Guns should be treated with utter seriousness. Nothing about them is a joke and anyone who treats them like a joke should have all their guns taken away.
That being said, these people are allowed to make light of firearms as they've had one pointed at them.
Reddit user, u/Mprgrant94, wanted to hear the grotesque gun stories when they asked:
Has anyone ever pointed a gun at you? If so, how did it go down?
Over A Blackberry?
I was robbed at gunpoint walking home after a night of drinking. He took my wallet that had all of $9 in it and my phone which was a 4 year old blackberry.
Hope it was worth it dude.
Family Matters
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My cousin aimed a revolver at me when he was 6 he thought it was a toy he pulled the trigger it was not loaded. I had a mini heart attack then slapped it out of his hand.
Not Even The Weirdest Part Of The Night?
Yeeeup.
I once was hanging out with a guy, and he was funny but a bit weird. No big, I'm a weird girl myself. We were watching Cosmos I think & eating pizza, having beers. He's a gun-enthusiast. I ask to see said guns. Well, he goes into another room, comes out with said guns - pointed at my head, like comes right up to me, right up to my head. I was mildly like "okay has he come unhinged now or is this a joke or..." kinda scared but not at the same time. Very odd feeling.
Wasn't even the weirdest part of the night.
How Dare You Fall Asleep There?!
Yes. Monaco 2007 I got drunk and fell asleep on the grass verge and got in the way of the royal convoy on the way to the F1 podium.
Woke up with a very angry french police officer shouting and pointing a gun at me.
Ugh, Florida...
Had a few instances in my life, but the most memorable was one day when I drove out of the back of my high school with my brother to go home. Some guy pulled up alongside me at a stop sign flashing a gun out the window. He yelled at me saying his daughters were getting out of school and that me driving like "that" was going to get someone killed and that there would be consequences if he caught me doing it again, then backed away from me since Florida doesn't require front plates.
Don't know what "that" meant since I was driving the posted speed limit, stopping at stop signs, and everything else I was legally supposed and allowed to do. Doubly so because FHP (State Troopers) patrolled that area religiously, and they were not nice cops typically. This incident is why I got my CWL as soon as I turned 21 in all honesty.
*Smacks Forehead
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Worked at a retail store that sold firearms. Customer came in open carrying (legal in my state)....had a question about his pistol, and before i can start to answer, rips it out of the holster and starts waving it around, pointing it right straight at me (not in a "gimme your money" type of wave)....I reached over and grabbed it out of his hands quickly. I pulled the mag out and racked the slide back, sure enough he had one in the chamber.
That's when i freaked out a little realizing that if he had accidentally hit the trigger while waving it around i might be dead. Im all for the 2nd amendment and right to firearms and all that, but maybe there should be an idiot test to see if your allowed to use a gun...
You Never Know Someone's Story...
Had a small accident and the other guy and I were yelling at each other, then next thing I see is him getting a gun from his glove box and pointing it at me.
After a being in the Corps, you can tell if a person has that "killer" look, and this guy didn't. I asked him, "Are you really planning on shooting me?" He said no and put the guy away. A few more minutes of talking and I learned he had recently left the hospital after learning his son had cancer. Our cars didn't have any damage so I suggested that we just chalk it up to a bad day and he should go be with his son instead of calling the cops.
Rule #1:
My brother - it wasn't loaded.
My dad almost took his head off - "TREAT ALL GUNS AS IF THEY ARE LOADED"
I was the only one who learned to shoot that summer.
Anyone Who Shows Off Their Gun Doesn't Deserve A Gun
Weed dealer was showing me his ak-47, all tricked out with every mod he could get his hands on. Pointing it all over the room, toward me several times and kept inserting the clip, cycling, removing.
Set it down on his lap and it went off. Shot the wall where his roommate was playing world of warcraft. Like 2 feet from hitting him in the back.
Found a new dealer after that.
Can't Compete With Grandma's Problems
Not me but my great grandmother got a gun pointed at her by the Nazi's. She was housing jews (or other people in hiding) between the ceiling and the floor of her flat and the flat above hers.
The gun was on her head and the Nazi's were forcing her to confess where they were, but she kept quiet.
The people survived world war II.
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I can't think of anything hilarious at the moment. Make us LOL.
Lady
Shocked Oh No GIF by Yêu LuGiphy"I have this friend, love him to bits, but his wife has a tendency of just constantly showing everyone pictures of their son at every social event. At the start it was understandable, but now I'm just like 'Lady, it's been two years; they're not going to find him.'"
UnoriginalUse
at 9am...
"Not the most morbid but I love Anthony Jeselnik’s story about his neighbor who has Alzheimer’s. 'One of my next door neighbors is a 90 year old man suffering from Alzheimer’s. And every single morning at 9am he knocks on my door and asks me if I have seen his wife.'"
