What was supposed to be a pleasant afternoon has now haunted me for 2 days. The thought that a madman would start shooting people is crazy, right? I shouldn't have been worried. That I quickly told both kids to grab their stuff and we bee-lined it out of there and drove straight home, shows that I was way overthinking the whole thing, and perhaps a bit of a cowered. But I guarantee you, everybody in that ice cream place thought they may die that afternoon. The silence, nobody breathing, the anxiety of everyone was palpable.
I don't want to live in a country where an angry person could grab their legal gun and kill me and my family. I should have that right to not live with that fear. Don't my rights matter too?
Sorry for the stupid post. I know the argument of a right to bear arms and the right of me not wanting to be around guns are two different things. But something has to change in the future as more and more heinous gun deaths continue to creep through all of our communities.
Delete this post out of Fucking Dairy Queen if too dumb.
I picked up my kids yesterday after their last day of school. To congratulate them on how great they were all year I took them to get ice cream. While in the establishment two men began to have an altercation. Another woman was involved after she asked them both to remember that children were there and they were acting pretty scary. Shortly thereafter one of the men quickly left the place and went right to his truck. The restaurant went silent. We all just watched him as he looked for something under his drivers sear. It was eerie and I instinctively put both kids behind me so they were furthest from the door. Thankfully whatever he was looking for, he never found, though he did storm back in and started yelling again before getting back into his vehicle. What was supposed to be a pleasant afternoon has now haunted me for 2 days. The thought that a madman would start shooting people is crazy, right? I shouldn't have been worried. That I quickly told both kids to grab their stuff and we bee-lined it out of there and drove straight home, shows that I was way overthinking the whole thing, and perhaps a bit of a cowered. But I guarantee you, everybody in that ice cream place thought they may die that afternoon. The silence, nobody breathing, the anxiety of everyone was palpable.
I don't want to live in a country where an angry person could grab their legal gun and kill me and my family. I should have that right to not live with that fear. Don't my rights matter too?
Sorry for the stupid post. I know the argument of a right to bear arms and the right of me not wanting to be around guns are two different things. But something has to change in the future as more and more heinous gun deaths continue to creep through all of our communities.
Delete this post out of Fucking Dairy Queen if too dumb.
