This picture was framed perfectly.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Like something you'd expect from an Arrested Development episode.

[underpants]

1. You got me

[Wounded Bear]

2. Gotta love the bluetooth "earwig"...

I guess it is supposed to make him look like a real "operative."

[OceanChick]

3. Boys and their toys

Go do some volunteer work and help other people instead of playing soldier. Grow the fuck up!

[smirkymonkey]

6. +1000

[MineralMan]

4. It's a lot of people playing soldier.

Some are even veterans. They mourn the loss of what they consider to be the "best days of their lives," and seek to recreate that. The guy in that top photo is living a fantasy, and has equipped himself with the trappings of the military.

What else is going on in his head is hard to reckon, though. I can't see if he has a magazine inserted in his weapon. Often there isn't one, rendering his rifle useless on an immediate basis.

A lot of those people are simply play-acting, for their own ego's sake. But not all. Some are actually eager for some confrontation that has them armed, while the people confronting them are not. Those people are very, very dangerous. This particular guy has the trappings of a pretender who is just acting out a role.

[herding cats]

5. I do hope he's seen that pic of himself.

[JoeStuckInOH]

7. Ill-fitting plate carrier, mixing camoflauges, fake plastic helmet and cheap shit-tacular AR.

What a Maroon.

[Corgigal]

8. They do believe it's war

They believe by coming to liberal and academic areas, they will occupy that land for themselves.

It's like baby risk, but only one side believes they will win the footage. They keep coming to open thinking areas for a reason. I moved to a liberal college town, I'm waiting for our name to come on. We're also highly rated for black and international students, cause we don't fear each other.

Being proud of something you didn't personally achieve, like race or sex, is pretty lame. It's not an accomplishment. You might be lucky, depends on location and time, but proud? Like Trump being proud he may/may not be rich. His daddy died, that's all. Again, nothing personally accomplished.

If that is all it takes for you to be proud of yourself, try something that takes some effort and work.

[MissB]

9. The wording on the bench does make it just perfect!

[procon]

10. He probably thinks of himself as a brave patriot.

For all the unarmed people in the park, he looks exactly like what he actually is, a goddamned, fucking, terrorist!

[dalton99a]

11. Master race man protecting master race family