this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
1488 points (96.5% liked)

memes

10231 readers
2186 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1488
Aaaaaand it's over (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
310 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard that gangsters holding their guns horizontally comes from a movie. I don't remember which one. Life imitates art.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actually the holding the gun sideways was a practicality thing. When unloading a magazine rapidly you have limited control of the weapon's recoil. When holding a gun upright the recoil moves it upwards, holding it sideways moves it sideways.

Now imagine you're a gangter, 'bout to come up on some punk steppin' on your turf. You an da boyz gatted up ready to throw down. Get in the low-rider with your illegal Tek-9. Roll up on those fools ready to shed lead. Which way do you want your recoil going? Upwards? Or sideways.

Rat-tat-tat.