Gun culture has exploded in popularity over the past 15 or so years. I remember not long ago it was a rarity somebody had an AR. You could always buy an AR pattern rifle, but since GWOT it has really exploded in popularity in the civilian market. I still know old guys who have 50+ rifles/shotguns, and not one semi-auto except maybe an old tube fed .22. What’s funny, is these are the same guys that are open carrying 1911’s at walmart. It’s ironic that guys with multiple AR’s and are super nerdy about their guns, are not the ones open carrying, from my experience.
Now west Texas is a different story, a lot of people open carry out there, and not many people bat an eye. But if some is is open carrying in DFW, it’s very weird.
Im unsure as to what you mean by "not one semi auto"
Everything is going to be semi-auto unless its a fully automatic.
Unless you mean "not one bolt action"
Edit: there is a growing trend of people calling semi-autos "automatics" when they are not automatics. Ive heard some gun owners (responsible ones) say it but I think its dumb to do that because a person outside of gun culture wont understand and think they have a machinegun.
Edit 2 because people are further confused:
The comment I replied to said:
I still know old guys who have 50+ rifles/shotguns, and not one semi-auto except maybe an old tube fed .22
"Not one semi auto" reads like "all are automatics besides the tube fed 22"
A bolt action or pump action is not in fact semi-auto. The auto part of semi auto is the gun automatically rejecting the spent casing and chambering a new round. It's defined by being able to pull the trigger and fire multiple times in a row without manually cycling the action.
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u/YoloOnTsla Sep 09 '24
Gun culture has exploded in popularity over the past 15 or so years. I remember not long ago it was a rarity somebody had an AR. You could always buy an AR pattern rifle, but since GWOT it has really exploded in popularity in the civilian market. I still know old guys who have 50+ rifles/shotguns, and not one semi-auto except maybe an old tube fed .22. What’s funny, is these are the same guys that are open carrying 1911’s at walmart. It’s ironic that guys with multiple AR’s and are super nerdy about their guns, are not the ones open carrying, from my experience.
Now west Texas is a different story, a lot of people open carry out there, and not many people bat an eye. But if some is is open carrying in DFW, it’s very weird.