Imagine Mr. Richardson with a Mike Tyson pipsqueak voice

...that guyse attitudes wreally pissed me owff, so, youknow, I scrutinized his brain with that chair over dhere

D_Evans45: jjorsett: Sliding Carp: D_Evans45: Sliding Carp: D_Evans45: HotWingConspiracy: No they wouldn't. Even people with guns don't want to get involved.


You think a bunch of armed people are just going to stand around while some idiot with a gun is threatening a bunch of peoples lives?

You never read about Columbine, did you?


So a bunch of armed students were standing around while those idiots opened fire?

A whole bunch of heavily armed police were standing around in the parking lot until the shooting stopped.

Here in San Diego we had a nut who systemically shot people in a McDonald's with a rifle while dozens of cops stood around outside wringing their hands. Ever since then, I've assumed the police are going to be useless in one of these situations and that whatever I can do on my own is the only hope of survival I'll have.


[Citation Needed]


While I'm not the biggest police enthusiast, I refuse to believe dozens of cops stood around motionless while people were discharging firearms in a building nearby. Especially here in California. It just doesn't happen.

Found an article from right after Columbine about how the whole "wait for SWAT" idea is being replaced by AR15's in the trunk of cops cars:

Link (new window)

history of the rapid response idea:
Link (new window)

Article from the Atlantic about it:
Link (new window)

More:
Link (new window)


And the actual training course for such a program:
Link (new window)

This is why I adore the English.

YOU WILL BE POLITE!

StoneColdAtheist: spartywrx: D_Evans45:/Needs a CCW
//California

I would suggest moving out of California if you want that CCW. California is about to ban unloaded open carry too.

No need to leave Cali just yet. Within a month or so SCOTUS will rule on McDonald, and the smart money is betting that Heller will be Incorporated for the entire country.

Waiting in the wings is Sykes (new window), which, if SCOTUS rules as expected, will force California to become a "will issue" State (along with the other hold-outs).

Since our State goobermint is soooooo afraid of Open Carry, most folks predict that will-issue CCW will be our State's solution.

Woot!

Yeah I'd agree with that. It just strikes me as funny that a lot of farkers thing concealed carry is this thing that is not allowed anywhere. Then I check their profile and it says California, New York, Illinois, or Boston.

Meanwhile the rest of us in "flyover country" have had CCW for years.

Ain't that just like a Turk. Comes to a Chair fight and brings a gun.

TexasPeace: He was funding his cannabis habit?

And a $200 a week habit at that.

He's doing it wrong. VERY wrong.

spartywrx: StoneColdAtheist: spartywrx: D_Evans45:/Needs a CCW
//California

I would suggest moving out of California if you want that CCW. California is about to ban unloaded open carry too.

No need to leave Cali just yet. Within a month or so SCOTUS will rule on McDonald, and the smart money is betting that Heller will be Incorporated for the entire country.

Waiting in the wings is Sykes (new window), which, if SCOTUS rules as expected, will force California to become a "will issue" State (along with the other hold-outs).

Since our State goobermint is soooooo afraid of Open Carry, most folks predict that will-issue CCW will be our State's solution.

Woot!

Yeah I'd agree with that. It just strikes me as funny that a lot of farkers thing concealed carry is this thing that is not allowed anywhere. Then I check their profile and it says California, New York, Illinois, or Boston.

Meanwhile the rest of us in "flyover country" have had CCW for years.

I doubt that a lot of farkers think concealed carry is this thing that is not allowed anywhere. I only get insight into American life through Fark and even I know that concealed carry is around in "flyover country". These are Americans on Fark, so they must be twice as informed as I am on all things American.

Let me guess, Martin was playing "Bangin' Away".

TFA: Big black dude stops white(ish) guy from committing a crime.

Farkers: Black people cause crime.

Awesome.

Slaxl: spartywrx: StoneColdAtheist: spartywrx: D_Evans45:/Needs a CCW
//California

I would suggest moving out of California if you want that CCW. California is about to ban unloaded open carry too.

No need to leave Cali just yet. Within a month or so SCOTUS will rule on McDonald, and the smart money is betting that Heller will be Incorporated for the entire country.

Waiting in the wings is Sykes (new window), which, if SCOTUS rules as expected, will force California to become a "will issue" State (along with the other hold-outs).

Since our State goobermint is soooooo afraid of Open Carry, most folks predict that will-issue CCW will be our State's solution.

Woot!

Yeah I'd agree with that. It just strikes me as funny that a lot of farkers thing concealed carry is this thing that is not allowed anywhere. Then I check their profile and it says California, New York, Illinois, or Boston.

