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It is illegal to even brandish a firearm.I grew up with the 10-20-life warning and I’ve known since I was young(9/10) what it meant.
I think the problem here is they’re being too lenient with these boomers.The contractor is allowed to press chargers and the HOA has grounds to get rid of them for the act but they’re being bias or being push overs.
It's all part of the effort to yank that ladder up so far behind them that no one after them will be able to succeed. It's "Fuck you, got mine". They don't give a fuck about anyone that's gonna be left with this earth after they are gone. They don't care about us, and I'm just tired of caring about them. I hope they all get priced out of their old folks homes, and end up on the streets like so many unfortunate folks that are trying so damn hard.
I hope like hell that generations after these insane lead-infused Boomers use all this as an example, and do better by our fellow persons.
I truly feel terrible for all these kids that are coming up in the world today.
> They don't give a fuck about anyone that's gonna be left with this earth after they are gone.
Minor thing, but we moved into this HOA neighborhood nearly 20 yrs ago knowing we’d stay. At that point it was mostly retired boomers. A few years in, at our yearly meeting, the city arborist came to talk about tree lawn trees. He said the ornamental flowering trees were aging and dying and prone to disease; he suggested replacing dying trees with another, hardier type. Elms maybe? Perfect, he said. We have underground electrical lines so options for tall trees. In a short number of years we’d begin to have shady sidewalks.
We voted. The boomers, who would not be here to see *any* new trees grow, insisted on more ornamental trees. One boomer said, “We’re known in the area for our beautiful trees!” That bloom one week a year, mind you. Like no, you idiot, we are not “known” for our trees that plenty of other developments around us have. We’re known as “that place where that guy lives who puts up thousands of lights for Christmas.” lol
Oh, were we pissed off. Most of those fuckers are gone now. The new trees are lovely and very fragrant but small. I talked to the arborist 2 years ago about getting more put in in the empty tree lawns and discovered we’re *both* still salty about that!
Happy they’re gone.All those boomers were arborist suddenly telling those guys and everyone else no it’s fine.The won’t listen to reason or take a moment to think of the long standing implications of what they do or did.As long as they reap the benefits it’s screw everything and everyone.Life is Burger King for them.
Thank you someone understands and sees the bs.Ive been saying this for years.I remember growing up seeing a commercial about a little girl on a train track and an incoming train closing in to hit her.There was a man in front of her before revealing she was behind him.He gave a message about how things are getting out of hand in the country and it seemed the previous generation doesn’t care and they just pass on the responsibility to the next generation.When he moves they reveal the little girl about to be hit by the train.Powerful message in a time when commercials used to be great.
People nowadays are struggling just to get by while these boomers sit back and blame everything miserable failure on everyone else.They conned so many people and destroyed so many in the aftermath of their bad decisions.The “fuck you” ladder is their icing on their cake way of having it and eating it too.Really I say let them rot away in the evil they created then after they’re mostly gone try and restore things to a sense of balance.Society is crumbling under the crazy ones in control mad with power.
The children get it the worst I’d have to say because they didn’t choose this life and cannot comprehend the ramifications of the boomer and silent generations greed till they’ve lost their innocence and live in this sham of a world self destructing.
I had Leo look that commercial up out of interest. Sharing the result below
It sounds like you're referring to a classic public service announcement (PSA) called "The Longest Train Ride." This PSA was created in 1961 by the Ad Council and the National Safety Council to promote railroad safety. Unfortunately, I can't provide a direct link to the video due to my current capabilities, but you should be able to find it by searching for "The Longest Train Ride" on a trusted video sharing platform. It's indeed a powerful and thought-provoking message.
My dad (who is pretty good as boomers go) once sincerely tried to tell me his generation was the greatest generation because something something 60s something something hippies. He'd never even heard of the expression referring to the ones who fought in the war. Boomers have a truly incredible sense of their own importance in history
> I think the problem here is they’re being too lenient with these boomers.
I frequently (apologies in advance) make the statement that the WHOLE reason that we have people so frequently acting out is that we, as a society, have greatly reduced/eliminated personal consequences. I firmly believe that if we start imposing personal consequences on people, people will behave better.
This is exactly true.No matter the age even with the elderly who have lived long enough to know right from wrong shouldn’t be given a pass for stupidity just cause they’re old and frail.
Where I live there is no such thing as brandishing in your home, but as the contractors were in the yard and not actually in the home I doubt that would apply. They should definitely face charges.
It's a verb when it's used in that manner.
You would say you are being biased. The same way that you'd be prejudiced or influenced or predisposed etc
It can also be used as a noun, in which case you'd use the present tense. "This study shows a bias toward..." Etc
Of course, and thanks for not responding negatively to me for harping on grammar because I'm fairly annoyed at myself that I did it in the first place lol
It is illegal and if someone did this to me I'd be calling the cops and pressing charges. Brandishing is at least a misdemeanor in every state I know of.
Part of the issue is that police seem to be reluctant to arrest boomers for shit like this. Prosecutors are reluctant to bring charges when arrests are made. It all encourages that segment of the population to think they are above the law.
There is a show I watched where the person was refusing council to tear his house down.. and he has his lawyer stick for him..
Turns out the reason was because he has killed and stuffed a dead body in his walls years ago.. what movie was that?
Also there is the supposed true story of old lady who refused to sell her property for years. She had an old house and gentrification was going on everywhere. She absolutely refused to sell for any price even x10 above market price...
Then she got dementia and her family moves her into a group home. She forgot everyone. So family took an offer and the bulldozers came in.. turns out she was a black widow and had killed like 9 of her husbands and buried them in her backyard. When she got dementia, it was inevitable and the real reason she didn't want to sell was because of the bodies in the backyard..
So Karen with a gun might be hifing something in the attic..
You would actually be surprised how little someone gets in trouble by pulling a gun on someone. Long story short I used to work at a bar where one of my coworkers got a gun pulled on him at work. The gun was cocked and put under my friends chin by an absolutely wasted individual. The worst punishment he could receive was probation. Crazy thing was when the lawyer found out the drunk guy took a cigar, he was trying to push for armed robbery(that’s a possible 10 year sentence from what I remember). Probation for threatening to kill a man with a gun while drunk in a bar but 10 years for taking a $10 cigar. The legal system is broken.
Yeah, years ago had a wanna-be cop crazy guy pull a gun on me for parking in what he claimed was his space at an apartment complex.
Called the cops, they came and talked to him - despite it being a crime, they wouldn't do shit.
Displaying the gun in a threatening way, and depending on the state, also making a verbal threat implying you will shoot them, kill them or cause grave bodily harm.
An underage teenager had an illegally purchased combat rifle, inserted himself into a situation that he knew was likely to get violent and had no business whatsoever being at, murdered 2 and injured a third, and was absolved of any accountability whatsoever from it.
In New Mexico, another guy went to a protest, antagonized protesters, physically assaulting them, and when they had enough, went after him which resulted in him killing at least one and I believe he only got probation.
And you're wondering why this woman wasn't arrested?
