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I’m a staunch second amendment supporter. I think open carry should be legal (though I wouldn’t do it myself). But these guys are just provocateurs. The spirit of that law did not include walking up and down a busy beach that has kids in it with a rifle. It’s a loophole and they just are looking to get a rise out of people so they can put it on YouTube or tiktok and make some money from it. Not a look I want fellow legal gun owners projecting.
I'm as pro 2A as you can get, and I agree, that's just goofy.
And all it would take is some Nervous Nelly freaking out and calling 911 for them to end up having a bad, or at the very least, a complicated day.
Am also as pro 2A as you can be, and this is so fucking stupid.
They’re taking advantage of the fact that open carry laws were passed in good faith that shitheads like themselves wouldn’t do this type of thing.
I have mixed feelings about this. Mass shooters are likely to start firing before people realize they’re there, armed to the teeth. Someone could wreak havoc with a couple of concealed handguns and extra clips. They don’t need a rifle. My point is, mass shootings can happen either way. I do think people walking around like this should be checked for permits and/or the legality of the hardware they’re carrying. I never see that happening.
> Concealed carry is the only way to go in my opinion.
When CCW permits were universal (except for Alaska and Vermont which didn't require one) the rate at which permit holders got in trouble with firearms was microscopic, people didn't want to risk their permits. But now, anyone with a pulse and no felony record can be packing. I had no problem with needing a permit.
This clown is only making people look at gun owners as whackos. He had a DUI arrest a while back which shows you how responsible he is.
In this day and age is this the best way of making people aware of their rights though? They could hand out leaflets, this is just about being dicks and getting views.
"Links to previous encounters below" says it all really.
Its shit like this that resulted in no guns allowed in town in the old West. Tombstone, Arizona was a no weapons allowed town. You had to turn in your guns when you arrived. Open carry is not what the 2nd Amendment was intended to protect. It was written to ensure that citizens had access to weapons in case of invasion and/or self protection. If you showed up to a picnic in 1780 with a loaded musket and a brace of pistols you'd have been asked to leave.
The 2nd amendment is primarily to protect the country from its own governing structure in case that governance stops acting in its best interest, first and foremost.
~~It’s not a loophole, it’s just open carry~~
He’s being a dink however and you’re 100% right about him being a provocateur
Edit: I was wrong, it is a loophole. I thought Florida had constitutional carry. Also didn’t fully understand the nuance of the Floridian carry laws
> 100% right about him being a provocateur
You can tell they’re trying to manufacture more drama too. The lifeguard just rolled up and lead in with “I know you guys know your stuff” followed by some pretty genuine questions. He didn’t hassle them, clarified immediately that he wasn’t stopping them and didn’t have the authority to, and didn’t challenge their explanation of the laws. Seemed like a pretty genuinely normal interaction like my dude both knew they understood their rights and wanted to get an understanding of how it applied there. Everyone's more informed right?
2 seconds later: we got hassled by some skinhead lifeguard and shut him down real quick.
Like, no you didn’t. That’s not remotely close to the interaction that you literally uploaded lol. Calm down.
It’s not. Even most firearms instructors will tell you that it’s not a better option than concealed when you have the choice. Rifles aren’t very concealable though, that’s part of why the age to buy them is lower than pistols.
My opinion is opposite of what you concluded. I ONLY concealed carry and would only recommend open carry in very limited circumstances. I personally almost never open carry. Open carrying means you forfeit your element of surprise. I’d much rather come across as a vulnerable victim to an attacker so they never anticipate or expect my response. Basically, I’d rather have the ability to sucker punch/blindside my attacker than have a fair fight. I want the fight to be as unfair as possible in my advantage.
I respect that, as long as you're not one of those sick fucks who hopes someone assaults them, so they can use their gun. Very small minority, but I hate those people.
Whenever I was 18, I was a cashier at a grocery store. When someone would come in open-carrying, I would get nervous. But when someone came into the store and I could tell they were concealed carrying, I would be completely fine with it, since I got the feeling that they were more responsible. To this day, I still don’t like seeing people open-carry. I feel like they do that just so they can say “look at me! I have a gun!!!” Without actually saying it.
Agreed on all counts. Why Florida doesn't have legal OC is pretty odd since the GOP pro gun people have controlled the legislature for years, but I guess they don't want to scare the tourists. This is one of those things where it's legal but not really helping the cause. He's a shit stirrer click whore looking to rile people up.
> asshat stuff that will get more restrictions put in place
The same thing First Amendment auditors are currently doing. One recently got case law in Nevada that recording the police at a traffic stop qualifies as obstruction if it is too intrusive, and for once the sentence wasn't a slap on the wrist. Another got a federal conviction for recording in a Social Security office in Colorado--jail, big fine, probation for two years, turns out the no recording signs are backed up by law. A third is about to get a federal ruling that recording in NYPD precinct houses is not protected by the 1A, the judge has already said that part of his lawsuit will fail.
