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struggle4progress

(125,285 posts)
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 12:34 PM Sep 2025

What would you think if you saw a masked guy with a sniper rifle on a rooftop?


23 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an apeman
11 (48%)
The dude is just exercising his right to open carry
1 (4%)
I gotta snap a selfie with him in the background!
0 (0%)
If I learn he's a criminal, I might call the cops
0 (0%)
I wonder if he's aiming at anybody I know
0 (0%)
Eh ... I'll check this out later online
0 (0%)
I think I'll go see if he's OK
0 (0%)
He must work for ICE
5 (22%)
Other
6 (26%)
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What would you think if you saw a masked guy with a sniper rifle on a rooftop? (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2025 OP
Go in a different direction, I think. MineralMan Sep 2025 #1
MAGA has found our neighborhood BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #2
Depends on who he's aiming at. CanonRay Sep 2025 #3
Word for word, that was my original version of struggle4progress Sep 2025 #10
Rec. Xavier Breath Sep 2025 #13
Well, I couldn't NOT vote for a Kinks reference! johnp3907 Sep 2025 #4
+ struggle4progress Sep 2025 #6
A quick look at the other high buildings to see if any guns are trained on him/her.... then flee... hlthe2b Sep 2025 #5
+ struggle4progress Sep 2025 #7
GTF out of there! LeftInTX Sep 2025 #8
+ struggle4progress Sep 2025 #11
Yup! WestMichRad Sep 2025 #15
In all honesty, I'm taking cover first. That would be my first and only thought until achieved. Solly Mack Sep 2025 #9
+ struggle4progress Sep 2025 #12
The MAGAts are restless. Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #14
That KRASNOV was loose. UTUSN Sep 2025 #16
These days? DFW Sep 2025 #17
First thought: "I'll take you out like a sniper on a roof flvegan Sep 2025 #18
Something bad. But it might be seen as normal in white gun culture communities JI7 Sep 2025 #19
Steal the cannoli after he leaves the gun. usonian Sep 2025 #20
I don't know what an apeman is. milestogo Sep 2025 #21
. struggle4progress Sep 2025 #22

struggle4progress

(125,285 posts)
10. Word for word, that was my original version of
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 12:55 PM
Sep 2025

"I wonder if he's aiming at anybody I know"

hlthe2b

(112,493 posts)
5. A quick look at the other high buildings to see if any guns are trained on him/her.... then flee...
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 12:49 PM
Sep 2025

(All the while I'm dialing 911) and telling those around me to flee.

F..k these open carry laws. Damn. One NEVER knows...

DFW

(59,631 posts)
17. These days?
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 01:14 PM
Sep 2025

I'd probably think, "must be another Republican high school field trip sponsored by the NRA again."

flvegan

(65,624 posts)
18. First thought: "I'll take you out like a sniper on a roof
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 01:14 PM
Sep 2025

Like an MC at The Fever in the DJ booth"

Second thought: Someone's probably going to get shot. Since I can see the sniper, it's probably not me.

JI7

(93,098 posts)
19. Something bad. But it might be seen as normal in white gun culture communities
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 01:16 PM
Sep 2025

That's why they didn't do anything in Butler PA or Utah.

They were just white guys with guns so everything is ok.

If they were non white then they would have gone after them.

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