That's just politeness, am I right?

I can't imagine what it must be like going through life being afraid of everything all the time and also having a fantasy in which you get to kill someone.

Just your regular US "conservative".
- 😭😭😭oBaMa BiN lADIn Is GoNnA tAkE mAh GuNs😭😭😭
My neighbor is "that guy."
Doesn't leave his house or even answer the door without a gun.
Very nice guy, just terrified of... stuff?
- My brother has a neighbor who regularly yells crazy rants at the neighbors on his lawn while holding his gun in the air. The cops have been called and claim they can do nothing. This would be in Atlanta, so I'm not exactly shocked...
It's not fear. The guy in the picture walks around with guns because he wants to, not because he's scared. He wants to be challenged. He wants to be able to pull out his gun and shoot someone.
These people are not "scared" as much as they want to be feared.
They want an excuse to kill. That's it.
- I'm surrounded by it in Texas and you're 100% correct. These guys fetishize their guns and the idea of killing people. You'll note after being around a 2A nut that they aren't discussing things that worry them. Most of the language that you hear is along the lines of "I wish they would" or "I'd pop a motherfucker for trying that".
  They are genuinely looking for an excuse to legally murder someone and you should not feel safe around them.
- They want to be feared because they live in fear themselves. That's why these assholes keep murdering people for pulling into their driveway by mistake. They're terrified all the time. Conservative media has made them fear everything and they think the only answer is to show that they're tougher than everyone else.
- Science disagrees with you:
  "Specifically, the research shows that people with conservative tendencies have a larger amygdala and a smaller anterior cingulate than other people. The amygdala -- typically thought of as the "primitive brain" -- is responsible for reflexive impulses, like fear. The anterior cingulate is thought to be responsible for courage and optimism. This one-two punch could be responsible for many of the anecdotal claims that conservatives "think differently" from others."
  https://www.salon.com/2010/12/29/conservative_brains/
- Not wrong, but the foundation for that is also form of "fear", the wish to be feared stems from the inner fear of looking weak and vulnerable. This is not a person who's at ease with himself or of the path he's chosen. He's hurting, a lot. Even knowing all this, it's still hard to feel empathy because of the way he chooses to deal with his psychological issues.
A friend that I’ve known for like fifteen years - I found out last year that he has guns. He just doesn’t ever talk about them.
- Same here. Knew a guy who conceal carried with a license for like 4 years before I ever found out. People who truly do it for defense rarely want people to know they have it.
The way you say "get to kill someone" instead of "you're forced to kill someone to protect yourself and other innocent lives" really ties up this comment well. It is exactly the mindset of the open carry crowd.
It has to be very stressful.
Especially someone as big as that. That guy looks like he is well over six feet tall. Who the hell is he scared of?
LiberalGunNut™ here! I'm more than a little tired of liberals calling us "afraid". I have a Colt .45 on my desk at all times and a RIA .45 on my headboard. Not the slightest bit scared, or even mildly worried. But I've had some crazy shit come in my front door, more than once. Ever suffered a home invasion? How about by a bear? (Yes, both really happened, and more.) I also carry in the woods and on the water. Given that I'm legal, why not?
I avoid places where I might be scared, especially when armed. Who risks 20-to-life in a concrete and steel box if your case goes pear shaped?!
No one says, "Look at that fool with his kitchen fire extinguisher! LOL, bet he even checks it every 6-months and logs it. What a wuss!" (I have 2 other extinguishers as well, at camp and in my truck.)
This guy? Hell I know. Bet this, he's one of those who has no understanding of self-defense law. Justified shooting is a far narrower line than most think, regardless of one's attitude towards guns.
In any case, open carry people are plain stupid. The photographer already has the drop on him. All I see are 3 free guns.
- Honestly, Your last two sentences are what I noticed.
  Someone could easily sneak behind, or use another forward distraction to grab that butt gun while that guy's hands are both occupied carrying other things.
  He doesn't look prepared at all to actually protect anything. Given his size, he should put all the guns, his cookie (or whatever he bought), and his keys in a bag so he has at least one hand free to defend himself. He could do more damage hulk smashing than trying to hit something with a tiny projectile.
- The fact you need a gun with you at all times says enough about how scared you are.
  If you need a gun to feel safe, you live in a shithole country.
Bet he's one of the people who believed antifa would show up in small towns and destroy everything in 2020.