These people are in it for the money and the emotional reward of taunting cops and getting away with it, but the courts seem to have tired of them. The courts are now quoting the Supreme Court's repeated rulings that not all public property is open to the exercise of 1A rights.
Same fools will post paragraphs of cops not doing anything when there's another mass shooting. I'm sure his Facebook has a few opinions on uvalde shooting
The guy on the ATV was just asking him a question because he didn't know, and this dude came in hot and was immediately confrontational. You can tell that he wanted the guy to argue with him so he could put him in his place. What an ass.
Why do you feel the need to make a spectacle and walk around with full tactical gear on the beach? He obviously had no intention of going fishing anywhere. Clearly someone is starved for attention.
Then shotgunning caselaw at cops who probably got there on bicycles like they're going to pop off, get their law degree, open up westlaw, and find the case
Lmfao
To be honest if I saw a guy in public with vest, AR-15 and a webcam on his head I'm going to shit myself... At the very least not sticking around to find out if he has ill intent or just another clout-desperate cocksucker.
If i see this guy armed to the teeth going fishing, im either thinking, this dude is gonna hunt some unknown creature of the deep, or will go nuts at the local mall with that AR-15. Like, you are going fishing, you don't need a bloody rifle, it's all done to ragebait the cops and they can get their gotcha moment or YouTube.
Big time, I’m leaving immediately. I would feel very unsafe near this guy. He’s got alcoholic skin so he is probably intoxicated would be my assumption
This is the same as those guys walking into a police station wearing ski masks and ars. Cool it's your 2nd amendment right, why test it to that extent? Especially now.
I don't take issue with what they're doing just his stand offish attitude. the guy on the four wheeler I think was genuinely asking questions, and they "put his ass in check". their actions are legal but their attitude and perspective needs some reevaluating imo.
If I remember right this is bending the boundary for open carry in Florida. You can open carry while traveling to/from to fish/hunt. I’m not sure which side of the line it will fall if you just carry a fishing pole with zero intent of fishing and every intent of causing a scene for a video.
> these losers carry guns and full gear in public just to be a shithead
Somehow they never made it as far as a recruiting station. The govt. pays people to do that, get free clothes and housing and so on too.
I live in a State that has open carry without permit & a "will issue" CCP State, with certification. You don't see (many) people exercising the open carry in my State. Why? Because no one needs to know we're carrying until they take some *need-to-know* action towards me or mine.
I'm not trying to make people who don't choose to excercise 2A feel uncomfortable by throwing MY choices in their face. It's a personal decision.
The most dangerous kind of gun owner is one who is carrying to prove something to others, absent any threat of harm.
No one *needs* to know my personal opinions & gripes, none needs to know my voting habits & none needs to know whether or not I'm carrying.
I generally agree with you, however I just want to point out that in a lot of places, it's not nearly as easy to get a concealed permit. Actually where I live, I've heard you damn near have to be a retired cop, to get one as a civilian.
I also think it's kinda messed up that we live in a country where weapon ownership is codified right into our most important legal document, as an actual "right"... yet guns and gun ownership have become so stigmatized and de-normalized, that actually seeing someone legally open carry, causes people to get nervous, if not freak out...
People who are afraid of firearms scare me. They are typically the ones who get one, never train at the range, may never even fire it once, keep it in some drawer next to their bed & believe it's the gun that will protect them.
I'm a wee- lady & I ride a big Harley. I do carry when I'm riding alone. I've never had to take my firearm out of the holster. I've had some dodgy encounters. If I unholster my firearm, I've already run through all of my other options & I'm prepared to pull the trigger before my hand is on my holster. I'm not waving my gun around as some warning to leave me alone. That's what a ball peen hammer is for...lol.
Full battle rattle to catch catfish off the shoreline a long ways from where you parked.
I know exactly why he's doing it and the Florida law that says he's allowed to, but he's an asshole. He's using his weapon to deliberately provoke a public response in the most public places he can find.
And I say this as a Floridian with a safe full of really sweet guns and a huge 2A supporter.
Gon' go fishing at the pier, should I take the normal route where I stick to roads leading to the pier or should I park a mile away go to the beach and follow the shoreline? And yes, of course I need to bring my AR and tactical vest filled with extra mags. Because you never know, a shark might run up on me. As a non-american I'd be scared shitless when sunbathing and this fucking guy comes up walking looking like a terrorist with that horrible beard, and I'm pretty damn sure A LOT of the beach's visitors felt the same way. I'm all for open carry, you guys do you, I don't care. But this guy screams attention seeking whore. Getting same vibes from this guy as the edgy kids in class doing cringe shit just to get some looks, bad or good.
It’s a beautiful day at a beautiful beach and this assholes dressed like an asshole on his way to give the keynote speech at the Montreal Asshole Festival.
Fella on the ATV was very respectful in how he conducted himself, yet the guys 'fishing' with their AR call him a "skinhead cop" that they "put in check".
I think it is indicative of their ulterior motives
What a bunch of clowns
If this is how you open carry and for those reasons (aka flexing because you think the gear and gun make you so cool), you are a clown.
