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> Or accidentally carry a gun through I couldn't possibly imagine a scenario where you just forget that you're carrying a gun...

xboxnolifes 8y ago
Do you carry a gun daily?
- King-Aaron 8y ago
  Why would one need to, unless you are police/military and thus required to for work?
  - stonogo 8y ago
    Nobody is required to demonstrate need to King-Aaron. Your opinions on the policy are not relevant to the practical concerns regarding its implementation. For the record, I agree with you, but this isn't really an appropriate place to soapbox about it.
  - TomMarius 8y ago
    I started carrying a gun after I was attacked and the nearby police unit continued to write a parking ticket in the meanwhile.
dsfyu404ed 8y ago
If you carry all the time (which most people who carry do, better than just leaving it in your car or something) it becomes natural like carrying your keys or wallet. If you're carrying your handgun in the bottom of a purse and rarely take it out it's even easier to forget.
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- lambdadmitry 8y ago
  That sounds defeating the whole purpose of carrying though. Also, the whole thing is just mind boggling. Forgetting a killing machine (please don't even start the automobile/edc knife comparisons, killing people is the sole purpose of a gun) on the bottom of a purse. There is something deeply flawed in the whole system if that can happen
  - dsfyu404ed 8y ago
    It's no different than forgetting that there's a fire extinguisher in the trunk of your car. You might forget you have it from day to day but if you need it you're pretty much guaranteed to remember it. A small pistol in a handbag is the same way.
  - King-Aaron 8y ago
    > There is something deeply flawed in the whole system if that can happen This is just it. Carrying a gun is so normalised in the US that people are admitting that they forget that they are carrying a device which has the sole purpose of killing or injuring. This is not ok in my opinion, but apparently everyone is ok with living in an environment where you all believe you need a gun for protection (which, if it's buried at the bottom of your bag, is going to be hopeless). I can't fathom that a person could be happy with this, but there you go.
dylan604 8y ago
Ask a head coach of the Dallas Cowboys[0] how easy it is to forget. Granted, this was before TSA, but still. It's not like it was legal before then either. [0]https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/sports/switzer-arrested-on-gun-charge.html https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/sports/switzer-arrested-o... [edit] grammar
mywittyname 8y ago
There are purses that you can buy with built in holsters. I could totally see forgetting that you're armed if you never take it out. I have a friend who carries a pistol in a backpack. I'm sure he forgets about it at times as well.
stevenicr 8y ago
I think most people that carry do forget 59 minutes of most hours or more. A year or so ago when walking out of a big box home improvement store and guys says to me "you got a knife?", I slowed and turned and thought and said no. As I thought about how I don't carry knives, they are sharp objects that cut things, possibly including me, and I can't afford the anti-hemophilia factor treatments, and I don't need a knife 364 days of the year or so, so no. I looked around, seeing the guy holding the tie down string the store provided at the exit, and looking around for something to cut it with. I scanned and looked, and even tried to rub the string on a metal piece that was protruding from the string roll holder itself. The metal did not cut it. As I rubbed it I noticed the keys in my hand. A key could probably cut it better, and even better than that - the multi-tool I added to my keychain a few years ago actually has a small knife in it. So then I had to change my assertion, I did have a knife, I handed it over to the guy, he cut his string and all was well. I forgot I had this weapon, and have before when going to places with metal detectors (which don't care if you take it off your keychain and hide it in the bushes next to the front door ). I forgot I had it a lot, even when asked about it, even when it was actually useful. I hope it's not that hard to imagine, as we move throughout the days we get so much on our mind about past and future, we, or I at least, often forget what I have in the present, and I try not to be like that.

xboxnolifes 8y ago

Do you carry a gun daily?

King-Aaron 8y ago
Why would one need to, unless you are police/military and thus required to for work?
- stonogo 8y ago
  Nobody is required to demonstrate need to King-Aaron. Your opinions on the policy are not relevant to the practical concerns regarding its implementation. For the record, I agree with you, but this isn't really an appropriate place to soapbox about it.
- TomMarius 8y ago
  I started carrying a gun after I was attacked and the nearby police unit continued to write a parking ticket in the meanwhile.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago

If you carry all the time (which most people who carry do, better than just leaving it in your car or something) it becomes natural like carrying your keys or wallet. If you're carrying your handgun in the bottom of a purse and rarely take it out it's even easier to forget.

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lambdadmitry 8y ago
That sounds defeating the whole purpose of carrying though. Also, the whole thing is just mind boggling. Forgetting a killing machine (please don't even start the automobile/edc knife comparisons, killing people is the sole purpose of a gun) on the bottom of a purse. There is something deeply flawed in the whole system if that can happen
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  It's no different than forgetting that there's a fire extinguisher in the trunk of your car. You might forget you have it from day to day but if you need it you're pretty much guaranteed to remember it. A small pistol in a handbag is the same way.
- King-Aaron 8y ago
  > There is something deeply flawed in the whole system if that can happen This is just it. Carrying a gun is so normalised in the US that people are admitting that they forget that they are carrying a device which has the sole purpose of killing or injuring. This is not ok in my opinion, but apparently everyone is ok with living in an environment where you all believe you need a gun for protection (which, if it's buried at the bottom of your bag, is going to be hopeless). I can't fathom that a person could be happy with this, but there you go.

dylan604 8y ago

Ask a head coach of the Dallas Cowboys[0] how easy it is to forget. Granted, this was before TSA, but still. It's not like it was legal before then either. [0]https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/sports/switzer-arrested-on-gun-charge.html https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/sports/switzer-arrested-o... [edit] grammar

mywittyname 8y ago

There are purses that you can buy with built in holsters. I could totally see forgetting that you're armed if you never take it out. I have a friend who carries a pistol in a backpack. I'm sure he forgets about it at times as well.

stevenicr 8y ago

I think most people that carry do forget 59 minutes of most hours or more. A year or so ago when walking out of a big box home improvement store and guys says to me "you got a knife?", I slowed and turned and thought and said no. As I thought about how I don't carry knives, they are sharp objects that cut things, possibly including me, and I can't afford the anti-hemophilia factor treatments, and I don't need a knife 364 days of the year or so, so no. I looked around, seeing the guy holding the tie down string the store provided at the exit, and looking around for something to cut it with. I scanned and looked, and even tried to rub the string on a metal piece that was protruding from the string roll holder itself. The metal did not cut it. As I rubbed it I noticed the keys in my hand. A key could probably cut it better, and even better than that - the multi-tool I added to my keychain a few years ago actually has a small knife in it. So then I had to change my assertion, I did have a knife, I handed it over to the guy, he cut his string and all was well. I forgot I had this weapon, and have before when going to places with metal detectors (which don't care if you take it off your keychain and hide it in the bushes next to the front door ). I forgot I had it a lot, even when asked about it, even when it was actually useful. I hope it's not that hard to imagine, as we move throughout the days we get so much on our mind about past and future, we, or I at least, often forget what I have in the present, and I try not to be like that.