Dealing With Haters
1My coworker was having a discussion with me about whether or not semi automatics belong in our society, mainly using the incident at Sandy Hook as their backing. When I tried to explain the benefits of using semi-automatics for hunting violent game such as feral hogs safer, their only response was that "anyone who uses semi automatic weapons to hunt is a pussy." After once again mentioning the safety aspect of it all, they just asked "how can you lack compassion for human lives lost thanks to those things?" I could have kept arguing, but I felt like my point was made. How do the rest of the members of our organization feel about people like this? Especially when some of us are current, former, and/or future members of the armed forces or law enforcement agencies that focus on preserving human lives. Because of my future in law enforcement and previous experience in natural disasters and good samaritan assistance provided to people in need, his response was one that caused me a large amount of emotional grief and agony.