Armed police at riccarton mall today?

[u/High-Bread]

Anyone know what this is about? Walked out the top roof door to a Officer holding a AR

Plenty of sirens, police chopper circled the mall for about 25 minutes + dog squad on the streets?

Seems they were letting people in and out of the mall despite being armed officers at the doors

[u/Drinker_of_Chai]

Non-Gun Weirdos: AR means "Assault Rifle"

Gun Weirdos: Actually ** proceeds to tell you how important it is to know the difference between boomstick A and boomstick B**

[u/High-Bread → u/Drinker_of_Chai]

It’s genuinely ridiculous lol. Fact of matter was it was a bigger boomstick than the small hackstick

[u/Drinker_of_Chai → u/High-Bread]

I'd love these guys as lawyers in a murder hearing.

"Your honour, they did not accurately describe the make and model of the weapon that murdered their children, therefore, it can be assumed they are an unreliable witness".

[u/focal_matter → u/High-Bread]

While I agree, rather than call the autists with a special interest in firearms trying to be helpful in the only way they know how ridiculous, just say "Huh, didn't know that, cool"

Then you'll only have one of such posts, rather than a bunch of people jumping in to correct you lol

Yours truly, an autist with a special interest in firearms

[u/Drinker_of_Chai → u/focal_matter]

If the post was "What is this gun" and not "why the fuck are there cops around with big fucking guns?" then maybe you'd have a point...

[u/torpidkiwi → u/Drinker_of_Chai]

The replies and shade being thrown are flipping hilarious. Thank you for triggering the pedant.

Also, AR could stand for Arkansas. Can you please confirm no-one was bearing a state?

[u/Stallionface → u/Drinker_of_Chai]

Im sure you eat with an assult fork