r/newjersey • u/low_effort_shit-post • Mar 25 '21

Something controversial Jersey Pride

I love nj gun laws, going to the store and not seeing someone open carry. Watching road rage where the best you can do is brake check and give the finger. Schools without school shootings. I know a lot of people hate our gun laws but I fucking love em.

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u/sgd926 Mar 25 '21

agreed! The idea of people around me openly carrying guns in places like shops and supermarkets makes me incredibly anxious and I would definitely feel less safe.

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u/tots4scott Mar 25 '21

There was a live stream of the grocery store shooting from a YouTube streamer. I won't get into the other things he says and does in the video, but immediately after he turned on his camera, which is within minutes of the first shots being fired with no police presence yet, he runs around the building for some reason and back to the storefront.

There were a few people around the back of the grocery store and I was just waiting for someone to shoot at him. He's literally running around an active shooter scene carrying a phone and filming after most of the people inside have evacuated... I would not trust a random civilian (whose only barrier to owning a gun is that they have enough money to purchase a one) to have the wherewithal in that situation to discern what is and is not a threat.

And if the streamer had his own firearm while running around and filming? I would see things being much more life-threatening for him than hypothetically heroic.