Open carry person gets rifle stolen at gun point

cigars · Jun 1, 2022

Well...St. Louis. It can happen anywhere though. How you feel about open carry may shape your opinion on this story. My biggest take away is how the author bent over backwards as to not reveal the gender of the rifle owner or thief. It's revealed towards the bottom when the police were quoted describing the situation. Woke idiots.

Open-carrying shopper robbed of rifle, returns with backup gun and shootout ensues

Gunfire erupts outside a St. Louis-area grocery store after an open-carrier is reportedly robbed off his rifle.

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Knobgoblin · Jun 1, 2022

Open carry is a big commitment. Seems like a huge leap of confidence to assume that overwhelming level of awareness and responsibility.

Open carry long gun is even more of a personal burden. Managing any extra non defensive objects ( groceries, phone, wallet, shopping cart, car keys, doors) and negotiating entry/exit of structures and vehicles would be exhausting. If this were a choice I made , a 2 or 3 person team would be minimum for correct execution. And I don't mean forcing my wife or girlfriend to carry a rifle and a toddler at the same time.

solv3nt · Jun 1, 2022

I've got a game, when I read a messed up story, I try to guess Florida, St. Louis, or Russia.

Flopsweat · Jun 1, 2022

If you're going to OC a long gun, wouldn't you want to avoid close quarters? Also why was his backup gun not on his person?

Capn Jack · Jun 1, 2022

In the follow up article, police shot a pregnant woman who was holding a handgun.

Does this make her unborn child an accessory to her crime? :s0092:

RVTECH · Jun 1, 2022

Flopsweat said:
If you're going to OC a long gun, wouldn't you want to avoid close quarters?

Not if you were looking for 'attention' or trying to say 'Hey look at me'.

I saw a guy the other day entering a store in LaPine wearing a white tee shirt and OCing a chest rig.

Flopsweat · Jun 1, 2022

RVTECH said:
Not if you were looking for 'attention' or trying to say 'Hey look at me'.

I saw a guy the other day entering a store in LaPine wearing a white tee shirt and OCing a chest rig.

I think people open carry for a lot of different reasons. Some for attention, certainly, but how many of them?

edzz · Jun 1, 2022

Capn Jack said:
In the follow up article, police shot a pregnant woman who was holding a handgun.
Does this make her unborn child an accessory to her crime?

No, a hostage...

Bam · Jun 1, 2022

Seek attention, and you will get the wrong attention.

Not the first time an open carrier was relieved of their firearm.

RVTECH · Jun 1, 2022

Flopsweat said:
Some for attention, certainly, but how many of them?

Oh I think it has a lot to do with how and what the person is carrying.

There was NO doubt however on the guy I once saw in a Bend PS I previously posted about:

Remember the 'tall, lankey stupid lookin' fella' I once posted about I saw OCing in a Bend pawn shop ? He had two SA revolvers in old leather holsters hanging forward on his belt (kind of like pointing at each other)

I described him as looking like a bad extra in a spaghetti western or a like someone from the 1920's defending his still against the revenuers.

Capn Jack · Jun 1, 2022

Bam said:
Not the first time an open carrier was relieved of their firearm.

Or while playing, "Show and Tell." :s0093:

solv3nt · Jun 1, 2022

Capn Jack said:
Or while playing, "Show and Tell."

I know that game! You show me yours and I'll show you mine. Or is that a different game?

Flopsweat · Jun 1, 2022

solv3nt said:
I know that game! You show me yours and I'll show you mine. Or is that a different game?

I think we can assume that the term "Keep it in your pants" will apply in either case.

solv3nt · Jun 1, 2022

Flopsweat said:
I think we can assume that the term "Keep it in your pants" will apply in either case.

I had a Wilson Combat hoodie when we were visiting a new church. One of the guys came up later:
"So you're an AR guy?"
"What makes you think that?"
"WC makes ARs"
"Well, they're more known for 1911s, but yeah..."
He then proceeds to tell me he's on the security team and lifts his shirt. I didn't even bother to look down.

po18guy · Jun 1, 2022

Seriously, you can't... (fill in rest of sentence)

Flopsweat · Jun 1, 2022

po18guy said:
Seriously, you can't... (fill in rest of sentence)

(photo of Sirius B)

The B · Jun 1, 2022

this is basically what ive always said.. if i was a desperate criminal in need of heat id be going straight for anyone i could tell had a gun. blindside to the head, snaggy snag. id also be looking for gun stickers on parked pickup trucks.

conceal it and conceal that youre concealing it. guns aint goddamn fashion