So, a twentyish sort started asking me about AR-15 rifles. He was interested in starting cheap and building up from there. Fair enough.
Then he asked me which model was more “tactical.” Devoid of any context, that term really doesn’t have any meaning, folks.
Realizing that I was edging into serious Mall Ninja territory, I chose to throw in some lingo. I told him that the answer would depend on how he planned on “deploying” the rifle.
He responded that, for him, a fiream is “just a fallback, if you know what I mean.”
I assured him that I didn’t know what he meant, and then he said it:
“I don’t really need a gun. My hands are registered as lethal weapons.”
He said this without the slightest hint of irony. He was serious.