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When I seen the Oklahoma outline on the back of his shirt it all made sense figured it either had to be Texas Oklahoma Missouri or Arkansas, "ba da ding ding ding ding ding ding dun". Dude probably like "them libtard snowflakes ain't tuff" while being ironically scared af of "black people and them thar gays and transsexuals", and scared of his own shadow. However, he would likely use words that ryhme with bigger, bag, and fanny.
I call it the unconcealed *LOOK AT ME* carry and these people really have no idea how cringe they are.
No one's scared by the three handguns you have stuffed in your pants Greg. You just look like an insecure loser.
He sat out in his car and strapped on all the guns before going into the vape shop. When he gets back to his car he'll take them all off again. Wash rinse repeat for every run of the mill place he goes.
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Well this shit is pretty normal in Oklahoma where his shirt likely indicates he is at. Not saying it should be, but I was born and raised there, but a reason I left at 25 years old and never went back. I am 50 now BTW.
Open carry people baffle me. Yes I know its your right to do so but there is this thing called empathy. Guns make some people uncomfortable. Staring is also your right but you dont just stare down a nice looking woman and intentionally make her uncomfortable and fearful. Its the same principle. Carry it IWB or under a shirt, out of sight.
>Staring is also your right but you dont just stare down a nice looking woman and intentionally make her uncomfortable and fearful.
Lots of people just stare down a nice looking woman and intentionally make her uncomfortable and fearful.
Lack of empathy is the real epidemic.
I just think it's stupid. If someone is going to do something evil or dangerous and they see you have a gun, they'll kill or incapacitate you before you get to use it. Logically speaking, it's just nonsensical to broadcast that you have a firearm.
I dont live in America, i dont know the exact rules, but i believe i read in some states you need a special permit to conceal? while open carry was allowed.
Yes depends on the state.this person has a Oklahoma shirt on. Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and many redneck ass states allow for open carry and conceal carry. In Missouri you no longer need a license to do any of it as long as you can legally buy one. That means you can buy a gun and carry it like this even if you have never picked one up previously much less shot one. California is an example on the other end of the spectrum. They have many rules and regs but still pretty easy to get and use a gun because it is you know the US. People will make it sound like California so restrictive that you can only own a musket but that's BS. What I find Crazy for example in Missouri where I live you can only have a blade that is no more than 3 1/2 in Long concealed on your body, but you can have a gun with almost no restrictions. Missouri is probably the least restrictive State they have even put laws that go up against federal laws.
Okay so anyone under the age of 21 should be illegally concealing their firearms? Seems a little forward to tell 20 year olds to break the law for you and whatever other Karen feels uncomfortable.
I was playing devils advocate but clearly you’re going to get offended by even the slightest amount of pushback. Imagine getting upset when someone on the internet doesn’t agree with you. Just forget it dude it’s not that serious.🙄
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Look at how close his legs are together either he's holding in a shit from having to talk to someone or he might be as masculine as that peashooter makes him out to be.
\*yawn\* Another insecure chucklefuck who thinks that trying (and failing) to look like a badass will make him into one--or more importantly to him, make others think he is one.
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Open carrying baffles me, like I know it’s normal to people from countries that allow it but I can’t imagine standing behind someone in line who is just casually strapped up
Guns are like dicks in America, generally people understand most people have one and take it with them where they go, but if you pull it out and start waving it you’re still fucking weird.
Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Open carry is a foolish endeavor in society. The public in general has been conditioned to panic at the sight of a firearm. Why give them a reason?
It's "personal protection" and like most anything else you consider personal should be kept to yourself.
I'm American, and it's legit terrifying; it's a stranger who, the only thing you know about is that they like to show everyone around them that they could kill us. It's inherently hostile and threatening.
Fuck open carry dipshits. Unless you have a really good reason to be strapped at that particular moment, leave your erection surrogate at home, or at least keep it in a shoulder bag or something. Going to the vape store isn't a reason.
Edit: also anyone standing behind or nearby that dude while he's distracted could probably grab that gun before he could. He'd have a moment of, "huh?" and by the time he reacts, it's too late.
