Your Friendly Neighborhood Militiaman

Citizen…doesn’t need camo fatigues, a BOB, or even a rifle to be effective.

One does need good form, and this gentleman is demonstrating a fine deliberate Weaver-style hold with his Beretta Helwan, with his arm, not the barrel, rested on the tree (and on the right side so brass won’t be bouncing off of the trunk), this while in the midst of a riot no less.

In which Trayvon riot was this pic of a gentleman and his Beretta Helwan taken? Oakland? Los Angeles?

Original image, and the answer, after the jump.

Trick question! This gentleman, and his Beretta Helwan, were in Cairo yesterday. Thanks to Tam for correcting me on the pistol.

A man fires his weapon during clashes between opponents and supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 22, 2013. On Monday, clashes broke out between Morsi supporters and opponents near Cairo’s Tahrir Square and in the city of Qalioub on the capital’s outskirts, where at least one person was shot to death, security officials said.

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5 Responses to Your Friendly Neighborhood Militiaman

  1. Glenn B says:

    You may like his stance but his use of cover and concealment is abysmal.

  2. John B. says:

    You can tell he was trained in a previous life, age catches up to us all 🙁

  3. Davidwhitewolf says:

    I bow, I bow.

  4. NotClauswitz says:

    Since he (and the guys around him) doesn’t have a beard and is wearing western clothing I’m guessing he’s an anti-Morsi? The guy with the half-British t-shirt would be killed by Morsi supporters.

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