HankB
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Too funny - ROTFLMAO. 
Grown man crying over an EBR
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Zach S
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Do you mean use the bayonet alone, or hanging off the rifle
Dave Markowitz
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Mr. Hanky -- Howdy Ho and welcome to THR!
"Sheeple" doesn't even begin to describe Sean.
"Sheeple" doesn't even begin to describe Sean.
OEF_VET
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So, does Sean wear your Aunts' skirts, or does he have his own?
joegerardi
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Chuck Jennings wrote:
What horrible advice! He can't do that. Don't you know:
"You'll put your eye out!"
Seriously, this man has issues far beyond guns. Anyone that cannot control their emotions at the sight of an inanimate object is a ticking bomb.
..Joe
What horrible advice! He can't do that. Don't you know:
"You'll put your eye out!"
Seriously, this man has issues far beyond guns. Anyone that cannot control their emotions at the sight of an inanimate object is a ticking bomb.
..Joe
cslinger
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Something tells me somebody was picked on ALOT in their formative years. At least we know who wears the pantyhose in that relationship.....both of them.
Greg L
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Well, I don't know if I would call him a grown "man", full sized adult perhaps (my 9 year old sounds more mature than this guy, although to be fair, Sean sounds like he has better table manners ).
I agree that he needs some professional help. Hopefully your aunt is giving lots of thought to what his little display really means
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Greg
).I agree that he needs some professional help. Hopefully your aunt is giving lots of thought to what his little display really means
.Greg
Harry Tuttle
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Is a mounted bayonet offensive or defensive?
It sounds like you have a new play toy and a new AR15
If Sean returns, maybe he would like to see your landmine collection.
Whatever you do, don't let him near any 5 gallon grout buckets,
Thems dangerous.
It sounds like you have a new play toy and a new AR15
If Sean returns, maybe he would like to see your landmine collection.
Whatever you do, don't let him near any 5 gallon grout buckets,
Thems dangerous.
fiVe
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One just has to ask......what else makes this Sean fellow cry?
Mulliga
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This type of reaction is fairly common among hard-core antis.
My friend's girlfriend had never even seen a gun before when she came to our apartment. Big mistake. When she sat down on the couch she told her boyfriend to "get that thing away from me" (CZ-27 pistol lying on the table - I was cleaning it). And you should've seen the expression when she saw the Bushmaster...
Another time, a guy came who wanted to sublease my roommate's room for the summer. I had all my guns out just so he knew that I owned guns and was cool with it. He was from Colombia - fairly strict gun control there, as in most of the world.
Conversation:
Colombian Guy (looks at AK and SKS): Are those... gas guns?
Mulliga (thinking he might be a gun person): Gas? You mean, gas-operated?
Colmbian Guy (shakes his head): No...I mean, are those...air guns?
Mulliga (taking the AK and unloading the mag): No, they're rifles. Here, check out the mag!
Colombian Guy (wants to get out of here): Wow.
My friend's girlfriend had never even seen a gun before when she came to our apartment. Big mistake.
When she sat down on the couch she told her boyfriend to "get that thing away from me" (CZ-27 pistol lying on the table - I was cleaning it). And you should've seen the expression when she saw the Bushmaster...Another time, a guy came who wanted to sublease my roommate's room for the summer. I had all my guns out just so he knew that I owned guns and was cool with it. He was from Colombia - fairly strict gun control there, as in most of the world.
Conversation:
Colombian Guy (looks at AK and SKS): Are those... gas guns?
Mulliga (thinking he might be a gun person): Gas? You mean, gas-operated?
Colmbian Guy (shakes his head): No...I mean, are those...air guns?
Mulliga (taking the AK and unloading the mag): No, they're rifles. Here, check out the mag!
Colombian Guy (wants to get out of here): Wow.
Joe Demko
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Mulliga,
Nothing you described was really like Sean's reaction to a gun as it was related to us. I've seen antis react to guns with distaste, but Sean was behaving more like someone who is mentally ill than someone who doesn't like guns.
Nothing you described was really like Sean's reaction to a gun as it was related to us. I've seen antis react to guns with distaste, but Sean was behaving more like someone who is mentally ill than someone who doesn't like guns.
Legionnaire
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Great story! Thanks for the laugh! I'm sitting here thinking through my inventory of acquaintences trying to see if I can come up with someone that just might be that sheltered ...
Problem is, most folks already know I'm a shooter, so little chance I'll have opportunity to get the reaction you observed. What a hoot!
Problem is, most folks already know I'm a shooter, so little chance I'll have opportunity to get the reaction you observed. What a hoot!
Skofnung
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I know that I should have sympathy for his mental condition, (and he has one if this story is true…) but I find his actions (or reaction rather,) absolutely contemptible.
I guess Machiavelli was right.
"...among the causes of evil which being unarmed brings you, it makes you contemptible…â€
I hope so. He sounds dangerous.
I guess Machiavelli was right.
"...among the causes of evil which being unarmed brings you, it makes you contemptible…â€
I hope so. He sounds dangerous.
Sistema1927
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This is one of the few times in my life when I cannot think of anything to say.
I am simply stunned.
