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Posted: 6/2/2020 7:08:42 PM EDT
Gun and running shoes. Those aren't options, they are a combo. And the only acceptable one at that.
The idiot with the sword didn't do so well. Bats, Molotov cocktails, bricks... none of them appear to be any risk for anyone around them. |
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A couple dudes with rifles backed up by a couple dudes with polearms would be pretty badass. Getting shot sucks but you can’t vusualize it like you can a spear to the gut or a halberd swipe to the knees.
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I'll tell you what that cold steel indian war club is unwieldy. You'd better make contact.
![]() I may have had an aimless moment. ![]() |
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You might look at the cops with sticks and shields and tell them they are stupid, different weapons for different battles
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For whatever reason these protesters can't use guns so they improvise... But yes for us on defense use guns all the way, best choice.
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Quoted: No weapon is stupid if it works Both of these. I wouldn’t choose a melee weapon for defense if I had a choice, but some people don’t have much choice. I’d go crossbow first if I had to, but given everything else...you gotta do what you gotta do. Though I will say the under-AR mounted chainsaw is simply awesome. Can’t argue with that. |
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It seems they are no good when you are surrounded. At least you don't need room to use a pistol or rifle.
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For melee weapons to work, you need training, situational awareness and you actually need intent to follow through with violence. As shown in videos from this and other events, simply showing up with a weapon doesn't make you invincible.
Same deal even if you have a gun. Yes with a gun your chances are better, but if the crowd calls your bluff or somehow isn't deterred by the threat of injury or death, you very well may be stomped into the ground and your shit stolen if your position is not ideal. |
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Quoted: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24542/CDD0971B-BB62-43D7-84C3-17213C39E248_jpe-1444321.JPG View Quote War hammers are nice but it is a pain pulling the spike free, for close in with no armor a mace or mass weapon works better |
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Terrible tactics in conjunction with terrible odds...make for a bad day regardless of the tool used
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Quoted: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24542/CDD0971B-BB62-43D7-84C3-17213C39E248_jpe-1444321.JPG View Quote also, yes. shits just brutal as fuck . |
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Weapons are only as good as the skill used in wielding.
But yeah, don't pick up a sword when you need bullet hose. |
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I'm with you on that, pretty much everything that isn't a gun is retarded to have when you're outnumbered that much.
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A big factor is training.
These Olympian fencers with proper, sharpened Rapiers could probably put down a small riot: ![]() Failed To Load Title |
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The sword guy made the mistake of going out to meet them. He should have waited inside his doorway and put 2 feet of steel through the first guy in the door, so that the second guy would see a foot of steel coming out his co-conspirator's back, and have second thoughts about the whole endeavor.
Luckily, I own guns, so shouldn't find myself in that situation. |
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Nah, imagine he had a typical carry gun with one mag.
If he approached it the same way, he’d have emptied it all into the ground and ended up in the same place. He was lacking a brain, not a weapon. |
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Surprisingly a skateboard make a pretty effective weapon, seen several people get fucked up with them over the years. Its like folks didnt expect to get whapped with the board and then BAM they down and out.
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Quoted: Nah, imagine he had a typical carry gun with one mag. If he approached it the same way, he’d have emptied it all into the ground and ended up in the same place. He was lacking a brain, not a weapon. View Quote This, and he'd have just ended up giving a free gun to the first asshole who picks it up. |
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Already posted. |
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I carry a knife. Does that mean im gonna die in a mob? I keep it in my fanny pack wit my g29.
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A guy who knows what he is doing with a sword and has a proper one will fuck you and you friends up bad and do it quickly. Just because one guy does it poorly and there are much better options doesn't mean it cant work.
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