Ignoring the gun violence crisis in America aspect, people who make 1 single thing their entire personality are so annoying. You like guns, whatever. But you now have to always be wearing one and even your clothes need to always feature guns!? Trying to talk to this dude about anything else must be exhausting...

Don’t worry, I’m sure he’d be happy to talk about his political views.
- SLEEPY JOE HAD TOO MUCH ENERGY! HE'S ON THAT CHINA 5G VACCINE! NANCY PELOSI! COMMUNISM! MURICA WENT DOWN THE DRAIN WHEN BROWN PEOPLE! ANTIFA DID 9/11! BLACK LIVES MATTER IS IRANIAN PSYOPS!
  We all know his politics lol
- Also the eternal question, "does this truck make my penis look small?"
I bet he has lots of other interests. He's just really afraid of people too, so he needs to let everyone know he has guns so they won't pick on him.
Such a dainty snowflake packaged into a giant, soft body LOL.
- I bet he has lots of other interests.
  Such as watching youtube videos about flat earth, vaccines, lizard people, anti-lgbt, and those durn libruls
- You're a poet.
You know I won't knock people who are just very passionate about something. Sometimes I wish I wouldn't wear so many plain boring shirts and projected some of my interests more into the world. Maybe it would spark some good conversations... You know, like campaign finance & election reform! WOOO!

Guns = 3, Ass = 0

That's some negative ass if I've ever seen one. The man is owed some ass.
- Straight frog butt
He keeps it clenched shut at ALL times in case one of those GAYS gets the drop on him. He can shoot the back holstered gun to blow their cock clean off before it gets too close to his precious hole.
3 you can see, I would bet he's also wearing at least one ankle holster.
- What's wild is it would be so incredibly easy to just walk up behind him and grab the gun in the small of his back while shoving him down. He's dead from his own firearm before he can even process what has happened.
Are we going to ignore the 30 keys? I own 3 cars but don’t carry a key to the third one on a regular basis as it’s undergoing some extended maintenance. It’s got to be slightly exhausting to carry 20 extra lbs of crap on your waist.
- Yeah and those keys.

You can't convince me this guy doesn't have some form of mental illness.

I carry when I can. But concealed inside the waistband like a responsible fucking adult. You're absolutely right
- I always see open carry as a large target. IF I was the bad guy, I would go for the people with visible guns first.
That much paranoia only raises the red flags.
- This isn't paranoia. A paranoid gun "enthusiast" wouldn't put a gun where someone can steal it and shoot him in the back of the head.
  This is rank stupidity.
It's called living in rural 'Murica.
- Bro, even the reddest of rednecks knows better than to stick a gun in the back of their jeans. Absent everything else, it's a good way to get killed with your own gun.
  Something is wrong beyond culture with this dude.

Just remember that guy is like 5 times more likely to kill himself (or accidentally kill someone else) than to use one of those guns in a legitimate self defense scenario...

But he's even likelier to have a heart attack than either of those. If he really wanted to protect himself he'd do some exercise.
You're telling me that a guy that insecure might be emotionally unstable? NoOOooOooOoo....
Some clouds have chrome linings

I hope that back gun isn’t loaded. If so, he would be the easiest person to rob on earth.

Of course it's loaded. Carrying around an unloaded gun is unAmerican!
- It's also pretty stupid
- Or it's actually unloaded. And he wishes every day for someone to grab it, so he can whip around and shoot a motherfucker legally.
If you grab it, he'll shoot you with the one he's got sticking out of his anus.
- I don’t think they make one big enough to stay up his ass.

Nobody going to point out the ridiculous key ring? OK, maybe he needs all those keys for his job. Why the hell would you carry that around?!

This poor man desperately needs to feel important, needs to look important.

And for those of you not into gun culture, this guy is a wild outlier. There's nothing practical or sensible being rigged like that. You won't find anyone teaching or condoning this sort of thing, only as an example of what not to do.

