Man carrying chicken at protest faces $263.50 fine; man carrying AR-15 faces fine of "zero dollars."

[Robb]

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Man carrying bird at protest faces $263.50 fine for ordinance violations while backers packed assault weapons.

APPLETON, Wis. -- When Mark Scheffler was asked to leave a gun protest, along with his brown hen named Winchester, on Saturday, it was precisely the point he wanted to make at the popular gathering.

Chickens are far safer than firearms and laws allowing for open carry need to change, said Scheffler of Appleton.

"Carrying a loaded assault weapon in downtown Appleton, the fine is zero dollars," he said. "The fine for carrying a loaded chicken — and she is loaded — is $263.50."

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Demonstrators who joined Scheffler wore T-shirts emblazoned with silhouettes of a chicken and an AR-15 rifle. They passed out leaflets encouraging people to contact state lawmakers in support of a change to the law. They argued that while open carry is fine in rural areas, cities should have the right to decide whether people can outwardly carry their guns within their borders.

Read More: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/23/chicken-gun-protest/2854489/

[jmowreader]

1. No chicken threads!

[badtoworse]

2. The PETA people are probably cheering

[Buns_of_Fire]

39. I don't think they'd care, unless he was choking her. nt

[Mnemosyne]

50. I saw what you did there.

[Rex]

3. A drop of the obvious in the sea of insanity.

I for one, am glad our LEOs are protecting us from Chicken Pox and the people that would carry a loaded chicken ought to know better!

[DesMoinesDem]

4. The law needs to be changed. Carrying a chicken should not be illegal.

BTW, the thread title claims that the man carrying the chicken was fined. He was not.

[Dr. Strange]

5. Only LEO and the military should carry chickens.

There is no 2nd Amendment right to chicken legs.

[pinboy3niner]

15. If chickens are outlawed, only outlaws will have chickens

It pays to keep abreast of the slogans.

[Dr. Strange]

18. I try, but sometimes I'm not able.

In those cases, I usually just wing it.

[pinboy3niner]

21. *thigh*

[kurtzapril4]

67. Don't egg him on, pinboy.

[pintobean]

23. You can have

my cold, dead chicken fingers.



... or something like that.

[pinboy3niner]

24. Your Charlton impression could use a little work

[pintobean]

26. Yours is supper

[pinboy3niner]

45. Touché

[tclambert]

72. You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.

[Thor_MN]

88. You know the cops are going to stop a guy walking downtown with his pecker in his hands.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Unbelievable.

You have issues over there that I have extreme difficulty getting my head around.

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. Perhaps it was spotted as the vicious Chicken of Bristol.

"And who personally wet himself at the Battle of Baden Hill"

(the arresting officer, obviously)

[rug]

8. All fun and games until it pecks your eyes out.

[etherealtruth]

87. OMG ... why I found this hysterically funny , I do not know but ...

[redwitch]

90. Then it's still fun but harder to see.

A chicken named Winchester is just too adorable.

[ileus]

9. While the OCer's may mean well

open carrying a long gun is just dumb.

I'm all for a progressive 2A stance, but carrying AR's or other long guns tarnishes a good law and will result in everyone being punished not just long gun carriers.

[BlueJazz]

10. This is one of the most Fowl things I've ever heard.

[BlueJazz]

12. OK..one more: How much did the chicken cost to cross the road?: $ 263.50

[BlueJazz]

13. Ok..one more. Who is Super-Chickens alter-Ego ??

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[SwankyXomb]

34. Henry Cabot Henhouse III

everyone knows that.

[BlueJazz]

35. also True

[Eleanors38]

55. Well, we've been cooped up.

[Jefferson23]

25. lol, and now we have a definitive answer.

[mindwalker_i]

14. But the fine was for

a poultry amount.

[BlueJazz]

16. AAAARRRGGG!

Oh...Chicken feed?

[mindwalker_i]

19. Yeah, just a little peck of the pocket

Not enough to gobble one's life savings (these puns are admittidly sub-standard, but I'm a bit out of practice).

