Fri Jan 11, 2013, 10:48 AM

Drove by a gun store last night [View all]

It was packed. Packed with men who look just like me... middle-aged, overweight, and out of shape.

All hoping their SHTF fantasy comes true so they can fearlessly lead the way and be the hero. Praying they get the opportunity to kill someone. It's this mindset - grandiose, delusional, paranoid, insane - that confounds me.

Answer me this - If the dreaded 'Gubment' does come for their weapons, how are people who look just like me going to confront a well trained army of highly motivated, highly trained 20-somethings? Not to mention tanks, A-10 Warthogs, etc? The last time I looked, Warthogs were nowhere to be found at Bass Pro.

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Drove by a gun store last night [View all]	Comatose Sphagetti	Jan 2013	OP
Well yeah, but you can't go out in a blaze of glory if you don't have an AR-15.	Scuba	Jan 2013	#1
How dare you insult our lean, mean, credit card wieldin' shoppin' machines	BeyondGeography	Jan 2013	#2
There's a fine specimen of American manhood.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jan 2013	#3
Weekend Warrior baby	geomon666	Jan 2013	#6
The anti-hangover glasses are there to reinforce your confidence	BeyondGeography	Jan 2013	#7
Looks like an adult-size eight-year-old, all dressed up in his little cowboys-and-indians costume	calimary	Jan 2013	#53
His Batman costume is still at the cleaners.	FSogol	Jan 2013	#93
I love the earpiece that's not plugged into anything	rbixby	Jan 2013	#10
I thought that was something growing out of his ear canal.	TheCowsCameHome	Jan 2013	#16
...	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#82
The white earpiece wire is plugged into	Jenoch	Jan 2013	#62
I Wonder How Much This Guy In This Picture Spent To Outfit Himself?.....	global1	Jan 2013	#13
This guy probably crapped himself because he couldn't hold it back while taking off all that gear.	Erose999	Jan 2013	#14
Yes they do...	loose wheel	Jan 2013	#18
Well all this guys doing is attending a Rand Paul rally. A misspelled sign is really the only	Erose999	Jan 2013	#19
Someone should have stood next to him with a sign that says:	Hassin Bin Sober	Jan 2013	#86
Nice ad hominem attack.	Bake	Jan 2013	#89
LOL. We can't "hominem attack" on DU Rand Paul fan flakes who show up...	Hassin Bin Sober	Jan 2013	#91
Sure we can. I do it all the time.	Bake	Jan 2013	#92
Sorry but...	Hassin Bin Sober	Jan 2013	#96
Defending them may sound foolish...	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#99
Welcome to DU, loose wheel!	calimary	Jan 2013	#54
...an that's just what he wears to bed.	TheCowsCameHome	Jan 2013	#17
The real life	Politicalboi	Jan 2013	#27
Why Play War When You Can Fight in A Real War?	Yavin4	Jan 2013	#38
Yeah, no kidding. And all the guns 'n' ammo you can eat.	calimary	Jan 2013	#55
Listening to "The Archies" on that little ear thing.	NYC_SKP	Jan 2013	#65
How many are just hoping to make a quick $1000 profit by flipping it?	Recursion	Jan 2013	#4
Yep, flip it to anyone with a fistful of cash WITHOUT A background check. "Responsible gun owners."	Hoyt	Jan 2013	#101
...	HappyMe	Jan 2013	#5
If..	LiberalEsque01	Jan 2013	#8
20 little coffins lined up and you call politicians "hair-trigger" for wanting gun control?	Hekate	Jan 2013	#22
You're really overpaid for some really stupid posting	lunatica	Jan 2013	#24
They're been showed the door.	ellisonz	Jan 2013	#31
Welcome to DU, LiberalEsque01!	calimary	Jan 2013	#56
What, exactly, does being overweight do to inhibit marksmanship?	dmallind	Jan 2013	#9
You never saw Canadian Bacon?	snooper2	Jan 2013	#12
What, exactly, does being overweight do to inhibit marksmanship?	Comatose Sphagetti	Jan 2013	#15
yup, there is a reason most people in the army and young and lean	Victor_c3	Jan 2013	#35
Welcome to DU, Comatose Sphagetti!	calimary	Jan 2013	#57
Anecdotal Evidence...	Ian David	Jan 2013	#80
It also makes you an easier target, right?	FSogol	Jan 2013	#95
Imagine a gun nutters playground where all the gun nutters can get together and shoot each other	Fresh_Start	Jan 2013	#11
You claim gun owners and possible gun owners	regjoe	Jan 2013	#20
Point is, some people DO want a war	Tsiyu	Jan 2013	#25
Being in an actual war	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#33
