• @[email protected]
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    111 year ago

    As someone with lower back problems, that looks AMAZINGLY uncomfortable.

    “I want to carry a gun that leaves me in pain every time I sit down. Every Time.”

  • @[email protected]
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    571 year ago

    Nobody going to point out the ridiculous key ring? OK, maybe he needs all those keys for his job. Why the hell would you carry that around?!

    This poor man desperately needs to feel important, needs to look important.

    And for those of you not into gun culture, this guy is a wild outlier. There’s nothing practical or sensible being rigged like that. You won’t find anyone teaching or condoning this sort of thing, only as an example of what not to do.

    • SomeAmateur
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      41 year ago

      Exactly these doofs make us look so bad.

      Open carry is only okay when hunting or out in the wilderness where other animals can hunt and kill you.

      Under any other circumstances it’s a huge liability and gives you no tactical advantage whatsoever as a wise character once said.

      I carry when I can. Very few notice, and those that do know what to look for because they’re doing the same. Responsible gun ownership is not for show.

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      It only takes a few “wild outliers.”

      Also, there should not be a “culture” devoted to an inanimate object.

      • @[email protected]
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        “drinking” culture, “bicycle” culture, “car” culture. It’s just a way to express society’s attitude towards those in animate object, and how our lives are impacted as a result.

        Drinking culture in the US determines that you shouldn’t drive while intoxicated. Car culture makes it impossible to get out of the bar withot driving, so it means that the most common way to get your drunk friend home is to call them an Uber.

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          Also can indicate time frequently spent on something.

          Drinking culture – parties most weekends, select entertainment connected to alcohol (music festivals, nightclubs, tourist destinations)

          Car culture – behind the wheel every day

          Gun culture – engage in discourse, meet friends at the shooting range, hunting

      • flicker
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        Instead of a “culture,” think of it as a “fandom.”

        He’s the equivalent of a person wearing a ton of anime stuff in public. Or a Trekkie wearing a uniform.

        Nerd!

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          I legit love this idea and am going to start equating these guys with the guys that have those ahegao faces all over their car.

          “P…p…pull my trigger, senpai?”

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          Until a gun is able to shoot waifu body pillows at me I’m not taking this as a valid argument.

          Appropriate regulations would allow the responsible carrying of weapons while stripping people like this of the ability to, well…do that. It would also probably help to normalize the culture in the eyes of the people who speak up against it.

          • @[email protected]
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            That’d be stupid easy to make, just scale up a t-shirt gun. You’ll have to make it, since companies will likely deem that not commercially viable enough to mass produce outside Japan, but nothing is stopping you from doing it.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          Exactly. It’s a fandom. I love Star Trek, which actually has a moral code attached to it. I wouldn’t call Trekkies a culture.

        • @[email protected]
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          Until a Trekkie walks into a school or supermarket and kills a bunch of folks with his cosplay tricorder, it’s not fandom. It’s violent insecurity and idiocy masquerading as bravery.

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      31 year ago

      You won’t find anyone teaching or condoning this sort of thing, only as an example of what not to do.

      Well, anyone competent, some bubba probably has a youtube channel…

    • @[email protected]
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      181 year ago

      There’s no way that many keys fit into his pocket. So he has no choice but to carry them everywhere. His only other option would be to clip them to his belt, but that would leave less room for guns.

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    Oh how I wish these people would actually experience the armed showdown with the US government they all crave. I need that drone footage. Oh the juicy videos from 1000ft above of Skeeter and his J6 posse disappearing in a cloud of smoke like ants.

    • @[email protected]
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      Nah, just a single encounter with a robber or something.

      Either they show their true cowardliness and run away like everyone else, get shot by the robber because they will down anyone with a gun first, or get shot by the police for being confused as the criminal.

      They all have this idea that they are some super hero that will save the day, but the chance of that happening is extremely low.

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          There is a chance sure.

          But they are more likely to die from the examples I mentioned, than they would be the hero.

          So no intelligence what so ever.

        • @[email protected]
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          Reminds me of “One a in a million?! That mean’s there’s still a chance!” from Dumb & Dumber.

          • @[email protected]
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            I also carry around a med kit just in case. And a small compass. And various other tools. Always expecting to use none of them.

            Maybe it helps I’m in Florida though, so anything can happen haha

      • @[email protected]
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        That’s what they saw in the movies (like westerners, or James Bond) and that’s what they’re emulating.

      • @[email protected]
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        get shot by the police for being confused as the criminal.

        I’m really curious how often that happens.

      • @[email protected]
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        And so did Oklahoma City. Pretty sure the Feds are behind if we’re counting bodies for scoring.

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        If suggesting means “wanting to see” then yes. Unless of course those people get off the Maga cult and become human again. The chances of which are slim. They are not Americans anymore anyway, they pledged allegiance to the new global fascist movement. So they need to be dealt with appropriately

  • @[email protected]
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    The cows didn’t. Cause they weren’t armed.
    You don’t want to end up like a dairy cow, do you?

  • @[email protected]
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    611 year ago

    Just remember that guy is like 5 times more likely to kill himself (or accidentally kill someone else) than to use one of those guns in a legitimate self defense scenario…

    • @[email protected]
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      131 year ago

      You’re telling me that a guy that insecure might be emotionally unstable? NoOOooOooOoo…

    • @[email protected]
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      But he’s even likelier to have a heart attack than either of those. If he really wanted to protect himself he’d do some exercise.

  • @[email protected]
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    541 year ago

    I hope that back gun isn’t loaded. If so, he would be the easiest person to rob on earth.

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    Wondering if people like this were bullied or abused early in life? That they are now trying to get back some semblance of control, and maintain an ongoing ability to get revenge or get back control that they never felt as a child? …… Besides that, those jeans are about to drop for sure!

    • hissing meerkat
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      Everyone I’ve ever seen open carry a handgun has been publically abusive of the people they were with (spouse/children) and it was obvious that the open carry handgun was to make sure nobody intervened in their abuse.

    • @[email protected]
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      Wondering if people like this were bullied or abused early in life?

      Most likely they are scared folk. The NRA has instilled fear in them even though crime is down.

    • @[email protected]
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      That, or they were just the bullies themselves and want to continue feeling that sense of power in adulthood (and couldn’t make it as a cop, the usual path for that).

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        Yeah I’m just gonna go out on a limb here and say that the ideology that attracts nazis, bankers, business execs, jarheads, uneducated, racist, sexist bigots were probably the bullies in school.

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          Because they were bullied at home and yet go on to say things like, “my parents beat me and I turned out fine!” as they beat their own kids continuing the cycle.

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    Look how curled up/ stressed out his hands have become. Dudes on edge 24/7. Also kinda looking like Farva from super troopers which is awesome to think about.

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      Just big brained thinking going on there. Can’t shoot your own ass off of you’ve got no ass.

      Maybe he’s packing so much heat because he’s traumatized from someone stealing his ass.