• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I feel uneasy looking at our police openly carrying guns. I don’t know how Americans look at the average Joe and say, “I trust he’s going to keep that in its holster unlike the one who didn’t two days ago.” 🥴

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      12 days ago

      We typically don’t. Someone exercising open carry in public (especially in a non-rural town/city) are generally viewed as a cosplaytriot who has totally confused being a prepared badass with being a paranoid dickhead.

      They may argue this, but that’s the general attitude.