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snoopen · Jan 20, 2013

http://current.com/community/940258...apped-to-back-strikes-a-nerve.htm?xid=RSSfeed

Photo of JC Penney shopper with rifle strapped to back, strikes a nerve
Cindy Yorgason took photos of a man shopping with a big gun slung over his shoulder and posted them on Facebook, where they received hundreds of comments and have since been shared more than a thousand times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iViD-iepDxg

From an international perspective, i find it hilarious that Americans are complaining about someone legally carrying an unloaded rifle in public.

Cyan · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
From an international perspective, i find it hilarious that Americans are complaining about someone legally carrying an unloaded rifle in public.

Why?

ReturnOfTheRAT · Jan 20, 2013

I'm seeing a similarity with these guys being so brazen with their public affection for their guns.

Zebra · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
From an international perspective, i find it hilarious that Americans are complaining about someone legally carrying an unloaded rifle in public.

How is someone supposed to know it's unloaded?

saunderez · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
From an international perspective, i find it hilarious that Americans are complaining about someone legally carrying an unloaded rifle in public.

From my international perspective I find it sad that people feel the need to to walk around with firearms at all.

Jarmel · Jan 20, 2013

Of course idiots like this are just making things worse and escalating an already tense situation.

Minus_Me · Jan 20, 2013

Saw this all the time when I was in Israel for business.

snoopen · Jan 20, 2013

Cyan said:
Why?

Because there's legally nothing wrong with it? It's a very different perspective on the 'outside', i've read a lot of the commentary on pro/anti guns and personally i'm against it.

ClassyPenguin · Jan 20, 2013

This whole movement of gun nuts to "educate" the public that guns aren't bad is so completely childish.

Cyan · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
Because there's legally nothing wrong with it? It's a very different perspective on the 'outside', i've read a lot of the commentary on pro/anti guns and personally i'm against it.

This still doesn't make sense. People shouldn't complain about it just because it's legal?

HiiiLife · Jan 20, 2013

I want in.

Suairyu · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
From an international perspective, i find it hilarious that Americans are complaining about someone legally carrying an unloaded rifle in public.

Carrying a gun, whether it's legal in the area or not, undeniably and massively alters the power dynamic of the situation. Intended or not, it's a statement of danger. It screams "beware me" and "danger" (You can add "overkill" and "doesn't think things through properly" if it's an assault rifle, too!). It's a threatening gesture.

That's kind of why people complain.

Wazzy · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
Because there's legally nothing wrong with it? It's a very different perspective on the 'outside', i've read a lot of the commentary on pro/anti guns and personally i'm against it.

How is anyone supposed to know it's not loaded?

outunderthestars · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
Because there's legally nothing wrong with it? It's a very different perspective on the 'outside', i've read a lot of the commentary on pro/anti guns and personally i'm against it.

If I saw someone walking through a store with an AR 15 gun on their back, i'd run and call 911.

User 73706 · Jan 20, 2013

If only his gun had a gun, we could have prevented this!

ohhthegore · Jan 20, 2013

This guy seems like a tool bag

mre · Jan 20, 2013

Surprised JC Penny didn't ask him to leave.

bangai-o · Jan 20, 2013

well JC Penney is ground zero for government oppression after all.

Somnia · Jan 20, 2013

Cyan said:
This still doesn't make sense. People shouldn't complain about it just because it's legal?

We're just suppose to assume every time someone has an assault weapon strapped to their back that it is unloaded Cyan

paranoidfortean · Jan 20, 2013

saw this on facebook and i'm all like "wtf" and then i realized society at large is stupid. critical thought is missing from most. most people just want to "have an opinion". i'm really wanting to find a group of people to live amongst that aren't all aggro on literally everything. sad.

outunderthestars · Jan 20, 2013

Can someone explain to me what the point of carrying an unloaded weapon would be?

CHEEZMO · Jan 20, 2013

Be pretty funny if some CC dude shot him.

Forkball · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
Because there's legally nothing wrong with it? It's a very different perspective on the 'outside', i've read a lot of the commentary on pro/anti guns and personally i'm against it.

Do you live in Sudan? I think most people in most countries would say someone carrying around an assault rifle in broad daylight is offputting.

toxicgonzo · Jan 20, 2013

How many private businesses would let that happen?

ohhthegore · Jan 20, 2013

Never mind

Messi · Jan 20, 2013

outunderthestars said:
Can someone explain to me what the point of carrying an unloaded weapon would be?

Not that I would, but I suppose the desired effect is that people would fear you/not fuck with you.

Byakuya769 · Jan 20, 2013

Don't do that while black, non-white hispanic, or arab/persian/indian.

You're already dead.

outunderthestars · Jan 20, 2013

Messi said:
Not that I would, but I suppose the desired effect is that people would fear you/not fuck with you.