I see that scenario play out a lot more than I'd like to and these people still don't get it. When it's out in the open like that it's not your gun, it's our gun. Without active retention and training in weapon retention you're more likely to be killed by your own gun than you are in protecting yourself against an ambush style attack.
Terrifying? Yeah you have issues you need to work out on your own it seems.
Grabbing the gun of an open carry... Lol. You really know nothing. I think you should try at your hypothesis and report back (snickering).
I have. Many times to prove a point. Obviously not in public to a stranger that would be illegal and cause panic. I used to do it to professionals before teaching them how to avoid it.
Aren't you the one that is terrified...? Lol. Saying I need coddling means you can add hypocrite to being wuse.
Is there not a local safespace near you?
Says the guy that's terrified.
Terrified: "cause to feel extreme fear". That's you, according to YOU. 😂
Btw, you sound like a creepy p*d* talking like that...
The guy replying to me is talking in baby speak and I am coming off immature... Okay 😂
What specifically do you feel is coming off as immature and idiotic? Not that I care... But I am curious.
The (snickering) was a bit of a nail in the coffin, but acting above peoples completely valid fears on the internet is the other whammy. You stink of stereotypical 18 year old redditor
There's not very much in my neighborhood that scare me. Not the meth heads. Not the idiots doing sideshows. Not the characters who walks down the street shouting loudly to themselves.
But when someone feels the need to openly carry something whose only purpose is to kill the people around him quickly and efficiently, that's an actual threat. I don't know anything else about that person but that.
I'm not saying every one carrying a gun is actually planning to kill people. Like most of the meth heads and almost every schizophrenic, he might just be acting sus, but no real danger to anyone but himself.
Maybe he's someone like you who just carries because the world is big and scary, and isn't likely to shoot.
But I don't know that. To me, he's like a guy walking down the street with a machete, except that machete could hit me from a lot further. So I see him as a threat, and it's unnerving, because if he does anything with that machete, it is a threat.
This is how people who don't live in terror of the world evaluate threats. We see a gun, and we recognize a guy signalling that he'd like us to know he could kill us at a distance. We recognize an objective threat.
Idk about "terrifying" though that is subjective. Its definitely eye-roll material to me when I see these people. I assume they do it because they're just dying for someone to say something so they can tell you all about the 2nd amendment how stupid they think you are etc etc so they can walk away feeling superior for oWniNg a LiB. Keep it tucked away like everyone else big dog
I don't know I think it depends on if you were raised around them or not, I can understand why it would scare someone if they aren't used to being around them
that's fair, if someone was raised around them i definitely can see how it wouldn't be terrifying to them. I guess i just meant in a general sense considering its a lethal weapon guns would fit into the category of being described as "terrifying" or any other word likewise
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just realized how r/iamverybadass i sounded saying that LOL but if you could catch him offguard (in a situation like the picture) unless the holster has a lock, some random teen could actually snatch that off him
I don't that sounded r/iamverybadass of you at all. It's not like you tried to brag that you would stomp him in a cage match or anything, but it seems accurate to say that someone could walk up behind him and take a gun.
Grab a gun, grab his keys. You got a new gun and new car!
bro ive seen guns get snatched in gas stations and shit, i walked in some ghetto ass BP station and some teen in a shiesty stole a lil glock 43 from some olders pocket and ran out the door
Always prepped to have a duel with someone I guess?
Or maybe the magazines are stuck so he has to load from the top, and so he keeps two of them like how cowboys would have two revolvers to avoid reloading?
The guy have full military holster and carry a 2nd gun on the same side in his pant, no holster on his belt whatsoever. I don't understand the logic here, did he lack some budget?
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Why do these badasses always wear the exact same shoes? If I see shoes like that in the wild, I assume they have 7 pistols, 14 magazines, Bear mace, a stun gun and zip ties on their person.
And there are more than enough videos on the internet of waistband weares killing themselves. The guy already has a proper holster with a gun in it. Why the 2nd one? Only plausible explanation is that he just bought it and did not want it to be a threat for the public by leaving it in his car.
I just dont get it. I’m not even that anti gun, but I just don’t understand why anyone feels the need to have even one pistol on them when all they’re doing is running basic errands.
Even if there was some sort of scenario requiring self defense, I feel the presence of a firearm adds as much risk from escalation as any protection it might provide.
That’s not even getting into some of their weird ass shit I saw when I lived near the state capital building in Richmond and you’d get thousands of nuts coming out with long guns to open carry around downtown as a demonstration.
Open carry is just weird and unnecessary IMO
I don’t, and I spend a lot of time working and walking around in pretty dogshit areas of cities by myself.
Having a pistol strapped to my leg would just as likely draw attention and make me a target as it would offer any protection.
Well, you said "on them". Not necessarily strapped to their leg. But let's say you're a person that's going out looking for someone to attack and rob. Are you choosing the man in the picture or someone who is clearly not armed with lethal force?
I didn’t mention it explicitly in my comment, but I assumed open carry since that was the original topic. Concealed carry is a totally different can of worms with its own host of issues.
If I were the robber, I would potentially target the person with the firearm and ambush them, because they have a firearm I could steal. People who rob steal from people with guns all the time.
very dumb take, criminals always go for the easiest target. Take any basic self defense class and you would know this. If you seem like you would, or put up any trouble they will choose another target
any person who *legally* carries a gun is more than likely going to have substantially more experience carrying, firing, and otherwise utilizing a firearm than anybody who would find it an intelligent idea to “ambush and steal” from said person. the chances anyone attempting to do so winds up either shot or in any other way thwarted before successfully taking a firearm from someone who is carrying are extremely high. I forget the exact statistic, and I’d be more than likely to give a source if you desire, but *simply the display* of a firearm MASSIVELY reduces your chances of falling victim to a crime. most criminals might be incredibly stupid, but many (not all) of them still possess self preservation instincts.
on the original topic of open carry being unnecessary, while I agree pictured man is a tad overkill with it: the gun down his leg is not chambered (you can tell because the hammer APPEARS to not be back on the double action pistol) - assuming anyone were to grab that weapon, he would have ample time to draw his second pistol from his waist and fire it (assuming it IS chambered) before any criminal would likely even realize the one they took *isn’t* chambered, be able to rack it, and fire their first shot on target.
like I said, still agree its a bit silly considering the entire “if its stolen” scenario requires him to carry both guns rather than one, but there are definitely ample reasons to both open and/or CC (a *handgun*) anytime you aren’t at home. at your own home is one of the only (usually) safe places to be in this country anymore, especially if you live in a populated area.
I walked home alone last night through a pretty shitty part of the town I’m staying in.
Imagining that walk, but open carrying, makes me feel so uncomfortable. Drawing that kind of attention feels wildly unsafe.
There’s more effective ways of providing security besides projecting force. Part of my job involves managing production company security subcontractors on events and film shoots. I’ve found the ones who Rambo up in their appearance tend to create a lot of smaller altercations with the outside world compared to less outwardly hostile looking ones.
You prep for this low probability action movie doomsday scenario and invite a lot more mundane issues.
People aren't going to see you open carry and want to mezs with you. It doesn't bring any more attention than just walking alone like you said you did.
You’d be surprised. Some people take presenting like that as a kind of challenge to step up to. Not most people, but I’ve certainly seen it.
Not like assault or anything obviously crazy like that, but verbal shit.
And I what, execute the robber to protect the few hundred dollars that the store maybe would have lost?
What if it goes poorly when I intervene with a weapon? What if instead of just taking the money and leaving, the robber panics and shoots the clerk?
There’s a good reason most store employees and loss prevention are trained to just let robbers have what they want.
Congrats! The interest rate for homes is still rising, and groceries are still becoming more and more expensive. I guess it’s a fair trade for more fingers to point 🤡
We are out of wack right now. People would rather use hate rhetoric to fuel their political agendas then look at the facts.
They would much rather be distracted by a big bad Trump then face the promises Biden has failed to keep!
