• Delphia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Its only a matter of time till someone reaches for their “phone” and gets themselves shot.

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      11 months ago

      Or goes walking around with this in their back pocket and get robbed. Dispite what people think, open-carriers are far more likely to get robbed for their gun than CC or non-carriers.

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        11 months ago

        more likely to get robbed for their gun than […] non-carriers

        Ya know what? I absolutely believe that, no evidence necessary.

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            Don’t know about the whole population, but as someone who has known a bunch of people who would stick people up, at one point, they definitely would target open carries. They said it was almost a guaranteed minimum of 500 dollars right there, a nice handgun could easily get 1000-1500, a really nice one could get a couple grand. So, yeah, people who do stick-ups target people who obviously have a gun on them. They said that if that person goes into a low population area, they are gonna get robbed. They will have their gun drawn, and ready to go, before the person is even aware of what is happening, so they are extremely unlikely to try and draw on them. If they do, they will almost definitely get shot before they can get their gun in a position to shoot.

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      11 months ago

      I’m reminded of those classic movie gags where the guy has one “gun” that’s actually a lighter, and keeps mixing it up with their actual gun.

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        11 months ago

        Less likely but still possible.

        Id say Australian police would probably not shoot if they saw someone reaching for it but I wouldnt bet on it.

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        11 months ago

        People in America get shot for perfectly legitimate reasons, going shopping, going to school or calling the police for help. Not for reaching for their gun grip shaped phone that would be absurd.