Ah the old n+1 guns gambit
US problems require US solutions
Submitted 2 months ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Danarchy@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 months ago
This is like the most USA thing i have ever read and- yeah whatever i wonder if this is even real or just a movie trope atp
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
This absolutely is a thing in some gun circles. They will open carry their main weapon, and then ankle holster a small derringer style. And every gun nut will point to stories like this and say SEE IM NOT CRAZY.
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Thing is if I was this guy I would feel 100% vindicated because of this moment.
I think it would make sense depending on where at in the us you live. If you live in a high crime metropolitan area then I’d say go for it.
If you live in the Styx or in a relatively low crime area its overkill.
On the other hand, sometimes when a criminal sees you have a gun they just shoot you immediately that has happened in my city several times, someone pulls a gun on them but holds it like a limp dick because they are scared and the thing they don’t realize is the person robbing them at gun point likely uses that gun every day…
Its nuanced and I really don’t know the solution to it at all because if you take them away from everyone those people that use them every day and rob people at gun point will still have them and if you’re counting on the police to help you HA good luck.
tmyakal@infosec.pub 2 months ago
I used to be buddies with a retired NYPD patrolman. He said it was overwhelmingly common to have your service piece in your hip-holster and an unregistered “drop gun” in an ankle-holster. The idea being, if you need to shoot someone, you can cover your ass by dropping the spare on the body and saying they brandished it at you.
He wasn’t the type to exaggerate or make shit up, so I tend to believe him on this. Just further proof, though: ACAB.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s like the hank Hill wd40 mini can
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It feels like a baccano scene.
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s a great thing to see someone can protect them selves and rid us of a slum of a human
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 months ago
Coincidentally, i don’t need anything to defend myself where i live because all weapons are illegal to carry in public, i can carry chilli pepper spray but that’s it
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 months ago
It’s like i always say, the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with two guns; that’s why police always carry a rifle in the car.
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
But what if good guy has two guns
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Super secret third gun, obviously.
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Usually a shotgun sits up front. Maybe a rifle in the boot? I’m no copologist, but they likely don’t have a rifle unless situations warrant. Maybe modern day society warrants it meow.
ElCrusher@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I saw a motorcycle cop with an AR-15 style assault rifle locked to the side of his bike, riding down the expressway, on my way home yesterday. The gun was verical near the rear on the rider’s right side with the barrel pointed down. No shotgun though.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 months ago
I’ve heard of some police departments phasing out shotguns in favor of patrol rifles. Better accuracy, more ammo, lighter weapon…
Makes sense until someone clips a deer on the highway and it has to suffer from a bunch of .223 instead of a well placed 12 gauge slug.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
/s?
Dookieman12@piefed.social 2 months ago
My name is Dookieman; this is a shitpost
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
They have that so they can aim at you when you’re running away and they don’t have to get their shoes dirty to do it.
shininghero@pawb.social 2 months ago
#JustTexasThings
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
New strategy is to have 3 guns
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That was the old strategy. We’re up to 7 guns now.
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
You gotta give the kids a gun too, they’ll never expect that and they don’t ever expect a kid to have a wallet so they won’t search them to find it.
I think I cracked the code! /s
Godric@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s the old meta, the best strategy is to use one really big gun and lots of armor
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Man robbed of three guns at gun point shanks robber with his knife.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 months ago
Gunshop owner: Hey, you can’t do that.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Always carry a decoy wallet and a decoy gun. That way you give the decoy wallet and gun, the robber is distracted then you have plenty of time to shoot them with the real gun
reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
must be so much fun to constantly be at risk of getting shot
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I always see these two (or ones that look like them, sometimes one of them is old) in movie communities/posters/memes. Were they part of some comedy group, or in a movie together?
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
This reminds me to play yet another round of enter the gungeon
Mipsy2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
lol that’s cute
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
But I lied twice
Tiral@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s the circle of life.
You see, the crack heads rob the normal people. Then the normal people pull out their back ups and 3 tap them.
spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is the US even a real place?
felsiq@piefed.zip 2 months ago
If I say no loud enough do you think it’ll make it true?
Mipsy2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh look the kids think they can remove me l
Echo5@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Amen
rain_worl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
gun Gun gun gun Gun the gun
Mipsy2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pfft
Mipsy1@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s the classic paradox: having no gun restrictions enables lawbreakers to steal others guns and use them for illicit purposes. America truly is the last bastion of esoteric law
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I don’t think he knows about second gun, Pip.
yakko@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Why is the mental image of Pippin shooting Aragorn so fucking funny I’m gonna shit my pants laughing