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NightWatcher

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3. One October me and my friend were walking downtown heading to a restaurant...

Wed Jun 4, 2014, 01:28 PM

Jun 2014

We see and hear a guy scream out in evil laughter as he busts out of the front door of another restaurant about 75 yards down the street. He's wearing ripped clothes and swinging a giant machete above his head. He runs straight towards us but stops about 10 feet from us and peacefully walks into the restaurant we were going into. As we arrive and open the door we see the guy laughing with his friends, one of whom is playing with his plastic machete and commenting on how real it looked.

My friend had just started work as a university police officer and told me that he was just about to pull his off duty piece on the guy. It was Halloween.

Open carriers make it tough to tell the good guys from the guy who is five seconds from starting his rampage. If a good guy makes the wrong call on the open carrier and pulls his concealed weapon, what's to keep the two guys from, fearing each other is a bad guy, starting a shootout? It will happen.

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Dear Mr Open Carry, [View all] SomethingFishy Jun 2014 OP

Brown Shirts PADemD Jun 2014 #1

Wait for it... Omaha Steve Jun 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #85

*pants* MisterP Jun 2014 #11

Yes. Brown pants, from shitting themselves over perceived threats everywhere (hence the guns). nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #86

One October me and my friend were walking downtown heading to a restaurant... NightWatcher Jun 2014 #3

A clown suit would be an appropriate uniform, I think. MineralMan Jun 2014 #4

Never thought clowns could look any scarier! FailureToCommunicate Jun 2014 #35

I like this and brown shirt, since they are both... randys1 Jun 2014 #51

Most appropriate signifier?-- make them wear a Dunce cap.... n/t hlthe2b Jun 2014 #5

I was thinking about the same - a beanie cap with a propeller erronis Jun 2014 #103

Sounds like profiling to me. nt clarice Jun 2014 #6

Since they have issues in this area anyway... Karia Jun 2014 #7

Oh, this is my favotire one so far! 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #16

Again with the goats! Gives new meaning to "Pull the other one, it has bells on"! Hekate Jun 2014 #76

Go naked and wear guns as penis sheaths like Papua New Guinea. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #88

I nominate this subthread for a DUzy. With bells on. nt Hekate Jun 2014 #99

I support Open Carry 951-Riverside Jun 2014 #8

I sure as hell don't want to be around kids that are carrying. Ilsa Jun 2014 #10

++ ThoughtCriminal Jun 2014 #33

So do I. They scare the piss out of me. smirkymonkey Jun 2014 #56

this is terrifying in so many ways, not least of all is she might shoot herself in the head. Voice for Peace Jun 2014 #38

would you then outlaw concealed carry? Voice for Peace Jun 2014 #13

Absolutely 951-Riverside Jun 2014 #44

Because crazy people and criminals obey laws? hack89 Jun 2014 #67

right.... mikeysnot Jun 2014 #82

The beauty of the AR-15 platform is that it can be accessorized hack89 Jun 2014 #87

THAT is the problem with legal concealed carry. ieoeja Jun 2014 #91

Unless cops have developed xray vision, I am not sure I agree with you hack89 Jun 2014 #93

Bulges. Cops were detaining and arresting criminals with concealed weapons 24x7, 365 days a year. ieoeja Jun 2014 #94

The cops will adjust. We shouldn't surrender civil liberties to make their job easier. hack89 Jun 2014 #95

Being armed may be a civil liberty. I don't think a "concealed weapon" is a civil liberty. ieoeja Jun 2014 #98

The Peruta case is taking it in that direction hack89 Jun 2014 #101

The courts aren't making those rulings on their own, buddy. ieoeja Jun 2014 #105

Dick Heller wanted to have a gun in his home hack89 Jun 2014 #108

I don't want to see it standing in line behind me at my local coffee shop or Home Depot LynneSin Jun 2014 #26

Me either. Aerows Jun 2014 #42

me either... Blue_Roses Jun 2014 #107

Sickening otohara Jun 2014 #40

My first reactiom to the kid in the top picture was BarbaRosa Jun 2014 #53

Just ask yourself ThoughtCriminal Jun 2014 #55

Which is why Somalia and Afghanistan are the safest places on earth. nt geek tragedy Jun 2014 #70

I thought St. Ronnie banned open carry long ago Mnpaul Jun 2014 #72

Riiiiight. If I see some bozo carrying an AK-whatever in the restaurant, store, or wherever I am... Hekate Jun 2014 #77

Where I grew up, this would result in many 999 calls. mwooldri Jun 2014 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Jun 2014 #9

It seems inevitable that Mr. Open Carry and Ms. Open Carry Voice for Peace Jun 2014 #12