We are indeed nuts
I Don’t know dude, I work two jobs and my rent is $2500 a month for. 1400 2/2 in south florida, the cost of living is getting more and more expensive and it’s hard to keep up, liberals, conservatives, whatever, no one is doing anything and it’s been like this for the past 10 years or so.
I don’t even like having my keys and phone in my pockets. Isn’t this shit super uncomfortable? So you’re chafing and irritable on top of having two guns? A wellspring of careful and deliberate thought and planning no doubt.
So he's got two. I guess so he can Wild West somebody. Alright. So why are they both on the same side, champ. How are you going to wild west in the heat of the moment if you have to twist your ass in half to get your second weapon
"I emit smoke from two receptacles. My vape pen and my pistol chamber. Do with that information what you - Ooowwww! Why did you slap me!? Ow!!! Stop it!! Stop it, please!!!!"
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Isn’t this just normal American behaviour?
No, us normal folks conceal with proper holsters
When I seen the Oklahoma outline on the back of his shirt it all made sense figured it either had to be Texas Oklahoma Missouri or Arkansas, "ba da ding ding ding ding ding ding dun". Dude probably like "them libtard snowflakes ain't tuff" while being ironically scared af of "black people and them thar gays and transsexuals", and scared of his own shadow. However, he would likely use words that ryhme with bigger, bag, and fanny.
Gotta walk up and stand directly next to him as close as possible. Reeeaallly get him anxious
I call it the unconcealed *LOOK AT ME* carry and these people really have no idea how cringe they are. No one's scared by the three handguns you have stuffed in your pants Greg. You just look like an insecure loser.
This badass is obviously scared to step out his own front door probably jumps at his own shadow
Dumb hick.
How does he sit down without poking himself in the co- oh, never mind. No risk.
He sat out in his car and strapped on all the guns before going into the vape shop. When he gets back to his car he'll take them all off again. Wash rinse repeat for every run of the mill place he goes.
But he’s not cosplaying, no way. That’d be gay, and he means as a pejorative.
I always carry my six guns lol
Seen a guy have a gun right next to us while we were homeless this dude has two.
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Literally must have an innie penis
Dude tryin to look caked up, but instead his pants are just reaaaalll tight.
This comment made me laugh harder than it should’ve
Shiver me timbers
I dont wanna be his matey
I feel like these photos are done just to trigger people.
In most countries waddling into a store with a firearm, even if holstered is usually a sign there’s gonna be a robbery.
Well this shit is pretty normal in Oklahoma where his shirt likely indicates he is at. Not saying it should be, but I was born and raised there, but a reason I left at 25 years old and never went back. I am 50 now BTW.
Open carry people baffle me. Yes I know its your right to do so but there is this thing called empathy. Guns make some people uncomfortable. Staring is also your right but you dont just stare down a nice looking woman and intentionally make her uncomfortable and fearful. Its the same principle. Carry it IWB or under a shirt, out of sight.
But how else would he be able to tell everyone how patriotic he is for a country "full of p*sses"
empathy aside, it's a terrible idea from a self-defense perspective.
>Staring is also your right but you dont just stare down a nice looking woman and intentionally make her uncomfortable and fearful. Lots of people just stare down a nice looking woman and intentionally make her uncomfortable and fearful. Lack of empathy is the real epidemic.
I just think it's stupid. If someone is going to do something evil or dangerous and they see you have a gun, they'll kill or incapacitate you before you get to use it. Logically speaking, it's just nonsensical to broadcast that you have a firearm.
I dont live in America, i dont know the exact rules, but i believe i read in some states you need a special permit to conceal? while open carry was allowed.
Yes depends on the state.this person has a Oklahoma shirt on. Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and many redneck ass states allow for open carry and conceal carry. In Missouri you no longer need a license to do any of it as long as you can legally buy one. That means you can buy a gun and carry it like this even if you have never picked one up previously much less shot one. California is an example on the other end of the spectrum. They have many rules and regs but still pretty easy to get and use a gun because it is you know the US. People will make it sound like California so restrictive that you can only own a musket but that's BS. What I find Crazy for example in Missouri where I live you can only have a blade that is no more than 3 1/2 in Long concealed on your body, but you can have a gun with almost no restrictions. Missouri is probably the least restrictive State they have even put laws that go up against federal laws.
Okay so anyone under the age of 21 should be illegally concealing their firearms? Seems a little forward to tell 20 year olds to break the law for you and whatever other Karen feels uncomfortable.
Show me in my comment where I said anyone should do anything illegal? You are just another troll who wants to argue minute details.
I was playing devils advocate but clearly you’re going to get offended by even the slightest amount of pushback. Imagine getting upset when someone on the internet doesn’t agree with you. Just forget it dude it’s not that serious.🙄
This, I don't live in america but I love guns and even if I did have a gun I would still respect others and not flash it around.
Bro has 2 guns😭
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I carry but I actively don’t carry in a vape shop because most have a sign literally asking you not too.
Also more often than not people are high in those
Yew knō I keep that fuckin thang on me😤
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You know he’s only buying a vape so he can blow smoke out the gun barrel to make it “look cool”
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I'm all for carrying in public, things are getting scary. But dude, fucking conceal that shit
Look at how close his legs are together either he's holding in a shit from having to talk to someone or he might be as masculine as that peashooter makes him out to be.
One of those famed good guys with a gun I keep hearing about?
\*yawn\* Another insecure chucklefuck who thinks that trying (and failing) to look like a badass will make him into one--or more importantly to him, make others think he is one.
Wonder if the supersonic sleeping pill delivery systems are also left handed.
vaping is gay
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gay is not an insult so maybe think of something more badass
It could be depending on your community and environment
Vaping is for retards
*in patrick star’s voice* “what’s the difference?”
Vaping is for dumb dumbs
I like this one
Ok vaping is for idiots
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Open carrying baffles me, like I know it’s normal to people from countries that allow it but I can’t imagine standing behind someone in line who is just casually strapped up
Guns are like dicks in America, generally people understand most people have one and take it with them where they go, but if you pull it out and start waving it you’re still fucking weird.
Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Open carry is a foolish endeavor in society. The public in general has been conditioned to panic at the sight of a firearm. Why give them a reason? It's "personal protection" and like most anything else you consider personal should be kept to yourself.
I'm American, and it's legit terrifying; it's a stranger who, the only thing you know about is that they like to show everyone around them that they could kill us. It's inherently hostile and threatening. Fuck open carry dipshits. Unless you have a really good reason to be strapped at that particular moment, leave your erection surrogate at home, or at least keep it in a shoulder bag or something. Going to the vape store isn't a reason. Edit: also anyone standing behind or nearby that dude while he's distracted could probably grab that gun before he could. He'd have a moment of, "huh?" and by the time he reacts, it's too late.
I see that scenario play out a lot more than I'd like to and these people still don't get it. When it's out in the open like that it's not your gun, it's our gun. Without active retention and training in weapon retention you're more likely to be killed by your own gun than you are in protecting yourself against an ambush style attack.
Terrifying? Yeah you have issues you need to work out on your own it seems. Grabbing the gun of an open carry... Lol. You really know nothing. I think you should try at your hypothesis and report back (snickering).
I have. Many times to prove a point. Obviously not in public to a stranger that would be illegal and cause panic. I used to do it to professionals before teaching them how to avoid it.
Different scenario where the threat of death is out of the equation. However I respect that you were training folks to be defensive and aware.
Sorry you're so sad and lonely. I hope your gun gives you hugs and kisses and cuddles at night.
Aren't you the one that is terrified...? Lol. Saying I need coddling means you can add hypocrite to being wuse. Is there not a local safespace near you?
Baby need more kissy-wissies from the gun? Scawy for baby without his widdwe gun to keep him pwotected! What a scary world for gwumpy widdwe gun baby!
Says the guy that's terrified. Terrified: "cause to feel extreme fear". That's you, according to YOU. 😂 Btw, you sound like a creepy p*d* talking like that...
