Inb4 religion...Whats is a good reason why you havent armed yourself? With everything going on around us, it might benefit the world as a whole for you to equip yourself with an equalizer.
Go buy a cheap pistol at the very least and learn to put rounds on target. We need all the backup we can get.
I don't own any because I have TD (thanks psych meds!) in my left arm, wrist, and hand. The last year or so I would dry fire my handgun and I came to the conclusion that I became too dangerous to live fire. I didn't want to go to the range and have everyone yell "Duck and cover! Here comes Miss Twitchy!!" So I sold it.
And as a note to folks who don't understand our gun laws: Yes, even though I'm mentally ill, I can still legally purchase guns because I have not been deemed in a court of law to be mentally ill. That means that I have never caused any trouble that landed me before a judge. I may be cuckoo but I pay my bills and I don't bother others. And as you can see, I have enough presence of mind to know that my twitching became a safety hazard. No one even suggested that I had become an unsafe shooter. I made that decision myself. People are more afraid of me in the grocery store because if I have a can or jar in my left hand, it can go flying at any minute!
Just for you I've found this clip of Dr Strangelove fighting his own arm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaTR46iU1Do&t=120s
I have epilepsy btw. so no offence meant.
Lol. If we can't laugh about it it means we take life too seriously. Although I was mortified a couple of weeks ago when I was in a crafts store and I had something small and lightweight in my hand. All of the sudden it flew out of my hand towards another shopper. I said, "I'm so sorry. I have a twitch and I swear I was not throwing it at you." Fortunately she just laughed and said not to worry about it. Thank God for people who don't take everything so seriously!
My mother grew up in a culture where slap tapping when you laughed at a comment was common.
After I went to college, she was in the store with her sister & a younger fellow got her laughing & she swatted his butt. My Aunt was mortified & called my mom out on it. The guy laughed it off & shot back that he appreciated good looking women taking notice of his scrawny glutes. Both my mom & aunt couldn't stop laughing & apparently held the line up for a couple minutes trying to calm down.
If we can laugh at others mistakes, out lives will miss some fantastic laughs & memories.
edit: My mother did her best to make sure my siblings & I never picked up her habit. She hated it once she moved to Utah. Everyone though she was flirting. Oddly, that line of reasoning didn't help her boys stop LOL
Too funny! Your mom sounds like a great lady. And thank goodness that young man has a sense of humor!
She's going to be telling that story for years!
Oh how I hope she only tells it to people who have a good sense of humor!