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<blockquote data-quote="Ethan N" data-source="post: 3224815" data-attributes="member: 29267"><p>Uhhh. No. Carrying a rifle in public is in no way like yelling “bomb” in a crowded place. Yelling “gun” in a crowded place would be similar. Carrying a rifle is just carrying a rifle. Regardless of whether it “triggers” some people, it is and <em>should be</em> perfectly legal. It may not be something <em>I</em> think anyone should do ordinarily, but it causes no more harm than carrying a sidearm, because neither cause any harm unless the trigger is pulled. If someone experiences emotional harm (not fear or discomfort, <em>harm</em>) upon seeing a rifle being carried, the bearer did not cause the harm. The harm was caused by the viewer’s unhealthy emotional state and irrational views and/or ignorance of firearms.</p><p></p><p>But more importantly, exercising rights causes other people discomfort. That’s just a fact of life. Get used to it. No one has a right to be comfortable. No one even has a right to feel safe. No one has a right to feel any particular feeling. And guess what. Doing something with the express intent of getting law enforcement to show up is not illegal, even if it’s not too wise. Like everyone keeps saying, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Well, just because you shouldn’t, doesn’t mean you can’t. You can’t make a law against everything people <em>shouldn’t</em> do. That’s not the purpose of laws. Although, if you want to live somewhere like that, I hear China’s nice. Your interest rate for a loan can go up if you don’t cross a crosswalk fast enough.</p><p></p><p>I don’t think you’ve thought your views through to their end. Though I don’t condone people exercising their rights in irresponsible ways, I’m thankful that it happens. Society <em>needs</em> reminders that other people’s rights can make them feel very, <em>very</em> uncomfortable in many ways – anger, fear, disgust, sadness…you know, the whole cast of Inside Out. And feelings, while important, are something to be managed, subjected to evaluation by rational thinking, and thus made useful as input into our decisions. In that way, even negative feelings can be made to serve us. When people react and make decisions based on their feelings without subjugating them to thinking, or when people demand that others make them feel a certain way or not feel a certain way, they are serving their feelings, and becoming enslaved to them. And that’s not only a very selfish way to live, it’s a miserable way to live. It’s reasonable and healthy to work to resolve negative feelings and be able to feel better in every way. It’s unhealthy to try to do that by coercing other people to change their behavior, whether those people are your significant other or a man with a gun in the park.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ethan N, post: 3224815, member: 29267"] Uhhh. No. Carrying a rifle in public is in no way like yelling “bomb” in a crowded place. Yelling “gun” in a crowded place would be similar. Carrying a rifle is just carrying a rifle. Regardless of whether it “triggers” some people, it is and [I]should be[/I] perfectly legal. It may not be something [I]I[/I] think anyone should do ordinarily, but it causes no more harm than carrying a sidearm, because neither cause any harm unless the trigger is pulled. If someone experiences emotional harm (not fear or discomfort, [I]harm[/I]) upon seeing a rifle being carried, the bearer did not cause the harm. The harm was caused by the viewer’s unhealthy emotional state and irrational views and/or ignorance of firearms. But more importantly, exercising rights causes other people discomfort. That’s just a fact of life. Get used to it. No one has a right to be comfortable. No one even has a right to feel safe. No one has a right to feel any particular feeling. And guess what. Doing something with the express intent of getting law enforcement to show up is not illegal, even if it’s not too wise. Like everyone keeps saying, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Well, just because you shouldn’t, doesn’t mean you can’t. You can’t make a law against everything people [I]shouldn’t[/I] do. That’s not the purpose of laws. Although, if you want to live somewhere like that, I hear China’s nice. Your interest rate for a loan can go up if you don’t cross a crosswalk fast enough. I don’t think you’ve thought your views through to their end. Though I don’t condone people exercising their rights in irresponsible ways, I’m thankful that it happens. Society [I]needs[/I] reminders that other people’s rights can make them feel very, [I]very[/I] uncomfortable in many ways – anger, fear, disgust, sadness…you know, the whole cast of Inside Out. And feelings, while important, are something to be managed, subjected to evaluation by rational thinking, and thus made useful as input into our decisions. In that way, even negative feelings can be made to serve us. When people react and make decisions based on their feelings without subjugating them to thinking, or when people demand that others make them feel a certain way or not feel a certain way, they are serving their feelings, and becoming enslaved to them. And that’s not only a very selfish way to live, it’s a miserable way to live. It’s reasonable and healthy to work to resolve negative feelings and be able to feel better in every way. It’s unhealthy to try to do that by coercing other people to change their behavior, whether those people are your significant other or a man with a gun in the park. [/QUOTE]
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