Just a few miles from my house. There are still a few of us left up here who don't paint our frigging nails and know how to use a gun...
Posted on 04/19/2011 7:43:23 PM PDT by grundle
Hoplophobic blissninnies.
Glad the umbrella wielder was not brought down by a SWAT sniper.
It's not hard to understand. The idiots that called it in have never seen a real rifle or sword before.
Since they do not know what one looks like, they just assume every long black stick-like thing hanging on somebody's back is a weapon and they are going use it.
They also assume that if it is going to be used, the gunman is going to walk around the stores with it in plain sight while shopping, and then when finished, shoot the place up.
No, it's not hard to understand how somebody could make that mistake if they never bothered to find out truth.
(then again, if they had the truth, even if it was a real weapon, they may have an idea of what to do with it and discover this time it was not a threat and legal.)
Here’s where you can get yours:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/japanfan/b625/
The next thing you know, they they will be taking away this one thinking it is too much like a light sabre:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/d163/
We can expect to see legislation banning these introduced immediately.
I’m sure upChuck Schumer and Barby Swinestain will get right on it!
Probably have to at least add bright orange plastic end caps so cops know they are not real, like squirt guns and cap pistols.
And to think, just a few miles away, on this day,
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Just a few miles from my house. There are still a few of us left up here who don't paint our frigging nails and know how to use a gun...
So, a hoplophobic, easily panicked Taxachussets Libroid, with friends, thinks a rifle looks like that umbrella - and the Top Cop says “This is what we want”.
Time for:
“Dumb cops, dumb cops,
What Ya gonna do?
What Ya gonna do with a low IQ?”
LOL...love it!
If it weren’t so damned true.
How many of the delicate suburban shoppers wet themselves right out there on the floor?
Idiocy.
LOL!
Umbrella, sword handle, two sizes, $19-$29 , on line.
How do you mistake that for a gun?
Don't know. I have an old samurai sword, carried it slung over my shoulder like that picture, to have it checked out by Japanese sword experts in San Francisco. Walked several blocks in Japan Town through crowds to my car, even stopping in some stores to shop. No one batted an eye, and got smiles from people. Guess a rifle would get a different reaction.
Bumper stickers out soon?
If umbrellas are outlawed, only outlaws will have umbrellas
I’d rather have an umbrella and not need it than need an
umbrella and not have it
FREAKKIN IDIOTS.
If anyone thinks that looks like a gun then they should not breed........
Cops could just claim they “felt threatened”; shoot him on the spot; and get away with it.
The dreaded automatic, high-capacity, high-caliber assault umbrella.
Fixed it.
rlmorel: There are still a few of us left up here who don’t paint our frigging nails and know how to use a gun...
Also a lot who DO paint their nails and carry. Wife ended up in a convo with a bunch of women at their workplace all talking about their carry choices.
Franklin county is definitely NOT the 128 beltway...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.