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Shoppers at NY mall mistake umbrella for AR-15 rifle, prompting chaos and police lockdown
New York Post ^ | 8/31/25 | Ariel Zilber

Posted on 08/31/2025 4:24:32 PM PDT by CFW

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To: CFW

The same sort of thing happened at a building I used to work at, as inside security. Someone reported to me that a man dressed all in black came into an office cubicle area carrying a sword. Lucky me, I got to investigate.

It turned out to be a man I already knew, dressed in all black, including a black umbrella (it was raining out) with a handle made to look like a samurai sword, on a sling over his shoulder. We had a chuckle, and I suggested that he put a different handle on his umbrella (he could change handles on his) to avoid panicking the nervous nellies.


21 posted on 08/31/2025 4:40:56 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Rinnwald

I wonder how exactly the guy slung it over his shoulder and “appeared to cock it” as was reported to police?


22 posted on 08/31/2025 4:42:45 PM PDT by CFW
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To: frank ballenger

A couple of very funny movies....


23 posted on 08/31/2025 4:45:38 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: CFW

This EXACT scenario occured at the South Shore Plaza in Massachusetts 4 years ago. Samurai sword handled umbrella mistaken for a rifle. It shut the whole mall down for a day. Un-bull-lieva-bull.


24 posted on 08/31/2025 4:46:03 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: CFW

It’s like those people who see the image of Jesus on a piece of toast. You just have to take their word for it.

Hopefully, the guy with the umbrella did not get hurt (unless he works for the Umbrella Corporation in Raccoon City).


25 posted on 08/31/2025 4:47:00 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: CFW

Most NYers are obviously extremely ignorant about firearms.


26 posted on 08/31/2025 4:48:25 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: CFW

Oh, wow! That’s a MkV “John Steed” Sword-cane/Assault Umbrella with a samurai sword hilt mod!


27 posted on 08/31/2025 4:48:33 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: CFW

Bunch of liberal retards live in Syracuse.


28 posted on 08/31/2025 4:49:39 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: CFW

What a bunch of pussy Karen’s!


29 posted on 08/31/2025 4:54:43 PM PDT by albie
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To: SkyDancer

“Looks like a Samurai sword.”

Yes it does.


30 posted on 08/31/2025 4:55:38 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: gundog

Did you know there is a Christmas movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0u5WUxQDGg


31 posted on 08/31/2025 4:56:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Leaning Right

Note to self: Do not carry my novelty “umbrella gun” while in New York.


Excellent! First thing I thought of, and someone is already producing it!

Wonderful.


32 posted on 08/31/2025 4:58:25 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: CFW

EEK EEK ... there is a dark sinister someone following me ... oh wait, it’s just my shadow. Of course the more people are afraid of their own shadows the easier it will be to disarm them.


33 posted on 08/31/2025 4:59:09 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: CFW

Imagine the chaos if he were carrying a cane!


34 posted on 08/31/2025 4:59:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: GMMC0987

That’s racist


35 posted on 08/31/2025 4:59:40 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: BradyLS

RE: Sword-cane/Assault Umbrella

Which brand?
And as a friendly reminder, never turn you back on that detestably ugly abomination Rep. Al Green who used his to threaten bodily harm to anyone in DC who is a Trumper. Thinks he can do or say anything he wants.

https://www.google.com/search?q=images+sword+cane&sca_esv=06f1284d0cc9e0ea&udm=2&biw=1052&bih=506&ei=hOG0aLDWGdrdptQP4uSMwQI&ved=0ah


36 posted on 08/31/2025 5:01:10 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: CFW

Chuck Schumer will now demand common sense umbrella control.


37 posted on 08/31/2025 5:01:25 PM PDT by Orosius
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To: frank ballenger

In this case:

It’s not a rifle
Or any type of gun
It’s to protect from the rain
Or maybe the sun.


38 posted on 08/31/2025 5:03:28 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole-You had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
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To: CFW

My take is that New Yorkers are freaked out and hallucinating due to rampant crime.


39 posted on 08/31/2025 5:03:32 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
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40 posted on 08/31/2025 5:04:32 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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