TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square109linkfedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoI thought it was a US police thing, because the passenger seat is where the shotgun is commonly holstered.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoEvery American police car I’ve seen has the gun rack in the trunk.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoThat makes a bit more sense if true. I don’t easily picture 1920s gangsters wielding shotguns for a drive-by.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 days agoThe correct answer afaik is stagecoach, but tbf Clyde Barrow did use cut down Browning A5s in their robberies. While I don’t have any information on whether or not they were fired from a moving vehicle, it could have happened.
I thought it was a US police thing, because the passenger seat is where the shotgun is commonly holstered.
Every American police car I’ve seen has the gun rack in the trunk.
That makes a bit more sense if true. I don’t easily picture 1920s gangsters wielding shotguns for a drive-by.
The correct answer afaik is stagecoach, but tbf Clyde Barrow did use cut down Browning A5s in their robberies. While I don’t have any information on whether or not they were fired from a moving vehicle, it could have happened.