[pinboy3niner]

22. Just wing it

I think you're doing fine. Just don't be tempted to pullet out of...well, you know.

[BlueJazz]

37. "pullet out of"

[riqster]

11. Well, we know how it crossed the road. nt

[pintobean]

17. Got a link that says he was fined?

Your source says:

He didn't receive a citation on Saturday, though suspects he'll get one.

Accuracy doesn't seem to be a priority anymore.

[Robb]

20. Fixed. Glad you got to the meat of the story!

[johnp3907]

27. He should've plucked it.

We have a constitutional right to bare chickens.

[Demoiselle]

38. Oh!!!! May the God of Pun Vengeance deal harshly with you!!!!!

[Eleanors38]

54. Yes! We should be dropping this from DU's rooster of threads.

[Aerows]

64. It was a real turkey. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

68. "As God is my witness..."

[stevenleser]

28. And in that simple comparison, the insanity of the gun situation in America is illustrated.

[NuclearDem]

29. I thought the fine wouldn't have been more than a cluck fifty.

[Erose999]

30. The irony is that if that chicken were dismembered, deep fried, and put in a red striped bucket

he'd have no fine either.

[Coyotl]

31. Is this why McDonald's doesn't serve fresh chicken?

[Greybnk48]

32. I live in Appleton

and I hope Scheffler and his people push this, I may join them. Gov. Scott Walker and his knuckle dragging minions pushed through these open carry laws. I don't think most Wisconsinites agree with open carry at festivals and things like this, including the hunters and gun "lovers."


BTW: You're all goofy, LOL!

[mopinko]

33. president obama should issue an executive order freeing the chickens.

seriously, it is mind boggling the number of places where it is illegal to keep chickens.

[REP]

43. Did you know that hens crow as well as roosters?

Have any idea how fucking loud that is, or how early they do it?

I do, because my Buff Orpington crows, and she's a hen. If we lived in the 'burbs or an urban neighborhood, our neighbors would have killed us by now.

Also, chickens poop almost constantly. I have over 1/2 acre for my 2 hens to to roam and poop on, but in an urban setting ... the smell and disease potential is pretty high (chickens can be a vector for H1N1 and other avian flus).

So it kind of sucks, but given that most people do, too and can't be relied upon to take proper care of chickens ... maybe it doesn't suck quite that much (though nothing will keep a chicken from crowing).

[NCarolinawoman]

57. In the absence of a rooster, "some" chickens will crow.

and the chickens that take on this habit, are not as loud as an actual rooster.

At least, this is what my friends who have urban and suburban chickens have told me.

(Yes, I have served as a "chicken sitter" from time to time when needed. )

[REP]

69. Nope. Loud as roosters, and dominant hens crow.

[nomorenomore08]

75. I've known people who kept chickens in their backyard, in an urban environment. No apparent issues

but I assume they took proper care of the things. If they hadn't, it may very well have caused a problem.

[REP]

78. Me too. I have their chickens now.

Neighbors complained about the noise They were extremely well cared for - their former people are our good friends, and they have full visitation rights and get frequent chicken updates (and photos).

[pansypoo53219]

36. what caliber is that chicken?

[Locrian]

58. was that chicken 'cocked' ? - n/t

[sarisataka]

40. If he is openly carrying a chicken

he must be compensating for a small pecker

[Roland99]

41. Hasn't he seen the ads???

Eat Mor Chik'n

[pintobean]

42. Were there any chicks with guns there?

[REP]

44. You're doing it wrong.

THIS is how you do it.

[pintobean]

46. Now I have to say something I don't want to say.

That's what she said.

[REP]

47. That's what we all say

Because you all are

[pintobean]

49. Lol

[nomorenomore08]

79. Who is that? And what the hell kind of gun is she holding in the second pic?

[pintobean]

80. Don't know

I don't know shit about guns. A revolver?

Just some pics I picked up on the internet.

[nomorenomore08]

85. It's a big frickin' gun, whatever it is... n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

91. It's a Smith And Wesson 500 magnum (.50 caliber pistol)

The bit on the end is a compensator, keeps barrel rise down by directing gas up, and back a bit. So the pistol doesn't come back over the top of your hands and embed itself in your face.

