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Dude grabbed a Exited the front door where he was me Shot 4 times. I was a few hundred yards away with my family, inside , didn't hear anything. We were going to swing by for some essentials on the way home. Obviously that didn't happen.... |
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God dam white supremacists again?
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I was at the Home Depot and some guy was walking around with a giant machete hanging from his belt. It was in a sheath, but it was just swinging around all willy nilly. I thought it was weird AF so I noped out of there.
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Originally Posted By 210grum: God dam white supremacists again? View Quote Did you looks at the article? It was a guy with a machete not a pedophile. Originally Posted By DayandNight1701: I was at the Home Depot and some guy was walking around with a giant machete hanging from his belt. It was in a sheath, but it was just swinging around all willy nilly. I thought it was weird AF so I noped out of there. View Quote Thats how the average person views open carry, BTW. |
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Words fall from your mouth like shit from ass.
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The second amendment isn't limited to guns.
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All you have to do is start swinging really hard.
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Originally Posted By DayandNight1701: I was at the Home Depot and some guy was walking around with a giant machete hanging from his belt. It was in a sheath, but it was just swinging around all willy nilly. I thought it was weird AF so I noped out of there. View Quote "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.” — Jeff Cooper |
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I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy Glock and thy AR15, they comfort me.
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Originally Posted By Steamedliver: Thats how the average person views open carry, BTW. View Quote I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. |
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Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. View Quote I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. |
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Originally Posted By TowerIQ: Because I once read the writings of Jeff Cooper, would have not left the store. "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TowerIQ: Originally Posted By DayandNight1701: I was at the Home Depot and some guy was walking around with a giant machete hanging from his belt. It was in a sheath, but it was just swinging around all willy nilly. I thought it was weird AF so I noped out of there. "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper |
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No more machetes or knifes sold at walmart
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Originally Posted By TAG_Match: I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TAG_Match: Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. |
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Originally Posted By TAG_Match: I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. View Quote Same in KS. I see OC several times a week. Sometimes it’s cliche - like, Taurus in an Uncle Mike’s, but often it’s legit with a Glock/HK/Sig, in a good retention holster. No one notices anymore. |
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Call me "Phuroah”
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Originally Posted By RTX: LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RTX: Originally Posted By TAG_Match: Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. The "shoot me" boomer vest? |
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Gator's ******* better be using jimmies!
When I hold an AK in my hands, I get feelz I don't understand |
Originally Posted By Gator: The "shoot me" boomer vest? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Gator: Originally Posted By RTX: Originally Posted By TAG_Match: Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. The "shoot me" boomer vest? or a Hawaiian shirt. |
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There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun—a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere.
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Originally Posted By Gator: The "shoot me" boomer vest? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Gator: Originally Posted By RTX: Originally Posted By TAG_Match: Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. The "shoot me" boomer vest? LOL. Don't tug at my CCW sash, my good bro. |
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Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. View Quote Like pit bull owners, open carry guys always have that look. |
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Originally Posted By TowerIQ: Because I once read the writings of Jeff Cooper, would have not left the store. "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TowerIQ: Originally Posted By DayandNight1701: I was at the Home Depot and some guy was walking around with a giant machete hanging from his belt. It was in a sheath, but it was just swinging around all willy nilly. I thought it was weird AF so I noped out of there. "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper Sun Tzu (Probably): "The best way to win a machete fight in a Walmart is to not be there when it happens." |
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- Gary_Plauche
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Originally Posted By RTX: LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RTX: Originally Posted By TAG_Match: Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. It was really comfortable outside the polo shirt as well. |
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Remember the Cold War. Fuck Putin and the Russians!
I welched on an EE deal because I couldn't stop shitting. (rixxdogg5 on November 22, 2013) |
Originally Posted By RDTCU: WYFF article Dude grabbed a machete from the camping aisle and started waving it at employees. Exited the front door where he was met by officers. Shot 4 times. I was a few hundred yards away with my family, inside , didn't hear anything. We were going to swing by for some essentials on the way home. Obviously that didn't happen.... View Quote Wal-Marts are like watering holes on the Serengeti. They're one of the most dangerous places you can regularly go simply because huge percentages of the population go to Wal-Mart. That includes violent criminals. |
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RIP Todd Louis Green - Help research working on a cure for cancer!
http://rampageforthecure.org/ |
Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. View Quote There is an old dude around here who carries a Nickel SAA. He does a lot of quick draw competition. Always thought he looked like a badass He's old old though not middle aged. I guess once you reach a certain age it becomes cool and not weird. |
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Originally Posted By RTX: LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RTX: Originally Posted By TAG_Match: Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. If you wear a fishing vest as your cover garment you will never be too hot, because you will always be cool |
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Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. View Quote Friends don't let friends open carry. |
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Originally Posted By TAG_Match: I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. View Quote Um, after the cold front yesterday morning, the highest temp in the state was 74 degrees down by Pearsall. Right now the temp is 51 degrees and the high is predicted to be 74. |
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I saw an older couple in the farm store, he was OC 'ing a nickel 1911 condition one, two magazines same side, three magazines opposite side.
