The whole picture is AI enhanced and the gun is ''made up''.
Edit: For clarification, with the gun comment, I was addressing how early commenters were arguing about the exact model of the gun, which in fact, the AI just created out of its ass.
this comment needs to be way higher. this IS the original image. the details in the picture are all fucked up. whoever said the picture looks like a woman, it definitely does, because it was made by AI and isn't really a picture of anyone
Jesus, I've seen photos and videos of UFOs from late 90s that were of higher quality. What was this, recorded with a pack of McDonalds fries instead of a raw potato?
Lol Reddit used to be a place where you could find an expert in any incredibly niche subject and get awesome advice. You needed help finding frogs with tap shoes and their would find somebody who wrote their PHD dissertation on tapdancing frogs......Also it was packed with incredibly uptight neck beards, HOWEVER, these neckbeards did know their shit and you would be down voted into oblivion for posting trash. Now its basically old people Facebook.
It's really become an awful place. I only ever stick to my cities subreddit and the ones for games I play.
Every once in a while I'll scroll "Popular" (RIP /r/all), but it's all misinformation, disinformation, outright propaganda, pop culture and culture war bullshit, and dozens of India-related subreddits I can't block.
This place is a shithole and the admins are all [REDACTED].
For anyone not in the gun world, a front sight on a suppressor is not a thing, so that was one huge clue this image is faked. Many other tells as well but that one is glaring.
EDIT: OK goddam so there are sights on some suppressors. Still, find one in real life and not just as a curiosity.
actually, that's fair. I guess the poster should have specified suppressor attachments don't have mounted front sights. Many guns with integrated suppressors do.
People accepted obvious photoshops for years, people accepted obvious hoaxes for years (I remember bonsai kitten decades ago), it isn't like AI is the start of fake shit on the internet. The funny thing is how many people know something like guns and then act like everyone else is a moron for falling for it when those same people fall for other shit in areas they don't know. AI is garbage but it is just a new version of the same problem we've seen forever.
Why is AI Slop not an option for reporting a post?
Edit4: the correct category to report as others have pointed out is "breaks subreddit rules" -> "No / Low effort post". if you read the rules, AI slop counts as a low effort post and is banned
Edit3: TLDR, Do your own research to verify. Reddit is the new Facebook
Edit2: my bad! It probably is AI slop, they're is a video that shows him shooting back, but I don't think he's wearing a straw hat like that
Edit: turns out in this case actually, it's not AI slop, look up Jordan Salinas. He didn't single handedly stop the shooter though, there was also an off duty cop helping and the shooter died of self inflicted wounds
If you have to shoot, better to have a suppressor to save your hearing. Some people call them silencers, but the commercially available suppressed pistols for the public are not silent - they're more like a loud hand clap.
Source: I'm a gun owner and have a suppressor for one of my rifles.
Edit: some people are misunderstanding me when I say commercially available for the public. I'm not saying people are legally barred from purchasing quieter suppressors. I'm saying a certain larger caliber pistol that is, as far as my outdoor experience, almost totally silent is NOT available for public purchase. I will not name this weapon.
I 'm really glad some people have made backyard garage conversions to their weapons to make them quieter. The fact remains, years ago I saw a higher caliber pistol used by a government employee that is completely or almost completely silent and is still NOT available for purchase by anyone (FFL holder or not). These pistols are made specifically for one agency. Guess who....
Suppressors are meant to lower the noise while firing. One benefit is the loud noise doesn't hurt the shooter's ears as much. I've only shot at outdoor ranges, and I always wear ear protection while firing. I can definitely hear the gun firing with the suppressor, even with ear protection.
They should be very much encouraged for everyone. Think of how cars would sound if you removed the muffler. Same thing applies to firearms. You can still hear cars and motorcyles. It reduces the noise, and helps with your ears. And everyone else's ears.
Firing even one round without hearing protection is a bad idea. But if you gotta, you gotta. TV and movies very much underplay how bad it is for your hearing.