Useful pistol for boar, maybe bears. Some people like to hunt black bears with pistols for some reason. It really doesn't have any other even remotely likely purpose.

[nomorenomore08]

92. Certainly overkill as a self-defense weapon, yeah. Unless, I suppose, you're defending yourself

from an apex predator. But it's a big, scary, "cool"-looking gun, so some folks will want one for that reason alone.

[AtheistCrusader]

95. Yeah, it can't be concealed, you'd have to custom make a holster for it probably,

getting it OUT of the holster in a hurry would be a challenge... etc.

Ostentatious/ridiculous meme.

[johnp3907]

48. And someone has to post this, so I'll do it:

[WCGreen]

51. I guess the measure of maturity is to know you have a right but don't have to

flaunt it....

[aikoaiko]

52. Awesome because it freaks out the anti-gun zealots.

but otherwise I don't support open-carry stunts.

[heaven05]

53. this is how

TWISTED everything is in this country. Sad indeed. Well if more of this lunacy goes on, I just don't have any hope amerikkka will get better. Almost three hundred years of trying to get it right in civil rights for all, we're no place close. Going backwards, socially, really.

[Eleanors38]

56. Same category as suspending a 7 yo from school for using an Air-Soft gun...

...in his own yard.

Another GD post today.

[SCVDem]

59. $263.50?

That's a lot of scratch!

[nomorenomore08]

76. A whole chicken at the grocery store is what, maybe 8 or 10 bucks? And a bucket of KFC is about 12.

You could buy a hell of a lot of chicken for $263.

[Orrex]

60. A high-volume magazine can hold 30 poulets.

[Orrex]

61. Did they impound the chicken?

I hope he can re-coop his losses.

[Orrex]

62. Hen grenade!

[Orrex]

63. Obviously they suspected him of fowl play.

[Orrex]

65. Glocks Not Clucks!

[Orrex]

66. Is anyone else worried that his hen might have been half-cocked?

[otohara]

70. Applause & Kick

good point Mr. Scheffler -

[tclambert]

71. A well-regulated poultry farm being necessary to the food security of a free nation,

the right of the people to keep and bare chickens shall not be infringed.



We hunger for this new amendment to the Constitution. Without it, the folks in black helicopters may come to pluck away our poultry. No more nuggets. No more boneless breasts. No more poached eggs. No more Hollandaise to pour over the asparagus!

[The Straight Story]

73. He must be a libertarian, wanting more rights to carry chickens

Doesn't he know that more freedoms without punishment leads to more sinning?

He should be campaigning for more bans and laws, not less, where does he think he is, America?

[thefool_wa]

74. Where deos it say...

That we have the right to bear chickens?

[Turbineguy]

77. Chickens feed people,

guns kill people.

Clearly, too many Americans have too much money and too few are getting shot.

[tofuandbeer]

81. Brilliant idea!

[gopiscrap]

82. I smell fowl play!

[gopiscrap]

83. On a serious note

that is so fucked up. It shows how the god damn fucking NRA has bastardized our laws!

[Spirochete]

84. Police left the whole crowd defenseless

if a bad guy with a chicken would have showed up...

[blkmusclmachine]

86. WOW

[Maynar]

89. Walkin' the fine line, yep

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[jtuck004]

93. Thank you all for the nuggets of humor. May you all shake a tailfeather...

With a thank you to the Five Du-Tones for the best one, of course...

[shenmue]

94. The chicken was loaded?

How dare he?

[CA_Obama2012]

96. That's a real cluck of a gun

[morningfog]

97. There is not right to bear chickens in the Constitution.

The Founders, in their infallible wisdom, intentionally omitted such a right from the Bill of Rights.

Just consider the threat that would arise from a well chickened populace.

[Sunlei]

98. Very clever protest. Americans are over-regulated at the local level, for the wrong things!

my neighbor got a ticket & fine for $125.00. The crime? a bundle of twigs at the curb for trash pick-up a day to early.