Man walks into Kroger with loaded AR15

[irishScott]

huh? You are threatened over zeros and ones, and you tell others to "stand back and compose yourself" in front of a man with AR-15 in Kroeger? LMFAO.

Apparently you missed the part where I said I wasn't taking it seriously. So you suck at definitions, logic and reading comprehension. And you can probably vote and apparently own a gun. *facepalm*

I was just being polite (another word you should look up). You're new. People around here have been banned and sanctioned for much less than what you posted. Please leave your retarded threats for youtube comments, perhaps some 13 year old will be impressed.

 

[FerrelGeek]

you stand back and think for a couple seconds..so now all someone has to do is walk in with a weapon and pretend not to be doing anything..and then shoot in a couple minutes? the mindset you are advocating is idiotic....you will "keep an eye" on him..what the hell are you going to do if he doesn't keep it slung?

He said in an earlier post that he carries. It would help you not sounding like an idiot or a bleating little liberal lamb if you'd simply pay attention. What he outlined was perfectly fine. A panty-wetter like you wouldn't get it though.

For the record, I think what the guy did was stupid. Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should do something.

 

[LTC8K6]

I have never...in my life...seem anyone walk into a grocery store...or any public store for that matter...brandishing a weapon as you describe. And I live in the back-woods South. This idea that such an activity is commonplace in "many places" is a complete farce.

Stop talking about guns in vehicles - that is not what we are discussing, and it is completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

I've never seen anyone brandishing a rifle in a store, either.

I didn't even say it was common to do so.

I said it was not unusual to walk in with it if you'd been out hunting.

You added "brandishing" to try to make your point.

The story in the OP doesn't even mention "brandishing". If the guy had been doing that, then he should have been arrested.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I have never...in my life...seem anyone walk into a grocery store...or any public store for that matter...brandishing a weapon as you describe. And I live in the back-woods South. This idea that such an activity is commonplace in "many places" is a complete farce.

Stop talking about guns in vehicles - that is not what we are discussing, and it is completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

It's a statement of rights like burning a flag. You see this because of Emperor Cuomo, and Joe "I swear I won't tell the truth" Biden who stokes fear and support with "americans shouldn't have automatic weapons", which is shit talk, and a press who does not want to get the story right.

 

[openwheel]

Except that it's not uncommon in many places to see people walking around with a rifle slung over their shoulder. Especially during hunting seasons.

LMFAO I love reading your posts. They just crack me up. My grandpa used to go fishing, and if he didn't catch any fish, he would go to the fish market and buy a couple. Is that how it goes when you go hunting? Go inside Kroegers with AR-15 to hunt? LMFAO. What do you hunt? Mac and Cheese?

 

[LTC8K6]

LMFAO I love reading your posts. They just crack me up. My grandpa used to go fishing, and if he didn't catch any fish, he would go to the fish market and buy a couple. Is that how it goes when you go hunting? Go inside Kroegers with AR-15 to hunt? LMFAO. What do you hunt? Mac and Cheese?

Apparently you don't actually read them, though.

And I have never hunted an animal in my life.

 

[halik]

I wonder if people like this understand they're probably doing more to hurt the cause than help it. People read these stories and think that everyone who owns a gun is crazy. Yes, it's legal and should remain so, but there's no reason to be carrying a long gun into a public place. All you're going to do is scare people while thinking you're making some type of point. This will lead to people frantically calling their representatives to try to get guns banned.

This.

The fact that the Westbro church people have the right to stand around funeral grounds and picket military funeral doesn't make it a wise or a prudent idea. Just makes them self centered assholes.

If I see a guy with cambo and orange hat with a bushmaster ar on his back, I wouldn't blink an eye. If I see some fool come to store, leave and come back with a semi auto long rifle, I'll gtfo and tell my brother to get his CCW sig ready.

 

[Ryan]

I've never seen anyone brandishing a rifle in a store, either.

I didn't even say it was common to do so.

I said it was not unusual to walk in with it if you'd been out hunting.

You added "brandishing" to try to make your point.

The story in the OP doesn't even mention "brandishing". If the guy had been doing that, then he should have been arrested.

And what I am telling you is that you are full of shit. Never in my life would myself, anyone I have hunted with, or anyone I know who hunts bring our gun into a store.

When not hunting, that shit stays locked up.

 

[SheHateMe]

Ive never seen anyone out with a rifle slung over their shoulder and if there was a chance that I was in a Kroger or a JCPenny and some toolbag walks in with his guns just to make a statement, I'd leave immediately.

I don't have time to sit around and wonder what people's intentions are, I'm just going to leave for my own safety.

 

[LTC8K6]

And what I am telling you is that you are full of shit. Never in my life would myself, anyone I have hunted with, or anyone I know who hunts bring my gun into a store.

When not hunting, that shit stays locked up.

I believe you as far as what you do.

I wouldn't bring it into a Wal-mart or Kroeger.

But the little rural convenience store/gas station/grill? It's not unusual.

Sometimes it's a show and tell about someone's new deer rifle, or new handgun.

Sometimes a hunter is just stopping in off his ATV for a biscuit and coffee, with his rifle slung over his shoulder.

 

[halik]

I believe you as far as what you do.

I wouldn't bring it into a Wal-mart or Kroeger.

But the little rural convenience store/gas station/grill? It's not unusual.

Sometimes it's a show and tell about someone's new deer rifle, or new handgun.

Sometimes a hunter is just stopping in off his ATV for a biscuit and coffee, with his rifle slung over his shoulder.

Yeah, honestly if you show up in came and orange, no one would care (even meijer/kroger/walmart... they all sell ammo). If you walk in to case the place, leave and then come back with a long rifle, you're not exactly signaling to people you're just taking a break from the woods.