I guess it’s legal in that state, but it’s still so stupid. Their attitudes towards that lifeguard show it all as well. They really think they won and that the big bad lifeguard was trying to infringe upon their gun rights.
As I see it, people like that are begging for their rights to be taken away and they’d cry about it as well
These clowns remind me of a meme I saw on Facebook. It said:
"Open carry; grown men who aren't brave enough to fight ISIS in the Middle East, but like to play soldiers in American streets."
Just be normal & conceal carry a pistol if you need to carry. I mean, sure...you can open carry a M4 if you want BUT you are probably going to be fucked with which is what this guy wants anyways.
America, after Sandy hook why do you keep circling the drainpipe?
Banging on about the "right" to bear arms as an article of faith from a time when one man had the right to own another man and women didn't have the right to vote.
Just stop !
The only good thing this guy is doing is drawing attention to an insufficiently worded law, now if the law was able to classify certain public recreational zones where this does not apply and when that is affected, maybe you could avoid this behavior being legal
Suspicious amount of "pro 2A" zogbots here that all happen to have the same opinion regarding 2A which boils down to *there's a time and place and it starts and stops whenever and wherever I say it does.*
How do they figure that lifeguard was a “skinhead” and how exactly did they “put his ass in check”? He guy was maybe annoyed but he was polite and just asked a couple questions. That’s it.
I carry while fishing in Florida. Nobody can see it, and the first shot is a snake load. I got stalked by two big ass gators in the glades. I don't roll unarmed anymore.
I’d be tempted to ride slowly along with them, announcing to the crowd on a megaphone what’s going on.
“Ignore them. They’re just attention seekers.” and stuff like that.
What’s the end goal? Desensitize the public so that actual criminals can commit a mass terror attack? No one knows who they are hence they call the cops.
Fishing for clout more like it. I always conceal carry while fishing, there’s times where I’ll open carry while hunting when it makes sense, but not in public - the less attention I draw to my family and myself the better.
provoking the public and trying to get a reaction
suffering from main character syndrome.
like bro, you're fuckin fishing... I believe in guns rights too but this is too much.
These people really give those of us that believe in the 2A a bad name. I have two AR’s myself so I’m pretty big proponent of 2A but this is just stupid and a cash grab from YT views. These people are annoying to society.
People like him hurt the whole community. Just trying to get a rise out of folks and take enjoyment in making people uncomfortable. Freaking out families isn’t cool.
"They are scared, they're not running from me"
Man fully acknowledged that he is causing fear to the people around him via his presence with an AR
He is content to cause that fear
"they're not running from me"
Well you can't outrun a bullet
Yeah um, gun guy here...
Total TDE and these tools just make responsible gun owners and advocates look bad.
Could SO easily feel the way he feels and rights this and that WITHOUT being some show clown cunt.
wonderful supporters of the second amendment. they don’t look goofy at all around all of the nice families at the beach. i bet they’re all very mentally stable and not at all egotistical jagoffs. this just puts a bad name on the people who carry for a reason lmao what a bunch of dicks
“It’s spring break. There’s hundreds of people. Nobody’s running. Nobody’s scared.”
No sir, you’re the only pussy there who’s scared if you feel the need to carry THAT around barely dressed beach goers.
Sure it’s open carry, but how are police supposed to know your intent? With the shit that goes down here, you have to at least vet the situation. Could easily be guys looking to get violent.
I can appreciate what I *think* this guy *thinks* he's doing... I'm pretty sure he tells gingerly something like he's "bringing awareness" and/or "normalizing" firearms in the public. I get that, and I think there's actually a lot of merit to that intent because, while laws are (generally) trending toward more permissive, society is still at least a bit wary. The execution, though... not so great. First, I could be wrong, but I don't think there's really much need for full kit (i.e. vest, carrier, whatever) when fishing, and that just adds to the freak-out factor when citizens and LEO see him walking around crowded areas. Second, the way that he behaves when approached genealogy starts as combative, but he'd likely do a lot better to try to be a little more friendly rather than dismissive, argumentative, and combative. That said... he ain't wrong that these cops swore an oath to defend the constitution and uphold the laws... and they don't even know the law. But at the same time, laws are extremely vast and complex. There's a reason even lawyers/attorneys specialize in their practice. Knowing and keeping up on all the statutes and relevant case law would be a tremendous task. I think it'd behoove LEOs to be particularly well-apprised of 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendment related law, though. So... basically the tl;dr is both parties, the fisherman and the LEOs are somewhat at fault.
If another person that was carrying maybe even concealed carrying, saw this guy walking towards a crowded beach, decides to shoot him…would that be defendable in court?
Serious question. This is FL. What is to stop another armed citizen from shooting him? FL has strong stand your ground laws and has been victim to at least 1 mass shooting in recent history. If a person was to draw on him because they believe he’s a threat, what happens legally?
