Gang Banger Sign Language Interpreter?

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Hello, last Sunday a group/gang (?) of bangers show up at the state run range and proceed to demonstrate weapons skills with a 4" Colt Python. Five bangers and only one gun, their ejsction technique consisted of banging the butt of the gun on the shooting table since not one of the shooters made use of the ejector (!!??).
OK, I couldn't stand it no more so I approached and tapped the apparant leader of the group as he was unloading (beating the butt on the table) I palmed the gun and demonstrated the ejector operation to all. I gave them a grin since I had no clue what language the group was using and returned to my station cautiously amongst a good bit of laughter from other shooters who were watching.
OK, there was a good deal of gang sign flashing and it occured to me that I don't have a clue if there's a sign that equates to lets kill this person now or later. Hmmmm?
In a short search I find more than several reported gang murders of folks who were using international sign language, did they somehow use an aggresive sign?
Thanks!
 
How many fingers where they holding up?......was it the one in the middle :D ......My guess is that they probably thought you where a cop.....seriously
 
Is the waste of a Python a capital offense?

Should've offered him a TEC-9 and agreed to an even trade for the Python, as the Python ain't got no BLinG-BLinG, yO.

I'd like to start a gun rescue, much like a dog rescue, where people can bring obviously abused firearms, like the Python, to receive a good home. I won't charge, just to show how nice I am.

Anyhow, he probably stole it.
 
Good Lord man! Please don't misunderstand but I seriously don't think you should teach a gang anything about guns. One of the nicest things about urban toughs is that they can't shoot and can't maintain their tools of the trade. Why do you want to know if they did have a sign for "let's kill this guy now"? You would never see it...
 
CZ What a capitol idea!

Python abuse a capitol offence eh? Chuckle.
Hey, the Colt was probably stolen and I didn't understand the dialect spoken, it was sorta island spanish sounding with no brit influence.
I'll continue to research gang signs online, I may want something a little more personalized than the common bird or italian street sign, not that I'd willingly incite such a valuable communtity asset as gang bangers.
 
seen them too..

this is why one should always have a lorcin or piece of crap in the car(doesnt matter as long as its flashy looking).one could even predrill the slide sideways for the sights..maybe even superglue some fake jewels on the thing then spray paint it with gold krylon paint.
 
I'm A ZERO?

Ahhhh the kiddies are always busy,
I've given you valuable information relating to gang murders of impaired innocents apparantly over miscommunication of language.
I didn't give the miscreants a shooting lesson but did make an opportunity to identify a possible stolen firearm w/o much fuss.
Later Laddies!
 
CZ-75, don't jump to conclusions- that's an anti mindset. Stereotyping, that is
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What conclusion would you draw from a bunch of folks dressed in their best "urban" attire, fresh off the boat, with a top of the line handgun they can't figure out how to use properly? I guess that would be racial profiling, but I'd have a hard time believing that all these things don't add up to a situation worth investigating.
 
Sort of makes a fella wonder if that possibly hot weapon now has his prints all over it.

Too bad you didn't have a "GAT" to trade tit for tat.

Everybody knows a Gang Banger without a "GAT" is just a wannabe gangster!

I wouldn't have helped them with their ignorance. Actually I would have likely backed my way out and hit the road.
 
I worked with a guy last year who was 21 but looked about 28. Bald head, goatee, looked hispanic and had dice tattooed on one forearm and a pit bull on the other (his pit bull was his best friend.) He drove a lowrider, one of the only ones in the area, and essentially dressed like the corner drug dealer. He talked like a thug, too, and as a kid, he'd been a thief and a vandal. Ironically, it took selling cars to turn him honest.

He was one of my best friends. As long as you weren't trying to make a deal where he stood to make or lose money, you could trust him with your life or your little sister. Try to get the best of him in any negotiation . . . . well, you shouldn't do that because I never saw anyone do it. But I took him shooting. He liked guns, though he tended to gravitate toward stuff he'd seen in movies, and he had a clean enough record to have a FOID card. He took very little in life seriously, but he did learn to be a safe shooter.

