More seriously I wonder if this rule works:
Under 40 = deranged killer.
Over 40 = just an idiot.
I know something like 90% of spree killers are under 40. From looking at the news the āopen carryā nuts are mostly older, or at least one of the group is older.
Uh huh. So, if no Oreos, RUN. Got it.
A deranged killer will shout loudly, āIām just an open carry patriot,ā before shooting you; an open carry patriot will shout loudly, āIām just an open carry patriot,ā before shooting you a menacing glance.
Daily Show had some good doās and donātās.
If youāre in Florida, just shoot them and let Stand Your Ground sort it out.
Can he do another one explaining the different between thugs/gang members and ānormalā people?
I just wish that rather than provoking stores into banning firearms (and then, getting media attention for having a gun ban in a store), we could ban these guys for being dicks.
Could we convince a major chain to adopt the Wheaton Rule?
I mean, I know that they are carrying their weapons to demonstrate their support for open carry, but there are things you donāt carry around with you. Brooms are legal, but you donāt go shopping with one. Weedeaters are legal, but you donāt take one into a restaurant. Canoes are legal, but you donāt take one into a movie theater. They are just trying to provoke a reaction and itās rude and tiresome.
I wonder if more places might just ask them to leave (or ban them) for just being disruptive, so that they canāt paint the whole āliberal worldā as being antigun. "
Either that, or maybe people might stage a ācounter-protestā by open carrying fire extinguishers into all the businesses that allow the open-carry guys to do this.
āWhat? Heās worried there might be a terrorist. Iām worried there might be a fire. Itās perfectly legal.ā
Yes! I would certainly feel threatened by the sight of a strapped open-carry zealot walking towards me. So I suppose, by Stand Your Ground standards, shooting him before he shoots me would be perfectly justified.
Any civilian who carries their gun across their front is automatically suspicious in my book because it looks like posturing. In my experience, itās much more comfortable and convenient to carry it across your back.
Yeah, well, āposturingā is exactly how I would describe openly carrying around a gun in order to demonstrate your support for the āfreedom!ā to openly carry around guns.
That said, if I saw you in a Piggly Wiggly with your AK or whatever strapped to your back instead of your chest, Iād still find you āautomatically suspicious.ā
Open carry nuts also tend to run in packs, with signs and pamphlets. Or at least dress as cowboys.
Open Carry Patriot stuff falls under the heading of āShit White People Doā. I live in an open carry state and Iāve only seen one non-white open carry case. Everyone else Iāve seen open carry down here has been scared white people.
I wonder what would happen if 10-30 minorities with shotguns decided to go to a chiliās together, or walk up main street in protest? My guess is the police would come and after several shots fired the āgang incidentā would be under control.
The law itself isnāt racist but the ingrained reactions of people, law enforcement and judgesā¦
Know them by their truck-nutz
First off, you have a great attitude on this, please keep sharing it.
But they can, and they will, just paint larger and larger swaths of the world as being āliberalā or, as I like to imagine a gun-nuts worldview, paint larger and larger swaths of the world as filled with āfilthy hobbitses who want my preciousā.
And being outnumbered merely makes their underdogged determination stronger.
Hey man, they started itā¦
ā¦ and then they quickly passed a law banning people from carrying loaded guns in public.
So maybe if people want to get more gun control laws enacted, we need more black people willing to test the existing laws. Some brave, brave black peopleā¦
Guns are so scary. But how to know if someone has a bomb in their backpack? Is that just a student slouching under the weight of all those books, or is that a crazed teen or 20-something about to drop off a pressure cooker bomb that is in that backpack?
Hmm, I kinda donāt think that black people should be expected or even called upon to take up this fight.
Anyway, it seems sure to backfire, since the mighty corporate/right-wing media machine has had a lot of practice separating Problems With Those Black People from Threats To āOurā (White Patriotsā) Freedoms.
Most gang members make it VERY OBVIOUS they are in a gang ā thatās part of the point of being in a gang. Colors, style of dress, TATTOOS (which make it very, very easy to identify them).
How to tell if someone is not a gang member? They donāt have gang tattoos.
Your analogy is faulty.
Itās legal to own a chainsaw and a hockey mask, right?
