Dallas Sounds Off After Truck With Machine Gun Spotted on I-35

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Clickclickdoh@reddit

Reddit has gone recursive now. Picture gets posted to reddit. Reddit talks about it. Dallas Morning News talks about Reddit talking about it. Reddit talks about Dallas Morning News talking about Redditntalking about it.

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Vig_2@reddit

Observer should write an article about that.

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AbueloOdin@reddit

I can't wait to post about it in three days.

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Apronbootsface@reddit

I can’t wait for Reddit to show me your post in 5.

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Aleyla@reddit

What has posted before will be posted again.

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That75252Expensive@reddit

What is dead may never die!

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isaac9092@reddit

I was here! Hi Jim!

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Lyuseefur@reddit

No. Please. This is how the low quality jpeg reposts ends up on Reddit.

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ChefMikeDFW@reddit

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect

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Jssolms@reddit

I haven’t even gotten started yet!

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Thwipped@reddit

The internet is dead

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ChefMikeDFW@reddit

long live the internet

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Radiant_Music3698@reddit

Oh my God just FUCK**

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MightyCaseyStruckOut@reddit

This has been going on for years haha

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imclockedin@reddit

dead internet

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KwisatzHaderach94@reddit

red-ception

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Furrealyo@reddit

I’m just surprised the media actually correctly labeled a machine gun for once.

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deja-roo@reddit

I doubt it's actually a literal machine gun.

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Viper_ACR@reddit

100% it's a fake

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Unusual_Young_5724@reddit

Why the doubt?

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deja-roo@reddit

Because it would be immensely impractical. It would probably not comply with storage laws of NFA weapons. It wouldn't be something you could leave in a parking lot. I'm not even sure that gun could legally be obtained as a machine gun by a civilian.

NFA weapons are highly regulated and extraordinarily expensive, so it's more likely just a demilled or semi-auto gun that's basically a replica.

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justaninspector@reddit

I’ve never met a gun owner in Texas that cared about any of that.

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deja-roo@reddit

Do you know any that have NFA titled weapons? Pretty different ballgame.

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justaninspector@reddit

I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t know. I’m pretty ignorant about guns and gun laws…but I do ask friends/acquaintances out of curiosity when it comes up.

You said you doubted them being obtained legally. Are those weapons something most gun owners are after? Like enough to obtain them illegally?

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deja-roo@reddit

What I meant to say is that the difficulty and extraordinary cost associated with procuring a real automatic M2 Browning along with all the onerous federal storage requirements (that this kind of thing would make it difficult to comply with) and such mean that this is probably just a prop.

No, most gun owners aren't after something like this. M2 Browning that's actually a bona fide machine gun would cost tens of thousands of dollars. And the rounds it fires cost like $5 apiece.

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Haunting_Raccoon6058@reddit

What are these onerous federal storage requirements you speak of? I have 3 NFA items and there really aren't any storage requirements to speak of. If someone who isn't on your trust gains access to your NFA item and possesses it they are certainly of violation of NFA and the ATF might want to have a chat to you, but thats about it.

Really the only thing that's prohibitive about NFA machine guns is their cost. Other than that it's a one page application, some finger print cards, and a $200 tax stamp like any other NFA item.

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deja-roo@reddit

Under normal circumstances they're not that onerous for most people who bothered to do any of the NFA steps. Those people are going to keep them in their homes, usually in a safe. There are federal requirements for NFA items. I won't quote them here because they're readily available, but I feel it's kind of obvious how mounted to a truck they wouldn't pass muster.

I have a few NFA items and obviously I wouldn't leave any of them in the bed of a truck.

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justaninspector@reddit

Oh wow. I get it now. I appreciate the info.

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geeman1984@reddit

The cost would probably be in the millions to own something like that.

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W_saber4@reddit

M2 will run you $90K-$100K for a transferable one that civilians can own.

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anonandlit333@reddit

I’m a Texan with NFA weapons lol it’s not uncommon to see select fire weapons/bonafide machine guns in this area. What is uncommon to see Bieber is someone driving around with it in their truck bed.

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Unusual_Young_5724@reddit

Check out storage laws in TX…The process/application for obtaining a machine gun is pretty easy. The expense of owning isn’t ridiculous depending on one’s net worth. People buy firearms for protection, as investments etc..they could been in the business of hog hunting…you’re allowed to even hunt hogs from helicopters in TX

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deja-roo@reddit

There are separate federal laws on storage requirements of machine guns and other NFA devices.

I'm familiar with the process, I own suppressors and the process is about the same. But it just doesn't seem practical to mount a real M2 (which I don't think this is) to a truck that will be operated in public.

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Unusual_Young_5724@reddit

Would those fed laws be within the same category as a suppressor?

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deja-roo@reddit

Yes, suppressors are subject to the same storage requirement laws as registered machine guns.

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Drewby618@reddit

I knew this and I’ve always hated this, but seeing it in a sentence gave me a headache. Suppressors almost seem like a bigger bogeyman than “assault weapons” because Hollywood made people believe suppressors turn you into a silent killer.

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir there but damn, suppressors really need to be deregulated. My ears would appreciate it.

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deja-roo@reddit

Ha definitely preaching to the choir!

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CeruleanWaves_@reddit

Yeah, people who don't own guns suddenly become experts on gun laws when it comes to reddit. It's very obvious that it's a prop.