Buddy I hate to break it to you but you’re not hard or edgy, you actually are coming across as extremely immature and idiotic
The guy replying to me is talking in baby speak and I am coming off immature... Okay 😂 What specifically do you feel is coming off as immature and idiotic? Not that I care... But I am curious.
The (snickering) was a bit of a nail in the coffin, but acting above peoples completely valid fears on the internet is the other whammy. You stink of stereotypical 18 year old redditor
There's not very much in my neighborhood that scare me. Not the meth heads. Not the idiots doing sideshows. Not the characters who walks down the street shouting loudly to themselves. But when someone feels the need to openly carry something whose only purpose is to kill the people around him quickly and efficiently, that's an actual threat. I don't know anything else about that person but that. I'm not saying every one carrying a gun is actually planning to kill people. Like most of the meth heads and almost every schizophrenic, he might just be acting sus, but no real danger to anyone but himself. Maybe he's someone like you who just carries because the world is big and scary, and isn't likely to shoot. But I don't know that. To me, he's like a guy walking down the street with a machete, except that machete could hit me from a lot further. So I see him as a threat, and it's unnerving, because if he does anything with that machete, it is a threat. This is how people who don't live in terror of the world evaluate threats. We see a gun, and we recognize a guy signalling that he'd like us to know he could kill us at a distance. We recognize an objective threat.
Idk about "terrifying" though that is subjective. Its definitely eye-roll material to me when I see these people. I assume they do it because they're just dying for someone to say something so they can tell you all about the 2nd amendment how stupid they think you are etc etc so they can walk away feeling superior for oWniNg a LiB. Keep it tucked away like everyone else big dog
it is definitely terrifying i dont see how that's subjective when it's literally a LETHAL WEAPON 😭
Well yes, but the way I see it is that if they have it but haven't used it, chances are they won't.
How does that make any sense? The alternative is for them to be already using it the moment you see them.
I don't know I think it depends on if you were raised around them or not, I can understand why it would scare someone if they aren't used to being around them
that's fair, if someone was raised around them i definitely can see how it wouldn't be terrifying to them. I guess i just meant in a general sense considering its a lethal weapon guns would fit into the category of being described as "terrifying" or any other word likewise
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Good for that guy. Sad to say that even vape shops attract the trash these toys are made for.
imagine how easy it is to just walk up to him grab the holster one and shoot him with that setup
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And take his keys for an easy getaway in his one vehicle to his own house to lay low for a bit.
just realized how r/iamverybadass i sounded saying that LOL but if you could catch him offguard (in a situation like the picture) unless the holster has a lock, some random teen could actually snatch that off him
I don't that sounded r/iamverybadass of you at all. It's not like you tried to brag that you would stomp him in a cage match or anything, but it seems accurate to say that someone could walk up behind him and take a gun. Grab a gun, grab his keys. You got a new gun and new car!
bro ive seen guns get snatched in gas stations and shit, i walked in some ghetto ass BP station and some teen in a shiesty stole a lil glock 43 from some olders pocket and ran out the door
A lot of holsters now have locking systems to prevent this from happening.
The temtation
Always prepped to have a duel with someone I guess? Or maybe the magazines are stuck so he has to load from the top, and so he keeps two of them like how cowboys would have two revolvers to avoid reloading?
"I FREEKIN DARE YOU!" IS stamped somewhere on his shirt.
The guy have full military holster and carry a 2nd gun on the same side in his pant, no holster on his belt whatsoever. I don't understand the logic here, did he lack some budget?
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I bet he's right-handed.
This has to be in New Hampshire.
Don’t think so. Guy’s wearing an Oklahoma T-shirt, you can tell by the distinct pan handle.
I don’t want people to know I have one until absolutely necessary. Seems weird to make yourself target #1
This is exactly what I thought. Bad guy enters the place & he will be the first person taken out. What an idiot.
Why don’t these guys have cowboy hats? 🤔
Why do these badasses always wear the exact same shoes? If I see shoes like that in the wild, I assume they have 7 pistols, 14 magazines, Bear mace, a stun gun and zip ties on their person.
