Quote from MoreCowbell:
SCI, it's clear that you are unfamiliar with the entity that is OPTIONAL777. Perhaps you knew him as ZZZzzzzzzz, before that username was banned a couple of weeks ago for his incessant defense of pedophilia and creepy references to the rape of a particular member's children. Oddly enough, that member was banned from Politics and Religion as well, in addition to another member who trounced Zzzzz on an almost daily basis.
My point is that you should not expect Asshole777 to respond to your questions that utterly refute his reasoning (if you can even call it that). Note how he said nothing about your suggestion that he and his girlfriend would be a victim in east NYC. All he responded to was your firearms collection. So you see, he will never try to answer questions which he cannot provide a glib reply to and that will highlight the fallacies of his argument.
To the contrary, his sole purpose is to goad you into a lengthy back and forth which will dissolve into ad hominem attacks and eventually change the focus from the subject of the thread to him and you. See, he is also a narcissist; if he hasn't started the thread, or if it is a subject which offends his lunatic rationale, his objective will be to kill the thread by engaging you and any other victims unfamiliar with his tactics in personal attacks.
Note how he ended his comment to you, suggesting you are a "fear driven wacko redneck gun nut." He is undoubtedly giddy as a child, slobbering at the mouth, waiting to see if you will take the bait. If you do, this will kill the thread by becoming a tiresome back and forth personal exchange between you and him. He will continue to label you a right-wing gun nut, which you will refute. At some point you will become frustrated and note that he is not addressing the original comments you made, such as if he were in east NYC unarmed with his girlfriend. He will simply continue to not address these issues, pile on the ad hominem, and feast on your frustration as you ask, over and over, why he doesn't respond to your questions. He will also throw in how slavery used to be legal, but we have evolved from that, and the firearms issue is the same. This is all a distraction. He will NEVER directly address the possibility that he, or someone with him, will not be able to defend themselves against criminals. Nor will he answer why citizens should be deprived of the ability to defend themselves, their families, and their homes. Instead, he will throw out more ad hominem and try to steer the discussion into his tired mantra about right-wing "regressives" and how evil white men have killed millions over the centuries.
Again, the end result will be the death of the thread, as the subject becomes all about him. This forum is littered with threads that have died such a death.
What frustrates him the most is when he lays out the bait, as he has done here with his redneck gun nut comment, and you don't fall for it. Drives him batty! Treat him as you would if you stepped into some dog shit. Just scrape him off your heel and walk on.