Gun talk at work

[venenoindy]

I started a new job recently and was trying to get to know a person at work, I asked if he had any firearms and he replied that he had a few. He started to tell me some things that did not make any sense but I kept listening as I didn't want to come across as know it all, when I asked what brands did he own I was told that he had a handgun Sig/Glock combo and that is when I just walk away. I don't understand why someone would look really stupid talking about something knowing nothing about it.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Maybe he has a Glock that shoots .357Sig???? Other than that, I wouldn't have any ideas...

 

[ATM]

...I don't understand why someone would look really stupid talking about something knowing nothing about it.

That is an interesting puzzle, isn't it? Sometimes, it's like they just can't stop themselves.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I've got one of those atwork. Last week he claimed he tried to shoot a possum in the head with a 303 Brit at point-blank range and it bounced off its skull without harming it.

 

[MrAverage]

I'm guessing they were in management....likely upper management. Or they have management potential and should be directed to that career path.

 

[Brad69]

I just say yeah uh yeah the whole time I am telling myself "why are you talking".
I recently had a guy tell me his background check came back in less than 2 seconds because he was in "black ops"!
He also stated that he was allowed class III weapons without any special license.
So I asked him to buy a M2 with a shoulder holster for me and I would pay him back.
He agreed but has said nothing futher about it in the past six months.

 

[Old Dog]

It's those plastic guns... you can take top off of one and put it on the bottom of another one, that's how you get the combo. Wait... you would have 2 combo guns. Gotta get me some plastic guns.

 

[littletommy]

There was a guy where I used to work that claimed he had 2 full auto AKs, not that that would be too unusual, but he supposedly acquired them by means of a tornado dropping a gun safe in his yard! He also claimed that he once was pulled over for speeding, and he held the officer at gun point because the cop was out of his jurisdiction, and when the right PD got there, they all laughed and sent him on his way without so much as a ticket.

 

[bwframe]

Loose lips sink ships.
I need to know people pretty well before I talk to them about guns. Otherwise, I just tell them I have a Sig/Glock combo.

 

[gregkl]

Loose lips sink ships.
I need to know people pretty well before I talk to them about guns. Otherwise, I just tell them I have a Sig/Glock combo.

This is what I was thinking reading these posts. I don't even portray that I am a gun owner to anybody. If they find out, it's because we have known each other long enough to have a relationship of some kind and they are into guns.

Otherwise, most people would be surprised that I have anything to do with firearms. Some people have known me for 15+ years and don't know I have guns.

 

[Brad69]

I agree With not displaying your knowledge of firearms.
I just let them tell me fantastic stories about weapons along with the other crap that comes out of there mouth.
I just nod at them I really enjoy when more than one is present and they "one up each other"!

Never heard of the safe in the yard one before!

 

[Indy-Mike]

There was a guy where I used to work that claimed he had 2 full auto AKs, not that that would be too unusual, but he supposedly acquired them by means of a tornado dropping a gun safe in his yard! He also claimed that he once was pulled over for speeding, and he held the officer at gun point because the cop was out of his jurisdiction, and when the right PD got there, they all laughed and sent him on his way without so much as a ticket.

Waiting for the spoof thread for both of these.

 

[Bigtanker]

I'm wondering if he meant 2 guns. Like a 226 on the belt and a 26/42/43 in on the ankle or pocket.

 

[woowoo2]

I had a coworker explain to me how his firearms were properly registered..... In Kentucky.

 

[Butch627]

I work in Chicago, it is not a good career move to discuss firearm ownership

 

[ATM]

I wish there were more bold folks willing to normalize guns, ownership and usage casually and conversationally instead of generally hiding any such association or even knowledge of the subject


...but, to each their own.

 

[Dirtebiker]

There was a guy where I used to work that claimed he had 2 full auto AKs, not that that would be too unusual, but he supposedly acquired them by means of a tornado dropping a gun safe in his yard! He also claimed that he once was pulled over for speeding, and he held the officer at gun point because the cop was out of his jurisdiction, and when the right PD got there, they all laughed and sent him on his way without so much as a ticket.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I've got one of those atwork. Last week he claimed he tried to shoot a possum in the head with a 303 Brit at point-blank range and it bounced off its skull without harming it.

Little dude didn't have one of these on his chest, did he? Superpossum!

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[red_zr24x4]

I work in Chicago, it is not a good career move to discuss firearm ownership

I worked in Chicago for 5 years and most the people I worked with owned, some even carried to work. I work construction by the way.

 

[actaeon277]

I wish there were more bold folks willing to normalize guns, ownership and usage casually and conversationally instead of generally hiding any such association or even knowledge of the subject


...but, to each their own.

I AM
that guy

But I have a big mouth, and generally a lack of concern about feelings. It's one of the reasons why I work where I do.
Also, a big mouth, coupled with being a small kid (back in the day), tended to get me in a LOT of fights.

I work in Chicago, it is not a good career move to discuss firearm ownership

I would do it just to see if I could get someone to faint.



My locker at work is filled with pics of me shooting guns.
One of my "new" bosses decided to say if I didn't get some paperwork done HIS way, he'd KILL me.
I could see the look on his face as he remembered those pics.
To recover, he said that HE doesn't NEED a gun. That back in Philly, he was the "enforcer" of his neighborhood.
My words were.... "whatever dude".

Then I proceeded to do the paperwork my way.
I'm still there.
He's not.

My attitude has not changed. I think if it was going to, it would have happened by now.


Just a note, I think that boss was my 20th boss.
But I could be wrong, I'm starting to lose track of them.