It feels so stupid to me when people do things to intentionally draw negative attention towards them.
If you don’t want to look like a asshole, just conceal carry, if you open carry, you are practically daring someone to do something. It doesn’t make you more intimidating to those who want to do harm, it makes you a target.
I think it's also important to realize what this means from the perspective of the person bringing the gun.
They are there to assist police. Sound nice. But the only thing they did was bring a weapon to a civil rights protest. Their interpretation of what the police do is "shoot protesters" and they believe that the police aren't doing it enough, so they come to help.
Fascism always seems to have grassroots street gangs that aren't stopped by police. There is no reason to consider this different. We aren't special because it's 2021. We aren't immune to downfall.
suckmaroot on May 28th, 2021 at 10:08 UTC »
I like the could hurt someone. If I was armed with a scalpel I’m confident someone is going to get hurt through accident or incompetence.
Blaziwolf on May 28th, 2021 at 13:10 UTC »
It feels so stupid to me when people do things to intentionally draw negative attention towards them.
If you don’t want to look like a asshole, just conceal carry, if you open carry, you are practically daring someone to do something. It doesn’t make you more intimidating to those who want to do harm, it makes you a target.
PandaBroPound on May 28th, 2021 at 13:14 UTC »
I think it's also important to realize what this means from the perspective of the person bringing the gun.
They are there to assist police. Sound nice. But the only thing they did was bring a weapon to a civil rights protest. Their interpretation of what the police do is "shoot protesters" and they believe that the police aren't doing it enough, so they come to help.
Fascism always seems to have grassroots street gangs that aren't stopped by police. There is no reason to consider this different. We aren't special because it's 2021. We aren't immune to downfall.