 

[openwheel]

And what I am telling you is that you are full of shit. Never in my life would myself, anyone I have hunted with, or anyone I know who hunts bring our gun into a store.

When not hunting, that shit stays locked up.

I agree. The BS meter sounded when one claims "common to see Rifles in Kroeger's during hunting season".

 

[openwheel]

No, not really. Go read a fucking dictionary. I can support the right to such protests while disapproving of this particular instance. If your brain can't wrap itself around that basic logic, you sure as hell shouldn't have a gun.

Sounds like you definitely shouldn't carry a gun into Kroeger's. You should go shoot a few rounds at the range and let some of that steam go.

 

[OutHouse]

According to police, the man originally entered the store unarmed, then went back to his car and retrieved his rifle. He then walked back into the store

yea if i rolled up to do my sunday food shopping and watch a guy walk out of kroger to his car, get a rifle and walk back in, i would be on the phone calling the cops. save that shit at the gun range not a public store.

 

[LTC8K6]

I agree. The BS meter sounded when one claims "common to see Rifles in Kroeger's during hunting season".

I didn't claim that...

 

[irishScott]

Sounds like you definitely shouldn't carry a gun into Kroeger's. You should go shoot a few rounds at the range and let some of that steam go.

Meh, I'd rather put a rifle over each shoulder, a pistol on each hip and ankle, a Kevlar helmet on my head and walk into this place of business where you'd supposedly preemptively blow my head off. See exactly how high you stack your bullshit. If this thread's any indication the spectacle would be well worth the trip.

 

[Nebor]

These people are doing more harm than good.

 

[sigurros81]

These people are doing more harm than good.

Seriously, these idiotic hicks really think walking around a grocery store with their AR15 is a smart form of protest when all they're doing is making themselves look like a bunch of back-wood weirdos.

 

[drebo]

http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/article_42d81e6e-68d9-11e2-afbf-0019bb30f31a.html

WTF is wrong with these gun nuts, they are basically terrorizing people by walking around in public,holding assault weapons. This is really sick, and beyond ridiculous that it isn't illegal. Good for Kroeger for banning this nut case.

Edit: Fine I changed the title, I still say people feared for their lives though.

Perhaps if people didn't have an abject fear of an inanimate object and were provided proper firearms training as part of school curriculum, rather than this irrational hate and fear mongering, it wouldn't be an issue.

Or move somewhere where open carry is against the law.

 

[halik]

Perhaps if people didn't have an abject fear of an inanimate object and were provided proper firearms training as part of school curriculum, rather than this irrational hate and fear mongering, it wouldn't be an issue.

Or move somewhere where open carry is against the law.

No,
it's got nothing to do with "fear of inanimate object" and everything to do with with the individual's actions. It's not like people are scared to walk in front of gun stores, because they have ARs in the display.

People are scared of a moron that walks into a place with a loaded rifle for no apparently purpose. It's not a common sight, it's not hunting season and if you walk in unarmed, leave and come back with a rifle I would expect CCW holders to have you in their sights. Your actions are the thing that signal you have issues and total lack of common sense.

 

[Ryan]

Perhaps if people didn't have an abject fear of an inanimate object and were provided proper firearms training as part of school curriculum, rather than this irrational hate and fear mongering, it wouldn't be an issue.

Or move somewhere where open carry is against the law.

What if I walked into an establishment with a ring of dynomite strapped to my belt - if someone got upset enough to not be around me, would you find that to be "abject fear of an inanimate object"?

 

[shadow9d9]

This thread should be stickied to exemplify the lunacy of gun nuts... To think that guns are being used for mass murders and gun fanatics are trying to use the word "nut" to describe people who are anti-guns is absolutely ludicrous. Good try at controlling the argument though.

I am glad that the nuts here are no longer holding back and trying to play semantics with words.. they are coming right out with their insanity. The world needs to see how many inbreds live in the US.

 

[Jimzz]

No,
it's got nothing to do with "fear of inanimate object" and everything to do with with the individual's actions. It's not like people are scared to walk in front of gun stores, because they have ARs in the display.

People are scared of a moron that walks into a place with a loaded rifle for no apparently purpose. It's not a common sight, it's not hunting season and if you walk in unarmed, leave and come back with a rifle I would expect CCW holders to have you in their sights. Your actions are the thing that signal you have issues and total lack of common sense.

:thumbsup: This.

 

[blankslate]

No, it's got nothing to do with "fear of inanimate object" and everything to do with with the individual's actions. It's not like people are scared to walk in front of gun stores, because they have ARs in the display. People are scared of a moron that walks into a place with a loaded rifle for no apparently purpose.

It's not a common sight, it's not hunting season and if you walk in unarmed, leave and come back with a rifle I would expect CCW holders to have you in their sights. Your actions are the thing that signal you have issues and total lack of common sense.

^this.

The fact that he walked into the store unarmed then came back with a weapon is just suspicious looking regardless of intent. *If* there was a person or people with CCW permits around I would not be surprised if they were casually moving to a better spot in case the SHTF.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

^this.

The fact that he walked into the store unarmed then came back with a weapon is just suspicious looking regardless of intent. *If* there was a person or people with CCW permits around I would not be surprised if they were casually moving to a better spot in case the SHTF.

Unless one is in Vermont people would be spooked and thats understandable. As someone said because a thing can be done doesn't mean it should. Nevertheless gun owners rightly do not trust the government so there's a sense that a stand needs to be taken, and this is a way to give a finger. Maybe not the best, but thats what these things are about, like flag burnings of yesteryear.