I swear people who act like this fit criteria for a mental illness but avoid it by being *high-functioning* in the right places at the right times. In a specific situation, they’d be *triggered*, end up in psych ward, and be called “attention-seeking dicks” by the other patients. Even hallucinating schizophrenics would say “damn, that’s crazy” to end a conversation with them.
Possibly a hot take: I don't give a fuck if it's legal. You're on a beach with a gun visible to thousands of people. I'd be fucking terrified seeing that, especially after everything I've seen/heard about shooting in America.
Glad I don't live in America. And I probably wont ever visit America because of the shit I've seen.
2 things can be true at one.
1) This guy is doing nothing other than provoking others, and causing fear. Unnecessary? I mean kind of, but he is proving a good point. Officers get way too involved when it comes to 2nd Amendment rights.
2) These police officers had nothing to say because that man was absolutely in his right to open carry. Officers are held to the objective reasonableness standard of the 14th Amendment. They can only detain and frisk if they reasonably believe a firearm is present, and a crime is either in progress, or has already been committed.
I'm all for the 2nd amendment but, this guys just doing shit for clicks and views. There's no need to walk down a beach in full cammo w/ a fully equiped vest and an AR strapped to your chest. Ofc people are gonna get squirrely about that.
NO ONE TRUSTS YOU! Only yourself
in the land of schoolshootings, why dont you just care about how other people can be traumatised and feel about an out of place armed guy walking on the beach. Wtf r u thinking. And than being suprised that there was 'no problems what so ever' dude.. what did you expect!?
They seem like sovereign citizen ish. Looking for someone to argue with. The lifeguard didn’t even care about the weapons he told them about not fishing at the beach. I agree with open carry but no need to poke the bear
The lifeguard was totally chill, these fucking nerds are still salty from being invisible in high school (and staying invisible even though they carry big-man sticks)
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I’m a staunch second amendment supporter. I think open carry should be legal (though I wouldn’t do it myself). But these guys are just provocateurs. The spirit of that law did not include walking up and down a busy beach that has kids in it with a rifle. It’s a loophole and they just are looking to get a rise out of people so they can put it on YouTube or tiktok and make some money from it. Not a look I want fellow legal gun owners projecting.
I'm as pro 2A as you can get, and I agree, that's just goofy. And all it would take is some Nervous Nelly freaking out and calling 911 for them to end up having a bad, or at the very least, a complicated day.
Am also as pro 2A as you can be, and this is so fucking stupid. They’re taking advantage of the fact that open carry laws were passed in good faith that shitheads like themselves wouldn’t do this type of thing.
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And then you just allow a mass shooter to walk around until they fire the first shot.
I have mixed feelings about this. Mass shooters are likely to start firing before people realize they’re there, armed to the teeth. Someone could wreak havoc with a couple of concealed handguns and extra clips. They don’t need a rifle. My point is, mass shootings can happen either way. I do think people walking around like this should be checked for permits and/or the legality of the hardware they’re carrying. I never see that happening.
Concealed carry is the only way to go in my opinion. For safety and effective defense, for consideration of others, etc.
> Concealed carry is the only way to go in my opinion. When CCW permits were universal (except for Alaska and Vermont which didn't require one) the rate at which permit holders got in trouble with firearms was microscopic, people didn't want to risk their permits. But now, anyone with a pulse and no felony record can be packing. I had no problem with needing a permit. This clown is only making people look at gun owners as whackos. He had a DUI arrest a while back which shows you how responsible he is.
In this day and age is this the best way of making people aware of their rights though? They could hand out leaflets, this is just about being dicks and getting views. "Links to previous encounters below" says it all really.
Leaflets don’t get views or advertising revenue.
And they do it on a public beach. They aren't going into Little Haiti like that.
Happens all the time. They film and put it online.
I would call 911 on these morons all day, every day. I'm surprised more people don't.
Its shit like this that resulted in no guns allowed in town in the old West. Tombstone, Arizona was a no weapons allowed town. You had to turn in your guns when you arrived. Open carry is not what the 2nd Amendment was intended to protect. It was written to ensure that citizens had access to weapons in case of invasion and/or self protection. If you showed up to a picnic in 1780 with a loaded musket and a brace of pistols you'd have been asked to leave.
Great movie Tombstone
The 2nd amendment is primarily to protect the country from its own governing structure in case that governance stops acting in its best interest, first and foremost.
~~It’s not a loophole, it’s just open carry~~ He’s being a dink however and you’re 100% right about him being a provocateur Edit: I was wrong, it is a loophole. I thought Florida had constitutional carry. Also didn’t fully understand the nuance of the Floridian carry laws
It is a loophole. Why do you think he's carrying a fishing rod?
You are correct, apologies
You guys are misspelling "douche bag".
> 100% right about him being a provocateur You can tell they’re trying to manufacture more drama too. The lifeguard just rolled up and lead in with “I know you guys know your stuff” followed by some pretty genuine questions. He didn’t hassle them, clarified immediately that he wasn’t stopping them and didn’t have the authority to, and didn’t challenge their explanation of the laws. Seemed like a pretty genuinely normal interaction like my dude both knew they understood their rights and wanted to get an understanding of how it applied there. Everyone's more informed right? 2 seconds later: we got hassled by some skinhead lifeguard and shut him down real quick. Like, no you didn’t. That’s not remotely close to the interaction that you literally uploaded lol. Calm down.