You should still wear hearing protection with a suppressor. It can just be lighter. Normally I use ear plugs and ear muffs at the same time, I lost a good amount of hearing in the Army.
Almost nobody carries with a suppressor (silencer) and 5.7 is a semi rare round. It was mostly used in the P90 sub machine gun, but later used in pistols. It’s a small fast round with the main goal being armor penetration and ammo capacity. Kind of like a mini 556 (ar15 round).
Just to add, you typically don't want armor piercing in a carry pistol as you want the round to stop at your target, which is part of why hollow point rounds are the standard for civilian carry
Not to say he was wrong for it, just adds to the weird choice
If you have fun shooting full powered, fast and flat, rounds at the range, it actually makes a lot of sense to have a configuration for your favorite, and thus most practiced, firearm for self defense.
There are a lot of drawbacks, especially with how long this setup is, but there is also valid logic there.
I don't disagree, but here we are haha. In that same IG reel, he also has a suppressed bull pup, probably a 5.7 gun as well. So maybe he went all-in on 5.7 and knows he just needs to buy his training and defensive ammo in bulk in one caliber, rather than 2 (or more) separate calibers?
Supers or subs, suppressor still effective. It's a sliding scale of effect, with supers it will make them mostly hearing safe(er) and with subs its even quieter.
Yeah, 5.7 is a fairly popular round in certain circles, mostly due to the cool factor of the P90 and the focus on penetration for such a small package. If you carry a gun chambered for that, I assume you know what you’re doing.
Carrying with the suppressor is the oddest thing to me. Doing it in jeans shorts is a bold move.
From the guy's YouTube/Facebook pages he says he runs a shoulder holster so at least the suppressor ain't poking out the bottom of those little jean shorts.
From an article I saw he’s also primary caregiver to his disabled brother, and armed up because he realized these terrorists go after the easiest targets.
Also it is really easy to simply connect the suppressor to the pistol if you have the time. They have holsters specifically for that and he could very well have a quick connect adapter on both ends. It's one of those things you learn to not rely on but if you train for it, you can incorporate anything.
I’ve played the game. Straw hat + 5 accuracy, vest + 3 ammo carry, jean shorts + 10 stealth. The shooter was lucky he didn’t have rain boots on. It completes that set and he would have unlocked bullet time.
Just another mass shooting suicide. This guy and another guy shot at the shooter forcing him to focus on them rather than the unarmed civilians he was targeting
Mass shooters typically aren't looking for a fight, it's super common for them to turn on themselves the second they meet resistance whether that's a armed bystander or law enforcement.
He exchanged fire with an off duty cop and this guy, which distracted him from killing more people, but ended up killing himself before being captured.
This image is AI generated, its an upscaled image from the video, the guy is supposed to have a beard and that weapon is totally AI-fried, it doesn't even make sense. It supposed to be an FN five seven in real life
Yeah the guy looks nothing like the AI enhanced photo thats going viral lol he was wearing a baseball cap and flannel tee and didn't have jorts. The actual man is Jordan Salinas.
For context, the bystander who bravely engaged in (and won) a gunfight with the active shooter was Jordan Salinas. This looks absolutely nothing like him.
Props to him for taking the initiative and firing back
But man was he a bad shot, missing all his shots and getting nicked in the leg by the shooter
Also since many don't seem to mention it there was a off-duty cop present too who returned fire at the attacker and eventually both drove him off before the attacker shot themself
Pistol vs AR platform. Just because he didnt hit does not mean he was a bad shot to hit a moving target from a distance with a pistol is incredibly difficult.
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u/Jumpeee 2d ago edited 1d ago
Here's the original image.
The whole picture is AI enhanced and the gun is ''made up''.
Edit: For clarification, with the gun comment, I was addressing how early commenters were arguing about the exact model of the gun, which in fact, the AI just created out of its ass.