Man walks into Kroger with loaded AR15

[Pia]

Meanwhile in Switzerland:
http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9229

 

[boomerang]

I know I would have been terrorized if I saw someone walking into the grocery store with a loaded assault rifle, like he plans to gun us all down. I am sure many there felt the same way.

The first step is recognizing you have a problem. Your fear of guns is taking over your life and is affecting it in a negative way. I would suggest getting some professional help. You may find that your fear is based in you knowing that the possibility exists within you to take up arms against others or perhaps yourself.

Be sure to ask about the side effects of any psychotropic medications you get prescribed. Some of them can lead to violent thoughts as well as thoughts of suicide.

 

[Doppel]

Holy crap, troll, yesterday you start making shit up in your links http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=34548720&postcount=22 and now again? You are the worst kind of dishonest propagandist.

BAN

 

[cubby1223]

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.

Sounds more like something one of you anti-gun nuts would do to prove some point.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

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

Wonder where you got that.

Shopper Monica Green said she fled the store and called 911 after she saw the man.

 

[LTC8K6]

This is the same thing as being "terrorized" because a muslim is praying to allah on your airplane. Naturally, he's going to blow up the plane. Why wouldn't he?

 

[JEDIYoda]

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?

why are you so ignorant? should of....could of....would of....your point is not even a point because the man did nothing wrong....sorry go pee in your pants in another thread...

 

[Thebobo]

I bet if he looked like a muslim things would of been much different.

Sorry if you want to walk around with a weapon like that in public move to Somalia or Yemen please, they will welcome you with open arms~

 

[LTC8K6]

What if it had been a Ruger mini-14 with a 5 round magazine and a black synthetic stock? That's not an assault weapon, right?

 

[klinc]

there is a thing called right of admission reserved. Why not put signs up no firearms allowed?

 

[airdata]

So once again you make shit up to make a story suit your personal agenda. You are the worst kind of anti-gun nut job fruitcake, and the kind that makes anyone that would side with you shun you for the loony moron that you are.

While I didn't see what the original title was, I can deduce that you're over-reacting and just being an asshole as you tend to do in threads you visit.

Sounds like the OP was suggesting people in the store feared for their lives.

That would be an accurate assumption. Given all of the recent gun violence, you can't expect people to think it's ok for some guy to enter a store w\ an ar 15. Surely many people who saw him wondered if they were about to get shot or witness a shooting.

If nobody was in fear for theirs and others safety, nobody would have called the police in the first place.

The guy should be written up at the very least for disturbing the peace.

 

[airdata]

there is a thing called right of admission reserved. Why not put signs up no firearms allowed?

Because in the current times we live in it's assumed that nobody is going to be carrying a rifle into the grocery store. It's common sense.

We're not living in post apocalyptic times just yet...

 

[Gunslinger08]

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.

 

[OrByte]

If this keeps up I think the real citizens of AMerica (Corporations) are going to get upset as business $$ might take a hit

 

[openwheel]

I have no issue with them calling the cops, nor even with them banning him from his store (they're a business, displays like that could hurt their business).

It's the people freaking out thinking they're about to go through the next Sandy Hook that has me facepalming. If you see a visibly armed gunman, he can see you, and he isn't shooting or aiming at anyone, you're either in no danger or witnessing one of the dumbest would-be shooters of all time.

Stand back, compose yourself, and think about the situation for a couple of seconds. Given the current state of politics, if I saw someone with a slung AR-15 walk into a store I'd think "oh great, another one of those moron radical 2nd amendment protestors." I'd then keep an eye on him to make sure that rifle was remaining slung as I went about my business.

Stand back and compose yourself? Tell that to a 6 year old little boy. Why don't you try showing up at my business with an AR-15 and I blow your head off immediately? There is absolutely no reason to advocate this kind of behavior in a civilized nation. Second amendment right demonstration my @$$.

Like above poster, it is common sense. There is only a fine line between this lunatic and terrorists.