All I could think is he's ready; for what I'm not sure, but he looks ready,. |
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America is at that awkward stage, it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards....Claire Wolfe
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Originally Posted By tc556guy: I realize that it's a little warmer down in Texas, but I never rely on just a tee shirt to conceal my handgun View Quote That's the funny part. Everyone was wearing either raincoats or parkas yesterday. I spent the day on a horse and damn near froze my ass off with a 25mph wind and 48 degrees at sunrise. I'm also not sure why the need for a "cover garment" I just conceal under a fishing shirt. |
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Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young
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That's crazy, I've been in that Walmart. I used to bang a chick that lived in Easley.
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Originally Posted By John-in-austin: Um, after the cold front yesterday morning, the highest temp in the state was 74 degrees down by Pearsall. Right now the temp is 51 degrees and the high is predicted to be 74. View Quote Yeah, going to be too hot for a long sleeve pull over and flannel shirt later today. Maybe earlier depending on activity. |
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"Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan..." |
There used to be a guy around here that dressed up like a cowboy, double pistol belt and all.
Rode a motorcycle with a zeppelin sidecar. |
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Nobody will be coming to save you, plan accordingly.
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Originally Posted By TAG_Match: I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. View Quote No one said anything. If they disliked it they kept it to themselves rather than say, "concealed carry is a thing" to a armed stranger. Silence may not equal not giving a shit. It's just not prudent to make comments that could be perceived as negative to strangers. Vaping is stupid. I don't share my opinion with strangers that are vaping. They can say nobody gives a shit. Well, I guess I don't but it's still stupid. |
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Strive to carry the handgun you would want anywhere, everywhere; forget that good area bullcrap.
"Wouldn't want to / Nobody volunteer to" get shot by _____ is not indicative of quickly incapacitating. |
He was living his best life.
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Originally Posted By 50-140: I saw an older couple in the farm store, he was OC 'ing a nickel 1911 condition one, two magazines same side, three magazines opposite side. All I could think is he's ready; for what I'm not sure, but he looks ready,. View Quote The other side of the coin is some scuzz bucket, obese, unkempt clothes with a polymer pistol in a nylon holster clipped on to his pocket and flopping around. |
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Originally Posted By CDW4ME: No one said anything. If they disliked it they kept it to themselves rather than say, "concealed carry is a thing" to a armed stranger. Silence may not equal not giving a shit. It's just not prudent to make comments that could be perceived as negative to strangers. Vaping is stupid. I don't share my opinion with strangers that are vaping. They can say nobody gives a shit. Well, I guess I don't but it's still stupid. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By CDW4ME: Originally Posted By TAG_Match: I OC’d in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. No one said anything. If they disliked it they kept it to themselves rather than say, "concealed carry is a thing" to a armed stranger. Silence may not equal not giving a shit. It's just not prudent to make comments that could be perceived as negative to strangers. Vaping is stupid. I don't share my opinion with strangers that are vaping. They can say nobody gives a shit. Well, I guess I don't but it's still stupid. It could also be that people are not very observant by default and just don't notice OC. I have been places several times with my wife where someone was OCing and when I asked her she had not noticed. I try, but I'm certainly not the most observant guy around either. |
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Originally Posted By RTX: LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RTX: Originally Posted By TAG_Match: Originally Posted By RTX: I saw a middle-aged guy open carrying a nickel Lone Ranger revolver in a leather cowboy gunbelt and holster in a big box store checkout line. He kept his gun side turned so that everybody could see it. He thought he looked cool, but I thought he looked stupid. Everybody else avoided him, but I got in line behind him because I knew he was harmless and if he wasn't, I was pretty sure I could get my G19 out from under my t-shirt before he ever got 'er unholstered and fanned five or six rounds at me. I still laugh about how fucking dumb he looked, but hey....freedom. I OC'd in Truevalue yesterday because it got too hot for my cover garment and I can. No one noticed. No one gave a shit if they did. LOL at "cover garment." I don't know anybody that wears "garments," but it's never too hot for a G19 under a t-shirt. But I agree with you. Unless maybe you are used to living in Alaska, then move to Arizona... :) |
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LARUEMINATI
NRA Endowment Life Member Originally Posted By Boom_Stick: ""AKs are for villagers you have to tell not to shit in their water supply."" |
Did someone say…..machetes?
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-Women should always wear tight clothes and men should carry powerful handguns
-Eamus Brandonus |
Walmart and no video....
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Lifetime Member: National Rifle Association, Texas State Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America
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Of all the places I’ve been Walmart is still one of the most dangerous.
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Was it found that he purchased multiple 5 packs of machetes online for $4 each?
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." - HST
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For your pleasure or your pain, society is a game.
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Apparently it was a hatchet, not a machete
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Originally Posted By TowerIQ: Because I once read the writings of Jeff Cooper, would have not left the store. "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.” — Jeff Cooper View Quote I figured this happened in a 2A hell hole but it happened in South Carolina. |
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Celebrating the remains of the Second Amendment one Fine Firearm at a Time.
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Originally Posted By ExFed1811: Like pit bull owners, open carry guys always have that look. View Quote The day after Chl was valid in Texas I saw a gray haired guy in Home Depot wearing a black Glock shirt, Glock hat, wearing a big Fanny pack up front, and walking like Bad Bob ( Stacy keach ) from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean I bet he practiced that in the mirror for a week |
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"The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction"
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