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54. The kind of person that's looking to be pickpocketed..."armed" doesn't mean "deadly weapon"

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 10:24 AM

Jul 2013

If you walk around unarmed with wits and situational awareness, you're a complete idiot who deserves to be clubbed over the head and have the smartphone your nose is buried in stolen.

I don't carry anything more lethal than a pen and keys these days (which are actually pretty damn dangerous), but I'm still constantly aware of what's going on around me. Not paranoid or hypervigilant; I don't think that every shadow holds a stalker or every person looking at me is sizing me up...just paying attention. Same as walking around the woods when I was growing up, every snap crackle or pop was heard, every movement was seen. Funny the native city folk are the worst at it, maybe they're just inured. At any rate, just being armed with my mind has likely gotten me out of trouble a couple of times.

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What kind of person walks around unarmed? [View all] ZombieHorde Jul 2013 OP

Almost the entire population of the UK. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #1

As much as I admire your non-daft heads, I believe you are not like us because live love laugh Jul 2013 #3

thats funny maindawg Jul 2013 #24

Please let me move back home SidneyR Jul 2013 #25

I felt safer in NYC HockeyMom Jul 2013 #31

At least 94% of us. To keep the other 6% happy, we have to put up with this crud. Hoyt Jul 2013 #2

^^^ THIS ^^^ etherealtruth Jul 2013 #22

DAMMIT! I don't want that! tblue Jul 2013 #43

I think you have to be preconditioned to want to kill upaloopa Jul 2013 #4

Utter horsecrap, premium Jul 2013 #13

Some day a study will prove me right upaloopa Jul 2013 #69

If what you say were true, premium Jul 2013 #70

Just mark my words upaloopa Jul 2013 #71

99 percent here. Call Me Wesley Jul 2013 #5

That right there. Rex Jul 2013 #6

One that isn't afraid of their own shadow. Bandit Jul 2013 #7

Really! BobbyBoring Jul 2013 #32

"What's happening now in Amerika . . ." another_liberal Jul 2013 #39

Yup. Iggo Jul 2013 #40

BINGO. K&R. MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #8

I seek peace. Glimmer of Hope Jul 2013 #9

with a gun? BainsBane Jul 2013 #47

Victims oldhippie Jul 2013 #10

Retired FLEO here, premium Jul 2013 #11

Were you a police officer? ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #17

Yes, retired Federal Law Enforcement Officer, premium Jul 2013 #23

I often outran my siren... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #55

Or the kind of person who doesn't believe a gun is the answer rustydog Jul 2013 #12

Someone who isn't paranoid BainsBane Jul 2013 #14

I like target shooting. Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #15

I live in Montana. ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #16

Count me as one of those people. I don't want to shoot other people. I'll take my chances. Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #18

Not the only kind of person not looking for a violent confrontation. AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #19

And anyone who does has a greater likely of turning a confrontation into something violent.. DCBob Jul 2013 #20

The only kind of person I want to be around. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #21

Children ThoughtCriminal Jul 2013 #26

me...my wife...and 2 daughters. n/t NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #27

Me. Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #28

Me HockeyMom Jul 2013 #29

I used to walk around heavily armed & certainly wasn't looking for trouble. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #30

RADICAL DUDE! BobbyBoring Jul 2013 #35

You should make this a poll question HockeyMom Jul 2013 #33

The state of sanity. another_liberal Jul 2013 #38

The kind of people who aren't cowards seeing boogiemen in every shadow. backscatter712 Jul 2013 #34

Someone like MOST Americans ReRe Jul 2013 #36

Someone who doesn't want to be murdered by a bullet from his own gun? another_liberal Jul 2013 #37

Someone whose risk assessment indicates they don't need to be armed. nt rrneck Jul 2013 #41

Ha! Good answer. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #42

Most gun folks don't use the "reasonable person" test when making that assessment. Hoyt Jul 2013 #45

Bullshit. nt rrneck Jul 2013 #49

Nope, no shit. You guys act like there is a boogeyman behind every tree. Not reasonable or Hoyt Jul 2013 #56

More bullshit. rrneck Jul 2013 #57

Zimmerman was armed to go to Target. Hell Hath No Fury Jul 2013 #48

Armchair psycology. rrneck Jul 2013 #51

Answer seems to prohibit "assholes" from toting guns in public. That would take 98.789% of CCWers Hoyt Jul 2013 #58

Libelous self aggrandizing bullshit. rrneck Jul 2013 #59

Just about anyone who tucks a gun in their pants before going out in public, falls in category. Hoyt Jul 2013 #60

Well, at least you're safe rrneck Jul 2013 #61

Do you have anything but defense of of those who choose to carry a gun or two in public. Hoyt Jul 2013 #62

Do you have anything but rrneck Jul 2013 #64

In George Zimmerman's paranoid mind Rex Jul 2013 #44

No chit. The law allows him to get his gun and permit back. Plus, Hoyt Jul 2013 #46

Zimmy was packing a loaded concealed pistol, on his way to Target. Avalux Jul 2013 #50

People who aren't scared of everyone Bragi Jul 2013 #52

Ayuh tavalon Jul 2013 #53

The kind of person that's looking to be pickpocketed..."armed" doesn't mean "deadly weapon" sir pball Jul 2013 #54

The kind of person who has accepted that their place Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #63

Or, you have decided that in 99% of cases precautions and other means of self defense besides a gun Hoyt Jul 2013 #67

I have known some unarmed people looking for violent confrontations. One_Life_To_Give Jul 2013 #65

people who mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #66

K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #68