Yes, I would feel totally safe in a country where every idiot can get weapons.
In Florida you don’t even have to prove to the state you can safely handle a gun to have a concealed weapon on you
You know in this particular situation I don’t think the car was the main problem.
Yeah, it could be because of our car culture, not the cars themselves. Or maybe it’s just good old fashioned lack of mental healthcare.
People spend SO much money on their damn cars, and often treat them both like a second home and a part of their personality.
Well the car didn’t murder the guy
Weird way to say “murder.”
*Attempted
The 42-year-old man, who could not be reached immediately by the Sun-Times, was shot once in the left leg and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was in good condition, officials said.
“If ICE can do it why can’t I?”…that guy probably.
So “attempted murder” because he’s bad at both driving and shooting.
So… 2 weapons.
Carry a few used AA batteries instead and throw them at the back window after they’ve passed. That way you have time to get away.
Why AA batteries specifically? I have not tried it but they seem soft.
I would prefer D cells.
Let’s go Phillies?
yeah, i think large ball berings would be more usefull and less annoying in your pocket
Ninja rocks aka aluminum oxide ceramic.
In California, since 2003, ninja rocks have been explicitly listed as burglary tools, and their possession with intent to burglarize is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in county jail and/or a fine of up to $1000
Lol
Oh that makes sense, any mineral harder than glass will do probably. Even hardened steel. Maybe a drill bit, a tap, a mill, a metal file?
probably because they are pretty dense objects, decent weight in a small package
200g weights, they’re used for calibrating measuring instruments. Fits in the palm of your hand, weighs about a half pound. I think 1 will run you like 8 bucks, and you don’t have to waste a battery.
Dead AAs don’t cost anything. They are otherwise headed to recycling or a dump. And they fit nicely in you pocket most of the time.
Broken spark plug ceramic works even better and will shatter tempered glass, but if cops catch you with it they might know what it’s for. The batteries are plausible pocket stuff.
Yeah cops will definitely recognize ninja rocks, I’m just not sure a double A will carry enough weight to break a car window.
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I personally use my car keys to scrape any car that gets in arms reach while i’m crossing a crosswalk
Not defending the shooter, he definitely had a severe over reaction to the situation. But dude had no fucking survival instincts. Why would you kick the 2 ton box of metal, powered by explosions and driven by someone who clearly doesn’t care about your safety? In the land driveby shootings no less.
Why would you almost hit a pedestrian?
I’d actually recommend you don’t.
People might get mad at me for saying this but I think we should upgrade it from a recommendation to a strictly enforced obligation
You can’t do anything anymore. It’s political correctness gone mad.
Is this really the world you leftist nuts want???
Because the dude didn’t live a life of constant fear. He was a human being that almost got badly injured on a crosswalk, so he showed unregulated emotion, probably not with the intend of starting a fight for life or death, most probably because he did not think every other person is a psychopathic maniac.
I see what you’re going for, but there are a couple things;
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The shooter shouldn’t have had a gun or the license to drive. If his mental state was that hair-trigger it’s a travesty that this combination of elements was allowed to happen.
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What other response would have been appropriate? Are you suggesting we should just passively allow bullies to do whatever they want?
So, more or less — no. If you think the appropriate reaction to almost being hit by a car is to throw your hands up and run away screaming, that’s the appropriate action for you. Not everyone is going to respond the same way, and being mad/lashing out about almost being critically injured is a perfectly reasonable response.
Well, choosing not to kick cars that belong to clearly dangerous people has never gotten me shot.
Honestly, I think choosing to move on is absolutely the best course of action. Kicking the car in some act of vengeance, or expression of (even justified) anger isn’t going to make things better but it might make things worse. That bullet could’ve hit anyone in the vicinity, and even if dude hadn’t pulled a gun, the car he was driving is just as deadly and has plenty of potential for collateral damage.
Like I agree with you that the shooter definitely shouldn’t be driving with that mental state of his, but just because he’s in the wrong doesn’t make it right to escalate things such that everyone around you is in danger too.
escalate things such that everyone around you is in danger too.
No — there’s no escalation past the guy almost hitting someone with his car. That is the point of escalation. If anything, kicking the car is a deescalation — because escalation would mean trying to kill the driver. Whether that’s shooting them, beating them to death, whatever. Because that is literally the level they were brought to by the driver/ shooter.
You’re essentially victim blaming by trying to suggest that the guy who kicked the car contributed to the escalation.
That being said, of course the best course of action is to leave. Not everyone is ok with almost dying and not giving the person who did it a piece of your mind. Unfortunately it played out like it did.
