5 Incredibly Stupid Ways Gun Nuts Are Carrying Heat
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Everyone knows that guns are dangerous, right? I mean they were designed, after all, to kill living things, including human beings, and as time marched on they became ever more efficient. Guns do have their challenges however, such as learning to use them properly.
After all, guns are dangerous when they’re used improperly, and they are dangerous when used as designed. They’re dangerous when you hold them in your hand, and they’re dangerous when you think you’ve stashed them away somewhere safe.
The #gunFAIL hashtag helps track when Americans are shot by a gun that’s improperly used or stored, but there are some firearm storage products on the market that would seem to invite a risk of injury or worse.
From RawStory:
The Open Carry T-shirt isn’t even a real holster for a real gun, yet it’s still dangerous. Business is apparently brisk for the shirts, which depict a realistic-looking handgun nestled in a leather strap holster. The shirt’s creators promise wearing one will “drive anti-gun nuts crazy” — but it could also put you in grave danger. The sellers warn against ever putting your hand on the gun image to prevent police from mistakenly shooting you, and comply with police orders during seemingly inevitable law enforcement encounters to avoid the same fate.
The Fast Holster is basically a magnetic mount that allows gun owners to hide firearms and magazines throughout their homes by placing additional magnets on bedframes, under kitchen cabinets, or perhaps alongside the toilet paper dispenser. “The FAST Holster has 3 powerful magnets over-molded in non-marring rubber to secure a gun almost anywhere,” the manufacturer explains. “They hold the heaviest gun firmly, but release with a grab. They have fastener holes to mount to any furnishing, wall, etc. with the included inserts and screws. Available in handgun or long-gun sizes.” That’s pretty self-evidently dangerous, but then there’s a $29.95 price tag for a few screws and adhesive magnets you could probably buy for a less than a third of that cost at your local hardware store.
Thunderwear is pretty much what you think it is – a holster you wear over your underpants. The models shown on the website look like they’re wearing fanny packs stuffed inside their shorts, and the manufacturer recommends pleated pants or sweatpants for owners of especially large guns. The manufacturer claims it’s not necessary to open your pants to access your gun, which is nice. Thunderwear uses a patented “three-layer moisture barrier” to protect your firearm, although the manufacturer leaves the rest up to the imagination. Reasonable people might question the wisdom of stashing a gun down your pants and pointed toward your genitals, but fear not: “The fact is you actually feel more secure because your weapon will act as a ‘CUP’ to protect the sensitive area of your body if under physical attack!” the manufacturer assures customers.
The Blackhawk SERPA holster, which is used by the Marine Corps, is described as dangerous by many gun enthusiasts because it’s prone to “trigger hooking,” which can then lead to “negligent discharges.” In plain English, that means it’s relatively easy to slip your finger onto the trigger and accidentally shoot yourself or someone nearby. But, of course, it has its fans: “So far I love it, and I’m not really sure how you can shoot yourself with one,” said one gun owner. “When I hit the release, and draw the holster, my finger is resting ABOVE the trigger. I really don’t see why some people are pissing their panties on the internet calling this holster a dangerous design.”
The Flashbang Holster snaps onto a bra, between your breasts. Demonstration videos show it’s not necessary to flash your bra, because the gun can be accessed by reaching under your shirt. “If you’re as interested in dressing like a chick as you are in self defense,” writes a reviewer at the Girls Guide To Guns website, “I highly recommend the Flashbang for your next firearm accessory purchase.” The stowed firearm points sideways, toward your weaker arm, but poses a risk because it’s possible to pull the trigger while it’s still holstered. That’s apparently what happened to a Michigan woman, Christina Bond, who accidentally shot and killed herself while adjusting her bra holster.
Watch this commercial posted online by Thunderwear Holsters:
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Although I’m not a gun lover I do like Prince Philip’s comment after the tragedy of Dunblane in Scotland where a madman shot several innocents.
There was a call for all guns to be outlawed in Britain and Philip said :
“So if a lunatic goes into a school and beats people to death with a cricket bat are you going to ban cricket?”
…or words to that effect.
It’s not the guns it’s the owners eh?
Ah! Then Prince Philip is an idiot, and certainly of the right wing persuasion, because those are the sort of stupid arguments our gun nuts use to justify everyone in the fucking country carrying a gun. Sorry Old Bean. Hate to insult the royal family, but hey I like the rest of them 🙂
Here’s a suggestion:
If a gun that is registered to you is used in a crime or is used to hurt or kill an innocent, then YOU are held responsible! I.e., it your gun is used for a murder, then you – as well as whatever actually committed murder – will be convicted of murder. It’s not fair? Who’s responsible for the gun being available? It was stolen from you? You bought it, and you allowed it to be stolen.
Your precious child was harmed? Are responsible! You have a right to defend yourself, that’s granted and understood. But you have responsibility to make sure that that defense of yourself is never used improperly!
I have no sympathy for those who harm or kill themselves with their weapons! But if their weapons are used improperly by them or anyone else, that they are responsible for putting their weapons out there!
I am with you Marsha. Once you buy a gun you assume any and all damages inflicted by it, perriod.
We have to admit, for women at least, it solves the “camel toe” problem. Unless they regard it as not a problem but an asset.