Tribal
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By that, I mean if you were to be in a sub-SHTF scenario (such as the small town I lived in last year, where an armed and cop-killing prisoner escaped custody), what weapons would you carry, and which would you avoid, in public, and why?
My thinking is that under no circumstances would I walk around with a wooden-stocked AK-47, and probably not a Glock, either. To many uninformed people, those are "evil" guns used by terrorists and gangbangers. Heck, if I saw two guys with no uniforms shooting at each other, and one had an AR-15 and the other an AK-47, I myself would be inclined to think the AK-47 wielder is the bad guy. Similarly, I'd also avoid anything that looks like an Uzi or Skorpion.
It seems to me that people don't panic (as much) when they see something they recognize as being used by the police or our military. An AR-15 is scary, but not looking like a psycho should go a long way. Similarly, anything that looks like a "typical hunting rifle" would work. From TV, black revolvers are probably "good guy" weapons, so long as they're short-barreled and don't have flashy grips. "Western" stuff is probably just odd, and somewhat non-threatening.
I haven't done any research on this except to think back to the way I thought before I started learning about guns. Even now, I still don't like Glocks because I'm so used to seeing them being used by terrorists in movies and video games.
What do you think? If you had to carry in a situation where your life wasn't in imminent danger but there was danger around you and you'd be seen carrying whatever you had, what would you use?
My thinking is that under no circumstances would I walk around with a wooden-stocked AK-47, and probably not a Glock, either. To many uninformed people, those are "evil" guns used by terrorists and gangbangers. Heck, if I saw two guys with no uniforms shooting at each other, and one had an AR-15 and the other an AK-47, I myself would be inclined to think the AK-47 wielder is the bad guy. Similarly, I'd also avoid anything that looks like an Uzi or Skorpion.
It seems to me that people don't panic (as much) when they see something they recognize as being used by the police or our military. An AR-15 is scary, but not looking like a psycho should go a long way. Similarly, anything that looks like a "typical hunting rifle" would work. From TV, black revolvers are probably "good guy" weapons, so long as they're short-barreled and don't have flashy grips. "Western" stuff is probably just odd, and somewhat non-threatening.
I haven't done any research on this except to think back to the way I thought before I started learning about guns. Even now, I still don't like Glocks because I'm so used to seeing them being used by terrorists in movies and video games.
What do you think? If you had to carry in a situation where your life wasn't in imminent danger but there was danger around you and you'd be seen carrying whatever you had, what would you use?
