Posted on 08/31/2025 4:24:32 PM PDT by CFW
Shoppers at New York state’s largest mall were thrown into panic on Thursday after a man carrying an umbrella sparked fears of an active shooter, police said.
The scare began around 3:20 p.m. when 911 calls flooded in about a man carrying what appeared to be an AR-15-style rifle inside the Destiny USA shopping and entertainment complex in Syracuse.
A second caller said the suspect slung the “weapon” on his shoulder and appeared to cock it.
Within minutes, officers swarmed the area, backed by drones and a sheriff’s helicopter on standby.
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“Most NYers are obviously extremely ignorant about firearms.”
And most people posting on FR are extremely ignorant about New York State, its geography, and its population.
A sworded affair.
I was referring to NYC. I am familiar with upstate NY.
There is indeed a meme for everything...:)
Heh. There are several ways one could interpret your remark.
I’m probably overthinking it.
America is stuffed to the top with hysterical morons.
It could just as accurately be called an “assault rifle” as an AR-15 could. It is black and “scary looking”. Think of all the accessories it can hold..
When I was working a Hanscom AFB as a contractor, someone set up a machine gun in a conference room in the floor below us. For a class. Apparently security didn't get the memo, and we had an active shooter in the building alert. We closed and locked the doors, and herded the wymin folk to rear and away from windows. (They didn't complain.) We were minimizing the whole farce. Then we got an all clear.
The incident made the local news in Boston, and I got to show my wife the building I worked in.
People should learn not to panic at the sight of an armed citizen.
It’s an assault-something! 😛
What stinking idiots abound in our society today.
When umbrellas are outlawed, only outlaws will have umbrellas.
One does not “cock” an AR-15. You pull the charging handle!
And if it’s up by your neck, over the shoulder, you get a nasty hickey.
Well I guess when one lives in a blue state where the 2nd amendment has been shredded, cops have been defunded, and 3rd criminal gangs and terrorists are waltzing around everywhere leaving law abiding citizen with no way to defend themselves, panic can ensue when an umbrella shows itself or a water pistol.
Good thing he didn’t try to open it or they would have shot him dead.
The crack security guards probably only heard the second syllable in ‘bumbershoot.”
Most NYers are obviously extremely ignorant.
Fixed it.
All these far-left gun-grabbing creeps have people scared crapless. They are liars. Umbrellas in no way resemble and AR-15. I think they look more like a fly rod. These experts are bustin’ my balls.
“The mall reopened after about 45 minutes, but the incident underscored just how tense Americans have become.”
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Tense?
I’m pretty sure that was supposed to come out as how stupid Americans have become.
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