Why did kwikrnu paint the tip of his AK pistol orange?

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kwikrnu,

I just want to point out that I support you no matter how you carry your gun or how you make it look. My assumption is that anyone in public with anything that looks like a gun IS a gun. I just want you and anyone else to be aware of any laws other than specific to painting anything orange that may get you charged and convicted. I've said this before somewhere in another thread about this same topic (jeeze, I think there are 3 or four going on strictly about you and this situation) you can paint the whole thing orange if you want, it simple should not matter.

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tekshogun wrote:

...you can paint the whole thing orange if you want, it simple should not matter.

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Heyyyyyy.....for his next exhibition...kwik could paint the whole AK orange.....and paint the tip BLACK!

Goawd, it's perfect!

Lessee, that calls for a new hat (in adddition to the MWAAK one)....hmmm, how about AKWABT....?

Whaddya think, kwik?

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HankT wrote:

tekshogun wrote:

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...you can paint the whole thing orange if you want, it simple should not matter.

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Heyyyyyy.....for his next exhibition...kwik could paint the whole AK orange.....and paint the tip BLACK!

Goawd, it's perfect!

Lessee, that calls for a new hat (in adddition to the MWAAK one)....hmmm, how about AKWABT....?

Whaddya think, kwik?

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There were so manywho have complained about the tip I was just going to get a regular flash hiderthen watch them complain aboutmy haircut next time.

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ODA 226 wrote:

Q: Why did kwikrnu paint the tip of his AK pistol orange?



A: BECAUSE HE'S AN ASSHAT!

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Shit. I already gave it to you on the other thread, but +1. Dammit.

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kwikrnu wrote:

...I was just going to get a regular flash hiderthen watch them complain aboutmy haircut next time.

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But not......if you wear the hat, kwik.

Not if you wear the hat.

C'mon.......get one made.....

MWAAK

You'll be a star!

Just like Danbus (was).

And no one will say a word about your hair...

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I have to assume that our compadre knew damned well what he was going to do was going to be provocative. This sort of conducct has its place. Lunch counter and library sit-ins were the first breaking of ground in the Civil Rights movement.

But it is a long way from refusing to knock at the back door of a restaurant in aa garbage-strewn alley to be served food you are paying for to demonstrating that the "orange tip for fake guns" nonsense is a useless and quite possibly tragically counter-productive piece of idiocy. And it is; but this sort of demonstration is also counter-productive.

I think I understand the reasoning behind the brother's painting his weapon's muzzle orange. And the cops freaqking quite underscores the point. But neither I nor anyone else here (I hope) would ever try to carry an airsoft, "non-firing replica", CO2 or cap pistol with the intent of using it to "scare" an attacker. The whole mandatory orange muzzle for non-firearms crapola is so transparently idiotic that if "the Aurthorities" cannot see it, then doing as the brither has done is a waste of time.

The enemy we face is serious, and battles must be picked carefully. Kwikrmu has chosen to engage in a fight that - even if he is victorious - will be too costly on several levels. He would have caused less trouble by painting the muzzle of an Airsoft MP40 "Schneiiser" SMG black and carrying it in public. Now the other side has a fully functional and very real firearm to raise alarms about.