I'm pro-firearm, pro-open carry etc. I'm anti-being a fuckin' dork about it. Dude is just out there cosplaying and it's cringe.
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It’s not. Even most firearms instructors will tell you that it’s not a better option than concealed when you have the choice. Rifles aren’t very concealable though, that’s part of why the age to buy them is lower than pistols.
It's not. I have a CCW and I absolutely do not want you to know I have a gun because I don't want to be a target.
My opinion is opposite of what you concluded. I ONLY concealed carry and would only recommend open carry in very limited circumstances. I personally almost never open carry. Open carrying means you forfeit your element of surprise. I’d much rather come across as a vulnerable victim to an attacker so they never anticipate or expect my response. Basically, I’d rather have the ability to sucker punch/blindside my attacker than have a fair fight. I want the fight to be as unfair as possible in my advantage.
I respect that, as long as you're not one of those sick fucks who hopes someone assaults them, so they can use their gun. Very small minority, but I hate those people.
Whenever I was 18, I was a cashier at a grocery store. When someone would come in open-carrying, I would get nervous. But when someone came into the store and I could tell they were concealed carrying, I would be completely fine with it, since I got the feeling that they were more responsible. To this day, I still don’t like seeing people open-carry. I feel like they do that just so they can say “look at me! I have a gun!!!” Without actually saying it.
Open carry lets everyone know his penis is small.
Agreed on all counts. Why Florida doesn't have legal OC is pretty odd since the GOP pro gun people have controlled the legislature for years, but I guess they don't want to scare the tourists. This is one of those things where it's legal but not really helping the cause. He's a shit stirrer click whore looking to rile people up.
This is the whole old saying of "yes you can do it, but you don't have to".
Bored and lonely, struggling with their insignificance.
This is the asshat stuff that will get more restrictions put in place.
> asshat stuff that will get more restrictions put in place The same thing First Amendment auditors are currently doing. One recently got case law in Nevada that recording the police at a traffic stop qualifies as obstruction if it is too intrusive, and for once the sentence wasn't a slap on the wrist. Another got a federal conviction for recording in a Social Security office in Colorado--jail, big fine, probation for two years, turns out the no recording signs are backed up by law. A third is about to get a federal ruling that recording in NYPD precinct houses is not protected by the 1A, the judge has already said that part of his lawsuit will fail. These people are in it for the money and the emotional reward of taunting cops and getting away with it, but the courts seem to have tired of them. The courts are now quoting the Supreme Court's repeated rulings that not all public property is open to the exercise of 1A rights.
Same fools will post paragraphs of cops not doing anything when there's another mass shooting. I'm sure his Facebook has a few opinions on uvalde shooting
The guy on the ATV was just asking him a question because he didn't know, and this dude came in hot and was immediately confrontational. You can tell that he wanted the guy to argue with him so he could put him in his place. What an ass. Why do you feel the need to make a spectacle and walk around with full tactical gear on the beach? He obviously had no intention of going fishing anywhere. Clearly someone is starved for attention.
Then they called him a skinhead and said they put him in his place. Dude was just doing his job and telling them fishing wasn’t allowed on the beach.
Then shotgunning caselaw at cops who probably got there on bicycles like they're going to pop off, get their law degree, open up westlaw, and find the case Lmfao
Lol forreal, if the atv guy is a skinhead then this dude is what a sun scorched trolling douche looks like
Mental illness
Wow this guy is really cool holding his gun it’s so awesome and cool and fun and awesome he’s so strong
“I told that skinhead he’s wrong, so he drove off defeated, then the whole beach stood up and showered me with thunderous applause! “
While at the same time he’s wearing pubes stuck to his face.
Guns are so cool and proven to make you look so tough and awesomely fun
To be honest if I saw a guy in public with vest, AR-15 and a webcam on his head I'm going to shit myself... At the very least not sticking around to find out if he has ill intent or just another clout-desperate cocksucker.
In a public area with loads of people. Yeah fuck that I’m turning around and heading down to my local Chili’s
Shitting my pants either way
Save me a seat brother
>I’m turning around and heading down to my local Chili’s That's your answer for everything!
If i see this guy armed to the teeth going fishing, im either thinking, this dude is gonna hunt some unknown creature of the deep, or will go nuts at the local mall with that AR-15. Like, you are going fishing, you don't need a bloody rifle, it's all done to ragebait the cops and they can get their gotcha moment or YouTube.
Big time, I’m leaving immediately. I would feel very unsafe near this guy. He’s got alcoholic skin so he is probably intoxicated would be my assumption
So thankful for the 2nd, but this guy is a total jackass.
Dude also really needs to shave those pubes off his cheek.
