Entitled Dad Is Furious His Son Needs Permission To Hold Gun

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Eric Lund
Aug 8, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

It is definitely an interesting — and bizarre — reversal of fortune for an angry parent to demand that their kid be allowed to hold a gun without their permission. Redditor u/MidnightExpress13 took to r/EntitledParents to tell this strange story from a heritage festival in which a teenager approached the original poster and asked about holding a specific gun best known from the Tom Selleck movie "Quigley Down Under," that both he and the OP knew well. Our original poster said he didn't mind the teenager holding the gun but just asked that he get a parent's permission first — leading to this weird situation where the kid's father was mad that he needed his father's permission in the first place. What?

Hey, the inner workings of entitled people are a beautiful, horrible mystery. He was going to let his son hold the gun anyway but took ridiculous exception to the fact that he even had to be asked. The dad just made things...tense for no reason. It actually seems like this story worked out pretty well, in spite of the angry father. For another tale of wild parental entitlement, here are some entitled parents who lost it over a parking spot and got towed.

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    Font - Posted by u/MidnightExpress13 14 days ago 2 13 e30 3 17 O 2 20 G Entitled father explodes when I won't hand his teenager a firearm. L [UPDATE] I posted some additional details in the comments, but it seems some may have missed it in the clutter. I'm adding it at the bottom of the post. So, this happened this past weekend, and I'm still kind of shaking my head at this one.
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    Font - I'm an amateur competitive shooter. I compete in several disciplines, but by far my favorite is Cowboy Action Shooting. It's timed, high speed, and a lot of fun. Everyone dresses up as cowboys/girls, uses period weapons, and you pick your own cowboy name. That's right. We're nerds with guns. The best part about the community is that almost everyone tries to give back in some way. The way I choose is to dress up, and donate my time telling folk tales at the local library, minus the firearm
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    Font - Last week, I get a call from our club president. He tells me that some of the members would be performing at a heritage festival a couple of counties over from me, and he asked me if I'd pitch in and help. I tell him that I'd love to, and ask for the details. He gives me all the information, and asks me to do him a favor. He wants me to bring "the big gun". I laugh, and tell him I'd be happy to. "The big gun" is my all time favorite firearm. An 1874 Sharps "Quigley", so named because it w
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    Font - So, I show up on Saturday, drag all my stuff to the booth, and basically stand around looking like knock off Tom Selleck. Now, there are some strict precautions taken when we do events like this. No live ammunition anywhere on site. We even did through our vehicles before hand to make sure we didn't leave any in there by mistake. All weapons are transported in securely locked, hard sided cases, and whenever they are removed they have trigger locks on them. The club members that are perfor
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    Font - While I'm standing around the booth, I answer any questions people may have. Yes, it's from that movie. Yes, it will shoot that far. No, I don't think I could do it. As this is going on, I see a boy, maybe 15-16 years old, studying my rifle pretty intently. I ask him if he has any questions, and he proceeds to rattle off all the specs of the rifle to me. I'm impressed, and tell him that he really knows his stuff. He tells me that "Quigley" was his grandfather's favorite movie, and that he
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    Font - The kid runs off and after a bit he returns with his father. I knew I was in for a rough time when the first words out of his mouth were, “Why won't you let my son touch the f***ing gun?!?!" I could tell that this was typical behavior by the way that the kid turned bright red, and stared at the ground. All the other club members had gone of for a performance, so I was alone at the booth with the kid and this idiot. I told the man, "Sir, I have no problem with him touching the rifle, I jus
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    Font - I respond with, "I take it he has permission?" "Of course he f***ing does!" Itell the boy to go ahead. His face lights up as he hefts the rifle, grinning from ear to ear. He asks if he can take a picture, and I agree. I even took my cartridge belt off and let him wear it. (Just dummy rounds. Only bullet and casing, no primer or powder.) The kid thanks me, and starts to walk off before his father stops him. "Do you want to play with any of these other guns?"
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    Font - I inform the father that I don't own those weapons, but he's welcome to wait and ask the people who do. He starts yelling about how he doesn't need permission, and how this is a free country, and that he can do what he wants. All this yelling gets the attention of the deputies that are patrolling the fair grounds. A couple of them walk over and tell him that if he doesn't calm down that he will be asked to leave. He quickly tells his son that they're leaving, but before they walk away I c
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    Font - For those of you that have an interest in what the sport is all about, here's a like to a video for a club in central Florida. I happen to know some of them, and they're a good group.Cowboy Action Shooting Ok, there has been a huge response on this story, and I want to thank everyone for the kind words and awards. I'll try to give a little more detail. The mother seemed very polite in her email. She was apologetic for the actions of her ex-husband, and thanked me for being kind to her son
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    Font - The son was spending time with his father during the summer, and had begged him to take him to to festival. He had heard that there were going to be cowboy performances there, and he wanted to see them. Seems that his grandfather had been a fan of all westerns, not just "Quigley", and he had shared that love with his grandson. The grandfather had passed last year, and the kid took it hard. No, I am not going to hook up with the mother. I am a certified firearms instructor, and first respo
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