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fart_spray@reddit

It was 99.9% likely a prop you dolts

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dancingbanana123@reddit

I was kinda hoping the article would provide more context than the reddit post. Y'know, the good ole journalism thing of digging deeper to find out how things happened and provide more of the story. Nope. It shares the reddit post, a tiktok of the same truck, and a couple comments on both. The video even has the license plate, make and model of the car. You could easily figure out who owns this car and provide more context of something like "is this just owned by some gun store or rancher? Is it just something fun the owner has? Are they some crazy dude who has it 'for protection'? All of the above?" So if you're gonna write an article about it, why not actually use the information in the posts you have to dig deeper than a typical person would?

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chook_slop@reddit

Now everyone is going to want one...

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Yungjak2@reddit

To be fair, I already wanted one since OG COD:MW2

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9bikes@reddit

Had I thought of it before the guy with the Ram truck did, I absolutely would have built one. I think it is hilarious.

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TxManBearPig@reddit

Excerpt from article:

On Monday a Reddit user posted a photo to the r/Dallas subreddit showing a black Dodge Ram pickup truck headed north on what appears to be I-35 just before the Illinois Avenue exit. With the caption “Just another day in Dallas Roads,” the image shows a large, menacing machine gun mounted high in the back of the truck, pointing well above the cab with ribbons of ammo streaming from the gun into the truck bed.

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BabyBearMan@reddit

Imma screenshot this and show my mother.

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TxManBearPig@reddit

Don’t bother I already showed her this morning

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BabyBearMan@reddit

Papa?

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Lightzephyrx@reddit

Yoooooo!

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FreeChickenDinner@reddit

I should send this to my niece, so she can discuss it on TikTok..

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TxManBearPig@reddit

Instead, you should encourage your niece to seek healthy outlets like sports, music, STEM activities, or art and get off of social media.

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or_maybe_this@reddit

sure, encouragement will surely defeat dopamine addictions by chinese algorithms

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TxManBearPig@reddit

Here’s a tidbit for you, Cynical Cindy:

Learning and doing those things I mentioned ALSO create dopamine responses in us. Also, being a good adult to a child facilitates that child having positive dopamine and learned responses as well.

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or_maybe_this@reddit

Here’s a tidbit for you, Gullible…Gus:

Tiktok literally engages the brain like gambling. It’s serious addiction.

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TxManBearPig@reddit

I think we’re on the same side of this discussion. Lol. I think Tik tok is bad.

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rockstar504@reddit

I can't even find the original post?

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hevea_brasiliensis@reddit

Whoever's the author of this article is a fucking idiot. There's nothing dangerous about this. This is a law abiding gun owner, this is America, and this is Texas. His message is don't fuck with us, and I completely support that message.

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DJRonin@reddit

I dont understand the raging boner for blood-thirsty violence. Isn't Call of Duty enough for yall to cosplay as heroes?

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all4tez@reddit

Simple. Display of defensive of capabilities. Just like the military.

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DJRonin@reddit

Are you okay?

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all4tez@reddit

Are you?

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DJRonin@reddit

Yes because I dont live in fear to the point of needing to be armed to the teeth <3

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all4tez@reddit

It's more of a statement than anything, designed to elicit certain reactions in different people. Obviously it has accomplished this well.

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Snap_Grackle_Poptart@reddit

It's more of a statement than anything,

And the statement is "I'm so afraid of everything I put a pretend machine gun on the back of my little-man-syndrome truck!"

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Pabi_tx@reddit

Department of LoOk aT MeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEe!!!

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Bfc214@reddit

If he’s got enough money to own a .50 cal there’s nothing wrong with it. Probably makes more then all us.

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Gloomy_Character9423@reddit

He probably deep throats his guns every night. Don’t kink shame

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do-not-want@reddit

Nah dude it’s weird. It’s chest thumping to an empty room. It’s a dog whistle that’s making you bark.

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AntiRepresentation@reddit

That's normal in a secure, high functioning democracy.

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AntiRepresentation@reddit

Lol, if you're gonna downvote at least tell me why.

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Pabi_tx@reddit

I downvoted you for complaining about downvotes.

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AntiRepresentation@reddit

Who complained? When I ask why a thing happened, I'm not complaining that a thing happened.

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Pabi_tx@reddit

Does it make the downvotes hurt less to explain it that way?

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AntiRepresentation@reddit

Who complained?

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icansmellcolors@reddit

I'm going to print this out, scan it as a pdf email to myself, so when I get home I can take a screenshot of it with my phone to send to my dad in a text message.

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Queenofwands817@reddit

Just getting you used to it.

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Infra-Man777@reddit

It’s just a little Hilly Billy Cosplay

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djporter91@reddit

Diversity equity and inclusion!! except for ppl we don’t like because they look like us except come from completely different cultures than us.

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mylinuxguy@reddit

Brings to mind the story from a few years ago where a local plumber sold his truck... didn't remove his logo and phone number and a few weeks / months later it shows up as a ISIS Technical ( pickup with a gun mounted in the back ) in Syria.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/us/texas-plumber-sues-car-dealer-after-his-truck-ends-up-on-syrias-front-lines.html

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VirtualPlate8451@reddit

I actually came across that truck in the original jihadi video that was published. I immediately found the company and realized it was still in business. It was one of those "somebody is losing a job over this" moments.

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mylinuxguy@reddit

That's pretty cool. ;) You hear of people selling a car and leaving their license plate on and continuing to get NTTA Tolls sent to them... having their truck get converted to an ISIS Technical in Syria definitely one-ups that NTTA Toll situation.

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