I am simply stunned.
slugcatcher
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I have to diasgree with some of the other members. Keep him away from guns until after his therapy is complete.
BobCat
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At the risk of irritating / offending everyone here...
My initial reaction is that Joe Demko is exactly right, Sean is a very ill individual who needs more help than your Aunt can give him (i.e. professional help).
However... there are other things going on, that might have shaken him up, besides the sight of your AR-15.
Sean finds himself:
1) in the company of people who are comfortable with guns, of which he has no experience, but plenty of negative propaganda.
2) one of these people is your Aunt, who he thinks he knows intimately (and finds he does not!).
3) "out in the country" (I think your location said Utah) whereas he is a city-dweller.
He is *compeletly out of place* and dependent upon the good-will of people to whom he thought he could relate, but *absolutely* fundamentally does not understand, and has been taught to fear (by his general upbringing / urban ethos). Sean is cast adrift with nothing to hold on to - imagine waking up one morning to find that everyone you know is really a stanger in a rubber mask, or an alien from another planet... you might be moved to tears as well.
His world was severley shaken. Give him a hand. Talk to him; make clear that, although you come from radically different backgrounds, you will not harm him and want to share your world-view. Maybe offer to take him shooting, with a .22 rifle - tell him straight out that the quickest way to defeat fear is to confront it, and that he will not automatically turn into a killer as soon as he (G-d forbid!) holds a gun in his hand. People *can* grow up, at any age, given a little gentle guidance (and the will to do so).
With that said, I can't imagine anyone who is basically sound, reacting as you reported your Aunt described. Still, I've seen some radical reversals in people who "thought" they hated guns... and started shooting Highpower or F-Class, and posting great scores. Sean might just need help taking off his blinders.
Purrrs,
BobCat
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My initial reaction is that Joe Demko is exactly right, Sean is a very ill individual who needs more help than your Aunt can give him (i.e. professional help).
However... there are other things going on, that might have shaken him up, besides the sight of your AR-15.
Sean finds himself:
1) in the company of people who are comfortable with guns, of which he has no experience, but plenty of negative propaganda.
2) one of these people is your Aunt, who he thinks he knows intimately (and finds he does not!).
3) "out in the country" (I think your location said Utah) whereas he is a city-dweller.
He is *compeletly out of place* and dependent upon the good-will of people to whom he thought he could relate, but *absolutely* fundamentally does not understand, and has been taught to fear (by his general upbringing / urban ethos). Sean is cast adrift with nothing to hold on to - imagine waking up one morning to find that everyone you know is really a stanger in a rubber mask, or an alien from another planet... you might be moved to tears as well.
His world was severley shaken. Give him a hand. Talk to him; make clear that, although you come from radically different backgrounds, you will not harm him and want to share your world-view. Maybe offer to take him shooting, with a .22 rifle - tell him straight out that the quickest way to defeat fear is to confront it, and that he will not automatically turn into a killer as soon as he (G-d forbid!) holds a gun in his hand. People *can* grow up, at any age, given a little gentle guidance (and the will to do so).
With that said, I can't imagine anyone who is basically sound, reacting as you reported your Aunt described. Still, I've seen some radical reversals in people who "thought" they hated guns... and started shooting Highpower or F-Class, and posting great scores. Sean might just need help taking off his blinders.
Purrrs,
BobCat
http://www.bayourifles.org
http://www.thss.org
sturmruger
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First off I want to welcome you to THR, I think you will fit in just fine here. Besides some of Lawdog's writings nothing has had me laughing so hard as your description of Sean. People were looking at my kind of goofy here at work. They know me pretty well so I just said "THR" and they get the hint at what I am laughing about.
As to Sean I can't imagine what is mental issues could be. I hope to God he never goes to a guns show or a gun shop. He would most likely melt and cry like a baby. I think if you worked on him very, very slowly you could get him out to shoot a .22 maybe you could slowly change his mind about guns.
Besides some of Lawdog's writings nothing has had me laughing so hard as your description of Sean. People were looking at my kind of goofy here at work. They know me pretty well so I just said "THR" and they get the hint at what I am laughing about. As to Sean I can't imagine what is mental issues could be. I hope to God he never goes to a guns show or a gun shop. He would most likely melt and cry like a baby. I think if you worked on him very, very slowly you could get him out to shoot a .22 maybe you could slowly change his mind about guns.
Swamprabbit
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Welcome to the board.
I agree with others, your "buddy" Sean is beyond any help you can give him. This is something that you shouldn't try at home.
I agree with others, your "buddy" Sean is beyond any help you can give him. This is something that you shouldn't try at home.
jefnvk
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That was a good one! Seriously, though, it almost sounds to me like he had a tragic experience with guns. Perhaps even with an AR type rifle. Maybe a family member was killed. Maybe a family member in Iraq, whose last picture shows them with an M16. While it is possible that he had simply been brainwashed that far, my experience is that most hardcore anti's will become aggressive, not break down. I think its far more likely that the AR hit a memory in him somewhere.
Might even be something your auntie doesn't know about, and he doesn't feel comfortable talking about.
Might even be something your auntie doesn't know about, and he doesn't feel comfortable talking about.
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