Meanwhile the rest of us in "flyover country" have had CCW for years.

I doubt that a lot of farkers think concealed carry is this thing that is not allowed anywhere. I only get insight into American life through Fark and even I know that concealed carry is around in "flyover country". These are Americans on Fark, so they must be twice as informed as I am on all things American.

*heh*
you made a funny.

GanjSmokr: And a $200£200 a week habit at that.

FTFM

EWreckedSean: D_Evans45: jjorsett: Sliding Carp: D_Evans45: Sliding Carp: D_Evans45: HotWingConspiracy: No they wouldn't. Even people with guns don't want to get involved.


You think a bunch of armed people are just going to stand around while some idiot with a gun is threatening a bunch of peoples lives?

You never read about Columbine, did you?


So a bunch of armed students were standing around while those idiots opened fire?

A whole bunch of heavily armed police were standing around in the parking lot until the shooting stopped.

Here in San Diego we had a nut who systemically shot people in a McDonald's with a rifle while dozens of cops stood around outside wringing their hands. Ever since then, I've assumed the police are going to be useless in one of these situations and that whatever I can do on my own is the only hope of survival I'll have.


[Citation Needed]


While I'm not the biggest police enthusiast, I refuse to believe dozens of cops stood around motionless while people were discharging firearms in a building nearby. Especially here in California. It just doesn't happen.

It would have taken you 1/3 the time to google San Diego McDonald's shooting and find out about the San Ysidro McDonald's masscre than to type this response doubting him.


I googled it, and there is absolutely no mention of cops standing around motionless while this person was shooting in a nearby building.

spartywrx: D_Evans45: jjorsett: Sliding Carp: D_Evans45: Sliding Carp: D_Evans45: HotWingConspiracy: No they wouldn't. Even people with guns don't want to get involved.


You think a bunch of armed people are just going to stand around while some idiot with a gun is threatening a bunch of peoples lives?

You never read about Columbine, did you?


So a bunch of armed students were standing around while those idiots opened fire?

A whole bunch of heavily armed police were standing around in the parking lot until the shooting stopped.

Here in San Diego we had a nut who systemically shot people in a McDonald's with a rifle while dozens of cops stood around outside wringing their hands. Ever since then, I've assumed the police are going to be useless in one of these situations and that whatever I can do on my own is the only hope of survival I'll have.


[Citation Needed]


While I'm not the biggest police enthusiast, I refuse to believe dozens of cops stood around motionless while people were discharging firearms in a building nearby. Especially here in California. It just doesn't happen.

Found an article from right after Columbine about how the whole "wait for SWAT" idea is being replaced by AR15's in the trunk of cops cars:

Link (new window)

history of the rapid response idea:
Link (new window)

Article from the Atlantic about it:
Link (new window)

More:
Link (new window)


And the actual training course for such a program:
Link (new window)



So where does it say dozens of policemen stood outside motionless while people were shooting in the building next to them?

RoyBatty: I don't know shiat about shiat. But picking up a chair with the enormous moment of inertia when swinging it? Versus opening the door, letting the guy come by close and tripping him or pounding him then? Seems questionable. I wouldn't swing the chair at him though until I was certain this guy would never fire his gun.

But again, I don't know shiat about shiat so good for Mr. Richardson!

I don't think it would have made a difference. To a man that big, the chair probably felt as if it was made from balsa wood.

/More armed robbers should be beaten with chairs.

Slaxl: I doubt that a lot of farkers think concealed carry is this thing that is not allowed anywhere. I only get insight into American life through Fark and even I know that concealed carry is around in "flyover country". These are Americans on Fark, so they must be twice as informed as I am on all things American.

I agree with you that the ignorance is not as strong as implied by spartywrx. That said, there is a persistent streak of "you only want a gun because you have a small penis" here in Farkdom. The irony for me is that these same farkers will argue 'til they're blue in the face to protect free speech, a woman's right to abortion and esoteric 4th Amendment interpretations, then rubbish on a right clearly and unequivocally enshrined in the same Bill of Rights.

Weird.

As an aside to that previous post, I'm referencing cops who apparently ignore nearby gunshots.

Not cops who are ordered to wait until the SWAT team appears.

So where's the "Son I Am Disappoint" 'shop?

HotWingConspiracy: D_Evans45: I still think it would be better if every state allowed carrying laws. Nobody would rob the bank if the guy behind him was carrying a .45, steal from an old lady if everyone had a Springfield, or try to take from an armored car if everyone in the parking lot was carrying.

