road rage and guns

SkaredShtles · Nov 9, 2005

Glad to hear things turned out OK. That guy needs a couple years in the pen to help him see the error of his ways. What a d**k. :mad:

Echo · Nov 9, 2005

That's the major scary thing about playing games with people on the road... you never know when the other SOB is even more whack than you.

MMike · Nov 9, 2005

WA is wacky.....

bmxr · Nov 9, 2005

That has (surprisingly) never happened to me here in Miami. Everyone is packing, but most people don't brandish unless they mean it. I guess they know they might get shot if they bluff the wrong guy. Oh yeah, and in Florida brandishing carries a mandatory three years in the state pokey.

FWIW, I have been carrying for more than ten years without incident.

.:Jeenyus:. · Nov 9, 2005

Scary. I'm glad you managed to get him arrested :thumb:

Denny · Nov 9, 2005

Crazy... I've only had a gun drawn at me once, it was the stupidest thing ever. I was riding down the burke-gilman by Matthews Beach, probably 12 years ago. These two ganstas were hangin' out off the trail, and as I rode in their direction, one of them pulls out a pistol and chambers a round. I just kept riding... I guess he had to demonstrate... something.

splat · Nov 9, 2005

Skookum said:
The guy is probably from Montreal. He looked French Canadian....

was he driving a Jeep liberty ?

seriously , that is scary stuff , glad to hear, he didn't follow through with the threat.

MMike · Nov 9, 2005

Skookum said:
The guy is probably from Montreal. He looked French Canadian....

While they are a squirrely breed, they don't have guns....he would have tried to blind you by throwing a tuque at your windshield....or deafen you with spoon music....

flatulant_man · Nov 9, 2005

Skookum said:
Bout the third time i've had a gun drawn on me

i've had that once, but they were cops' guns. i played getaway driver while my friends egged a house. coincidentally, it was the deputy fire chief's house. he followed us in his truck, got on the radio with the cops, they pulled me over, guns drawn, cuffed me and kept on the curb with a gun on me for a full twenty minutes before they convinced themselves that i wasn't dangerous.

MMike · Nov 9, 2005

Skookum said:
Do i even ask what a tuque is? i'm afraid to even try googlin it....

where the christ is acadian when I need him?

MMike · Nov 9, 2005

There see? I've cheered you up and you've forgotten ALL about your ordeal.

Your welcome...

(So much evil in the world...but none so dastardly as....DOWNHILL ZONE!)

JRB · Nov 10, 2005

I kind of flipped a dude off once, and he followed us. I am down with a good ol' fashioned ass kickin', but this guy kind of stalked us so much that I was freaked out. Weird this is, he got all tweaked and was a dick for me changing lanes 150 feet in front of him. People are fu**ing idiots. Period. That is my best answer.

Denny · Nov 10, 2005

That reminds me of another story. Jessica and I were driving on the freeway with the windows open, and she was wrapping a present. Some tissue paper flew out her side window. Oops, roll up windows, lesson learned. Well, this guy started following us. We got off the freeway and got to my dad's house, this guy trailing us the whole way, pretty far onto residential streets. When I got out of the car, he said "DON'T LITTER!". I guess I'm lucky I didn't get shot...

S.K.C. · Nov 10, 2005

....Jesus.

I've gotten pissed at people cutting me off, and I've almost lost my temper many times, but have always known where reality begins and ends... Like that douchebag was seriously considering ending another human being because you were a bit too close on the freeway. :eek:

So this happened in Washington State?... WTF???.... New Jersey - maybe, New York - sure, but Washington???

...usually one would find douchebags like that around my neck of the woods.

johnbryanpeters · Nov 10, 2005

Skookum,

Thanks for taking the time, effort and risk to get the guy reeled in.

Skookum said:
Do i even ask what a tuque is? i'm afraid to even try googlin it....

Google probably wouldn't have helped, it's toque, not tuque...

Echo · Nov 10, 2005

Skookum said:
Trying to pass someone is not playing games. Neither is pulling a piece out.

Sorry man, didn't mean to infer that you were instigating. My point was you never know who is a whacko...

johnbryanpeters · Nov 10, 2005

Even an Oppressive Dillhole could be a closet whacko... :rolleyes:

narlus · Nov 10, 2005

holy crap, 3rd time? that's nuts. glad to see he didn't have an itchy finger.

but according to N8, we are all safer since everyone can pack heat.

Acadian · Nov 10, 2005

Been there...almost the same thing happened to us (Planet-X racing team) while coming back from a race (Big Bear) a few years ago.

Scenario was similarwe were in our team RV and this guy braked checked us like 3 time each going from 80mph to almost dead stop. Fing nuts!!!

Then he stuck his Gloc (sp?) out the window and pointed it at us. We called 911 and they caught him down the road. We also had to identify the guy.

Cops told us its and automatic felony to branish a weapon from a moving vehicle. Would have been a simple misdemeanor if it was from the side of the road (e.g. not in a vehicle). Anywayturns out the guy was a security guard at the Sacramento Prison

Peter (our team manager) went to court a few times and believe it or not, the guy got away with itthats so foked!! Each time I hear the guys showed up with a bunch of goones to intimidate Peter..

