Remember how a Starbucks caved recently and asked police officers to move outside because a patron claimed she felt threatened by their firearms? You know who else would feel threatened by their firearms? They guy who broke into her house later that night, compelling her to call the cops.
We understand how open carry of an AR-15 would cause some concern — they are scary-looking to a lot of people — but again, calling cops with smaller firearms to respond to a law-abiding citizen with a larger firearm just doesn’t seem any more comfortable to us; you’re just bringing more guns into the room.
Whatever.
Dear white American dudes,
If I see you carrying an assault weapon in public, I am calling the cops. You don’t need one to get coffee, go to the mall, walk your dog, etc.
Your bullshit privilege doesn’t mean I & my child should feel unsafe.
Hugs & kisses
Go fvck yourself. pic.twitter.com/vhp9S3GBMq— SassyCanuckChick ??❤️ (@SassyCanuckChik) August 5, 2019
I will call the cops too.
— The Real Jack Lindell (@mydogleonard) August 5, 2019
Call say there is a man with a gun.
— PWM (William) ?? #Never_M4A_Candidates (@PWM62) August 5, 2019
Of course I am not advocating making a false police report, but it would be 100% honest for me to say that there is a man with a gun and I feel threatened.
— The Real Jack Lindell (@mydogleonard) August 5, 2019
It would in no way be a false police report. If I see a person, carrying a gun like that, in public, I assume they are NOT a Good guy.
— SassyCanuckChick ??❤️ (@SassyCanuckChik) August 5, 2019
God you need help
— ❌Old School❌ (@705Royalty) August 6, 2019
Stay in Canada then. Maybe hide under your bed. But calling in a phony police report here can get you arrested. And should!
— Boris_Badenoff (@Boris_Badenoff) August 5, 2019
I live in the US and calling the police on a man holding an assault weapon in a Starbucks is not a false police report.
— SassyCanuckChick ??❤️ (@SassyCanuckChik) August 5, 2019
yeah it is. It's called swatting. Get caught doing it and you will be deported and your kid goes to foster care.
— Zapp “Beto” Branigan (@BetoBranigan) August 6, 2019
— Zanne (@ZoomZanne) August 6, 2019
Good luck. The cops will come and I’ll show them where the law in my state says I can open carry and they will move right along. You don’t have a “right” to feel safe and quite frankly, I don’t give a damn if you do or don’t.
— Juan The “White” Latino (@Conservativela5) August 5, 2019
Better stay in Canuckland where you will feel safe from white men.
— Fred (@MajorFredS) August 6, 2019
Your feelings are not protected by law. His right to that sport rifle (assault rifles are not available to the general public without very expensive licensing and background checks) is protected by law.
The cops won't do anything, if they bother to respond to the call at all.
— KelbPanthera (@KelbPanthera) August 5, 2019
It’d be hilarious if you were arrested and deported for filing a false police report.
And we know you don’t have the guts to do this, you just want some crazy person reading this to do it instead and it potentially lead to a violent confrontation.
— 00 buck trucker hat (@dirtytruckerhat) August 5, 2019
Come on … there sure are a lot of people acting on assumptions here. If we say a guy patiently waiting in line with his rifle strapped over his back, we’d assume he’s not there to rob the place or commit mass murder. Why wait in line?
If I see them in a public space with an assault rifle I will think they are there to assault and kill as many people as they can. AR’s do not belong in public spaces. They infringe upon people rights to live without fear. We can’t know if they are “good guys”
— Ophelia (@faithlessmuse) August 5, 2019
This guy has #Resist and #TakeAKnee hashtags in his Twitter bio:
Ummm…I see someone with an assault rifle I assume they're gonna kill someone.
Do I then have the right to kill them proactively?
— Andrew Wiggin (@AndrewWiggin502) August 5, 2019
No; you don’t get to murder someone because you assume bad intentions on their part. And check out this hero:
If I see an individual carrying an assault rifle, particularly if they are wearing a play-army costume, anywhere near a gathering of people as a "reasonable person" I will consider them an imminent potential threat to myself and others. If they make what I consider an "overt act"
— Jeffrey Greer (@BaculumKing) August 5, 2019
I will neutralize the threat and take my chances on getting at least one "reasonable person" on my jury.
— Jeffrey Greer (@BaculumKing) August 5, 2019
Whoa, he’ll neutralize the non-threat! How, he doesn’t specify.
Police should not "profile" based on appearance, but I'm not the police. A pasty white male wearing tactical gear carrying an assault rifle is EXACTLY what mass shooters look like.
I've lived long enough and don't mind dying to fight Nazis no matter what language they speak.
— Jeffrey Greer (@BaculumKing) August 5, 2019
So you’ll assume the guy is a Nazi and “neutralize” him for open carry. Sure you will. Here’s another tough guy keeping the streets safe:
I'd follow him and the moment he reaches around and even attempts to raise it and point it he's done.
Fucking christian #MAGAShooters.
— Change is coming~ (@Conscience66) August 6, 2019
That seems unlikely, since it looks like he’s just waiting in line to buy coffee.
Just a reminder abusing 911 is actually illegal….
You can be arrested for it yourself for calling for nothing
— that one guy in Louisiana (@Mojo50James) August 6, 2019
He might just save your life from a crazed gunman ?
— Spirit of Divine Sophia (@SpiritServicesL) August 5, 2019
— Deader Agent, the Sequel (@Recursive_gulag) August 6, 2019
Ok. Lol
Not much of a threat to law-abiding people. Keep resisting sister. ??— Sandpit (@rev_entertain) August 6, 2019
Go ahead. The cops will tell you it is legal. Cops are not wilting over emotional butterflies trying to signal their righteousness.
— Gordon – Love It Or Leave It (@StopTheLibCoup) August 6, 2019
Good luck with that false reporting charge.
— Deader Agent, the Sequel (@Recursive_gulag) August 5, 2019
I love when people from other countries move here and try to make our country like the place they moved from. /sarc
— Becca Lower (@BeccaJLower) August 6, 2019
Every single time.
— Deader Agent, the Sequel (@Recursive_gulag) August 6, 2019
" Officer, this woman is bothering me and harassing me and I don't feel safe with her around. I'm just getting coffee and minding my own business. I've broken no law. Could you please ask her to leave? "
— ????? ?????? (@Corduroyalism) August 6, 2019
Remember that your Second Amendment rights are at risk because people are afraid of guns and assume everyone who has one is a killer.
Related:
Ninth Circuit rules that Hawaii's ban on open carry of weapons is unconstitutional https://t.co/9IBA0AEGVL
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 25, 2018
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