Friday, August 09, 2019

More Idiocy

It sounds like the opening to a bad bar joke.  "So, this guy walks int a Walmart wearing body armor and a rifle."

It's no joke.  Some jazzbo walked into a Neighborhood Walmart wearing body armor with a handgun on his belt and a rifle slung around his neck.  Then started taking video of the ensuring panic.  Luckily an off-duty fireman was carrying and held him at gunpoint until police arrived to arrest him.
The incident at the Missouri Walmart comes hours after police in Florida identified a man they were looking for who they alleged told a Walmart salesperson in Port St. Lucie that he was looking for something "that would kill 200 people."
I need to go to Sam's Club later today to pick up a few things.   I will not be causing panic.  But, I will be very alert.  It looks like the crazies have fixated on the Walmart stores.

2 comments:

Old NFO said...

Yep, concealed is concealed FOR A REASON... sigh

Robert said...

Five guys met at a local burger joint and sat down to eat. They were all carrying openly (we have constitutional open-carry). A woman in the parking lot called 911 and basically freaked. 911 asked "What are they doing?" Her fearful response: "Eating burgers". Multiple squad cars arrived. Police policy at the time of hilarity was to hassle anyone carrying openly despite it being perfectly legal. Guys eventually got something like $20,000 from the city.

Later, I'm waiting for my oil change to get done and this young man walks in with a Glock 17 on his hip. I walked by him and murmured "Good choice". He got a puzzled expression for a second then smiled. I kept expecting someone to make a scene but I suspect no one even noticed. We live in interesting times.