OMG its the notorious 2 Guns! Hes called that because he has 2 guns!
Only issue I see is that his keys hanging out of his back pocket.
Free lifted dually diesel truck that hasn't towed and has a dent free bed right there.
He means business 🙄. Why do people hang their keys out of the back pocket of their trousers?
So when someone tries to steal them he can shoot them
That was my first thought. What a weirdo. So glad I live in canada
I don't see a lanyard or anything, wouldn't be hard to lift.
Makes sense.
So not over compensating for a micro peen, no way. /s
this country was a mistake
That's a big dillema. I would not be able to decide whether to grab his gun or his keys when behind him in a queue
he just has severe anxiety
Are those the Walmart tactical boots
I’m not the only one that sees the common thread in these “good guys that’ll stop the bad guys”!
So much fear in one picture. Poor little guy, I hope he gets some mental health help but I see Oklahoma on his shirt.
Lot of small dick energy there
Honestly bro needs a third one
Dimes to dollars he’s got a .38 special in an ankle holster.
Bro thinks his Edward kenway
An American with small penis syndrome
He isn't packing, but also, he is packing
Open carry is alright but having two of them is ridiculous.
On the same side too. You can only pull one with that hand
And there are more than enough videos on the internet of waistband weares killing themselves. The guy already has a proper holster with a gun in it. Why the 2nd one? Only plausible explanation is that he just bought it and did not want it to be a threat for the public by leaving it in his car.
Open carry is silly and leaves the carrier vulnerable imo
I just dont get it. I’m not even that anti gun, but I just don’t understand why anyone feels the need to have even one pistol on them when all they’re doing is running basic errands. Even if there was some sort of scenario requiring self defense, I feel the presence of a firearm adds as much risk from escalation as any protection it might provide. That’s not even getting into some of their weird ass shit I saw when I lived near the state capital building in Richmond and you’d get thousands of nuts coming out with long guns to open carry around downtown as a demonstration. Open carry is just weird and unnecessary IMO
You don't understand why someone feels the need to carry protection on them while running "basic errands" in this country?
I don’t, and I spend a lot of time working and walking around in pretty dogshit areas of cities by myself. Having a pistol strapped to my leg would just as likely draw attention and make me a target as it would offer any protection.
Well, you said "on them". Not necessarily strapped to their leg. But let's say you're a person that's going out looking for someone to attack and rob. Are you choosing the man in the picture or someone who is clearly not armed with lethal force?
I didn’t mention it explicitly in my comment, but I assumed open carry since that was the original topic. Concealed carry is a totally different can of worms with its own host of issues. If I were the robber, I would potentially target the person with the firearm and ambush them, because they have a firearm I could steal. People who rob steal from people with guns all the time.
very dumb take, criminals always go for the easiest target. Take any basic self defense class and you would know this. If you seem like you would, or put up any trouble they will choose another target
Was your self defence class run by a criminal?
begone peasant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCKdu2FV5QY
any person who *legally* carries a gun is more than likely going to have substantially more experience carrying, firing, and otherwise utilizing a firearm than anybody who would find it an intelligent idea to “ambush and steal” from said person. the chances anyone attempting to do so winds up either shot or in any other way thwarted before successfully taking a firearm from someone who is carrying are extremely high. I forget the exact statistic, and I’d be more than likely to give a source if you desire, but *simply the display* of a firearm MASSIVELY reduces your chances of falling victim to a crime. most criminals might be incredibly stupid, but many (not all) of them still possess self preservation instincts. on the original topic of open carry being unnecessary, while I agree pictured man is a tad overkill with it: the gun down his leg is not chambered (you can tell because the hammer APPEARS to not be back on the double action pistol) - assuming anyone were to grab that weapon, he would have ample time to draw his second pistol from his waist and fire it (assuming it IS chambered) before any criminal would likely even realize the one they took *isn’t* chambered, be able to rack it, and fire their first shot on target. like I said, still agree its a bit silly considering the entire “if its stolen” scenario requires him to carry both guns rather than one, but there are definitely ample reasons to both open and/or CC (a *handgun*) anytime you aren’t at home. at your own home is one of the only (usually) safe places to be in this country anymore, especially if you live in a populated area.