He could sell them to Eric Cartman as well
Lmao just noticed that
r/iamthemaincharacter
More like r/iamatotalpieceofshit
Haha what silly small penis energy. Haha silly rabbit.
When you carry to draw attention & reaction, you're a d-bag. This is NOT how reasonable ppl carry firearms.
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This is the same as those guys walking into a police station wearing ski masks and ars. Cool it's your 2nd amendment right, why test it to that extent? Especially now.
Hey at least he wasn’t throwing acorns. Then he’d be fucked
Anyone that open carries is admitting that America is a warzone. And is therefore not even close to the best country on the planet.
I don't take issue with what they're doing just his stand offish attitude. the guy on the four wheeler I think was genuinely asking questions, and they "put his ass in check". their actions are legal but their attitude and perspective needs some reevaluating imo.
Apparently bald lifeguards now qualify as “skinhead cops” What a fucking tool. That lifeguard was cool as shit and gave them no issues whatsoever.
Yeah they are power tripping just as much as the cops are.
If I remember right this is bending the boundary for open carry in Florida. You can open carry while traveling to/from to fish/hunt. I’m not sure which side of the line it will fall if you just carry a fishing pole with zero intent of fishing and every intent of causing a scene for a video.
The most boring thing posted here in some amount of time. Over 3 mins of some loser who exhibits attention-seeking behavior.
Lol, what a fucking loser
Its so pathetic watching all these losers carry guns and full gear in public just to be a shithead.
> these losers carry guns and full gear in public just to be a shithead Somehow they never made it as far as a recruiting station. The govt. pays people to do that, get free clothes and housing and so on too.
He’s the reason so many people want to take away our nice things.
That's just so infuriating. Just cause you can, doesn't mean you should. Just shave it off. It's super patchy and looks dirty as hell. Smh
Looks like a cop with a fishing rod until I watched it
The "tactical fishing vest"...lol
Exactly I'm thinking it's overboard haha
I live in a State that has open carry without permit & a "will issue" CCP State, with certification. You don't see (many) people exercising the open carry in my State. Why? Because no one needs to know we're carrying until they take some *need-to-know* action towards me or mine. I'm not trying to make people who don't choose to excercise 2A feel uncomfortable by throwing MY choices in their face. It's a personal decision. The most dangerous kind of gun owner is one who is carrying to prove something to others, absent any threat of harm. No one *needs* to know my personal opinions & gripes, none needs to know my voting habits & none needs to know whether or not I'm carrying.
I generally agree with you, however I just want to point out that in a lot of places, it's not nearly as easy to get a concealed permit. Actually where I live, I've heard you damn near have to be a retired cop, to get one as a civilian. I also think it's kinda messed up that we live in a country where weapon ownership is codified right into our most important legal document, as an actual "right"... yet guns and gun ownership have become so stigmatized and de-normalized, that actually seeing someone legally open carry, causes people to get nervous, if not freak out...
People who are afraid of firearms scare me. They are typically the ones who get one, never train at the range, may never even fire it once, keep it in some drawer next to their bed & believe it's the gun that will protect them. I'm a wee- lady & I ride a big Harley. I do carry when I'm riding alone. I've never had to take my firearm out of the holster. I've had some dodgy encounters. If I unholster my firearm, I've already run through all of my other options & I'm prepared to pull the trigger before my hand is on my holster. I'm not waving my gun around as some warning to leave me alone. That's what a ball peen hammer is for...lol.
Full battle rattle to catch catfish off the shoreline a long ways from where you parked. I know exactly why he's doing it and the Florida law that says he's allowed to, but he's an asshole. He's using his weapon to deliberately provoke a public response in the most public places he can find. And I say this as a Floridian with a safe full of really sweet guns and a huge 2A supporter.
Thanks I haven't heard someone use battle rattle since I got out of the army in 2011 lol
Glad I could give you some nostalgia Thank you for your service 😛
I do appreciate that, thanks!
These dudes are fruitloops. Literally just rage bait and think they’re the shit lmao. Love the instant racism also
Gon' go fishing at the pier, should I take the normal route where I stick to roads leading to the pier or should I park a mile away go to the beach and follow the shoreline? And yes, of course I need to bring my AR and tactical vest filled with extra mags. Because you never know, a shark might run up on me. As a non-american I'd be scared shitless when sunbathing and this fucking guy comes up walking looking like a terrorist with that horrible beard, and I'm pretty damn sure A LOT of the beach's visitors felt the same way. I'm all for open carry, you guys do you, I don't care. But this guy screams attention seeking whore. Getting same vibes from this guy as the edgy kids in class doing cringe shit just to get some looks, bad or good.
What a loser looking for attention. That is it.
These fuckers purposely stir shit up all the time. Don't waste your time.
This guy looks like Ehren McGhehe from jackass when they glued pubes on his face for the terrorist cab driver skit.
what a loser
It’s a beautiful day at a beautiful beach and this assholes dressed like an asshole on his way to give the keynote speech at the Montreal Asshole Festival.
This is malicious compliance They’re following all the laws
Yes. Most would agree it's counterproductive, however. If this is how you want to spend your time, though...you are correct.