"'Which means that every single morning at 9am I have to explain to a 90 year old man suffering from Alzheimer’s that his wife has been dead for quite some time. Now I’ve thought about moving. I have thought about just not answering my door in the morning. But to be honest, it’s worth it… just to see the smile on his face.”
dreagan021
Comedy?
"Why can't orphans play baseball? They don't know where home is."
GW2RNGR
"Why can't orphans play tennis? They get confused when they hear love."
JayDub506
People who make comedy are evil. LOL.
The Darkness
That 70S Show Reaction GIF by LaffGiphy"Dark humor is like food; not everyone gets it."
storm_the_castle
God Laughs?
"A Holocaust survivor dies and goes to heaven, where she meets God. To break the tension she tells God a joke about the Holocaust, but God doesn’t laugh. The lady shrugs and says 'I guess you had to be there.'"
“'I guess you had to be there' is a common expression used when someone doesn’t laugh at a joke. It means that the comedy may not translate without the context of the situation."
"In this case the Holocaust survivor is saying it, meaning that during the Holocaust God was nowhere to be found. It’s not really a joke about the Holocaust, but the absurdity of belief in a benevolent God. Hilarious right?"
semimillennial
Oh Baby
"How many dead babies does it take to fix a light bulb? More than 3 cause my garage is still dark."
sirnibs3
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Because I don't know what it says about us as people if we laugh. Oye.
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Curious to hear from strangers online, Redditor Liam_Tang asked:
"People who've divorced, aside from adultery, what were the irreconcilable differences that ended the marriage?"
You think you know a person when you walk down the aisle.
These Redditors were in for a rude awakening.
Pet Neglect
"My wife divorced her ex for many reasons, but the final straw was when she went out of town for a few days, and when she got back he had not fed or given water to the dog. The dog lived a long and happy life after that."
– StrangeCrimes
Obsessed With A Crush
"Not me, but I had an old coworker that divorced his wife for spending their entire savings on candy crush and games of the same type."
– Hexis40
Compatibility Musts
"ITT: Intimacy (sex/romance), beliefs (religion/spirituality/politics), kids, and I haven’t seen it yet but it’s coming: finances."
"The big four. You REALLY need to discuss these things in detail BEFORE getting married."
– rabbiskittles
Physical violence is a legit reason for people to peace out of a relationship.
The Flattening
"She threatened to hit me with a hammer."
– michaelrohansmith
Hitting The Bottle
"She became an abusive alcoholic. It was sad but I had to get out."
– diegojones4
Emotional pain is too damaging to recover from.
Truth Hurts
"She told me as we stood in front of the judge ending our 7 year marriage, 'I never loved you, I just wanted kids.'"
– Pinch_Dogs
Can't Fix Angry
"She was beautiful/smart but an angry angry person. I thought I could be sweet to her and 'fix' that. Heh. She kicked the crap out of me emotionally. Wife II has been a walk in the roses for 32 years now :)"
– lowlandr
A change of heart is worthless if comes too late.
"We Could've Had A Nice Marriage
"He could not understand that my wants and needs were as important as his wants and needs. We tried to make it work for 7 years. During that time, for things that were really important to me, I tried explaining logically, asking nicely, begging, crying, yelling, passive aggressiveness... cycled back through all of these options multiple times."
"(If I knew something was important to him, I would do that. For example, he was really into sports, so I went to all his events, even though that is not at all my thing.) When I finally threw up my hands and told him it was time to get a divorce, he suddenly panicked and said 'What can I do? Do you want me to do half the chores? I'll do it! Do you want me to get a job? I'll do it! Do you want me to buy you presents for your birthday? I'll do it!'"
"So, in other words, he could have been doing that all along, but just couldn't be bothered. That made me so angry. We could have had a nice marriage that we both enjoyed, but no, by the time he saw the light, that ship had sailed."
"We are both happily remarried now (to different people) and I joke that his new wife owes me a thank you note. It was his experience with me that taught him to listen to her and take her needs seriously."
– Bluebird-True
"What Can I Do?"
"My ex was exactly like this. I didn't marry him but when I told him let's break up, he went all like, what can I do? Let's get engaged, let's look at houses, etc. Basically all the pre-marriage topics that we should be discussing about after being together for 7 years."
"I got so angry and straight up told him it's too late... I don't need you anymore."
– gudetarako
As much as a couple wants to stay together, unforeseen circumstances can eventually tear people apart.
Very few people can maintain healthy long-distance relationships.
When a new job opportunity takes a significant other away, would you begrudge them for wanting a better position to earn more money? Or is it better for them to reluctantly turn down the opportunity so they could stay with you? Do either scenarios breed resentment?
These were questions I've often asked myself with past relationships, and my answers varied depending on the person I was with.
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