Ah the old n+1 guns gambit
US problems require US solutions
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Danarchy@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago
It’s like the hank Hill wd40 mini can
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It feels like a baccano scene.
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
/s?
Dookieman12@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
My name is Dookieman; this is a shitpost
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
#JustTexasThings
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
New strategy is to have 3 guns
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That was the old strategy. We’re up to 7 guns now.
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 2 weeks 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 weeks ago
That’s the old meta, the best strategy is to use one really big gun and lots of armor
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Man robbed of three guns at gun point shanks robber with his knife.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Gunshop owner: Hey, you can’t do that.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 weeks ago
must be so much fun to constantly be at risk of getting shot
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 weeks ago
This reminds me to play yet another round of enter the gungeon
Mipsy2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
lol that’s cute
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
But I lied twice
Tiral@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Is the US even a real place?
felsiq@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
If I say no loud enough do you think it’ll make it true?
Mipsy2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh look the kids think they can remove me l
Echo5@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Amen
rain_worl@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
gun Gun gun gun Gun the gun
Mipsy2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pfft
Mipsy1@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I don’t think he knows about second gun, Pip.
yakko@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Why is the mental image of Pippin shooting Aragorn so fucking funny I’m gonna shit my pants laughing