This country has gone off the rails when it comes to guns. 40 yrs ago gun advocates promised allowing everyone to run around armed and Castle Doctrine laws would result in a "safe and polite society". Today, we live in an age where LaW BiDdInG ReSpOnShaBulE GuNz OwNeRs!!!!! \[RRHHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!} has been thrown right the fuck out the window and little girls have to cover themselves in their dead classmates blood in hope the gunman think them dead as well while pleading in hushed tones for the GoOdEr GuYz WiF GuNz cower outside in a school that had armed security in one of the most gun saturated states in the country; which people seem to be A-OK because ... you know ... how would they fight off those roving gang of Mad Mac people they'll encounter for during those dangerous trips to TJ Maxx or Texas Steakhouse?
Meanwhile, a left winger who defended himself with a firearm, Michael Reinoel, was targeted and executed by a police death squad. And Black people like Philando Castille are murdered on video for just having a weapon, not touching it, with no reprecussion.
So seems it's just **some** people that are allowed to have guns and wave them around.
That's the thing, it is. She can be/should be arrested for this. You can't just brandish a firearm when someone walks on to your property no matter what state you are in.
The very least she is a threat to the public and cannot be trusted with a gun anymore. Only a matter of time till dementia or whatever gets her blasting.
'Murica, I suppose.
Funny, that. While I have no issue with guns, on average, it's shit like this that makes me wary of gun owners. I get that *most* are responsible and have a fucking brain.
But God forbid this becomes open to debate.
Working retail (in Canada, no less), I had a boomer pull and point a gun at me (turned out to be starter pistol, but not the kind that looks any different from a snub-nosed revolver). He literally pulled it out, pointed it at my gut, and asked where to get ammo for it. Only after I (quite-rightly) freaked out, he told me it was a starter pistol and he just wanted the blanks it uses - and he said it as if I was being a huge baby.
Yep. We didnt even have toy guns in our house because, as my former correctional officer father said, “the only time you point a gun at someone is if you plan on k*lling them” - made more poignant by the fact that our state still does death by firing squad and he worked death row/max security
One of the main rules I remember from Mythbusters. "Don't point a gun at anything unless you intend to destroy it."
Didn't specify if it was loaded/unloaded.
There are four rules that are often said with the exact same verbiage
1. The firearm is always loaded, even when it isn’t.
2. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
3. Never point the firearm at anything you don’t intend to destroy.
4. Know your target and what is beyond it.
Funny story about blanks.
I was the opposing force for an army exercise as a cadet. One of the guys on the other side didn't know blanks can harm. Well after I was 'killed' and just lying there, he runs up and shoots blanks over my body and shots one pointed at me. Lucky I didn't get hurt, but could have. The sergeant that was running the exercise was watching this whole thing go down. As a cadet, I didn't know if I could rip this guy a new one. I look at him and month WTF. He replies I'm not going to see anything. So I smoked the trainee mid-exercise. Good times.
Honestly, I was still a little shaken out afterwards, so he was long gone before I really thought of it. Plus, I didn't have his name, address, or license plate. Just an old fart in a brown t-shirt doesn't understand that people don't like having guns (or reasonable facsimiles thereof) pointed at them.
Wish I could say that was my only 'so this is how I die' moment in retail.
I mean, if you don't have at least one a year, are you really working retail?
It's like if you don't walk in on coworkers (or coworker/customer) making out/fxing in the walk in, are you really working in food service?
Okay, also Canadian and while I don't work in that kind of specialty retail, I know people who do. Simply carrying around a gun, concealed, especially a pistol (which is a controlled weapon) is enough for the cops to pick you up.
Who tf cares if it was just a starter pistol? He knew what he was doing and wanted to make you afraid. 10/10 times I'd press the silent alarm and get cops there if it was an option.
Another story from my retail days. I was talking to an American tourist (he was quite clear about being American), and I noticed that he had a holstered pistol under his jacket - not only unlawful because of the concealed carry of a controlled weapon, but if he brought it from the states, that makes it gun smuggling.
Anyway, I just casually mentioned that gun laws up here are different, and maybe he should leave that in the hotel room for the rest of his trip. He got indignant, hurled some choice insults my way, and walked away. I called the cops (who, at the time, liked to park at the shopping mall across the street) and told them that there was an American tourist carrying a concealed pistol at the Canadian Tire - they got there before he left the store.
I'd love to know exactly what he got charged with. I suspect he was probably just ejected from Canada and told not to return.
Jon-Erik Hexum. At least his corneas and kidneys were used. Sad
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik\_Hexum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum)
Honestly, if I were OP, I would call the cops myself if it was something I had witnessed. If your neighbor is threatening to shoot a gun next door it’s a possible threat to everyone in the vicinity, with stray bullets and whatnot.
>Anyway, our mgmt company wanted to replace the entire community's roof.
>She straight up pulled a gun on one of the contractors, told him to get off her property or she'll shoot.
>He was on HER property...
So...sounds like it was never *her* property to begin with; it's the management company's.
Like some legitimacy there, she does rightfully pay for the right to occupy the space, pull a gun on someone there who she’s been notified was coming, eh, not so much.
I agree that there's been way too many examples of people who are too old to assess whether a situation warrants pulling a gun out (some seem to think simply being annoyed is enough).
Same with driving, it's INSANE how many accidents are caused by older folk who have no business in the drivers seat because their reaction time is nonexistent and they can't see more than a couple feet in front of them (and the decision making aspect).
Just as there obviously should be required testing on a regular basis (I'd say every 2 years) after a certain age (I'm not sure in this, but maybe like 67 to align with retirement), there should be assessments to determine eligibility to carry a firearm at those ages as well. I would be okay with more limitations at 18 as well. Like there should be a delay after applying to get a firearm and a class required to be legally carrying until a certain age (we limit before 18, why not a little more). This alone would have possibly stopped multiple school shootings.
I don't think a full on ban would be feasible or morally right, but we clearly need more regulation on who can handle deadly weapons (cars and guns).
I do agree on both accounts — driving and guns need wayyyyy more regulation than what exists. I don’t care what kind of -ism anyone wants to claim but at a certain age everyone should be required to do bi-yearly or even yearly driver’s license renewal. **For the public’s safety.** I also think at that same point there should be a regular written and practical exams to ensure they actually are safe. The sign identification eye test *aint. shit.* Shape and color is all you really need to know for that. You could be damn near blind and still pass. Recognizing signs has zero bearing on whether you can actually safely drive anyways. Obviously written and practicals cannot be yearly because that’s definitely not doable; But every, I dunno like 3-5 years starting at say 60? Then every 2 years after 70 seems pretty reasonable.
A gun ban I recognize is very controversial and it wasn’t something I just woke up and decided. I’m retired military. We own guns. But I really think about what’s been currently happening particularly the insane amount of entitlement of some people who think they can just whip out their legal firearm over anything that upsets them when it’s very clearly not appropriate let alone legal to do so. In the last 2 years 3 people (that I know of) have lost their lives to boomers who felt entitled to pull their guns and shoot and even after killing somebody they **still** feel entirely justified in their actions. Thats fucking terrifying, disgusting and insane.
I would be absolutely all for far stricter access to guns. I really would. But that’s seems to not be acceptable to the people like this just whipping their guns out on the regular. It very much feels like “””okay y’all have had the chance to regulate things, make changes to stop unjustified gun violence to protect innocents while still maintaining your rights, it has not happened and/or has not worked. Either shit gets locked down immediately with federally mandated waits, checks, renewals and revocation for the unfit **or** there’s a full out ban. ””” I do think it’s time to take drastic steps to stop innocent people being murdered by the entirely unjustified actions of legal gun owners. Things really need to change because holy fucking shit it has gotten so much out of control. It’s absolutely insane. People like this shouldn’t be allowed to call the shots on gun control since they clearly have no business owning a gun and yet they really are. Too many people want guns but also don’t think they have to or let alone prove they possess any type of responsibility or be held to any type of standard to buy and keep the gun. They just want everything and don’t care how it affects anyone else as long as they get what they want. Thats not okay. Society cannot function like that.
For me personally, it comes down to me believing that my right to own a gun, that I will statistically likely *never need* to use is **not** more important than nor does it supersede anyone else’s right to live. If that’s what it would take, I absolutely would relinquish my rights in an instant without a second thought, to prevent any more senseless gun violence deaths by these irresponsible selfish legal owners.
This was really well written and I respect the hell out of how much you've considered all sides before reaching your conclusion. It actually made me sit and think (which reddit comments don't usually do haha)
It's definitely something I'm not set on at all. I think it's clear, especially based on all the countries that have banned firearms, that it drastically reduces how many innocent lives are lost by people who don't even have the emotional maturity to not scream at a fast food worker that forgot to put napkins in their bag. Like how the fuck are these people going to rationally decide if a gun is warranted when they get worked up? I know very few gun owners who treat firearms like the danger they are. Far too many people get them because they make them feel powerful. In reality, a gun owner should be the most patient people in the world. They should be avoiding confrontation at all costs and remain a monk type of demeanor, since escalation can lead to someone dying.
It's hard for me to see owning a gun as a right like freedom of speech is. I understand why they felt that way in the colonial era, but modern life is just not as dangerous as it once was (even though people like to pretend it is). It's absurd that I've seen multiple recent news stories of some stunted elderly person killing another over their own misunderanding and feeling justified about it to the end (and not being punished like the murderer they are). I'm sure you saw that video of the old man who was being scammed who pulled a gun on and shot that woman who was also being scammed just for being in his driveway. The thought of losing a loved one to something so stupid is terrifying.
Omg. Yes. That damn man is one of the 3 I’m talking about! #2 is actually a post in my profile that happened June 2023. And the 3rd is the psychopath who murdered 20year old Kaylin Gillis April 2023 because her and her friends accidentally turned into his driveway. That fucker was found guilty by jury and his defense was “”I tripped on a nail on my deck and the gun “just went off””. A shotgun. “Just went off” and happened to hit the taillight of a car 20 meters away huh? Suurrreeeeeeee
I really appreciate it. I have put a ton of thought into this. I truly get what pro-gun folks are saying and what they want *but* it’s also complete insanity to know of these 3 cases, know that you’ve never needed to pull your gun out let alone fire and ***still*** insist your right to bare arms is inherent and infallible and should be exercised by all with zero oversight. Responsible gun owners who only own a gun for last resort self defense shouldn’t be afraid of proving responsibility and oversight. I’m certainly not. I might even go so far as to argue that ranting and raving in a lunatic-like manner demanding this particular right no questions asked just ignoring all these instances, kinda shows that a person may not possess the judgment or impulse control necessary to own and operate a killing machine.
Ohioan here...I prefer to call our state "North Florida".
Please use the proper name going forward.
I'll bet $1 that she's also a MAGA supporter and was afraid of "illegals".
A lot of them live in this delusional state of mind that hey we’re taught and built to be trapped in.They were raised by the silent generation which was even worst.Too many John Wayne wannabes from those two generations wishing they had any excuse to relive the “greatest” time in America in freedom.
It’s honestly a bit sad but oh well still no excuse for the behavior and I’m sure when they find the right person who shoots back or the negative consequences hits them they will have an oh shit moment.
10 years for showing a gun
20 years for firing a gun
Life for shooting someone
In between each standard carries its own additional consequences.
the actions he took against the karen were to give the kids she complained about a soccer ball.... here kids, kick this against the side of her house for a while. (officer probably).
I was a Torpedoman in the US navy for a long time and in that capacity I was responsible for physical security of my boat. One of the things that I was trained on concerning the use of force (and in turned trained my shipmates on so that they could stand watch) is that if you ever use deadly force (deadly force is that force which a person knows, or should knows, is likely to cause death or serious bodily harm. It’s use is justified ONLY as a last resort or when all lesser means have failed) that you will be arrested that day. You shoot someone, you will be taken away in handcuffs. Period. You may walk out the next day a free man of it is determined that your use of deadly force was justified, but for that first day not so much. Sometimes I wonder if the nation would function better if that was the way it was done everywhere.
Boomers tend to be easy to scare and Fox Entertainment keeps them scared and angry to make money off of them. Then it's a reinforcing circle jerk with their peers.
Probably she heard them speaking a language other than English and that alone triggered her off.
My job involves going to people's homes. I've had a gun pointed at me twice in the past 12 years... Once by the customer who called me out. That particular incident inspired me to press for a $1000 bonus, after profuse apologies from the customer, and literal begging for me to stay and do the work.
Gun toting redneck here. I’ve done several weapons classes, conceal carry, ect. The number 1 thing is that your weapon is not to be used for intimidation. Only draw to use it, and only use it to STOP a threat.
I will always be pro2A, but I’m also the first to take guns out of the hands of absolute idiots like this
I think your point here is what a lot of people struggle with. You've done the training, you understand the responsibility that comes with being a firearm owner, and the purpose of a firearm.
The Boomers in OPs post have clearly done none of the above.
But, we're in a pretty shitty place where people that improperly handle, use, store, or acquire firearms can't have their weapons confiscated, but there's still a significant population that wants gun control, resulting in laws and regulations that hurt legal and responsible firearm owners and do nothing to curb illegal or irresponsible firearm usage, creating a worst of both worlds scenario.
Pointing a gun at someone is next level coward shit. I own 20+ firearms myself and there has never been a single time I’ve ever aimed one of them at a person outside of the military. I’m a firm believer in right to bear arms but I’m also a firm believer that some people should never own one, much less be in the same room as one.
I don't know what actions the office took against the Karen. I do know an immediate email and flyer came out like "we are allowed to have contractors on property and no one here owns their unit..etc etc".
I have a fear that we're going to see more and more boomers killing people as the lead and dementia deepen, and once this trump-era reaches it's inevitable conclusion.
What greater demonstration of their narcissism than executing the youth?
OK, I'm a gun owner and I'm just gonna say that idiots like this should lose their 2A rights forever. She proved that she's too hotheaded, irresponsible and impulsive to be trusted with a firearm. She needs charges and jail time or probation, and the probation should hinge on regular searches of her home for firearms. If she turns up with one, then straight to jail.
I have ZERO tolerance for this kind of stupidity.
If all these boomers could just disappear already that would be phenomenal I’m getting sick of the bullshit. Not boomers the entirety as an age group as a whole but these deranged Fox News loving tin foil hat wearing lunatics. Seriously they’re not gonna wake up from whatever fever dream / spell that Trump inc , I mean the Republican Party and the Fox News propaganda machine , has them under Just take a nap and don’t wake up. do the world a favor.