Wow perhaps we have proof positive of Evolution for them... LynneSin Jun 2014 #23

But a serious question arises for me.. would a mentally ill gun nut bent on murder Voice for Peace Jun 2014 #37

Suicide by open carriers instead of suicide by cops? I can see it happening. But it would probably A Simple Game Jun 2014 #46

Your initial question rests on the supposed logic of a mentally ill person. bvf Jun 2014 #74

I agree with your view of open carry, at least a version of mental illness, Voice for Peace Jun 2014 #97

Amen to that. <eom> bvf Jun 2014 #109

Even Phil Hendrie's character "Jay Santos" tofuandbeer Jun 2014 #14

I used to love listening to the yuiyoshida Jun 2014 #32

Hilarious characters. And great for long road trips. :) tofuandbeer Jun 2014 #34

It�s. The. Law. mybuddy Jun 2014 #15

No one disputes that. mac56 Jun 2014 #17

Thank. You. :) freshwest Jun 2014 #49

They. Are. Batshitcrazy. LynneSin Jun 2014 #21

It's. Really. Stupid. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2014 #28

Yeah. So were separate drinking fountains. villager Jun 2014 #29

It's the stupidity. GoneOffShore Jun 2014 #54

It's a mental disorder... SoapBox Jun 2014 #18

Maybe Augiedog Jun 2014 #19

I don't want to find out I'm dining next to a George Zimmerman wannabe... LynneSin Jun 2014 #20

Oh, come on, it's going to be easy to spot these goof bags!!! hamsterjill Jun 2014 #22

How about a bright pink "I Have A Small Penis" button? ColesCountyDem Jun 2014 #24

Bright pink headbands with phallic devices sticking out of it Timez Squarez Jun 2014 #30

Works for me!~ n/t ColesCountyDem Jun 2014 #47

Now there's an idea! smirkymonkey Jun 2014 #57

You beat me to it smallcat88 Jun 2014 #63

The right to live in fear.... the_sly_pig Jun 2014 #25

"there is a difference between you and the batshit crazy guy..." villager Jun 2014 #27

This. And they can't tell between them who is a "bad guy" either. nt Skidmore Jun 2014 #31

I feel threatened. greymattermom Jun 2014 #36

These bozos just don't feel like MEN unless that big, ugly gun is in full display Warpy Jun 2014 #39

We all know what they SHOULD wear... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #41

n/t smallcat88 Jun 2014 #64

I don't think it's a matter of feeling unsafe in those places at all. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2014 #43

So you're walking across a major shopping center parking lot, Arthur_Frain Jun 2014 #45

#3 smallcat88 Jun 2014 #65

Actually the inference isn't that great. nolabear Jun 2014 #48

fucking cowards Skittles Jun 2014 #50

There is no difference between them and a batshit crazy guy BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #52

If the person with the gun is wearing an American flag lapel pin, they are law abiding patriots... Conway_Stewart Jun 2014 #58

K&R billh58 Jun 2014 #59

Here is an example of batshit crazy guy - TBF Jun 2014 #60

That's about all he's going to cuddle with at nights LynneSin Jun 2014 #61

I wonder how many people he's killed already in his various shooting sprees. n/t hughee99 Jun 2014 #102

looks like a guy I used to work with noiretextatique Jun 2014 #104

If Trayvon Martin had been carrying, he'd still be alive. Mr.Bill Jun 2014 #62

Open Zipper insert penis coljam Jun 2014 #66

That's essentially what they're doing. bvf Jun 2014 #73

I don't want to shop, eat, or drink at any place... CBHagman Jun 2014 #68

Maybe they can wear pants with big brown stains in the rearend since they are so afraid of world wide wally Jun 2014 #69

how many seconds would a black guy get away with "open carry"? yurbud Jun 2014 #71

A frickin men! nt raccoon Jun 2014 #80

two minutes, fifty-five seconds shaayecanaan Jun 2014 #84

wow--I wonder if a lot of righties are jumping to his defense. yurbud Jun 2014 #106

If you get close enough ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #75

"Open Carry: Why do they only pull that shit in safe suburbia?" HughBeaumont Jun 2014 #78

Recently I was at a horse show gwheezie Jun 2014 #79

Good for you. nt raccoon Jun 2014 #81

A Giant white hat might help........... BlueJac Jun 2014 #83

Have them wear condoms. Good guys use condoms, right? It can be a symbol, a signifier Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #89

Why is it that all these freaking gun nuts with open carry mantras are stupid looking white people? 4lbs Jun 2014 #90

Where These Goofs Gather Wolf Frankula Jun 2014 #96

If there was trouble, most of these assholes would shoot themselves in the foot! santamargarita Jun 2014 #100