yup	Victor_c3	Jan 2013	#37
Welcome home!	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#39
thanks	Victor_c3	Jan 2013	#41
Give yourself all the time you need to find balance.	yellerpup	Jan 2013	#42
Talking helps	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2013	#90
Man, what an experience! Thank you for your service, and your sacrifice!	calimary	Jan 2013	#59
some look like they have had too many beers, sodas, and snacks already	klyon	Jan 2013	#66
Yeah, no kidding!	calimary	Jan 2013	#68
Agree 100%	regjoe	Jan 2013	#70
I agree to a point	regjoe	Jan 2013	#69
I'm a gun owner	Tsiyu	Jan 2013	#76
Please.	Shadowflash	Jan 2013	#28
THEY are not the ones that worry most people	regjoe	Jan 2013	#72
If you think	Shadowflash	Jan 2013	#75
"how come nobody was shot?"	ellisonz	Jan 2013	#32
No need to	regjoe	Jan 2013	#73
thought current rhetoric was that only good guys with guns can kill bad guys with guns...	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#100
Welcome to DU, regjoe!	calimary	Jan 2013	#58
They did it during the Civil War.	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	#78
"how come nobody was shot"?	barbtries	Jan 2013	#104
Drove by one here the other day.	hobbit709	Jan 2013	#21
That's even scarier!!!	Bay Boy	Jan 2013	#34
Welcome to DU, Bay Boy!	calimary	Jan 2013	#61
Sunday morning?	GeorgeGist	Jan 2013	#47
Probably sold out of all the in-demand stuff	NickB79	Jan 2013	#83
can we take a look at this...	Locrian	Jan 2013	#23
I can't believe the amount of AMMO I've seen being purchased at the local	JoePhilly	Jan 2013	#26
It's not unlike	Bay Boy	Jan 2013	#40
why don't they serve their country in Afganistan?	samsingh	Jan 2013	#29
Drive by psycological anylasys carries a lot of	rrneck	Jan 2013	#30
Remember what happened the last time or two the US forces pulled triggers aimed at civilians?	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2013	#36
I heard a sage once say,	Comatose Sphagetti	Jan 2013	#46
Got to be prepared for when Yeager unleashes his fearsome counterattack!	MightyMopar	Jan 2013	#51
What happened when Michigan Militia nut jobs got arrested?	Robb	Jan 2013	#71
I'm thinking of selling one of my AR's	ileus	Jan 2013	#43
I tend to agree, and my family shoots...	Volaris	Jan 2013	#44
exactly how much firepower is a U.S. Marine rifle squad	onethatcares	Jan 2013	#45
I heard on the news that gun sales have increased since the Sandy Hook Massacre.	Lady Freedom Returns	Jan 2013	#48
Well, I bought an M5 tank near a gun store the other day.	Hayabusa	Jan 2013	#49
How could you tell what the patrons looked like	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#50
Well lit store, large plate-glass windows, stopped at a stop light.	Comatose Sphagetti	Jan 2013	#52
"Praying they get the opportunity to kill someone."	flvegan	Jan 2013	#60
My opinion	Comatose Sphagetti	Jan 2013	#64
And your opinion is based on what FACTS??	Bake	Jan 2013	#88
Someone literally said it..	Fumesucker	Jan 2013	#74
Cool story, bro.	NYC_SKP	Jan 2013	#63
It's the Jungian Shadow.	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#67
This country must surely look like a bunch of damn fools to the rest of the world. n/t	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#77
That certainly explains why people in every other country of the world	former9thward	Jan 2013	#79
That's true, but we can still look like a bunch of fools. n/t	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#81
That certainly explains why they come here for the idiotic gun debate and first class American Excep	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#103
The Government could take care of them	avebury	Jan 2013	#84
My issue with that, is what if I live next door to that "well placed" attack?	Glassunion	Jan 2013	#87
The observation of the fitness of the average American is spot-on	NickB79	Jan 2013	#85
In an unthreatening manner, you will carry your weapons to the friendly soldiers	tabasco	Jan 2013	#94
You underestimate firearm owners...	LP2K12	Jan 2013	#97
"That's why reform matters."	Hassin Bin Sober	Jan 2013	#98
It doesn't matter.	CommoFreq	Jan 2013	#102
It's 22 time more likely that they will kill themselves...	Walk away	Jan 2013	#105
warthogs	patriots	Jan 2013	#106
So you identify with the Afghan Taliban?	CJCRANE	Jan 2013	#107
Taliban	patriots	Jan 2013	#108