AnywayI just happy to read this in the news this morning..
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/09/BAG9RFKD1C82.DTL

By Louise Chu
ASSOCIATED PRESS

3:19 a.m. November 9, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO Voters approved ballot measures to ban handguns in San Francisco and urge the city's public high schools and college campuses to keep out military recruiters. The gun ban prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and ammunition in the city, and makes it illegal for residents to keep handguns in their homes or businesses.

Only two other major U.S. cities Washington and Chicago have implemented such sweeping handgun bans.

With all precincts reporting early Wednesday, 58 percent of voters backed the proposed gun ban while 42 percent opposed it.

Although law enforcement, security guards and others who require weapons for work are exempt from the measure, current handgun owners would have to surrender their firearms by April.

A coalition led by the National Rifle Association has said it plans to challenge the initiative in court, arguing that cities do not have the authority to regulate firearms under California law.

The military recruitment initiative won with 60 percent in favor and 40 percent against.

The measure, dubbed "College Not Combat," opposes the presence of military recruiters at public high schools and colleges. However, it would not ban the armed forces from seeking enlistees at city campuses, since that would put schools at risk of losing federal funding.

It encourages city officials and university administrators to exclude recruiters and create scholarships and training programs that would reduce the military's appeal to young adults.

"We now have the moral weight of the city behind us, and it's definitely a valuable asset to have in our corner," said Bob Matthews, an activist for the proposition.

Tenchiro · Nov 10, 2005

And here I thought the problem around here was not enough gunplay on the road. This is after all the city where merging is the worst form of personal insult.

Good thing nothing bad happened though.

N8 v2.0 · Nov 10, 2005

Skookum said:
Nope Seattle is a real city with real douchebags. i enjoy my mountain riding excursions for many reasons and one is to get a break from the city.

Actually didn't sleep great last night, it appears as if my nerves are frayed, but by today i'll be alright. Life is full of choices and i just kept wondering why that guy would make that kind of choice.

i dunno maybe if people stopped to ask themselves basic questions like "What do i have to lose". The world might run a bit more smoothly....

Sorry to hear that Skooks... you did the right thing and hopefully he'll be convicted of a crime.

Tenchiro · Nov 10, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO – Voters approved ballot measures to ban handguns in San Francisco and urge the city's public high schools and college campuses to keep out military recruiters. The gun ban prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and ammunition in the city, and makes it illegal for residents to keep handguns in their homes or businesses.

Time to go on a crime spree in San Fran, now that the populace is defenseless.

SK6 · Nov 10, 2005

You DO realize that if people didn't drive like a$$holes, this wouldn't even be an issue.

N8 v2.0 · Nov 10, 2005

Tenchiro said:
Time to go on a crime spree in San Fran, now that the populace is defenseless.

Yep... It will be just as 'safe' as Washington DC or NYC is...

narlus · Nov 10, 2005

Skookum said:
The great equalizer to a gun, cel phone.

have cell phone sales skyrocketed in DC and Chicago?

SkaredShtles · Nov 10, 2005

S.K.C. said:
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So this happened in Washington State?... WTF???.... New Jersey - maybe, New York - sure, but Washington???

Californication..........

MMike · Nov 10, 2005

Skookum said:
No what i really fail to understand is why people don't have the capability to handle their emotions to the point of where you would draw a gun out on somebody you don't even know.

Yes. It is only polite to draw a gun on someone you know...

SK6 · Nov 10, 2005

MMike said:
Yes. It is only polite to draw a gun on someone you know...

It's more personal that way.... :thumb:

Knuckleslammer · Nov 10, 2005

Someone pulls a piece out on me? I pull this out. I keep it under my seat. No, I'm not kidding either.

Fit's nice under the seat.

SkaredShtles · Nov 10, 2005

Knuckleslammer said:
Someone pulls a piece out on me? I pull this out. I keep it under my seat. No, I'm not kidding either.

Fit's nice under the seat.

That's a nice ol' piece of hardware, Knuck! :thumb:

Knuckleslammer · Nov 10, 2005

Skookum said:
No what i really fail to understand is why people don't have the capability to handle their emotions to the point of where you would draw a gun out on somebody you don't even know.

It's called living in the USA. We have become reactive instead of proactive. Look around. Everyone is ready to snap for the most part. We have to be able to switch modes of thought in a matter of milliseconds. The brain is not designed to be this way.

People are primarily living in their fight or flight response. This is not the way the human brain is supposed to evolve. The reason we have a large frontal lobe is so that we use it. It consists of intellegence, logic, cooperation, insight, love, etc.

Instead, because of the way society operates, people are functioning in reactive mode with a brain that was designed for reptiles. Ask yourself, are we really evolving?

Drop a piece of meat in a cage with 2 reptiles in it. Observe. They will kill each other to eat that piece of meat. Now what's different from that than two FOOLS worried about getting home 2 minutes before each other.

WAKE THE ***K UP AMERICA

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