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>BTW, I'm still shocked by the casualness of people who threaten to shoot me. Or like to show they are armed in an attempt to intimidate me. What? Where in the
by subsubzero 5y ago
>BTW, I'm still shocked by the casualness of people who threaten to shoot me. Or like to show they are armed in an attempt to intimidate me.
What? Where in the US do you live? I've lived in the US my entire life and never, not once has anyone ever threatened to shoot me. Thats a felony in itself and I am really surprised by that.
- Diederich 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26755014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26755014 The US is a big, diverse place with a lot of history.
- ameister14 5y agoI had a guy threaten to shoot me in Kentucky once when I was working with him on the Ohio River - more of a 'I have a rifle in my truck' than a 'pointing a gun at you' kind of a threat though.
- hdctambien 5y agoIt's used as a joke in a lot of circles. "My daughter's old enough to date, I better clean my gun"
- yardie 5y agoIf you commute long enough through places of high poverty you'll have some stories. I'd get a gun pulled on me for driving. I'd also have friends and colleagues brag to me about pulling guns on other drivers. I'd tell them they were crazy but in their mind it's a completely valid reaction.