There's no way that many keys fit into his pocket. So he has no choice but to carry them everywhere. His only other option would be to clip them to his belt, but that would leave less room for guns.
It only takes a few "wild outliers."
Also, there should not be a "culture" devoted to an inanimate object.
- Instead of a "culture," think of it as a "fandom."
  He's the equivalent of a person wearing a ton of anime stuff in public. Or a Trekkie wearing a uniform.
  Nerd!
- "drinking" culture, "bicycle" culture, "car" culture. It's just a way to express society's attitude towards those in animate object, and how our lives are impacted as a result.
  Drinking culture in the US determines that you shouldn't drive while intoxicated. Car culture makes it impossible to get out of the bar withot driving, so it means that the most common way to get your drunk friend home is to call them an Uber.
Exactly these doofs make us look so bad.
Open carry is only okay when hunting or out in the wilderness where other animals can hunt and kill you.
Under any other circumstances it's a huge liability and gives you no tactical advantage whatsoever as a wise character once said.
I carry when I can. Very few notice, and those that do know what to look for because they're doing the same. Responsible gun ownership is not for show.
You won't find anyone teaching or condoning this sort of thing, only as an example of what not to do.
Well, anyone competent, some bubba probably has a youtube channel...
outlier? surely not.

Looks like he already shot his ass off.

Is that what happened to Hank Hill?
Cotton got his shins shot off, Hank got his ass shot off?
Just big brained thinking going on there. Can't shoot your own ass off of you've got no ass.
Maybe he's packing so much heat because he's traumatized from someone stealing his ass.

That guy's entire personality is just gun.

The bigger the gun, the smaller the schlong
- Fun fact: on average, americans have some of the smallest penis sizes. The huge trucks make more sense now, huh?
- Damn straight!
  casually puts my paris gun away
- Ahhh body shaming. You must be proud of that original comment.

Barely survived. We soy boys are tough.

Real men open carry by walking around shirtless with a gun gaffer taped to their shoulder blade so if a terrorist ever tells them to put their hands behind their head they can pop one off when they don't expect

Yippee Ki-Yay Mother Fucker !
- TBS: Yippee Ki-Yay Margaret Thatcher!
- Even McClain only had one gun, and he had to take it off someone.
- I hate everyone

That, or they were just the bullies themselves and want to continue feeling that sense of power in adulthood (and couldn't make it as a cop, the usual path for that).
- Yeah I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and say that the ideology that attracts nazis, bankers, business execs, jarheads, uneducated, racist, sexist bigots were probably the bullies in school.
Dude's got a Hank Hill butt. I bet he uses prosthetics when he mows.
Wondering if people like this were bullied or abused early in life?
Most likely they are scared folk. The NRA has instilled fear in them even though crime is down.
Everyone I've ever seen open carry a handgun has been publically abusive of the people they were with (spouse/children) and it was obvious that the open carry handgun was to make sure nobody intervened in their abuse.

This guy is easily 6'-7" tall and needs to carry 3 guns around to feel safe

Three... that you can see.
- There's no way this guy doesn't have an ankle carry.
Is that some kind of 6-shooter in the small of back? If so....perhaps he should consider carrying just one pistol with an extended mag....would make life easier and more effective.
- How do you even grab that one out of its holster smoothly?
  You have to take it with your left hand behind your back, then pop the catch on the holster, then lift the barrel clear of the holster. All that while under fire or in a deadly situation.
  All I can imagine is this guy dead on the ground with his left hand awkwardly caught between his belt loop and his pistol, bleeding from the asshole he accidentally shot himself in.
No way he's that tall, it's just the angle of the camera.

Oh how I wish these people would actually experience the armed showdown with the US government they all crave. I need that drone footage. Oh the juicy videos from 1000ft above of Skeeter and his J6 posse disappearing in a cloud of smoke like ants.

Nah, just a single encounter with a robber or something.
Either they show their true cowardliness and run away like everyone else, get shot by the robber because they will down anyone with a gun first, or get shot by the police for being confused as the criminal.
They all have this idea that they are some super hero that will save the day, but the chance of that happening is extremely low.
- That’s what they saw in the movies (like westerners, or James Bond) and that’s what they’re emulating.
- get shot by the police for being confused as the criminal.
  I'm really curious how often that happens.
- However small a chance, at least it's a chance
The most recent one I'm aware of went fairly peaceful. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff
Are you suggesting the US government will drone strike US neighborhoods?
- OP may not be suggesting that but I am. They did exactly that and would do it again if they "needed" to.
- If suggesting means “wanting to see” then yes. Unless of course those people get off the Maga cult and become human again. The chances of which are slim. They are not Americans anymore anyway, they pledged allegiance to the new global fascist movement. So they need to be dealt with appropriately
Waco and Ruby Ridge already happened.
- And so did Oklahoma City. Pretty sure the Feds are behind if we're counting bodies for scoring.

