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BuddhaGirl

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12. How are people to know if they are going to

Sat Apr 20, 2024, 08:06 PM

Apr 20

shoot off those guns or not? Malls are no place for open carry. People are killed with guns.

Open carry is stupid and unnecessary imo.

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Was at the mall a while today. I saw two people with open carry [View all] doc03 Apr 20 OP

What State was this? PlutosHeart Apr 20 #1

Ohio, open carry is legal although there is a note on the door no guns allowed doc03 Apr 20 #3

pathetic Skittles Apr 20 #2

And worse is that little or nothing can be done PlutosHeart Apr 20 #4

Might as well be wearing a sign "Free gun if you hit me over the head" Trekologer Apr 20 #5

Attention-seeking assholes. Diamond_Dog Apr 20 #6

Shirt should say "shoot me first" JoseBalow Apr 20 #7

In my city it actually happens. hunter Apr 20 #13

If I were in a store or something and someone came in like this, I would leave. Any brazen enough RKP5637 Apr 21 #51

These two ForgedCrank Apr 21 #54

Fisherman's vests are called that Kaleva Apr 21 #28

I've lived in Virginia, Montana, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina TexasDem69 Apr 20 #8

You don't know if they are a good guy or a bad guy, unless they start shooting. Mall security doc03 Apr 20 #9

I don't know if anyone is a good guy or bad guy TexasDem69 Apr 20 #16

I feel safe when I see Tickle Apr 20 #18

I've lived in some rough places, and I've been in some rough situations. hunter Apr 21 #61

They are "bad guys". More likely to spray their bullets anywhere or run if a "bad guy" starts shooting or kill an Wonder Why Apr 21 #38

Friend, shopping malls are no place for guns. nt BootinUp Apr 20 #11

Sure, but still legal TexasDem69 Apr 20 #19

It's legal, but it's still insanity Sky Jewels Apr 21 #25

Not legal if the mall is posted no firearms. bottomofthehill Apr 21 #30

I agree open carry is a stupid thing. There may have been ten people there with doc03 Apr 21 #31

It's only legal edhopper Apr 21 #35

State open carry laws have been around in most states for decades now NickB79 Apr 21 #44

A lot of things (most obviously slavery) senseandsensibility Apr 21 #58

How are people to know if they are going to BuddhaGirl Apr 20 #12

They might be legal, Butterflylady Apr 20 #15

Same here. Captain Stern Apr 21 #26

Open carry is the best camouflage a mass killer can wear sanatanadharma Apr 20 #10

Concealed carry is also legal in Ohio with no permit, they only reason doc03 Apr 20 #14

I know the 1 percenters Tickle Apr 20 #20

Here they are and a III tattoo is their badge of honor I guess. There were doc03 Apr 21 #33

Sometimes I actually think I'm Tickle Apr 21 #41

How do you spot a mass killer who is conceal carrying? Kaleva Apr 20 #24

Fascists have no shame. Emile Apr 20 #17

It's amazing how much trouble some people go to trying to convince thenselves Ping Tung Apr 20 #21

The laws are allowing irresponsible people to carry guns. Baitball Blogger Apr 20 #22

Open carry is legal in Michigan Kaleva Apr 20 #23

It does seem more common in the metro detroit area DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 21 #45

I didn't count I see out hunting Kaleva Apr 21 #56

It's the opposite where I live. Elessar Zappa Apr 21 #55

It might be regional. What state do you live in? Kaleva Apr 21 #57

NM. Elessar Zappa Apr 21 #59

Good excuse for me to NOT go to the Mall... FarPoint Apr 21 #27

These are the same people gab13by13 Apr 21 #29

Ugh. I've seen folks like that too. (What's the significance of the III tattoo?) Oopsie Daisy Apr 21 #32

They are a right wing malitia group, many were involved in the doc03 Apr 21 #34

The III signifies True Dough Apr 21 #36

I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume they were white folks dclarston13 Apr 21 #37

Come to Detroit DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 21 #46

I have a ccp Ontheboundry Apr 21 #39

Good point NT 👍 Tickle Apr 21 #42

The important thing just now is, IMO Prairie_Seagull Apr 21 #40

Pathetic behavior PJMcK Apr 21 #43

"Guns do not protect citizens." yagotme Apr 21 #48

I am appalled by the yahoos in this country JanMichael Apr 21 #47

You have seen in one day more than twice sarisataka Apr 21 #49

This is probably true Ontheboundry Apr 21 #53

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 21 #50

I consider anyone openly carrying a pistol a deplorable POS, along the lines of George Zimmerman and Kyle Rittenhouse. Silent Type Apr 21 #52

Its inherently dangerous to be in proximity to any gun, best thing is to put distance between you and the gun Blues Heron Apr 21 #60