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    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Goes to show open carrying is fucking garbage really though. Just a walking advertisement for an expensive item to take, what you going to do walk around in firing position all the time? If the other person has their gun pointing at you before you have yours pointing at them it doesn't matter what gun you have or that you have a gun.

      All it's doing is making you considerably more likely to die because you're a potential threat to the robber's life.

      • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Goes to show open carrying is fucking garbage really though.

        Counterpoint: What if the gun is something really cool like a big revolver in a big caliber that makes you look like a cowboy or Dirty Harry or something?

        • ssjmarx [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          You know how Sikhs carry a dagger, and in places where knives are illegal they often carry an ornamental scabbard that just looks like a dagger? We should start a tradition like that for American gun owners.

        • Theblarglereflargle [any]
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          2 years ago

          Guy from my suburban hometown goes everywhere with 2 deagles strapped to his chest visibly for the world to see. It’s hilarious.

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        reminds me of the (unironic) american reaction to a shooting in london a few years ago
        guy was parked on the curb, someone walked up, emerged from the crowd on the street, pulled a pistol from his hoodie and immediately shot the guy in the head

        cue americans with the "if the guy in the car had a gun, he would have been able to defend himself!"
        car guy didn't even know he was in danger til the bullet hit him

        • Shoegazer [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Americans are born with bullet time so they can sense every bullet coming their way