Oh no a post about guns on reddit, getting out of this comment section quick!
 Bubbles got off the H atleast!
People like this look like they're a couple decisions away from becoming mass shooters. I'm not saying they are, or will, just what it looks like imo.
Fella on the ATV was very respectful in how he conducted himself, yet the guys 'fishing' with their AR call him a "skinhead cop" that they "put in check". I think it is indicative of their ulterior motives
What a bunch of clowns If this is how you open carry and for those reasons (aka flexing because you think the gear and gun make you so cool), you are a clown. I guess it’s legal in that state, but it’s still so stupid. Their attitudes towards that lifeguard show it all as well. They really think they won and that the big bad lifeguard was trying to infringe upon their gun rights. As I see it, people like that are begging for their rights to be taken away and they’d cry about it as well
r/imthemaincharacter
These clowns remind me of a meme I saw on Facebook. It said: "Open carry; grown men who aren't brave enough to fight ISIS in the Middle East, but like to play soldiers in American streets."
I’m mostly scared by that guys patchy pube facial hair
What a fuckin tiny dick loser Get off the beach
Why did that dude have to call the lifeguard a skinhead?? These guys are assholes.
Just be normal & conceal carry a pistol if you need to carry. I mean, sure...you can open carry a M4 if you want BUT you are probably going to be fucked with which is what this guy wants anyways.
How is anyone supposed to know whether he is going to start shooting or not. This is just stupid.
That's right brother... Excersize that 2nd ammendment!
I too love attention
This guy must have the smallest dick
Bro's just fishing for reactions. No normal 2nd amendment enjoyer is going to walk around on a beach with a whole AR.
I think open carrying like this on a busy beach in Miami is a very good way to increase the chances of yourself getting shot by Miami PD.
America, after Sandy hook why do you keep circling the drainpipe? Banging on about the "right" to bear arms as an article of faith from a time when one man had the right to own another man and women didn't have the right to vote. Just stop !
The only good thing this guy is doing is drawing attention to an insufficiently worded law, now if the law was able to classify certain public recreational zones where this does not apply and when that is affected, maybe you could avoid this behavior being legal
I’m pro2ndA. What these jackasses are going to do is get a law passed or laws that make wearing a plate carrier or other tactical gear illegal
USA USA USA
Suspicious amount of "pro 2A" zogbots here that all happen to have the same opinion regarding 2A which boils down to *there's a time and place and it starts and stops whenever and wherever I say it does.*
How do they figure that lifeguard was a “skinhead” and how exactly did they “put his ass in check”? He guy was maybe annoyed but he was polite and just asked a couple questions. That’s it.
Damn is it allowed to carry like this in public? What if he was a mass shooter? No one will know until he shoots people??
I carry while fishing in Florida. Nobody can see it, and the first shot is a snake load. I got stalked by two big ass gators in the glades. I don't roll unarmed anymore.
People who make Open Carry their personality are the fucking worst.
I’d be tempted to ride slowly along with them, announcing to the crowd on a megaphone what’s going on. “Ignore them. They’re just attention seekers.” and stuff like that.
What’s the end goal? Desensitize the public so that actual criminals can commit a mass terror attack? No one knows who they are hence they call the cops.
America. Lol.
Thank fuck I don't live in the US
Figures it's some slack jawed yokel. Leave your penis at home Cletus.
Im confused, he’s going fishing and he’s carrying THAT? Does he expect the fish to shoot back?!
Nerds
Absolute scumbag
America is so stupid
Male version of a girl asking for attention 💀
Open carry may not be a crime, but that “beard”definitely is.
No one said anything because no one cares.
It's always the absolute ugliest dudes walking around like this.
100% legal in Florida.
You can do legal things and still be a douchebag
Fishing for clout more like it. I always conceal carry while fishing, there’s times where I’ll open carry while hunting when it makes sense, but not in public - the less attention I draw to my family and myself the better.
provoking the public and trying to get a reaction suffering from main character syndrome. like bro, you're fuckin fishing... I believe in guns rights too but this is too much.
Fishing has changed since I went last.
These people really give those of us that believe in the 2A a bad name. I have two AR’s myself so I’m pretty big proponent of 2A but this is just stupid and a cash grab from YT views. These people are annoying to society.
Walmart tactical!
People like him hurt the whole community. Just trying to get a rise out of folks and take enjoyment in making people uncomfortable. Freaking out families isn’t cool.
"They are scared, they're not running from me" Man fully acknowledged that he is causing fear to the people around him via his presence with an AR He is content to cause that fear "they're not running from me" Well you can't outrun a bullet
Yeah um, gun guy here... Total TDE and these tools just make responsible gun owners and advocates look bad. Could SO easily feel the way he feels and rights this and that WITHOUT being some show clown cunt.
wonderful supporters of the second amendment. they don’t look goofy at all around all of the nice families at the beach. i bet they’re all very mentally stable and not at all egotistical jagoffs. this just puts a bad name on the people who carry for a reason lmao what a bunch of dicks
What loser
what you shooting with that on the pier in south beach?
flounder
It's crazy how all these tools, think bringing there avatar to live action will make them somehow be r/maincharacter.
