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In reply to the discussion: Man shopping for coffee creamer at Walmart attacked by vigilante for carrying gun he was legally per [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)A good friend of mine is a federal prison guard and always carries. Prison guards working in high security environments have been the victims of reprisal attacks outside of the prison itself, and are typically armed all the time for their own protection. He's not a gun nut by any stretch of the imagination, but he's also not an idiot. Under federal law, qualified federal correctional officers can carry firearms in all 50 states, even when state or local laws prohibit civilians from doing so.
Because he's on regular unarmed patrol in the cell blocks, he's also got belts in Krav Maga and Brazilian jiujitsu. He's not a very big guy physically, and has been attacked by inmates before, so he spends a LOT of time working on his defensive skills. Had this dumbass tried his little vigilante tackle on my friend, there's a 100% chance that Mr. Vigilante would have been seriously injured, and a large chance that he would have been killed within seconds.
Attacking someone for simply having a firearm is incredibly stupid and shouldn't be encouraged. You don't know who they are, why they are armed, or how skilled they are. The idiot in the OP just got lucky when he tackled a random gun nut. If he'd tackled someone who actually knew what they were doing, this story could have had a very different ending.