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Voltaire2

(13,213 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2024, 01:25 PM Apr 12

Open Carry Dude.

You know the stereotype. Male, late 20s early 30s, Glockish weapon on one hip, spare clips on the other, threatening slogan on shirt (Be Good or Be Gone).

OCD strutted into starbucks while I was waiting to indulge in a vastly overpriced but somehow delicious latte, and I immediately got tense. I mean WTF OCD, go someplace else, you are indistinguishable from the perpetrator of a mass murder event. I of course kept all this to myself and merely glared. Fuck this OCD and fuck all the cowboy larping OCDs. What are you, four?

I left right after OCD and as he got into the armored car vehicle that was obviously his workplace, I unglared my glares in apology. Its his damn job. He actually has a legitimate reason to carry a weapon. The shirt didn't help the situation. A company logo might have been a better idea.

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TheBlackAdder

(28,227 posts)
1. Pro Tip: Armored guard sidearms are generally used as bait weapons. They carry a concealed weapon.
Fri Apr 12, 2024, 01:42 PM
Apr 12

In most states, the taking of the gun is grounds to exchange gunfire, even though the armored guard knows the stolen gun is empty.

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