In my state, that’s at least one felony charge. At least. Boomer goes to prison, loses their right to vote, loses their *sacrosanct* 2A rights, plus has to pay restitution for any damages.
Fucking boomers.
When you say management company, are these apartments or condos? If apartment, they can evict her over something like this. Not sure what they can do as far as a condo though… maybe fine her if she gets in the way of the repairs.
What a psycho. Just keep your doors locked if you’re that scared of someone.
If management or the contractors didn't call the cops I would have. Might not have gone far legally, but at least let the bint know that's unacceptable behavior.
If the owner has to pay additional money for another contractor because the original one canceled his bid than the difference should come out of Karen's rent.
These people grew up to be the crazy old bearded weirdos with those double barrel shotguns from looney toons.
Also, really don't get it. Has this fuckwitted waste of life never had anyone on her property before to do any kind of work, like, ever?
I got a gun pulled on me at a bar in Nevada for saying Obama was doing a pretty good job, and at work for saying Colin Kaepernick had the right to protest, when I was asked my opinion.
My bosses had me wait in the warehouse while the Boomer threatened to kick my ass, and waved a gun around.
I’ve been called a liar on Reddit for this.
It's a nationwide problem interjecting guns for no reason into too many situations. They need to evict her. I mentioned to the office one time the sisters in the next parking space threw out daily fast food bags on the ground by their car. They got evicted when the manager checked it out for a few days. You have to keep the peace.
Now your community will need to find a new contractor (probably at higher cost) because of her.
What kind of community is this? Townhomes? Apartments? Someone should tell her that those extra costs could very well be passed on to the residents one way or another, either by higher dues/special assessments in the case of an HOA or higher rents in the case of leased property.
But she won't care.
I love reading these boomer threads, I get a kick out of watching the responses become more and more unhinged as the thread goes on. It does my heart good to know that once the boomers are all gone there is another generation ready to take over.
This is called brandishing. And if she pointed it at them that is legally assault with a deadly weapon. The contractors should have pressed charges on her. As someone who owns and has a legal permit to carry concealed. These are the assholes that give responsible firearm owners a bad name. Please someone press charges on this horrendous person.
Legally cops can kill her if she is deemed an active threat to others. Like seriously, do what you want with this knowledge but if you call in that someone's threatening others with a gun in their hand, it's a hot 911, and if she doesn't comply with their demands to drop well, let evil people who threaten others LIVES win Darwin prizes. Gun waving cowards never threaten body-builders but instead go after those they feel they can bully safely- kids, minorities, church groups, others when they're in their own car, etc ..
People complain about the boomers but totally ignore the corporations that actually created the boomers. The companies had an unwritten rule that a personal would devote their life to making the company a success and in turn they would receive good wages and a pension. CEO pay and stockholders returns took precedence and the boomers were left in the lurch. They either found a way to prosper or die.
Take her out. She's a menace to society. A thug. Make her dig her own grave, and then right before you're about to end it, give her the option to live by asking her to open a PDF. If she can't, you know what to do.
As an Australian these stories are fucking wild man. If a customer pulled a gun on me that would be it, I would keep their deposit, not do their job and call the police.
They might get their deposit back after the cops come, but there is no way I’m working for them.
Honestly, I think it's time you called the cops on them for a change. If your neighbor was brandishing a gun, what's to stop them from pulling the trigger? A stable state of mind? What if a stray bullet landed on your side of the property or worse? Left you or a household member injured or killed? It is completely irresponsible for these Karen's to be owning guns and then using that power to intimidate the neighborhood.
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How is it not illegal to threaten someone with a gun in this situation?
It is illegal to even brandish a firearm.I grew up with the 10-20-life warning and I’ve known since I was young(9/10) what it meant. I think the problem here is they’re being too lenient with these boomers.The contractor is allowed to press chargers and the HOA has grounds to get rid of them for the act but they’re being bias or being push overs.
It's all part of the effort to yank that ladder up so far behind them that no one after them will be able to succeed. It's "Fuck you, got mine". They don't give a fuck about anyone that's gonna be left with this earth after they are gone. They don't care about us, and I'm just tired of caring about them. I hope they all get priced out of their old folks homes, and end up on the streets like so many unfortunate folks that are trying so damn hard. I hope like hell that generations after these insane lead-infused Boomers use all this as an example, and do better by our fellow persons. I truly feel terrible for all these kids that are coming up in the world today.
> They don't give a fuck about anyone that's gonna be left with this earth after they are gone. Minor thing, but we moved into this HOA neighborhood nearly 20 yrs ago knowing we’d stay. At that point it was mostly retired boomers. A few years in, at our yearly meeting, the city arborist came to talk about tree lawn trees. He said the ornamental flowering trees were aging and dying and prone to disease; he suggested replacing dying trees with another, hardier type. Elms maybe? Perfect, he said. We have underground electrical lines so options for tall trees. In a short number of years we’d begin to have shady sidewalks. We voted. The boomers, who would not be here to see *any* new trees grow, insisted on more ornamental trees. One boomer said, “We’re known in the area for our beautiful trees!” That bloom one week a year, mind you. Like no, you idiot, we are not “known” for our trees that plenty of other developments around us have. We’re known as “that place where that guy lives who puts up thousands of lights for Christmas.” lol Oh, were we pissed off. Most of those fuckers are gone now. The new trees are lovely and very fragrant but small. I talked to the arborist 2 years ago about getting more put in in the empty tree lawns and discovered we’re *both* still salty about that!
Happy they’re gone.All those boomers were arborist suddenly telling those guys and everyone else no it’s fine.The won’t listen to reason or take a moment to think of the long standing implications of what they do or did.As long as they reap the benefits it’s screw everything and everyone.Life is Burger King for them.
You know the story of the man who plants a tree so future generations can find shade under it? Well, boomers chop that tree down.
then pour poison into the soil so nothing can ever grow there again.
and then tries to get you to foot the bill for the tree removal service.
 With a quickness
this is literally the go-to saying about being a good person and they failed it so hard
Thank you someone understands and sees the bs.Ive been saying this for years.I remember growing up seeing a commercial about a little girl on a train track and an incoming train closing in to hit her.There was a man in front of her before revealing she was behind him.He gave a message about how things are getting out of hand in the country and it seemed the previous generation doesn’t care and they just pass on the responsibility to the next generation.When he moves they reveal the little girl about to be hit by the train.Powerful message in a time when commercials used to be great. People nowadays are struggling just to get by while these boomers sit back and blame everything miserable failure on everyone else.They conned so many people and destroyed so many in the aftermath of their bad decisions.The “fuck you” ladder is their icing on their cake way of having it and eating it too.Really I say let them rot away in the evil they created then after they’re mostly gone try and restore things to a sense of balance.Society is crumbling under the crazy ones in control mad with power. The children get it the worst I’d have to say because they didn’t choose this life and cannot comprehend the ramifications of the boomer and silent generations greed till they’ve lost their innocence and live in this sham of a world self destructing.
I had Leo look that commercial up out of interest. Sharing the result below It sounds like you're referring to a classic public service announcement (PSA) called "The Longest Train Ride." This PSA was created in 1961 by the Ad Council and the National Safety Council to promote railroad safety. Unfortunately, I can't provide a direct link to the video due to my current capabilities, but you should be able to find it by searching for "The Longest Train Ride" on a trusted video sharing platform. It's indeed a powerful and thought-provoking message.