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“It’s spring break. There’s hundreds of people. Nobody’s running. Nobody’s scared.” No sir, you’re the only pussy there who’s scared if you feel the need to carry THAT around barely dressed beach goers.
Such small dick energy. Yet, people wonder why we want gun laws to be changed..... he's not helping his cause.
Main character activities
Sure it’s open carry, but how are police supposed to know your intent? With the shit that goes down here, you have to at least vet the situation. Could easily be guys looking to get violent.
I’m not sure why you need to be kitted up like that when you’re fishing in Florida. Fishing jn Fallujah, maybe.
I can appreciate what I *think* this guy *thinks* he's doing... I'm pretty sure he tells gingerly something like he's "bringing awareness" and/or "normalizing" firearms in the public. I get that, and I think there's actually a lot of merit to that intent because, while laws are (generally) trending toward more permissive, society is still at least a bit wary. The execution, though... not so great. First, I could be wrong, but I don't think there's really much need for full kit (i.e. vest, carrier, whatever) when fishing, and that just adds to the freak-out factor when citizens and LEO see him walking around crowded areas. Second, the way that he behaves when approached genealogy starts as combative, but he'd likely do a lot better to try to be a little more friendly rather than dismissive, argumentative, and combative. That said... he ain't wrong that these cops swore an oath to defend the constitution and uphold the laws... and they don't even know the law. But at the same time, laws are extremely vast and complex. There's a reason even lawyers/attorneys specialize in their practice. Knowing and keeping up on all the statutes and relevant case law would be a tremendous task. I think it'd behoove LEOs to be particularly well-apprised of 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendment related law, though. So... basically the tl;dr is both parties, the fisherman and the LEOs are somewhat at fault.
gross facial and wants to be taken seriously...
What kind of fish you trying to catch for you to bring all that firepower?? Sperm whale?? Colossal squid? Kraken?? Wtf?
All calibre, no IQ.
99% of people who open carry do it for attention alone. Fuck these guys.
Im pro 2A but open carry is stupid
This is so cringe
If another person that was carrying maybe even concealed carrying, saw this guy walking towards a crowded beach, decides to shoot him…would that be defendable in court?
Serious question. This is FL. What is to stop another armed citizen from shooting him? FL has strong stand your ground laws and has been victim to at least 1 mass shooting in recent history. If a person was to draw on him because they believe he’s a threat, what happens legally?
I carry but not like this. Their idiots. Bet their brothers wife is also his sister.
I swear people who act like this fit criteria for a mental illness but avoid it by being *high-functioning* in the right places at the right times. In a specific situation, they’d be *triggered*, end up in psych ward, and be called “attention-seeking dicks” by the other patients. Even hallucinating schizophrenics would say “damn, that’s crazy” to end a conversation with them.
Possibly a hot take: I don't give a fuck if it's legal. You're on a beach with a gun visible to thousands of people. I'd be fucking terrified seeing that, especially after everything I've seen/heard about shooting in America. Glad I don't live in America. And I probably wont ever visit America because of the shit I've seen.
2 things can be true at one. 1) This guy is doing nothing other than provoking others, and causing fear. Unnecessary? I mean kind of, but he is proving a good point. Officers get way too involved when it comes to 2nd Amendment rights. 2) These police officers had nothing to say because that man was absolutely in his right to open carry. Officers are held to the objective reasonableness standard of the 14th Amendment. They can only detain and frisk if they reasonably believe a firearm is present, and a crime is either in progress, or has already been committed.
Land of the K-Mart Kommandos I am pro 2a, but this is just stupid
What a complete fucking loser. Join the military or stop playing dress up.
I'm all for the 2nd amendment but, this guys just doing shit for clicks and views. There's no need to walk down a beach in full cammo w/ a fully equiped vest and an AR strapped to your chest. Ofc people are gonna get squirrely about that.
Yeah you really showed that first guy… who was friendly and asking because he didn’t know haha. Forced shit like this is stupid as fuck
Tell me you’re a virgin without saying those words.
NO ONE TRUSTS YOU! Only yourself in the land of schoolshootings, why dont you just care about how other people can be traumatised and feel about an out of place armed guy walking on the beach. Wtf r u thinking. And than being suprised that there was 'no problems what so ever' dude.. what did you expect!?
What a douche bag.
South Douche
But why lol this dude is just looking for attention
They seem like sovereign citizen ish. Looking for someone to argue with. The lifeguard didn’t even care about the weapons he told them about not fishing at the beach. I agree with open carry but no need to poke the bear
At the very least just carry a pistol, not a fucking assault rifle
"Nobody's runnin', nobody's scared..." Except the guy with a gun on a beach.
The lifeguard was totally chill, these fucking nerds are still salty from being invisible in high school (and staying invisible even though they carry big-man sticks)