so I'm at Carnaval in SF today and my son points out a sticker on the clip of a cop's gun. it was "Badtz Maru"
(I only know the name cuz some chick gave me a cigarette case with him on the front)
so as I'm leaving I tell my friend to watch my son for a second and I walk up to the cop and say "don't you think its inappropriate to have a kids sticker on your gun like that?" and his response is "don't you think its inappropriate to talk to me like that?" :angry: I tell him absolutely not, and I start to say that it desensetizes guns and make them look more child friendly so kids would want to play with them, a child will see that sticker on the gun and start playing with some other gun the kid sees trying to look for the sticker and BANG! so then the cop starts pointing his finger in my face and talking down to me. before I could really get mad my friend walks over with my son and starts speaking his mind agreeing with me since he has a 6 year old. so the cop calms down and stops talking to me like I'm a criminal (because now I'm holding my son in my arms). he says that he shows the sticker on the magazine to kids to build a rapport with children and he pulls out the magazine from his belt to show me. I tell him thats great, but all my son saw was a sticker on a gun, and your gun is sticking out in plain sight showing off the sticker. "no its not" "yes it is" I walk around him to point it out and he covers his gun with his arm. he goes on ranting about its the parents responsibility to make sure kids know not to play with guns because only parents are raising kids. I say it takes a community to raise a child and as much as I tell my son not to do things, sometimes they do it. he says he agrees with the community raising the child, but then immediatly contradicts himself and says its solely up to the parent. he goes on about how he can leave his gun on the kitchen table and his kids won't come near it, they won't come within 10 feet of it because he taught them well or whatever. Im like "guns are used to kill. they are killing machines and you are making it friendly and fun for kids." then he's like "well I'm a cop, and your son should know that cops are here to help people. cops don't kill people"
I said thats not true, especially SFPD, and at the same time my friend was like "well thats debatable" anyways, I'm rambling, but I wanted other opinions, do y'all think that's ok?
(I only know the name cuz some chick gave me a cigarette case with him on the front)
so as I'm leaving I tell my friend to watch my son for a second and I walk up to the cop and say "don't you think its inappropriate to have a kids sticker on your gun like that?" and his response is "don't you think its inappropriate to talk to me like that?" :angry: I tell him absolutely not, and I start to say that it desensetizes guns and make them look more child friendly so kids would want to play with them, a child will see that sticker on the gun and start playing with some other gun the kid sees trying to look for the sticker and BANG! so then the cop starts pointing his finger in my face and talking down to me. before I could really get mad my friend walks over with my son and starts speaking his mind agreeing with me since he has a 6 year old. so the cop calms down and stops talking to me like I'm a criminal (because now I'm holding my son in my arms). he says that he shows the sticker on the magazine to kids to build a rapport with children and he pulls out the magazine from his belt to show me. I tell him thats great, but all my son saw was a sticker on a gun, and your gun is sticking out in plain sight showing off the sticker. "no its not" "yes it is" I walk around him to point it out and he covers his gun with his arm. he goes on ranting about its the parents responsibility to make sure kids know not to play with guns because only parents are raising kids. I say it takes a community to raise a child and as much as I tell my son not to do things, sometimes they do it. he says he agrees with the community raising the child, but then immediatly contradicts himself and says its solely up to the parent. he goes on about how he can leave his gun on the kitchen table and his kids won't come near it, they won't come within 10 feet of it because he taught them well or whatever. Im like "guns are used to kill. they are killing machines and you are making it friendly and fun for kids." then he's like "well I'm a cop, and your son should know that cops are here to help people. cops don't kill people"
I said thats not true, especially SFPD, and at the same time my friend was like "well thats debatable" anyways, I'm rambling, but I wanted other opinions, do y'all think that's ok?
