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In reply to the discussion: This meme made me laugh out loud [View all]patphil
(9,026 posts)24. The problem with this is that you can't be sure he won't just start shooting.
Is he a mass murder, pretending to be a typical law abiding, AR-15 toting, white supremacist jackass?
Or is he just looking for the right situation to set him off, so he can justify killing a whole bunch of people? Or is he just so effin' insecure that he needs to carry an assault rifle to feel safe?
Or does he enjoy making other people feel afraid?
The fact is we don't know; except for the last one...we can be sure it makes other people fear for their lives, and I'm sure he likes that.
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Idiot could be jumped in 5 seconds. And these folks also carry concealed just in case.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2022
#52
Maybe not itching for fight, but trying to make a point at how ridiculous it was to open carry.
Probatim
Dec 2022
#63
As soon as I saw that, I'd be out the door and dialing 911. That's not a hunting rifle.
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 2022
#11
Idiot brings loaded assault rifle into a public place, then doesn't properly guard it.
ffr
Dec 2022
#23
Saw a middle age lady with a pistol strapped to her waste strutting through W-Mart...
40RatRod
Dec 2022
#41
From an practical point of view, I don't know that he could bring it around to fire.
Nac Mac Feegle
Dec 2022
#67