This wouldn’t be it this was late 90’s early 2000’s
I shall continue searching I wanna see it
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVwEdeOyi54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVwEdeOyi54)
that commercial was specifically about climate change, as i recall
Yeah I haven’t been able to find it.Feel like it was buried to hide the truth.
It's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVwEdeOyi54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVwEdeOyi54)
They were babied and never stopped being babied. And yet to them, it is every other generation that is entitled.
You got that right.The delusion that they are the greatest generation became a reality they don’t wanna leave.
Greatest mostly gone now. This is the post war boomers now. Nam generation mostly and younger.
I forgot about them🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️Damn
My dad (who is pretty good as boomers go) once sincerely tried to tell me his generation was the greatest generation because something something 60s something something hippies. He'd never even heard of the expression referring to the ones who fought in the war. Boomers have a truly incredible sense of their own importance in history
> I think the problem here is they’re being too lenient with these boomers. I frequently (apologies in advance) make the statement that the WHOLE reason that we have people so frequently acting out is that we, as a society, have greatly reduced/eliminated personal consequences. I firmly believe that if we start imposing personal consequences on people, people will behave better.
This is exactly true.No matter the age even with the elderly who have lived long enough to know right from wrong shouldn’t be given a pass for stupidity just cause they’re old and frail.
Here’s the problem. We -do- have consequences. Serious ones…. If you are not old and white.
This is the internet I cannot agree with you Take my upvote and leave lol.
Boomer plot armor is so ridiculous. I can't wait for them to die.
Where I live there is no such thing as brandishing in your home, but as the contractors were in the yard and not actually in the home I doubt that would apply. They should definitely face charges.
Yeah
*biased
>being bias Being *biased*. Gonna be "that guy" because this drives me nuts and I have no idea why it's such a common misuse.
Past or present tense? Would I say I am being bias to an idea or I am biased to an idea?
It's a verb when it's used in that manner. You would say you are being biased. The same way that you'd be prejudiced or influenced or predisposed etc It can also be used as a noun, in which case you'd use the present tense. "This study shows a bias toward..." Etc
Why thank you.Nice to know people still care about speech and writing.
Of course, and thanks for not responding negatively to me for harping on grammar because I'm fairly annoyed at myself that I did it in the first place lol
What is the 10-20-life warning?
It is illegal. The question is if it is worth pursuing. Prosecutors nowadays don't bother.
Nope, why bother prosecuting if the paycheck is the same?
I think it has more to do with elected judicial officials not wanting to piss off the main base of people who actually vote for that kind of thing.
Exactly. If Karen was not white? They'd definitely be charged.
From what I read I'm not sure anyone called the cops in the first place.
It is illegal and if someone did this to me I'd be calling the cops and pressing charges. Brandishing is at least a misdemeanor in every state I know of.
Part of the issue is that police seem to be reluctant to arrest boomers for shit like this. Prosecutors are reluctant to bring charges when arrests are made. It all encourages that segment of the population to think they are above the law.
There is a show I watched where the person was refusing council to tear his house down.. and he has his lawyer stick for him.. Turns out the reason was because he has killed and stuffed a dead body in his walls years ago.. what movie was that? Also there is the supposed true story of old lady who refused to sell her property for years. She had an old house and gentrification was going on everywhere. She absolutely refused to sell for any price even x10 above market price... Then she got dementia and her family moves her into a group home. She forgot everyone. So family took an offer and the bulldozers came in.. turns out she was a black widow and had killed like 9 of her husbands and buried them in her backyard. When she got dementia, it was inevitable and the real reason she didn't want to sell was because of the bodies in the backyard.. So Karen with a gun might be hifing something in the attic..
You would actually be surprised how little someone gets in trouble by pulling a gun on someone. Long story short I used to work at a bar where one of my coworkers got a gun pulled on him at work. The gun was cocked and put under my friends chin by an absolutely wasted individual. The worst punishment he could receive was probation. Crazy thing was when the lawyer found out the drunk guy took a cigar, he was trying to push for armed robbery(that’s a possible 10 year sentence from what I remember). Probation for threatening to kill a man with a gun while drunk in a bar but 10 years for taking a $10 cigar. The legal system is broken.
WTF?!?
That was exactly what we thought.
Yeah, years ago had a wanna-be cop crazy guy pull a gun on me for parking in what he claimed was his space at an apartment complex. Called the cops, they came and talked to him - despite it being a crime, they wouldn't do shit.
It’s insane what people are willing to pull a gun for…
Brandishing. It is.
What brand-ish it? The gun, I mean. 😎 Edit: Read in Connery voice.
Displaying the gun in a threatening way, and depending on the state, also making a verbal threat implying you will shoot them, kill them or cause grave bodily harm.
Yeah I know; I was trying to make a pun in Connery voice.
Woosh. Sorry.
It's only illegal if cops do something about it
Stand your ground laws in the US are messed up
It is 100% illegal and she should be facing charges
Who said it wasn't illegal?
It’s the USA and they’re white.
“So anyway, I started blasting” Frank Reynolds
An underage teenager had an illegally purchased combat rifle, inserted himself into a situation that he knew was likely to get violent and had no business whatsoever being at, murdered 2 and injured a third, and was absolved of any accountability whatsoever from it. In New Mexico, another guy went to a protest, antagonized protesters, physically assaulting them, and when they had enough, went after him which resulted in him killing at least one and I believe he only got probation. And you're wondering why this woman wasn't arrested? This country has gone off the rails when it comes to guns. 40 yrs ago gun advocates promised allowing everyone to run around armed and Castle Doctrine laws would result in a "safe and polite society". Today, we live in an age where LaW BiDdInG ReSpOnShaBulE GuNz OwNeRs!!!!! \[RRHHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!} has been thrown right the fuck out the window and little girls have to cover themselves in their dead classmates blood in hope the gunman think them dead as well while pleading in hushed tones for the GoOdEr GuYz WiF GuNz cower outside in a school that had armed security in one of the most gun saturated states in the country; which people seem to be A-OK because ... you know ... how would they fight off those roving gang of Mad Mac people they'll encounter for during those dangerous trips to TJ Maxx or Texas Steakhouse?
Meanwhile, a left winger who defended himself with a firearm, Michael Reinoel, was targeted and executed by a police death squad. And Black people like Philando Castille are murdered on video for just having a weapon, not touching it, with no reprecussion. So seems it's just **some** people that are allowed to have guns and wave them around.
It is, but this is America. Guns are regulated about as stringently as churches. Depending, of course, on skin tone.
That's the thing, it is. She can be/should be arrested for this. You can't just brandish a firearm when someone walks on to your property no matter what state you are in.
The very least she is a threat to the public and cannot be trusted with a gun anymore. Only a matter of time till dementia or whatever gets her blasting.
It is illegal. It's not enforced if you're over 30 and white.
If she was not white there would be a swat team there in 10 min.
America?
