Fess up time

[blainepoe]

Originally Posted by Jack Ryan

Yep. Mistakes at least. I used to think they were big until I started reading internet messege boards. Yep, I keep most of them to myself unless I think some one else is about to make the same one or keep making the same ones I've made AND I think it will help them out.

I don't need accident stories to remind me firearms mistakes get people killed but it doesn't make me angry at all for them to post their "mistake" stories. A few antis may make use of this thread but I don't much care what antis do, think, or any thing else about them. They don't influence what I do.

The implication that making mistakes and then "owning" up to them some how makes a person a man is something I find irritating. It's complete BS in my not so humble opinion. Acting responsibly and setting a good example makes a person a man not that whiney liberal bull about "owning up".

You want an example of a man, look for some one showing the self discipline to behave responsibly so he doesn't have mistakes that get people killed to own up to.

Or just do what ever you want to or feel like at the time. May be someday you'll have something to "own up to". Hope it doesn't get any one killed.

If you have nothing to learn about other people's mistakes, then why would you even read a thread like this? Is it simply to reprimand the original poster?

It takes a certain level of humility and maturity to admit to one's mistakes, and whether it does or not, the original poster's intentions are to help others. He cannot be faulted for that. He does not need to learn a valuable lesson from YOU by being reprimanded; he has already learned that lesson the hard way.

Admiting one's mistakes for the sake of others does not make you a "whining liberal". We all do stupid things from time to time, "to err is human". Hopefully one day you will find some level of humility.
~Joe

[jennybird]

Originally Posted by Jack Ryan

The implication that making mistakes and then "owning" up to them some how makes a person a man is something I find irritating. It's complete BS in my not so humble opinion. Acting responsibly and setting a good example makes a person a man not that whiney liberal bull about "owning up".

It's called accountability. Got some? Or are you one of those that refuses to admit mistakes? Do you cover them up? Do you blame someone else? Or do you simply live by the montra of "deny deny deny"? Yep. Never making a mistake, or at least never owning up to it, is what makes you a REAL man right?

You sound like a Jackass Jack.

[dross]

I have a two year old daughter and though intellectually I know that all parents feel this way, emotionally I can't imagine that anyone has ever loved another person as much as I love that little girl. If I were to cause her death through my own negligence, I'm afraid that I would follow her by my own hand an instant later.

That is why I am so appreciative and thankful for dburkhead's post, and the courage it took to tell us. It reminded me to be more careful and how fast a toddler moves and all the rest of it.

I advise all of you people so sure of your invulnerability to stupid, tragic mistakes to watch yourselves. Humility is safer than sanctimonious pride.

More children drown in toilets and buckets than get accidentally shot. Do all of you self-righteous folks have a child safety devices on your toilet? Let's call child services. How about household poisons? All locked away, never for an instant left one in reach of a small child? No? You're a damned liar. Is your child's carseat carefully and scrupulously installed according to the instructions? Statistics say that 70% are not. How's your driving? Most kids are killed in traffic accidents? Are you one of those I see every day making stupid choices on the road?

I have committed several blunders concerning my child that but for the grace of God, or luck, or the universe or whatever force for good exists didn't turn out in tragedy. For that I'm humbly grateful, and I'm no better than dburkhead just because none of them were with a firearm.

Be grateful the man didn't lose his child, and be thankful that he posted his embarassment for our benefit, and yes, at least one mark of a man is owning up to his mistakes.

I'm repping him, and I hope it irritates the hell out of some of you. You know who you are.

[esrice]

Ok, we're 4 days past this incident and I think everyone who's going to comment probably has, and some multiple times.

We know where everyone stands.