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[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 70 points 11 months ago

Its only a matter of time till someone reaches for their "phone" and gets themselves shot.

[-] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 52 points 11 months ago

Don’t worry, there’s plenty of good guy phones out there that will prevent this

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Or goes walking around with this in their back pocket and get robbed. Dispite what people think, open-carriers are far more likely to get robbed for their gun than CC or non-carriers.

[-] treetop@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

more likely to get robbed for their gun than [...] non-carriers

Ya know what? I absolutely believe that, no evidence necessary.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago
[-] NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

It's hard to be robbed for your gun if you're not carrying one

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

That's not a peer reviewed study.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Don't know about the whole population, but as someone who has known a bunch of people who would stick people up, at one point, they definitely would target open carries. They said it was almost a guaranteed minimum of 500 dollars right there, a nice handgun could easily get 1000-1500, a really nice one could get a couple grand. So, yeah, people who do stick-ups target people who obviously have a gun on them. They said that if that person goes into a low population area, they are gonna get robbed. They will have their gun drawn, and ready to go, before the person is even aware of what is happening, so they are extremely unlikely to try and draw on them. If they do, they will almost definitely get shot before they can get their gun in a position to shoot.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Well yeah, why would you try and rob someone of their gun if you don't think they have one?

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I'm reminded of those classic movie gags where the guy has one "gun" that's actually a lighter, and keeps mixing it up with their actual gun.

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of the start of an episode of My Name Is Earl:

https://youtu.be/ayH--FXV8jo?feature=shared

[-] delitomatoes@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

What if they don't live in America?

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Less likely but still possible.

Id say Australian police would probably not shoot if they saw someone reaching for it but I wouldnt bet on it.

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago

why would that not already have happened dozens of times

you've heard of america right

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

People in America get shot for perfectly legitimate reasons, going shopping, going to school or calling the police for help. Not for reaching for their gun grip shaped phone that would be absurd.

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