 

[irishScott]

Stand back and compose yourself? Tell that to a 6 year old little boy. Why don't you try showing up at my business with an AR-15 and I blow your head off immediately? There is absolutely no reason to advocate this kind of behavior in a civilized nation. Second amendment right demonstration my @$$.

Like above poster, it is common sense.

Oh, big internet tough guy here everyone, watch the FUCK out.

How about you try blowing my head off and get put in jail for murder? Sounds like the protestor was more responsible with his gun than you'd be.

Because 6 year olds routinely walk around stores without their parents. Riiiiiiiight.

I don't advocate this behavior. I think it's a very dumb way to protest on an individual basis. But it is legal, and it should remain legal.


P.S. Real life threats are a banable offense on this forum. I'm not taking this one seriously so I won't report it, just for future reference.

 

[Capt Caveman]

The fact that he left the store to retrieve the gun and go back into the store would make me concerned, get out of there and call the police.

 

[Ryan]

When you see someone walk into a store displaying a weapon....what are your first thoughts:

A) Surely this law abiding citizen is just stopping by the store to pick up some eggs, milk, and sugar.....
B) Motherfucker is insane, going to shoot the whole place up
C) Robbery is about to happen
D) B and/or C

The answer for 99% of Americans is almost always going to be D.

 

[Pia]

The fact that he left the store to retrieve the gun and go back into the store would make me concerned, get out of there and call the police.

That would have had my alarms ringing too. I don't think I would call the police since it's still legal behavior, but it is weird.

 

[openwheel]

When you see someone walk into a store displaying a weapon....what are your first thoughts:

A) Surely this law abiding citizen is just stopping by the store to pick up some eggs, milk, and sugar.....
B) Motherfucker is insane, going to shoot the whole place up
C) Robbery is about to happen
D) B and/or C

The answer for 99% of Americans is almost always going to be D.

Amen.
Those who actually are siding with this lunatic simply lack common sense.

 

[openwheel]

I don't advocate this behavior. I think it's a very dumb way to protest on an individual basis. But it is legal, and it should remain legal.

Oxymoron.

P.S. Real life threats are a banable offense on this forum. I'm not taking this one seriously so I won't report it, just for future reference.

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.

 

[LTC8K6]

When you see someone walk into a store displaying a weapon....what are your first thoughts:

A) Surely this law abiding citizen is just stopping by the store to pick up some eggs, milk, and sugar.....
B) Motherfucker is insane, going to shoot the whole place up
C) Robbery is about to happen
D) B and/or C

The answer for 99% of Americans is almost always going to be D.

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.

If you are out hunting and need to visit a store, it's not unusual to walk in with your rifle, rather than leave it out in your vehicle.

You also see rifles mounted in trucks and on ATV's too.

I stopped at a small convenience store in a small town in VA last year. There were probably 6 or 8 guns in view at any one time in the parking lot. No one remarked on it, and no one shot anyone.

My guns were in the back of my Jeep, out of sight and reach.

Most of the residents in the area have a "truck gun" in their pickup or SUV. They will use it to pick off a coyote, or shoot a snake, etc., while they are driving in the woods on their property.

People are quite used to guns in a large part of the country and don't even notice them. They are part of the furniture.

 

[LTC8K6]

The fact that he left the store to retrieve the gun and go back into the store would make me concerned, get out of there and call the police.

I agree with that. Going back to get the rifle is odd, and I would have been alert over that. If that report is true, that behavior is odd.

 

[irishScott]

Oxymoron.

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.

 

[Ryan]

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.

If you are out hunting and need to visit a store, it's not unusual to walk in with your rifle, rather than leave it out in your vehicle.

You also see rifles mounted in trucks and on ATV's too.

I stopped at a small convenience store in a small town in VA last year. There were probably 6 or 8 guns in view at any one time in the parking lot. No one remarked on it, and no one shot anyone.

My guns were in the back of my Jeep, out of sight and reach.

Most of the residents in the area have a "truck gun" in their pickup or SUV. They will use it to pick off a coyote, or shoot a snake, etc., while they are driving in the woods on their property.

People are quite used to guns in a large part of the country and don't even notice them. They are part of the furniture.

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.