PeterNSteinmetz
Regular Member
What to say when people complain they are "uncomfortable" because of your gun?
This is a serious question prompted by an interaction I had today with a store clerk who asked me to leave a store and stated that he was doing so because "he was uncomfortable that I was carrying a gun".
I tried asking him if and why he was frightened, to which he responded "guns kill people". My noting that yes but a lot of things can kill people didn't seem to help him calm down.
So I am curious what people say to try and help such people, who seem genuinely, though irrationally, frightened?
Peter
This is a serious question prompted by an interaction I had today with a store clerk who asked me to leave a store and stated that he was doing so because "he was uncomfortable that I was carrying a gun".
I tried asking him if and why he was frightened, to which he responded "guns kill people". My noting that yes but a lot of things can kill people didn't seem to help him calm down.
So I am curious what people say to try and help such people, who seem genuinely, though irrationally, frightened?
Peter