/Needs a CCW
//California

How come there was so much crime in the old west?

Because it's exaggerated. (Old west was a very short actual period before military and police enforced government authority in far flung towns). Most criminal gun violence was perpetrated by large armed gangs before government authority had been projected.

::the more you know::

Ehh: So where's the "Son I Am Disappoint" 'shop?

AZLionheart312: RoyBatty: I don't know shiat about shiat. But picking up a chair with the enormous moment of inertia when swinging it? Versus opening the door, letting the guy come by close and tripping him or pounding him then? Seems questionable. I wouldn't swing the chair at him though until I was certain this guy would never fire his gun.

But again, I don't know shiat about shiat so good for Mr. Richardson!

I don't think it would have made a difference. To a man that big, the chair probably felt as if it was made from balsa wood.

I tell you very seriously: bullshiat. Beating someone with a beanbag chair is ridiculous, yes. But any other chair, if it's made of anything strong enough for it to function as a chair, is a badass weapon that can and will do severe hurt, especially in the hands of a large strong man. Real-life chairs are not those Hollywood chairs that are made out of styrofoam and rigged to break.

/ used to work in a psych ward
// needed and got specific training in how to handle a chair swinger
/// saved my farking life one afternoon

Ok ok, just adding one more:

The robber's mistake? Should have gotten a heavier replica gun. That way, if it doesn't shoot, at least he can hit him with it.

/let's not even get started on the 2nd amendment.

Pappas: No "Son, I am disappoint"?

You guys are slipping.

StoneColdAtheist: he irony for me is that these same farkers will argue 'til they're blue in the face to protect free speech, a woman's right to abortion and esoteric 4th Amendment interpretations, then rubbish on a right clearly and unequivocally enshrined in the same Bill of Rights.

It is possible to believe that those are good things for reasons other than some people a couple of centuries ago writing it down. Or in other words, it doesn't have to be a package deal.

/ but then I'm not American

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: "All... Bets... Are... Off!

Annnd I leave spent.

thamike: Why does it always have to descend into Americentric gun law squabbles? Happened in the UK. No real gun involved. Stop masturbating both-a-yuz!

Yer right...let's post more photos of the hero instead. We haven't seen enough of him.

Vanetia:
/to protect and serve?
//ring any bells?
///anyone?

That's a motto, not a legal obligation or duty.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Martin-Richardson-Clobbers-Robber-Azar- Sulman-In-Raid-At-William-Hill-Bookmakers-In-Burley-Leeds/Article/20100521563128 8?f=rss

longest url evar

Oh I wouldn't shoot him- bullets just make him mad.

/mongo only pawn in game of life

Goldstein

Herman Miller Dojo of Judo, apparently.


Isn't it Aeron-ic... dontcha think?



It's like raaaAAaaaAAAaaaAAaainnnnnn...

Thank you, MonkeyAngst.

And under UK law, he will be charged with assault + hate crime.

Gun or not, I don't think I would fark with that other guy.

That mnan has no neck .... That man.has.no.neck.

JesseL: Vanetia:
/to protect and serve?
//ring any bells?
///anyone?

That's a motto, not a legal obligation or duty.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales

Then why the fark do we even have police?

Christ. As if I didn't hate them enough.

Martin Richardson has a good head on his shoulders.

I don't much like the tone of your voice Link (pops)

"Marge attends the workshops alone while Homer triumphantly rows in with General Sherman. When he returns, Marge tells him their marriage is in serious trouble if he values fishing more than her. To prove his love for her, he lets the fish go and they return home. At the bait shop, General Sherman is still uncaught, but tales are told of a near-mythical figure who almost succeeded: "Went by the name of Homer. Seven feet tall he was, with arms like tree trunks. His eyes were like steel: cold, hard. Had a shock of hair, red, like the fires of Hell.""

/almost the same difference: - HERO

Vanetia: JesseL: Vanetia:
/to protect and serve?
//ring any bells?
///anyone?

That's a motto, not a legal obligation or duty.

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales

Then why the fark do we even have police?

Christ. As if I didn't hate them enough.

They try to catch bad guys after the fact. Unless you can afford a body guard, the only person you can count on protecting you is yourself.

Even if police were obligated to protect you, it wouldn't be possible for every citizen to have a cop close enough to do them any good if they're attacked, 24/7.

That picture of him glowering in that leather jacket is priceless. If I was in that situation, I'd quietly hand him the gun and run away. My only disappointment is no picture of him sitting on the dips**t robber. That would've been an all-time classic.