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This was not the Mandalorian they were looking for
By adamg on Sat, 04/08/2023 - 9:59am
Transit Police report officers dispatched to the Back Bay commuter-rail station around 6 p.m. on Friday on a report of "a person with a long rifle" found a guy dressed as Boba Fett holding a "replica" gun.
Officers conversed with the individual & the scene was safe.
The Boston Anime Convention is at the Hynes this weekend.
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He's lucky he didn't have a hero sandwich
They probably would have shot him to death...
How do we know...
It's a "he?"
How do we know...
It's a "he?" The officers noted, "individual "
This is how out of touch
This is how out of touch people around here are about firearms
Twitchy, not out of touch
Not like random mass shootings aren't a common occurrence in this country.
I don't see the problem here. Someone "saw something" and called the police as instructed. The police checked it out and left. No one was arrested, detained, or forced out of the station. There was no mass panic.
Or another way to look at it:
Or another way to look at it: random mass shootings are way too routine. Everyone **should** be on edge. And from far away, things that look like guns are going to be perceived as guns.
Let's make it harder/impossible for civilians to have weapons that tend to be most useful to murder humans. Then maybe when mass shootings aren't a daily occurrence in the US, it'll be less likely for this costume-confusion story to merit any attention at all.
Not like its a major religious holiday weekend
Or that there will be any huge in-person events coming up with a history of being targeted for mass-casualty mayhem.
You can go ask them what kind of gun that is. As much as I roll my eyes at the ridiculous level of panic over any and all guns in some areas, people have reason to be concerned.
They literally have the look of real firearms though
Because just about every prop gun in Star Wars is a real gun with some plastic junk glued to it. It's not that crazy that someone would see one and think it was at least worth checking out.
I sincerely hope that the T
I sincerely hope that the T cops explained to young Boba here the unwisdom of this course of action.
At a T station? He has his
At a T station? He has his own personal rocket pack!!!
Anime Boston
My kid and their friends were regulars at Anime Boston (though not cosplayers). A favorite memory is the time I picked them up at the Hines just as a Red Sox game had ended. The looks each group gave the other were priceless.
only a truly oblivious dumbass would do that alone
bring friends in civilian clothes next time you stupid bastard.
Magoo sez.
Sawry everybody. Magoo made an oopsie. Magoo.
Sorry, I laughed lol
I was at the con with my kid this weekend - saw several Mandalorians, Glad things turned out ok - good thing he didn’t have a lightsaber or Space Force might have arrived.
this is the way.
this is the way.