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">Be Zyaire, 31, black african
>Middle class Kenyan, office worker
>Be into guns
>Go through permit process, have to join IDPA and shoot regular matches to qualify for handgun ownership
>Finally buy a CZ-75
>Shoot some matches
>Islamists fuck up the country on daily basis, dream of being able to legally remove Kebab
>Won't go vigilante though, too much to lose
>About a year passes
>Sleeping in on my day off
>Awoken by my friends blowing up my phone
>Most messages are some variant of turn on the news.
>Turn on the news
>Footage of mall attack
>Fucking Islamists have taken over mall, holding hostages
>Government message cuts in to news broadcast
>ALERT "All licensed owners of semi-automatic locked breech pistols or rifles in greater Nairobi are required to report to Westgate Mall to assist the military and police response."
>News footage shows some of my IDPA buddies are already there, taking up positions in the mall.
>Commentators say they are being braver than even the military, which is mostly shiftless conscripts.
>Get to the mall
>Police captain on scene asks me if I'm willing to join an assault team because there is an empty spot
>MFW
This actually happened, IDPA shooters with handguns only killed numerous terrorists and secured much of the mall, providing key aid to the government forces. The idea to use civilian gun owners was that of a security officer at the mall who was heavily involved in the local firearms competition scene. It was rebuked at first so he personally called every gun owner he knew and got them to come down and sneak into the mall. When they pushed back the Afro-Kebabs successfully the military relented and put out the mass call on TV and radio."