At least that’s a revolver he’s packing. He’ll be limited to six shots with that before reloading, and not some ridiculous number like nine or sixteen.

After all, if you cannot solve a non-military, non-combat problem with six shots or less, you are unlikely to solve it with more.

Left and right holster don't look like revolvers, and he's probably gotta backup stuffed under a fat roll upfront.
- Nah, look at those pants and that stance; dude's got cold steel between those cheeks.
  "The only men I let inside me are Jesus, and Smith & Wesson YEEEEHAW BROTHER!"
five if he's practicing safe gun handling and keeping the hammer on an empty cylinder.
But considering the fact that he has it stuffed in his ass crack, who are we kidding. Yeah...it's six.
- That was important in 1873. It's 2024 and modern guns have extra safety features.
  Old revolvers had the firing in on the hammer and could fire if they were dropped and landed on an uncooked hammer. For most of the past century, however, the firing pin has been separate from the hammer and that kind of drop-fire is impossible.
  Guy's still a dumbass, but every time someone says something so outlandishly incorrect it just gives ammunition to right-wing nut jobs who love to point out how little the other side knows about firearms.
- In this thread
  https://youtu.be/XVmqWMi_-fM?feature=shared
if it's non combat that gun should never come out, they aren't supposed to be a deterrent but I guess that's what he's going for with this goofy look lol
Relevant https://xkcd.com/692/
Revolver "Shalashaska" "Ocelot" Ocelot
Don't tell the cops that they need to use that whole mag every time.
Take a closer look, he's got at least 3 guns on him, I wouldn't be too surprised if it was 4.
After all, if you cannot solve a non-military, non-combat problem with six shots or less, you are unlikely to solve it with more.
This is really a terrible take. 6 shots is likely not enough in most self defense circumstances. Especially if it's more than 1 attacker.

Look how curled up/ stressed out his hands have become. Dudes on edge 24/7. Also kinda looking like Farva from super troopers which is awesome to think about.

Just get him a 2 liter of cola
- Shenanigans.
- Got dupped one too many times trying to get the million bucks. Never again.

"And if that don't work - use more gun"

Some texan with 11 PhDs

There’s a man who is scared of everything.

Except probably not the one thing he should be scared of- Donald Trump.
- or one of his kids blowing themselves or their siblings away. gun owners are horrible about securing their firearms in the US.
  Jalopnik even had to put out a public service announcement for the fucking bright lights that kept leaving their loaded firearms unsecured in their POVs.
  low gas mileage, high calibers and low IQ's, so very very fucking american.
  https://jalopnik.com/youve-got-to-stop-keeping-your-gun-in-your-car-1850929717

Three guns and no butt.

As someone with a not dissimilar affliction, my pants would just instantly fall down.
Looks like he shot both cheeks clean off with the one in his waistband. Hank Hill lookin ass.

Dairy is a dangerous business, what if you encounter cows with guns

Well cows do kill more humans than sharks so....
- That's amazing, I didn't know cows killed any sharks
Chickens in choppers!

You cant shoot diabetes

Look at this discount Hank Hill

As someone with lower back problems, that looks AMAZINGLY uncomfortable.

"I want to carry a gun that leaves me in pain every time I sit down. Every Time."

Also a terrible idea in general, it looks so easy to snatch.
- And hard to draw, unless he's left handed, which I guess is possible...

The cows didn't. Cause they weren't armed.
You don't want to end up like a dairy cow, do you?

All of that other nonsense and he's not even wearing boots? What the hell? Oh, never mind. There's a bulge. There's another gun on his ankle.

If he's going to a wheel gun competition he could still be a fairly normal guy in most open carry states. Otherwise it's pretty silly.

All hat, no cowboy.

"Thought I got out unscathed... But looks like a damn liberal SHIT my pants again!"

Is that a shotgun down your leg or are you... wait, why do you have a shotgun down your leg?

He also has so many keys in his hand it qualifies as a brass knuckle.

I'm hoping he's going to some gun event or something and that back one is at least unloaded.

Fetterman shops at Wegman’s?

tf's he carrying? nigga shot up the gravy aisle