Worked with another guy at the same job who was professional, well-dressed, and successful--maybe even a little more successful than the "Thugga" kid. I trusted him, too, and he trusted me, and we never let each other down. He had just about no education but he was a great salesman because he had an infectious personality.

He also had a record; he'd been in prison for aggravated battery and some kind of illegal discharge of a firearm charge. Never did find out exactly what he did, but he never protested his innocence, either. And he was a former gang member. He had joined when he went to prison and risen as high as "Executive Officer" of his floor (the corporate-style structure of a prison gang is astounding.)
My point is not that "Ken" was a bad guy, because he wasn't. The opposite, actually, for as long as I knew him. But he was not exactly what he appeared, and frankly, if you'd given him a reason, it was clear that he could be pretty dangerous.
 
Back to the original ?

Don't even try to keep up w/ the 'signs'. They change often.

I work at a 'residential treatment facilty for court adjudicated youth' ie all kinds of kids w/ all kinds of 'problems'

A high % of them are inner city gang bangers.

We are forever trying to discern their 'body language'

It's not just the hands/fingers, but how they walk, sit, slouch, wear their clothes, etc., etc., etc.,

They are ALWAYS one step ahead of you (us).

Sad state/testimony as to the condition of our country.

Sorry, but that's the way it is.
 
that's probably a little too risky, i wouldn't do it, could be inviting some uncessary feud. some people don't like being told, some appreciate it when you corrected them.
it's their gun, as long as they don't point it at me or just down the range, they can do whatever they want to their gun.
 
I find it amusing that some of you people accuse anti's of stereotyping, yet- some you guys are doing it plain and simple. Most of you that have made those negative comments weren't even at the actual location, so how would you know? Are you saying that people who dress a certain way shouldn't be allowed to goto a gun range? Way to be open minded- :rolleyes: :cuss: :banghead: :fire:
 
I find it amusing that some of you people accuse anti's of stereotyping, yet- some you guys are doing it plain and simple. Most of you that have made those negative comments weren't even at the actual location, so how would you know?
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Nope, wasn't there, but I sure do find it funny when a bunch of folks have a thousand dollar gun they can't figure out how to use properly and know enough of the language to have been here a day and a half. Usually successful folks in this country have to have some kind of grasp on how to communicate in the lingua franca to make money honestly. A Python isn't a necessity of life by any means, so it would be wise to conclude these folks weren't living hand-to-mouth as farm workers. I then ask myself how they got enough dead presidents together to buy such a righteous gat. I don't like the answer that comes to mind.

Oh, and stereotyping works, unless you work as a screener at the airport. There it is perfectly acceptable to let some guy who looks like Osama's long lost brother go through with a wave of the wand while you pull an old lady aside for a body cavity search. :rolleyes:

Are you saying that people who dress a certain way shouldn't be allowed to goto a gun range? Way to be open minded
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They can go wherever they want, so long as it isn't my property. I will watch my six, as well as my three and nine when I see a bunch of yahoos wearing half of Mr. T's recommended daily allowance of gold chains and clothing, usually by Tommy Hilfiger, three sizes too big for them. Particularly when they are armed. "Condition yellow" mean anything to you? I don't just blow them off thinking they're a local NRA-sponsored shooting club from the 'hood. :rolleyes:
 
Good friend of mine also appears to be a gang-banger. More tatoos that I know about, baggy pants, boxer shorts pulled out for all the world to see, more gold jewelry than Ft. Knox, and greets me with "Yo yo, wassup?"... Has a MS in electrical engineering, devout Christian, doesn't drink, smoke, or have sex. Crack shot with a 6.5x55, too. Don't ask me why he looks or speaks the way he does, but please let me know if you need somebody to preach the gospel like Billy Graham. You never know...
 
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