What is a mall ninja?

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I've got a Surefire and I usually wear black polo shirts...I'm taking my CHL class this weekend. Hmm...prospective Mall Ninja?

SpreadfireArms, which show will you be at in SA? The Saxet show? If so, I'd definitely buy a Mall Ninja shirt!

Farnham

PS: SpreadFire, check your PM's
 
i probably wont have them that soon!

im gonna try to get to the t-shirt guy this week sometime, usually they make a proof, then spit out the rest a few days later. it would be midweek next week at the earliest :(

but i will be at the San Antonio show. look for the poor bastard with a pile of AR-15's on his table.
 
Hmmm... I've been set straight. I used to think that a Mall Ninja meant a person who is all about getting the swords and knives and guns and gear but is no more of a tough-guy survivalist than some teenager, because he may have the gear but no training beyond the articles he's read in S.O.F. I guess I misconstrued. But I like my definition better.

I think that for the mall security toads, we should call them MOCOM forces, like SOCOM, but MALL Operations Command... :p

-Jeffrey
 
Well, I'm going to apologize now for taking this thread to harshly. I just felt at the beginning that ALL security professionals were being stereotyped into this group. That being said...

probably CCW'd if the state allows it
I do, everyday, with three exceptions: When I'm under the influence of alcohol (both guns stay at home, unloaded and locked up), in places where it is not permitted (e.g. schools, courthouses, government buildings), and while on duty at work (unarmed security).

I also regularly carry a folder knife clipped inside my right pocket, and a cell phone on my left hip (because that's about the only good way to reach me these days).

Maybe I AM becoming a "ninja"! (LOL) :uhoh: :eek: :D :rolleyes:

-38SnubFan
 
I, too, apologize to 38SnubFan, or any other security professional who may have been offended at my comments. I sometimes get a little carried away in my zeal for a good laugh.
 
Logical,
Please describe the difference between some with a "mall ninja" mindset and someone who is equally equipped and non mall ninja.

Perhaps my comment was useless TB, but it just seems as an earlier poster mentioned, we are straying from the high road.

Ss
 
Sure..since you asked so nice.

Pseudo-Mall Ninja gear-dude has all the equipment because he genuinely takes his job seriously and wants to be prepared to do it well.

True Mall Ninja mindset-dude has the belief that he is just one pair of tights shy of being Spiderman. The gear for him is all about image and living out the crime-fighter fantasy.
 
i may add that while most of us have some if not all of that stuff i listed..... a mall ninja usually wears it all at once as his daily ensemble. a non-Mall Ninja won't wear it everyday as part of his ensemble.

so...a few items i forgot to add.

1. tacticool watch (Luminox, G-Shock, etc, Chase Durer if you're really cool...)

2. a cover (boonie hat, Army BDU cover, USMC cover, or even a black baseball cap with your favorite firearm logo) - this is not to be confused with an everyday cap or hat. a cover makes you tactical.

3. gloves. black, either nylon, scuba material, or leather. something like those BlackHawk gloves. if they're not worn they are secreted in one of the pockets in my 5.11 gear.

4. tactical belt. not just your ordinary everyday belt but a nylon, thick belt preferably OD green, black, or tan, that has a big metal buckle you thread the belt into and wrap the excess out and fasten it down with velcro. something like a Blackhawk, Wilderness Tactical, etc. belt. may even have emergency rapelling hardware on it in the event you need to rappel.

5. wallet. black, either nylon or leather, that will hold your "credential:" security credentials or your CCW in a plastic window. maybe even have your "Concealed Weapons Permit" or "Security" badge inside it, so when you go to pay for something it accidentally becomes visible.

:neener:
 
OH NO !!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a mall ninja !!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: I wear a Luminox watch !!! Think I'm going to have to trade it in on a Timex :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Thanks Steve, you made my day :) :)
 
confession:

i have a few of those things on that list too! but i resist the temptation and urge not to wear them all at once! :D
 
I assumed that it was someone who figured that if they bough the most expensive tacticool hardware, it would then magically imbue them with the skill needed to use it well.

This is far more in keeping with what I always thought "mall ninja" means.

I still think of mall security as "MOCOM." Particularly when they are a bit more gung-ho than they ought to be.




Um, someone forgot to add "aftermarket magnetic compass that slides onto the watchband."

I have that. :p

It's actually sorta saved my ass now and then.
Or at least kept me from going too many miles out of my way.

-Jeffrey
 
Hey, this stuff hurts my feelings. I'm growing a beer gut (on real beer, not just food court Chinese LRRP rations) and slowly accumulating tacticool gear for when I retire from being a technical level aerospace manufacturing engineer and can live out my fantasies doing mall security. Will they REALLY let me pack an MP-5? Actually I would prefer a P-90. WOW!! I have always wanted to be a hero saving little boys from level 3 sex offenders in the mall rest rooms. Us MNs can recognize them a mile away. I can hardly wait to finish up the remaining years of boredom planning the manufacture of airliners to be a god saving the sheeple from predators who ambush us to steal video games. >rim shot<
But seriously folks- I thought Gecko 45 was parody. It had to be. Nobody that moronic would be allowed off of the short bus without wearing a football helmet to protect his head when he falls down and somebody to hold his leash so he doesn't wander into traffic.
 
Hey, I too am an engineer, AND I did actually work mall security for awhile for extra cash. Don't knock it until you've tried it. I enjoyed the work, nice break from the boring office work. You really do get a good feeling from helping find lost infants, or assisting people needing medical assistance. Plus we had bicycle patrol in the summer, so I got paid to exercise! Of course there were the occasional petty criminals to deal with.

No weapons, but we did get to wear body armor and had decent uniforms/gear, etc. At least until the mall went to contract security and one of the big national firms ruined everything. Cheap uniforms, cheap gear, cheap everything. They didn't want us to do anything from assisting people to apprehending shoplifters for fear of lawsuits. That's when I told them to stuff it and quit.
 
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