midiwall
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kwikrnu wrote:
Get past "but mommy, it was legal!" and look at the bigger picture.
Before you got banned on KTOG you told me that you carried the Draco as a personal defense weapon to protect your wife and family. The Draco is NOT a good close-up weapon, so _THAT_ becomes part of your "suspicious behavior".
With all the rantings and crying you've done on the forums, it's clear that you're looking for sympathy. Part of the issue here (and "there") is that you're rarely truthful with folks from the beginning. You've asked the same lead-in question on a gajillion forums, but you don't give folks all the facts. I found one blog today where it looks like you're actually starting to get some people on your side, but it's only because you haven't mentioned ALL of the facts - and, they don't know your history.
But, it's not so much about telling the truth ("I have nothing to hide") it's about HOW you tell it and WHEN it comes out.
Head back to the TVA site and show them the picture of the AK that you have posted here, showing the tip - and WHY you painted it. Tell them about your quest for AP rounds, the silencer story, body armor wants, and your threats to do this in Bicentennial Mall.
Telling people that UP FRONT creates a different impression. You have NEVER told any forum (that I've yet found) the whole story in your first post. It's clear that you're purposely leaving out facts and history in order to avoid the confrontation and questions of your motives.
Inevitably that stuff is discovered and then people take another look at what you're asking. Given that you've "hidden facts" up front, then it's human nature to ask "what else is he hiding?". This is _EXACTLY_ the issue with the first ranger on the trail.
Once people start confronting you about the rst of the truth, you take the stand on "yeah, but it's legal". And again, we see a pattern - this is the issue with the NINE LEOs in the parking lot. They confronted you on your motives and the legality of the weapon, and you just stood on "yeah, but it's legal".
Stop doing that. Grow up to your 37 years and understand that LEGAL doesn't always mean SMART. Especially in the hot bed of gun laws.
You're on a collision course to lose your truck tops company and family. And along the way, you're putting a big dent in the fight to keep our right to bear arms. I would suspect that Tennessee lawmakers are looking at your lake stunt, and someone's writing up legislation that's going to make it illegal to carry around the Draco - or possibly ANY handgun.
If that happens you're looking at a state full of people that will be looking for you so that they can thank you personally. And then the rest of them want to actually buy you dinner.
kwikrnu wrote:
You're good at ditching the point, but I'm better at driving on it.midiwall wrote:Why are you so focused on "yeah but it's legal" when what you're talking about is so stupid?
Walking through a wooded trail, kids, moms, bunny rabbits... And hear comes Mr. Kwikr with his silenced Draco slung on, loaded with 31 rounds of AP.
What about that sounds "sane", or "right", or even "supporting the second amendment"?
You haven't even tried to address my point on KTOG about how the Draco makes a horrible "personal defense" weapon in situations like you're "setting up". And as such, you can't defend a valid reason for you to have that thing out there.... That's REALLY stretching the whole "yeah, but I have a carry permit..." point.
Hell man, even if you're making a stand for the second amendment, you're not talking to the press to get your word out. You're spending your time here re-posting news stories with your side, but that's it. The legislators aren't here - (though maybe they are now, thanks to you) - no one that could even start to understand "your rights" from a pure legal perspective is listening.
The press already has you out as a freak, the local Tennesee authority has you flagged as poster child for gun control. Did you bother to call the news station to correct their information which you claim is wrong? Did you call a local paper and ask if they wanted your side of the incident?
If you're gonna make a claim to be standing on your "rights" then _DO IT_. Right or Wrong or in-between, Mr. AR15man did. He talked to the press. He didn't hide on user forums talking smack about what really happened and how it was his legal right to show up in public armed to the nines.
If the person who kept saying AP is illegal would look up the law he would find it is legal as I have said many times.
The draco pistol is legal to carry. I don't tell people they can't carry a hi-point or jennings, or a little belt buckle .22lr. Carry whatever you want as long as it is legal.
I do not need to talk with the press. I think my position is clear. If it isn't illegal then why should I be detained 2.5 hours? Why should I be harrassed for exercising my right to carry?
Get past "but mommy, it was legal!" and look at the bigger picture.
Before you got banned on KTOG you told me that you carried the Draco as a personal defense weapon to protect your wife and family. The Draco is NOT a good close-up weapon, so _THAT_ becomes part of your "suspicious behavior".
With all the rantings and crying you've done on the forums, it's clear that you're looking for sympathy. Part of the issue here (and "there") is that you're rarely truthful with folks from the beginning. You've asked the same lead-in question on a gajillion forums, but you don't give folks all the facts. I found one blog today where it looks like you're actually starting to get some people on your side, but it's only because you haven't mentioned ALL of the facts - and, they don't know your history.
But, it's not so much about telling the truth ("I have nothing to hide") it's about HOW you tell it and WHEN it comes out.
Head back to the TVA site and show them the picture of the AK that you have posted here, showing the tip - and WHY you painted it. Tell them about your quest for AP rounds, the silencer story, body armor wants, and your threats to do this in Bicentennial Mall.
Telling people that UP FRONT creates a different impression. You have NEVER told any forum (that I've yet found) the whole story in your first post. It's clear that you're purposely leaving out facts and history in order to avoid the confrontation and questions of your motives.
Inevitably that stuff is discovered and then people take another look at what you're asking. Given that you've "hidden facts" up front, then it's human nature to ask "what else is he hiding?". This is _EXACTLY_ the issue with the first ranger on the trail.
Once people start confronting you about the rst of the truth, you take the stand on "yeah, but it's legal". And again, we see a pattern - this is the issue with the NINE LEOs in the parking lot. They confronted you on your motives and the legality of the weapon, and you just stood on "yeah, but it's legal".
Stop doing that. Grow up to your 37 years and understand that LEGAL doesn't always mean SMART. Especially in the hot bed of gun laws.
You're on a collision course to lose your truck tops company and family. And along the way, you're putting a big dent in the fight to keep our right to bear arms. I would suspect that Tennessee lawmakers are looking at your lake stunt, and someone's writing up legislation that's going to make it illegal to carry around the Draco - or possibly ANY handgun.
If that happens you're looking at a state full of people that will be looking for you so that they can thank you personally. And then the rest of them want to actually buy you dinner.