I mean, his death is not his own fault, and I’m not trying to say otherwise. This was murder, plain and simple. But kicking the car was still stupid, pointless and dangerous. Encouraging other people to follow this guy’s example is pointless, stupid, and dangerous.
Encouraging other people to follow this guy’s example is pointless, stupid, and dangerous.
Absolutely not. If I were to extrapolate from your logic and follow it I’d never go outside because clearly the intelligent and safe thing to do is just never go outside.
Seriously, you are just wrong here. There will never be a world where kicking someone’s car after they almost hit you with it warrants being shot. It should not even occur to you to be something you can’t do, it is that far below the point the driver/shooter had already brought it to. To call it escalation means that you either don’t understand the meaning of the word or have alterior motives for dying on this hill.
This was murder
If you read the article you’d know that nobody died…
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humans stuck together against apex predators to get to the point were we are today. I say we bring back the T-rex rarhhhh… We need apex predators or we get bored and kill ourselves
powered by explosions
combustion [/pedantic mode]
Ehh, combustion is just slow explosions.
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The rest of the world doesn’t live like this.
Nah, we Germans would’ve run him over.
I know a few Dutch drivers who would peobably run over a guy if the guy was the one actually violating the rules then sue the guys family too lol
guns aren’t common glovebox item in most places
its either strapped thier waist or on the dash.
Guns skittering across the dash like m&ms looking for the air vent
No joke, heard a story of a guy that had a gun stolen from is car. Lamenting it because it was a expensive piece with modifications to is appearance that he liked. When asked what happened, he left it on the fucking dashboard in plain view. Didn’t even attempt to hide it at the least. Just out there for all to see. I like firearms as a preface, I think they’re neat and do serve some purposes but, the careless and frivolous nature of how we consider them in the USA is one of the reasons gun violence is so high.
On the bright side, if your car ever gets stolen, cops will be really invested in finding it if you tell them your gun was under the seat. Cops generally don’t care about stolen vehicles. They tend to take an “eh, it’s probably already in a chop shop” approach. But if you tell them your gun was in the car, they’re suddenly a lot more invested in finding it.
Of course, because they can recover the vehicle and say they didn’t find any firearms as they take them for themselves.
guns aren’t common glovebox item in CIVILIZED SOCIETIES
America is a removed full of assholes and bullet holes
A lot the world does, however, have to live with the constant threat of being bombed by our military or a military that our taxes fund.
Almost like the violence we export to other countries comes back home to our own culture and society.
I know what will help! More guns!
Have you considered… more ballrooms?
Give more money to the wealthy, that always helps with problems!
I pray for nukes
Neither do most Americans. Or most Chicagoans.
The problem I see is Americans don’t care if people are getting shot.
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Jfc. That’s… something else. Interesting but fucked up.
it is not just the guns perse but the low wages and nothing to do. We are bored to the core in the core… oh golly life is such a bore
America is such a removed.
Absolutely. Lost my job recently and started having to drive again and let me tell you every single driver is some form of psychotic. It’s insane.
Including you?
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Lol. We are rich enough to leave, but doing so would subject us to a reduced standard of living. Europe seems great, but their high population density is what drove them to colonize America in the first place.
Sure. You have to be insane to get behind a wheel. I am insane for doing it.
Fair
Introspection is a gift, not a gotcha.
I like that
Every. Single. One.
Especially me. I hate doing it so much. I don’t drive like a psycho but I’m certainly unwell.
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Idk, the crosswalk would be still unarmed - needs some movement-sensor gun turrets.
Imagine that there IS indeed a company that caters to such needs
Note to Aperature Marketing:
This was a triumph!
Idk, those turrets would actually encourage travelling faster because their reaction time is so slow and easy to run over due to high centre mass.
Or if they had a car!
Maybe even an arm
ored car.Stupid gunless pedestrians who don’t bring a car when walking…
Don’t bring a ped to a car fight… with guns.
The pedestrian here was really at a disadvantage if you think about it.
in imperial dum dum yankkkeeland the pedestrian is a 2nd class citizen. In the core we serve and work for the pdfiles and the 4 legged gasoline guzzlers. We live our lives in the cracks and shaddows of stooopids.
Damn pdfs
“If my car failed to kill them my gun will!”
whats the difference?
I’m 75% sure that this is sarcastic and the upvoters believe this is sarcastic.
I would say it’s “tongue in cheek”. Sarcasm, irony, absurdity of reality, all packaged together.
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crossing flag < crossing brick < crossing glockI just wish they would do it somewhere more appropriate like in a school.
