I'd also dip the fuck out if I walk into a restaurant and the manager is strapped. I genuinely wonder at the emotional/mental stability of anyone who thinks they need a gun on them as they go about their day.
"No, don't do that thing entirely on your own that only affects you and has nothing to do with me! That's my business, because I don't like it! Minding your own business means only doing things I like!"
Look, no one will ever manage to stop you from shitting on people for having different cultural values to your own. You might be able to manage doing so in a factually consistent manner. People can mind their own business and still do things that cause you to think or behave In a certain manner. What you're really trying to say is that you can't or don't see why you should mind your own business because you feel your emotional comfort is more important than the other person's wants and needs regarding their own comportment.
Because I’ve heard instances of a customer getting pissed off about something and leaving, only to return with a gun. I don’t carry my piece, nor do I plan to, but I can’t fault anyone for doing so. There are some serious lunatics out there, and all it takes is one bad day.
The chances of some irate customer shooting up the place are exceedingly small, to the point of being completely irrelevant.
It is curious to me that people who carry, "just in case" don't also carry a trauma kit, or a personal fire extinguisher, or an s.o.s. whistle, or an epipen. For some reason, the only uncommon situation most seem concerned with always being prepared for is the one where they get to play action hero and do violence to someone else.
As for your question, it’s probably because people see action movies where dude man shoots the bad guy and saves the day, and looks cool doing it, when 90% of these guys would be just like the cops at Uvalde. Everyone thinks they want to be a hero, but very few of them actually have the resolve. And even fewer consider the consequences. Sure, you stopped the bad guy, but now you have to deal with the fact that you took a human life. I know I wouldn’t be able to live with that.
Wouldn’t you also leave if the manager was walking around with a combat knife? I would definitely question what sort of establishment I’m in if the manager feels the need to be armed.
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