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Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
1. interesting concept
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 10:12 PM
Jan 2015

do not agree with it. You can probably do the same with an air-soft pistol. Some of those are very realistic. Better know the laws of carry as you will be treated as you are.

petronius

(26,597 posts)
3. That's my guess - sort of like the bonsai kittens from a few years back
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 10:33 PM
Jan 2015


If real, it does seem like a horrible idea...

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. Excellent idea, all the swagger without the stigma...I might get one myself....
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 10:38 PM
Jan 2015

Stop guessing, now you all know what it is.

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
7. Well, if it works out as well as your posting history --
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 06:34 PM
Jan 2015

You'll still find a way to shoot yourself in the foot.

benEzra

(12,148 posts)
8. You're projecting, but I suppose that explains a lot of your stances on the issue.
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 10:10 AM
Jan 2015

I have had a CHL since the mid '90s, but I don't carry for "swagger". I carry a Smith & Wesson Lady Smith, for what that's worth. If you want "swagger", go get a leather jacket and a Harley.

As to the item discussed in the OP, it's a phenomenally bad idea because it is apparently exaggerated enough to "print" so all your idiot friends can see the lump, but gives you zero capability in the unlikely event you ever actually needed it.

It's kind of like blasting exaggerated, cartoonish turbo and blowoff-valve sounds from your car's sound system, and about as effective.

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
12. "It's kind of like blasting exaggerated, cartoonish turbo and blowoff-valve sounds from your car's..
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 06:15 PM
Jan 2015

...sound system, and about as effective"

Worthy of a chuckle, but I note that one of our resident gun control activists
suggested something similar (and just as stupid):

"She'd have done just as well with a sound-track of gunfire, with less danger to others"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024527951#post5

 

blueridge3210

(1,401 posts)
13. Well, when the default position is that gun owners are
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 08:12 PM
Jan 2015

"glib sociopathic 'gunthusiasts'" , what can you expect?

Straw Man

(6,622 posts)
10. You are free to needlessly expose yourself to great danger.
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 02:01 PM
Jan 2015

However, I advise strongly against exposing your family to the possible consequences of your folly.

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
11. Indeed, one of Fred's fellow gun control activists might attack them, a la Michael Foster
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 06:10 PM
Jan 2015

An attack that Fred endosed, btw:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026125946#post44

"Should be tackling everyone with a gun wandering around..."






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