Anyone thinking "Why the hell would anyone want to carry on the beach??" need only Google the Revere Beach "brawl" last week, which included one thug - oops, how mean spirited of me - "misunderstood yute" jumping a Statie from behind, or the Carson Beach Brawl in 2011 (which was actually a "flash mob" gang invasion that targeted non-minorities who just happened to be at the beach for a nice day), the Huntington Beach (CA) riot of 2013, the Revere Carnival, the Brockton Fair, etc... (Miami? The New Jersey Shore?)
It (flash mob gang attacks) is going to soon be the new normal, I'd bet anything on it. Be it at beaches, fairs, carnivals, whatever. And will especially be "normal" at beaches in places like MA, MD, NJ, CA etc (Hmmm, now what do those seacoast states also have in common besides sand and surf? Gee, I wonder).
But not to worry, cuz the beach is usually "patrolled" by police, and yes, citizens, you can simply "just call 911" and a hero will rush - oops, surf, or sail, or swim - to your rescue.
Wer'e in the "social media"/"flash mob" (Baltimore!) era, and at any time, at literally ANY time, anywhere, a couple of punks/thugs can post that it's "go time" at _______ (fill in the location and time) and it's "on".
Some people might consider carrying at the beach to be a sign of paranoia/fear/bitter clinging etc...I say "screw that" and I carry literally everyfrigginwhere I go, for the day when one, two or two hundred of the f*cks that love to mess up everyone else's life (sometimes violently or fatally) decide that today is the day they're gonna f*ck up a dude and his entire family, maybe even drag them from a car in traffic at the beach, maybe even just walk down the beach undeterred by the unarmed populace and violently assault them "just for the hell of it"...
You know, just go out and "eff-up" some legal, law abiding citizens with "me and my crew, my boyz, my homeys, my fellow illegal amigos", etc etc when we're out for a day/night of "Wilding".
One of the reasons Carson and Revere occurred at those locations is because there is an MBTA stop at, or very near both. Cheap, convenient nearby transportation. And free, too! (If you and the crew wanna just jump the turnstiles. Ain't nobody gonna stop all five, seven, or nine of us! etc)... If the Wollaston (Quincy) T stop was actually at Wollaston Beach, it would already have been hit or would have a bullseye on it for this (hopefully not) long-hot summer. Can you imagine if the Blue Line extended to Lynn? Salisbury? Hampton?
And when (and I truly think we're officially at a point in the history of society where it is indeed a "when" and not an "if") the next extremely violent, fatal, spur of the moment gang attack/outburst happens, the only thing separating the victims from the survivors might just be a G26 in your cargo shorts and a spare mag (or five) in a cargo pocket....Just sayin'
But "it'll never happen here".
"It'll never happen to me".
"It'll..."