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In reply to the discussion: (Amazing) Man shops at Utah JCPenney while carrying assault rifle [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)130. Here in Utah...
there are few if any officers that would do anything except pretend it wasn't loaded or just look the other way. I know this from personal experience and I also know officers in the city. It's the way things are in this sanitized for your protection la la land.
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Playinghardball
Jan 2013
OP
The police would just ask the caller if the guy was brandishing it in a threatening manner.
nick of time
Jan 2013
#34
I would bitch very loudly as I walked out of the store leaving my purchases behind.
2pooped2pop
Jan 2013
#69
Yes. Two men carrying rifles in Portland OREGON in a neighborhood known as "Sellwood".
DeschutesRiver
Jan 2013
#89
Cool, more "small dick" schtick. Tell me, do women gun owners have ... never mind ...
11 Bravo
Jan 2013
#70
Its definitely an insecurity of some sort that causes people to feel the need to carry weapons in
Erose999
Jan 2013
#78
I am 100% in favor of mandatory registration, closing the gun show loophole, and banning ...
11 Bravo
Jan 2013
#81
It appears that a jury has rather effectively cleaned up that particular bit of shit.
11 Bravo
Jan 2013
#115
I was the alerter. No way i could yell at you and not alert on the misandry above.
DevonRex
Jan 2013
#116
I wouldn't have been able to control myself from making comments loud enough for him to hear
snooper2
Jan 2013
#10
I would yell." That guy's got an assault weapon.", and I would run away.
The Wielding Truth
Jan 2013
#129
If he walked in with a camera he would have been confronted by security in seconds
Blecht
Jan 2013
#15
I imagine if he wasn't white he would have been shot/arrested immediately...
Blue_Tires
Jan 2013
#18
I long for people like this to be thrown to the ground and thrown in an asylum. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#17
Regardless of the law that allows gun carrying, the man is (1) disturbing the peace and (2)
ladjf
Jan 2013
#64
Can somebody explain the point of hauling them around if they're not loaded? Isn't
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#65
Whenever I see a photo of these armed yahoos I wonder what the response would be if they were black.
Dollface
Jan 2013
#68
So if someone is frightened and shoots him before he can get to his guns.is that "stand your ground?
kelliekat44
Jan 2013
#74
Really?? You mean you close enough to unzip his pants and look, and DIDN'T get shot??
Ghost in the Machine
Jan 2013
#136
The person behind the counters should have yelled please don't kill me then hand him a bag of money
Snotcicles
Jan 2013
#146
i only know that where i live a kat falls under the category of a cane sword. . .
Algebra Palin
Jan 2013
#101
That's when you run away terrified screaming "HE'S GOT A GUN, HE's GOT A GUN aaaaaa!!!!"
eShirl
Jan 2013
#99
Joseph Kelley, Utah Man, Takes Rifle To J.C. Penney ... to protect children from evil men ...
Coyotl
Jan 2013
#147
I guess trust him? The article states that it's legal to walk around like a fool
nc4bo
Jan 2013
#154