How Stupid is This?

[tbc]

Tie a rock to a rope throw toward the window. Break the window and drag the rifle down.

Yes...showing of your rifle like that is stupid.


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[J.R.W.]

Probly curing paint

[jonzer77]

Good Afternoon Calgunners~!

I submit for your disapproval and theories as to why any responsible, clear-thinking firearms owner would display for public consumption, their scoped rifle in a second story apartment building window sill? This is in Los Angeles on a pretty busy street with plenty of pedestrian, private vehicle, as well as mass-transit traffic. The rifle is plainly obvious from street level, and makes an unmistakable sillhouette with the white curtain behind it.

Let alone the obvious - attracting the attention of a "concerned citizen" followed by a visit from your friendly neighborhood Law Enforcement Official, prolonged exposure to direct sunlight between a window magnifying the heat, and a reflective white curtain can't be good for either the rifle nor the scope. Sorry for the poor quality of the pics, but I confirmed via binoculars that it is indeed a rifle, not an airsoft or other replica. I'm not one to be a knee-jerk, reactionary, alarmist, but I'm just wondering what the hell this person could be thinking!

From the time I first spotted it, it's been on 'display' now for two hours at the very least.

What else do you see while being a peeping tom?

[biglou]

"The gun is in the window."

[Dutch3]

Maybe he is conducting an experiment.

Either to see how long it takes for his front door to be smashed in by a SWAT team, or to see how long it took for someone to post a picture of his rifle on calguns.

[A-J]

In L.A. this would be a bad idea. Anyone remember this:

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/05/robotoki_lapd_raid.php

[lilro]

As long as you see a side profile and aren't looking directly down the barrel, I fail to see the issue.

[Renegade1]

I think he put it there to intimidate those darn pigeons.

[morfeeis]

I hide mine by choice to avoid having it stolen when I'm not home. I think the OP is thinking along those lines.

Sounds like the op is another gun owner that suffers from a CA state of mind.

Myodb.

[tonyxcom]

This thread is worthless without the OP in the pics.

[MountainShooter]

Always nice to come to CalGuns to get that laugh I needed all day. Thanks OP!

[mkodama]

Just somebody being dumb. It's a pretty normal thing to witness these days.

[Renegade1]

This thread is worthless without the OP in the pics.

I hope the guy with the rifle in the window posts a picture of the OP taking those pictures.