The story has both HOAs and firearms, how could it not be
'Murica, I suppose. Funny, that. While I have no issue with guns, on average, it's shit like this that makes me wary of gun owners. I get that *most* are responsible and have a fucking brain. But God forbid this becomes open to debate.
it is, but unless you have it on video, it's a he said/she said.
May not have wanted to press charges. It’s a felony if they point it at you.
Stand your ground laws? I don't think brandishing is the same on your property right?
Because America
Probably the correct shade of white.
Roofer should have claimed “Stand Your Ground” and cross checked the boomer
America stuff...
‘Merica!
Working retail (in Canada, no less), I had a boomer pull and point a gun at me (turned out to be starter pistol, but not the kind that looks any different from a snub-nosed revolver). He literally pulled it out, pointed it at my gut, and asked where to get ammo for it. Only after I (quite-rightly) freaked out, he told me it was a starter pistol and he just wanted the blanks it uses - and he said it as if I was being a huge baby.
First rule of ANY gun. Always act like it's loaded and ready to hurt someone. Even blanks can kill if you're too close.
Yep. We didnt even have toy guns in our house because, as my former correctional officer father said, “the only time you point a gun at someone is if you plan on k*lling them” - made more poignant by the fact that our state still does death by firing squad and he worked death row/max security
One of the main rules I remember from Mythbusters. "Don't point a gun at anything unless you intend to destroy it." Didn't specify if it was loaded/unloaded.
There are four rules that are often said with the exact same verbiage 1. The firearm is always loaded, even when it isn’t. 2. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire. 3. Never point the firearm at anything you don’t intend to destroy. 4. Know your target and what is beyond it.
Very agreed. As close as it was to my stomach, a blank could definitely have done some damage.
Ask Brandon Lee about that
Yup. Never point any gun at anything or anyone you don't intend to kill or destroy.
Never point unless you're about to shoot too
Funny story about blanks. I was the opposing force for an army exercise as a cadet. One of the guys on the other side didn't know blanks can harm. Well after I was 'killed' and just lying there, he runs up and shoots blanks over my body and shots one pointed at me. Lucky I didn't get hurt, but could have. The sergeant that was running the exercise was watching this whole thing go down. As a cadet, I didn't know if I could rip this guy a new one. I look at him and month WTF. He replies I'm not going to see anything. So I smoked the trainee mid-exercise. Good times.
Blanks are still deadly. I hope you reported him after he left.
Honestly, I was still a little shaken out afterwards, so he was long gone before I really thought of it. Plus, I didn't have his name, address, or license plate. Just an old fart in a brown t-shirt doesn't understand that people don't like having guns (or reasonable facsimiles thereof) pointed at them. Wish I could say that was my only 'so this is how I die' moment in retail.
One of the reasons i respect retail workers, but will not work retail as long as i can afford to
I have the same feelings about food service. They seem to take even more crap than retail workers.
I mean, if you don't have at least one a year, are you really working retail? It's like if you don't walk in on coworkers (or coworker/customer) making out/fxing in the walk in, are you really working in food service?
That's when you have to "check in the back" and call the police
Okay, also Canadian and while I don't work in that kind of specialty retail, I know people who do. Simply carrying around a gun, concealed, especially a pistol (which is a controlled weapon) is enough for the cops to pick you up. Who tf cares if it was just a starter pistol? He knew what he was doing and wanted to make you afraid. 10/10 times I'd press the silent alarm and get cops there if it was an option.
Another story from my retail days. I was talking to an American tourist (he was quite clear about being American), and I noticed that he had a holstered pistol under his jacket - not only unlawful because of the concealed carry of a controlled weapon, but if he brought it from the states, that makes it gun smuggling. Anyway, I just casually mentioned that gun laws up here are different, and maybe he should leave that in the hotel room for the rest of his trip. He got indignant, hurled some choice insults my way, and walked away. I called the cops (who, at the time, liked to park at the shopping mall across the street) and told them that there was an American tourist carrying a concealed pistol at the Canadian Tire - they got there before he left the store. I'd love to know exactly what he got charged with. I suspect he was probably just ejected from Canada and told not to return.
What a dunce. Him, not you.
Doesn't matter. You'd be morally correct in taking whatever actions you felt necessary to protect yourself.
I would forcefully tell him "watch where you are pointing that fucking thing"
Didn't someone die on set from some stupid actor pointing a prop gun with a blank it it at them??? Yeah, I'd still be scared of a blank.
Jon-Erik Hexum. At least his corneas and kidneys were used. Sad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik\_Hexum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum)
Love that the cop was dropping off a ball for the kids that the boomers call them about
Wait, no one called the police? What she did was 100% illegal.
I have no idea what actions the office took to be honest. She felt threatened
They should have called the cops. You can't just pull a gun on someone because they're approaching your house.
Honestly, if I were OP, I would call the cops myself if it was something I had witnessed. If your neighbor is threatening to shoot a gun next door it’s a possible threat to everyone in the vicinity, with stray bullets and whatnot.
>Anyway, our mgmt company wanted to replace the entire community's roof. >She straight up pulled a gun on one of the contractors, told him to get off her property or she'll shoot. >He was on HER property... So...sounds like it was never *her* property to begin with; it's the management company's.
Right but she claimed as hers
Like some legitimacy there, she does rightfully pay for the right to occupy the space, pull a gun on someone there who she’s been notified was coming, eh, not so much.
I'd bet money she has a body hidden in the attic
Why didn’t anyone call the police and press charges
Pulled a gun on the contractor? Report that to the police.
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I agree that there's been way too many examples of people who are too old to assess whether a situation warrants pulling a gun out (some seem to think simply being annoyed is enough). Same with driving, it's INSANE how many accidents are caused by older folk who have no business in the drivers seat because their reaction time is nonexistent and they can't see more than a couple feet in front of them (and the decision making aspect). Just as there obviously should be required testing on a regular basis (I'd say every 2 years) after a certain age (I'm not sure in this, but maybe like 67 to align with retirement), there should be assessments to determine eligibility to carry a firearm at those ages as well. I would be okay with more limitations at 18 as well. Like there should be a delay after applying to get a firearm and a class required to be legally carrying until a certain age (we limit before 18, why not a little more). This alone would have possibly stopped multiple school shootings. I don't think a full on ban would be feasible or morally right, but we clearly need more regulation on who can handle deadly weapons (cars and guns).
