My home town's mall evactuated because an umbrella was thought to be a rifle

[FZE]

If the 1/3 of the thing at the handle end were sticking out of a backpack (especially with the strap), I could see how it could be mistaken for an AR-pattern rifle.

[Norzone]

[quote]Everyone inside was told to get out. “We got a call to evacuate the mall [b]there’s a mall running around with a gun[/b],” recalls Dotti Gerrior, who works at the Victoria’s Secret inside the mall.[/quote]

:v:

[ionuttzu]

[QUOTE=norzone;29318286]:v:[/QUOTE]
A mall inside a mall....
[img]http://i38.tinypic.com/2mxmmft.jpg[/img]

[Thechuz]

Looks more like a sheathed Katana to me.

[meppers]

[img]http://www.gunbrella.co.uk/wp-content/themes/WPStore/thumb.php?src=http://www.gunbrella.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/products_img/gunbrella4.jpg&w=320&zc=1&q=80&bid=1[/img]
[img]http://www.gunbrella.co.uk/wp-content/themes/WPStore/thumb.php?src=http://www.gunbrella.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/products_img/gunbrella3.jpg&w=75&zc=1&q=80&bid=1[/img]

?

[SPESSMEHREN]

The company that makes that umbrella also sells an umbrella that really does look like a gun.

Also, I lol'd when I saw the guy's photo in the paper this morning:
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/swordguy.png[/img]

[GodKing]

This isn't nearly as bad as the time someone called in bomb squad because their contest chocolate milk went "moo."

[Archangel125]

[QUOTE=GodKing;29327027]This isn't nearly as bad as the time someone called in bomb squad because their contest chocolate milk went "moo."[/QUOTE]

what

[l337k1ll4]

I don't see how you can mistake it for a rifle, but I could see how it could be taken as a sheathed sword.

[Ninja Duck]

Didn't this happen last month as well?

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People needing glasses is the problem here.

[Crimor]

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;29328027]Didn't this happen last month as well?

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People needing glasses is the problem here.[/QUOTE]

No, people needing brains is the problem here.