People are so dumb that it's annoying.

[KevDen2005]

Where I work I created and instruct a police honor guard and we do small ceremonies for the town or the police department such as posting the colors at awards ceremonies. We also have beautiful M1 Garands on loan from the US Military.

The other day, 6 of us, including me, went to another city building to practice for an upcoming ceremony. 4 of the 6 people were wearing police uniforms as they are patrol officers and arrived in fully marked patrol units in the front of the building. The other two were in civilian clothes, one is a detective, wearing a badge and gun, the other was off duty and showing up to practice.

We entered the building and advised the person at the front desk that we were going to use a room in the facility for honor guard practice. Two of the six people had the M1 Garands. This person then proceeded to say, jokingly, "I will only unlock this door because you pointed that big rifle at me." I wasn't joking...and will probably get a complaint...when I said, "Just to be clear, no one pointed any guns at you at all." I don't like it when people say that stuff especially people who technically have the same employer as I do because they don't realize what can happen with statements like that.

A short time later, as the honor guard was practicing in this room, the director of said facility came up to us and told us that we caused quite a scare because no one knew who we were...as if the uniforms and cars couldn't have given it away. On top, I was annoyed because the rifles we had were M1's with blank firing adapters. I know that people don't know what that is or know the difference...but this certainly isn't the demon rifle that has been in the news. And the extremely shiny wood stock could be a huge clue that these rifles aren't taken to the range.

Thanks for listening...I'm just annoyed with everyone.

[kidicarus13]

America's unfamiliarity and fear of guns will only get worse.

[Bailey Guns]

Sad commentary...but I see it all the time. Even with people who should know better.

[Circuits]

Was a time in America, when walking into a public building, or even in public, with a firearm would only elicit interested comments and some gun-related conversation unless you were menacing people with it.

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

the sheeple have been trained well

[Ah Pook]

Rant
8/10

I would have given it a 10/10 if you would have tazed someone.

I just don't get people.

[mikedubs]

Was a time in America, when walking into a public building, or even in public, with a firearm would only elicit interested comments and some gun-related conversation unless you were menacing people with it.

That was a time when individuals were more responsible, resilient, and self-reliant. Talking about this with a friend the other day; we discussed the different mentality of city vs. country living, and how being way out there breeds a sense of responsibility and self reliance. Conversely, I think people in cities have more of a mentality that relies upon others to do things. Maybe it can be boiled down to "gimme" vs bootstrapping.

[Circuits]

So true. America has a responsibility problem. People always looking for others to blame, and keep doing so even if they can't find an actual scapegoat to blame for their failures - just generalize it to "the man" or "society". Shit goes wrong, doesn't matter if it's your fault... it's probably still is your responsibility to fix it if it affects you and your family.

[TFOGGER]

Get rid of the Garands...get some of these:

[KS63]

Get rid of the Garands...get some of these:

This would still scare these people. It's got something that resembles a pistol grip. Could be worse, though if it was all black.