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I can't tell if the guy is serious or just plain crazy. A mall cop duct taping shields to his back because he expects multiple 308 shots from the back? Husband

by anu7df 4y ago

I can't tell if the guy is serious or just plain crazy. A mall cop duct taping shields to his back because he expects multiple 308 shots from the back? Husband and wife tag team in this situation... Plan A to shield from the shots with the vest while the wife assembles something more sturdy.. Which mall is this supposed to be? I would rather someone shuts down the mall at such a high risk location. If it is supposed to be preparation for a once in a life time occurrence, without regular tactical training and drills (not feasible for a mall cop org), the vests are going to be useless in an actual emergency. Relax and let SWAT handle the situation if/when it occurs. This has to be a prank or some walrus mall cop's fantasy.

Uehreka 4y ago
I have the feeling this guy was serious. If for no other reason than that he stopped responding. I feel like if it was a joke he would’ve kept responding and dialing up the ridiculousness. He also seemed pretty authentically earnest. There are a bunch of people in American gun culture who are obsessed with “preparedness”. Some of these people may have a kernel of reason (maybe they live in a rough neighborhood and have a small sidearm that they hope they never have to use). But any culture like this has its exemplars, people who fixate on preparing for outlandishly rare severe scenarios, but lack the competency to actually do so properly. Like, if this guy was actually dealing with violence at his workplace regularly or even once a year, he wouldn’t be talking in the future conditional tense (“if there’s an incident cops will let us…”, “I’m worried that someone might try to…”), he’d be talking in the present progressive tense (“when there’s an incident the cops usually tell us we can…”, “When someone tries to shoot me I generally…”). In all likelihood he’s a mall cop in a town that probably has very little gun crime but had one tragic shooting 10 years ago, and he has become obsessed with being prepared for the next one.
- pseudo0 4y ago
  How did you get to this part and still think he was serious? > "I am a Master of three martial arts including ninjitsu, which means I can wear the special boots to climb walls. I don't think any of you are working as hard as I am to be prepared. I asked a serious question about tactical armor and I wanted a serious response. If you want to laugh at somebody, try laughing at the sheep out there who go to the mall unarmed trusting in me to stand guiard over their lives like a God." It's pretty clearly a troll based on the first post, but the replies guarantee it.
  - throwoutway 4y ago
    This is the part where I also started laughing, because the troll finally made themselves self-evident. Everything prior was pure artwork as I was on the edge and trying to figure out if real/troll
  - ncmncm 4y ago
    Could still be a loon. Certainly lying abt the 400 rounds daily, though. No mall would foot that bill, with or without adhesive.
thom 4y ago
“I am a Master of three martial arts including ninjitsu, which means I can wear the special boots to climb walls.”

by anu7df 4y ago

Uehreka 4y ago

I have the feeling this guy was serious. If for no other reason than that he stopped responding. I feel like if it was a joke he would’ve kept responding and dialing up the ridiculousness. He also seemed pretty authentically earnest. There are a bunch of people in American gun culture who are obsessed with “preparedness”. Some of these people may have a kernel of reason (maybe they live in a rough neighborhood and have a small sidearm that they hope they never have to use). But any culture like this has its exemplars, people who fixate on preparing for outlandishly rare severe scenarios, but lack the competency to actually do so properly. Like, if this guy was actually dealing with violence at his workplace regularly or even once a year, he wouldn’t be talking in the future conditional tense (“if there’s an incident cops will let us…”, “I’m worried that someone might try to…”), he’d be talking in the present progressive tense (“when there’s an incident the cops usually tell us we can…”, “When someone tries to shoot me I generally…”). In all likelihood he’s a mall cop in a town that probably has very little gun crime but had one tragic shooting 10 years ago, and he has become obsessed with being prepared for the next one.

pseudo0 4y ago
How did you get to this part and still think he was serious? > "I am a Master of three martial arts including ninjitsu, which means I can wear the special boots to climb walls. I don't think any of you are working as hard as I am to be prepared. I asked a serious question about tactical armor and I wanted a serious response. If you want to laugh at somebody, try laughing at the sheep out there who go to the mall unarmed trusting in me to stand guiard over their lives like a God." It's pretty clearly a troll based on the first post, but the replies guarantee it.
- throwoutway 4y ago
  This is the part where I also started laughing, because the troll finally made themselves self-evident. Everything prior was pure artwork as I was on the edge and trying to figure out if real/troll
- ncmncm 4y ago
  Could still be a loon. Certainly lying abt the 400 rounds daily, though. No mall would foot that bill, with or without adhesive.

thom 4y ago

“I am a Master of three martial arts including ninjitsu, which means I can wear the special boots to climb walls.”