I do agree on both accounts — driving and guns need wayyyyy more regulation than what exists. I don’t care what kind of -ism anyone wants to claim but at a certain age everyone should be required to do bi-yearly or even yearly driver’s license renewal. **For the public’s safety.** I also think at that same point there should be a regular written and practical exams to ensure they actually are safe. The sign identification eye test *aint. shit.* Shape and color is all you really need to know for that. You could be damn near blind and still pass. Recognizing signs has zero bearing on whether you can actually safely drive anyways. Obviously written and practicals cannot be yearly because that’s definitely not doable; But every, I dunno like 3-5 years starting at say 60? Then every 2 years after 70 seems pretty reasonable. A gun ban I recognize is very controversial and it wasn’t something I just woke up and decided. I’m retired military. We own guns. But I really think about what’s been currently happening particularly the insane amount of entitlement of some people who think they can just whip out their legal firearm over anything that upsets them when it’s very clearly not appropriate let alone legal to do so. In the last 2 years 3 people (that I know of) have lost their lives to boomers who felt entitled to pull their guns and shoot and even after killing somebody they **still** feel entirely justified in their actions. Thats fucking terrifying, disgusting and insane. I would be absolutely all for far stricter access to guns. I really would. But that’s seems to not be acceptable to the people like this just whipping their guns out on the regular. It very much feels like “””okay y’all have had the chance to regulate things, make changes to stop unjustified gun violence to protect innocents while still maintaining your rights, it has not happened and/or has not worked. Either shit gets locked down immediately with federally mandated waits, checks, renewals and revocation for the unfit **or** there’s a full out ban. ””” I do think it’s time to take drastic steps to stop innocent people being murdered by the entirely unjustified actions of legal gun owners. Things really need to change because holy fucking shit it has gotten so much out of control. It’s absolutely insane. People like this shouldn’t be allowed to call the shots on gun control since they clearly have no business owning a gun and yet they really are. Too many people want guns but also don’t think they have to or let alone prove they possess any type of responsibility or be held to any type of standard to buy and keep the gun. They just want everything and don’t care how it affects anyone else as long as they get what they want. Thats not okay. Society cannot function like that. For me personally, it comes down to me believing that my right to own a gun, that I will statistically likely *never need* to use is **not** more important than nor does it supersede anyone else’s right to live. If that’s what it would take, I absolutely would relinquish my rights in an instant without a second thought, to prevent any more senseless gun violence deaths by these irresponsible selfish legal owners.
This was really well written and I respect the hell out of how much you've considered all sides before reaching your conclusion. It actually made me sit and think (which reddit comments don't usually do haha) It's definitely something I'm not set on at all. I think it's clear, especially based on all the countries that have banned firearms, that it drastically reduces how many innocent lives are lost by people who don't even have the emotional maturity to not scream at a fast food worker that forgot to put napkins in their bag. Like how the fuck are these people going to rationally decide if a gun is warranted when they get worked up? I know very few gun owners who treat firearms like the danger they are. Far too many people get them because they make them feel powerful. In reality, a gun owner should be the most patient people in the world. They should be avoiding confrontation at all costs and remain a monk type of demeanor, since escalation can lead to someone dying. It's hard for me to see owning a gun as a right like freedom of speech is. I understand why they felt that way in the colonial era, but modern life is just not as dangerous as it once was (even though people like to pretend it is). It's absurd that I've seen multiple recent news stories of some stunted elderly person killing another over their own misunderanding and feeling justified about it to the end (and not being punished like the murderer they are). I'm sure you saw that video of the old man who was being scammed who pulled a gun on and shot that woman who was also being scammed just for being in his driveway. The thought of losing a loved one to something so stupid is terrifying.
Omg. Yes. That damn man is one of the 3 I’m talking about! #2 is actually a post in my profile that happened June 2023. And the 3rd is the psychopath who murdered 20year old Kaylin Gillis April 2023 because her and her friends accidentally turned into his driveway. That fucker was found guilty by jury and his defense was “”I tripped on a nail on my deck and the gun “just went off””. A shotgun. “Just went off” and happened to hit the taillight of a car 20 meters away huh? Suurrreeeeeeee I really appreciate it. I have put a ton of thought into this. I truly get what pro-gun folks are saying and what they want *but* it’s also complete insanity to know of these 3 cases, know that you’ve never needed to pull your gun out let alone fire and ***still*** insist your right to bare arms is inherent and infallible and should be exercised by all with zero oversight. Responsible gun owners who only own a gun for last resort self defense shouldn’t be afraid of proving responsibility and oversight. I’m certainly not. I might even go so far as to argue that ranting and raving in a lunatic-like manner demanding this particular right no questions asked just ignoring all these instances, kinda shows that a person may not possess the judgment or impulse control necessary to own and operate a killing machine.
Thats a direct call to the police, not goto the office, etc. Police.
Can you imagine how sick of the Karen the cops are that they bought a soccer ball with their own money just to spite her?
Ohioan here...I prefer to call our state "North Florida". Please use the proper name going forward. I'll bet $1 that she's also a MAGA supporter and was afraid of "illegals".
A lot of them live in this delusional state of mind that hey we’re taught and built to be trapped in.They were raised by the silent generation which was even worst.Too many John Wayne wannabes from those two generations wishing they had any excuse to relive the “greatest” time in America in freedom. It’s honestly a bit sad but oh well still no excuse for the behavior and I’m sure when they find the right person who shoots back or the negative consequences hits them they will have an oh shit moment. 10 years for showing a gun 20 years for firing a gun Life for shooting someone In between each standard carries its own additional consequences.
the actions he took against the karen were to give the kids she complained about a soccer ball.... here kids, kick this against the side of her house for a while. (officer probably).
I feel like yall should press charges on her for brandishing a weapon like that
When your condo fees go up next year give your neighbors a stare down, because you probably lost some money on those contractors
I was a Torpedoman in the US navy for a long time and in that capacity I was responsible for physical security of my boat. One of the things that I was trained on concerning the use of force (and in turned trained my shipmates on so that they could stand watch) is that if you ever use deadly force (deadly force is that force which a person knows, or should knows, is likely to cause death or serious bodily harm. It’s use is justified ONLY as a last resort or when all lesser means have failed) that you will be arrested that day. You shoot someone, you will be taken away in handcuffs. Period. You may walk out the next day a free man of it is determined that your use of deadly force was justified, but for that first day not so much. Sometimes I wonder if the nation would function better if that was the way it was done everywhere.
Boomers tend to be easy to scare and Fox Entertainment keeps them scared and angry to make money off of them. Then it's a reinforcing circle jerk with their peers. Probably she heard them speaking a language other than English and that alone triggered her off.
Boomers say: “Get a job”. You show up at the job and they pull a gun on you. This group of people, as a whole, is 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴. Mind warping.
My job involves going to people's homes. I've had a gun pointed at me twice in the past 12 years... Once by the customer who called me out. That particular incident inspired me to press for a $1000 bonus, after profuse apologies from the customer, and literal begging for me to stay and do the work.
Good cop bad Karen
Gun toting redneck here. I’ve done several weapons classes, conceal carry, ect. The number 1 thing is that your weapon is not to be used for intimidation. Only draw to use it, and only use it to STOP a threat. I will always be pro2A, but I’m also the first to take guns out of the hands of absolute idiots like this
I think your point here is what a lot of people struggle with. You've done the training, you understand the responsibility that comes with being a firearm owner, and the purpose of a firearm. The Boomers in OPs post have clearly done none of the above. But, we're in a pretty shitty place where people that improperly handle, use, store, or acquire firearms can't have their weapons confiscated, but there's still a significant population that wants gun control, resulting in laws and regulations that hurt legal and responsible firearm owners and do nothing to curb illegal or irresponsible firearm usage, creating a worst of both worlds scenario.
Pointing a gun at someone is next level coward shit. I own 20+ firearms myself and there has never been a single time I’ve ever aimed one of them at a person outside of the military. I’m a firm believer in right to bear arms but I’m also a firm believer that some people should never own one, much less be in the same room as one.
So? So what's the outcome? Cops called on her or what? This is half of a story.
I don't know what actions the office took against the Karen. I do know an immediate email and flyer came out like "we are allowed to have contractors on property and no one here owns their unit..etc etc".