But openly carrying a weapon into public settings automatically escalates the situation. If I was store security or an employee I'd assume they were going to rob/shoot up the store and call the police.

Schattenjäger;46646185 said:
This guy is a tool bag and pro gun peeps should also be offended by this tool bag

This.

Schattenjäger · Jan 20, 2013

This guy is a tool bag and pro gun peeps should also be offended by this tool bag

alphaNoid · Jan 20, 2013

Good for him, exercising his legal right. Regardless if others don't agree he is 100 percent within his rights and nothing he did was illegal.

Name calling only makes others look dumb not this law abiding citizen.

Hey look at this tool obeying the law!! Lol right guys? Guys?

IHaveCandy · Jan 20, 2013

"I do find it AMAZING that the gun just didn't go off and create a massacre"- Matt Pasley

Well we know at least one person really does think it's just guns that kill people.

Jarmel · Jan 20, 2013

Byakuya769 said:
Don't do that while black, non-white hispanic, or arab/persian/indian.

You're already dead.

If they're black then they already know the rules on this. You probably won't see any of us trying this.

outunderthestars · Jan 20, 2013

alphaNoid said:
Good for him, exercising his legal right. Regardless if others don't agree he is 100 percent within his rights and nothing he did was illegal.

So are the Westboro Church funeral protests. Just because something is within the letter of the law doesn't mean it is a good idea.

Agnostic · Jan 20, 2013

People flashing steel unloaded are punks.

waypoetic · Jan 20, 2013

So : WHY did you NEED to carry that rifle with you when you went SHOPPING?

jchap · Jan 20, 2013

Idiots are doing their best to screw over sane gun owners

hym · Jan 20, 2013

My key problem with this is that every mass shooter moments before he started shooting was just a guy carrying a rifle.

Fuck feeling comfortable with that idea.

Messi · Jan 20, 2013

outunderthestars said:
But openly carrying a weapon into public settings automatically escalates the situation. If I was store security or an employee I'd assume they were going to rob/shoot up the store and call the police.

This.

I am not saying it is the right move but I am sure its the reason he is doing it.

He is being a prick.

SirButterstick · Jan 20, 2013

It's like I said in another thread, it's almost as if these assholes want to turn this country into a Third World nation. Go live in Somalia, and have fun in your open-carry Libertarian paradise.

outunderthestars · Jan 20, 2013

jchap said:
Idiots are doing their best to screw over sane gun owners

idiots on both sides, as usual, are making it impossible to have a reasonable debate about an important issue.

bonercop · Jan 20, 2013

snoopen said:
Because there's legally nothing wrong with it? .

what does that have to do with anything

Guns are scary weapons that can end your life in a flash. Here's another international perspective: seeing some random mouth-breather casually walk around with a weapon in his hand is terrifying.

Fantastical · Jan 20, 2013

alphaNoid said:
Good for him, exercising his legal right. Regardless if others don't agree he is 100 percent within his rights and nothing he did was illegal.

As if legal = smart.

PBY · Jan 20, 2013

hym said:
My key problem with this is that every mass shooter moments before he started shooting was just a guy carrying a rifle.

Fuck feeling comfortable with that idea.

Seriously. If I saw that shit I'd call 911 and run. Law abiding citizens tho.

ClassyPenguin · Jan 20, 2013

waypoetic said:
So : WHY did you NEED to carry that rifle with you when you went SHOPPING?

To show off, compensate for something and make some inane political commentary.

Small penis syndrome basically.

Koomaster · Jan 20, 2013

So this is now a thing we should get used to; people carrying large guns around to go shopping. Welp.

The Technomancer · Jan 20, 2013

bonercop said:
what does that have to do with anything

Guns are scary weapons that can end your life in a flash. Here's another international perspective: seeing some random mouth-breather casually walk around with a weapon in his hand is terrifying.

Nah man, you don't live in the US, so you can't have an opinion on this. You just can't appreciate our gun culture or the amazing security that the Second Ammendment gives us.

Its sad I have to say this is sarcasm

mre · Jan 20, 2013

alphaNoid said:
Good for him, exercising his legal right.

Just wanted to point this out for the sake of discussion, but he had no "legal right" to carry there. His carrying of the firearm was only allowed because JC Penny permitted it. His Second Amendment rights meant fuck all in this context.

ezrarh · Jan 20, 2013

waypoetic said:
So : WHY did you NEED to carry that rifle with you when you went SHOPPING?

Unlike the gun, it's illegal to show your penis in public.

PBY · Jan 20, 2013

Koomaster said:
So this is now a thing we should get used to; people carrying large guns around to go shopping. Welp.

It's fine because he's a law abiding citizen.

I'M FINISHED! · Jan 20, 2013

He was probably there shopping for a better fit of jeans that can properly house his enormous schlong.

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