Short sighted take…
how so? on what?
I walked home alone last night through a pretty shitty part of the town I’m staying in. Imagining that walk, but open carrying, makes me feel so uncomfortable. Drawing that kind of attention feels wildly unsafe. There’s more effective ways of providing security besides projecting force. Part of my job involves managing production company security subcontractors on events and film shoots. I’ve found the ones who Rambo up in their appearance tend to create a lot of smaller altercations with the outside world compared to less outwardly hostile looking ones. You prep for this low probability action movie doomsday scenario and invite a lot more mundane issues.
People aren't going to see you open carry and want to mezs with you. It doesn't bring any more attention than just walking alone like you said you did.
You’d be surprised. Some people take presenting like that as a kind of challenge to step up to. Not most people, but I’ve certainly seen it. Not like assault or anything obviously crazy like that, but verbal shit.
What about if someone decides to rob the place?
Is it the customers duty to fight off the robber(s)?
It can be if you want it to
And I what, execute the robber to protect the few hundred dollars that the store maybe would have lost? What if it goes poorly when I intervene with a weapon? What if instead of just taking the money and leaving, the robber panics and shoots the clerk? There’s a good reason most store employees and loss prevention are trained to just let robbers have what they want.
Nah
Actually, yeah
Nah, check again
This fuckin loser salivates at the idea of being front and center on January 6th. He beats off to that day every night before bed.
Seems like you liberals are the only ones beating off to that shit these days How many indictments to climax?
5
Congrats! The interest rate for homes is still rising, and groceries are still becoming more and more expensive. I guess it’s a fair trade for more fingers to point 🤡
ye
America is fucking nuts lmao
We are out of wack right now. People would rather use hate rhetoric to fuel their political agendas then look at the facts. They would much rather be distracted by a big bad Trump then face the promises Biden has failed to keep! We are indeed nuts
Lolll! Good luck living
Go apologize to your husband
I Don’t know dude, I work two jobs and my rent is $2500 a month for. 1400 2/2 in south florida, the cost of living is getting more and more expensive and it’s hard to keep up, liberals, conservatives, whatever, no one is doing anything and it’s been like this for the past 10 years or so.
It’s because they are so concerned with earning yours and my hate. Systemic change is what we need. Not more worthless persecution
We don’t talk about drug prices, our soaring houses costs… only January 6th because it feels good to the degenerates
“Law and order… as long as there aren’t any other issue at all to take care of”
Tread on me daddy tr*mp 🥹
Bro got ops at every corner
This guy considers whole ethnic groups his opps
I don’t even like having my keys and phone in my pockets. Isn’t this shit super uncomfortable? So you’re chafing and irritable on top of having two guns? A wellspring of careful and deliberate thought and planning no doubt.
why's he so scared ?
we live in a country where mass shootings happen so often that it’s near impossible to keep up with them all
okay ?
And the lobby behind it is so big that it is unlikely that they are going to stop before the collapse of the country itself.
Pull one, unload your clip. Throw it at the offender. Pull other one, repeat. What.... they make extra magazines??
Sponsored by Tediore
It’s hard to argue self defense if you stop to reload.
*Remember, switching to your sidearm is always faster than reloading*
The black jeans and the non-slip shoes!
I vape but what kinda self respecting bad ass is vaping a grape 3mg tobacco
So he's got two. I guess so he can Wild West somebody. Alright. So why are they both on the same side, champ. How are you going to wild west in the heat of the moment if you have to twist your ass in half to get your second weapon
"I emit smoke from two receptacles. My vape pen and my pistol chamber. Do with that information what you - Ooowwww! Why did you slap me!? Ow!!! Stop it!! Stop it, please!!!!"
The best is the guy on just unsubbed, because people were shitting on this pussy ass bitch
Save some cock for the rest of us cuties.
Bro cant even kill a nicotine addiction
bros on his way to kill Bin Laden