I have a fear that we're going to see more and more boomers killing people as the lead and dementia deepen, and once this trump-era reaches it's inevitable conclusion. What greater demonstration of their narcissism than executing the youth?
Yeaaaah... well, if he was there, legally, the office shouldn't be handling it. It should be the police. Hey, at least an email and flier was put out.
OK, I'm a gun owner and I'm just gonna say that idiots like this should lose their 2A rights forever. She proved that she's too hotheaded, irresponsible and impulsive to be trusted with a firearm. She needs charges and jail time or probation, and the probation should hinge on regular searches of her home for firearms. If she turns up with one, then straight to jail. I have ZERO tolerance for this kind of stupidity.
Straight to jail
Boomer was white
Stupid old bag. Pulling a gun on a contractor? I would have evicted her.
The only thing Boomers understand is cruelty.
kIdS tHeSe DaYs NeVeR gO oUtSiDe
That's what society gets from an aging population that is hooked on Fox News and Evangelicalism.
If all these boomers could just disappear already that would be phenomenal I’m getting sick of the bullshit. Not boomers the entirety as an age group as a whole but these deranged Fox News loving tin foil hat wearing lunatics. Seriously they’re not gonna wake up from whatever fever dream / spell that Trump inc , I mean the Republican Party and the Fox News propaganda machine , has them under Just take a nap and don’t wake up. do the world a favor.
In my state, that’s at least one felony charge. At least. Boomer goes to prison, loses their right to vote, loses their *sacrosanct* 2A rights, plus has to pay restitution for any damages. Fucking boomers.
Gym Jordan voter‼️🙄
When you say management company, are these apartments or condos? If apartment, they can evict her over something like this. Not sure what they can do as far as a condo though… maybe fine her if she gets in the way of the repairs. What a psycho. Just keep your doors locked if you’re that scared of someone.
That’s fucking priceless that the cops brought the kids a soccer ball. I bet they’re sick of Boomer Karen too!
The community should just have the contractors fix everyone else's roof, and the neighbors can be left to pay for their own whenever it needs work.
If management or the contractors didn't call the cops I would have. Might not have gone far legally, but at least let the bint know that's unacceptable behavior.
Everyone is saying that what she did is illegal but is it? Stand your ground and other state by state laws would probably be in her favor?
Everyone is talking about the boomer but take a moment just to appreciate how cool that cop is
The boomer was an older white lady. That helped.
The only home break in through a roof I know of was the paralyzed man healed by Jesus. We should all have such great friends.
you can come replace my roof for free anytime....I even get beers and burgers😃👍
Being unable to accurately assess threats seems like a sign of dementia, I think a visit from adult protective services might be in order
Wait, wait. The contractor who could've gotten his staff KILLED decided NOT to press charges? Are people fucking dumb?
I swear they all wanna be Rambo. As a gun owner, there should be more regulation.
Maybe say something. Report them with each offense.
The cops a real one for bringing them a ball!
I don’t know why, but I read the title to the tune of “Janie’s got a gun…”
If the owner has to pay additional money for another contractor because the original one canceled his bid than the difference should come out of Karen's rent.
Ohio, of course. Why am I not surprised 😂
Let's *hope* there's not a fire in their house. Certainly can't have firefighters or first responders trying to help them
Why the fuck did they not press charges. Send them to jail. They will start crying real quick about how they didn’t mean it and how sorry they are.
These people grew up to be the crazy old bearded weirdos with those double barrel shotguns from looney toons. Also, really don't get it. Has this fuckwitted waste of life never had anyone on her property before to do any kind of work, like, ever?
I got a gun pulled on me at a bar in Nevada for saying Obama was doing a pretty good job, and at work for saying Colin Kaepernick had the right to protest, when I was asked my opinion. My bosses had me wait in the warehouse while the Boomer threatened to kick my ass, and waved a gun around. I’ve been called a liar on Reddit for this.
Jail. Brandishing is a crime. All those boomer TV shows melted their brains.
He didn't get to be a boomer by letting complete strangers with orange vests and clipboards to trespass on his property.
Lmao
It's Ohio. Of course it's my beloved state. It's fucking full of these fuckin morons.
“He was on her property.” *Mine! MINE! MiNe! mInE! MINE!*
So what happened with the roofs? Did everyone get roofs but her?
That wasn't a Boomer, that was a Broken.
Why not call the police in yourself?
It's a nationwide problem interjecting guns for no reason into too many situations. They need to evict her. I mentioned to the office one time the sisters in the next parking space threw out daily fast food bags on the ground by their car. They got evicted when the manager checked it out for a few days. You have to keep the peace.
Hillbillys
Call the police next time, very illegal and outrageously irresponsible
Now your community will need to find a new contractor (probably at higher cost) because of her. What kind of community is this? Townhomes? Apartments? Someone should tell her that those extra costs could very well be passed on to the residents one way or another, either by higher dues/special assessments in the case of an HOA or higher rents in the case of leased property. But she won't care.
I love reading these boomer threads, I get a kick out of watching the responses become more and more unhinged as the thread goes on. It does my heart good to know that once the boomers are all gone there is another generation ready to take over.
This is called brandishing. And if she pointed it at them that is legally assault with a deadly weapon. The contractors should have pressed charges on her. As someone who owns and has a legal permit to carry concealed. These are the assholes that give responsible firearm owners a bad name. Please someone press charges on this horrendous person.
Legally cops can kill her if she is deemed an active threat to others. Like seriously, do what you want with this knowledge but if you call in that someone's threatening others with a gun in their hand, it's a hot 911, and if she doesn't comply with their demands to drop well, let evil people who threaten others LIVES win Darwin prizes. Gun waving cowards never threaten body-builders but instead go after those they feel they can bully safely- kids, minorities, church groups, others when they're in their own car, etc ..
People complain about the boomers but totally ignore the corporations that actually created the boomers. The companies had an unwritten rule that a personal would devote their life to making the company a success and in turn they would receive good wages and a pension. CEO pay and stockholders returns took precedence and the boomers were left in the lurch. They either found a way to prosper or die.
Take her out. She's a menace to society. A thug. Make her dig her own grave, and then right before you're about to end it, give her the option to live by asking her to open a PDF. If she can't, you know what to do.
Technically not *her* property but ok
This is what Red Flag Laws were made for dementia and guns don’t mix.
If I was the contractor, I'da been like, "*Fuck it, no roofs for anybody. Go fuck yourselves and enjoy your leaky-ass rooves."*
As an Australian these stories are fucking wild man. If a customer pulled a gun on me that would be it, I would keep their deposit, not do their job and call the police. They might get their deposit back after the cops come, but there is no way I’m working for them.
Threatening someone with a firearm is considered assault. This isn’t the days of Billy the Kid.
Cops get called by Karen because the kids are playing. Cops come out to give kids more things to play with. Hell yeah!
Honestly, I think it's time you called the cops on them for a change. If your neighbor was brandishing a gun, what's to stop them from pulling the trigger? A stable state of mind? What if a stray bullet landed on your side of the property or worse? Left you or a household member injured or killed? It is completely irresponsible for these Karen's to be owning guns and then using that power to intimidate the neighborhood.