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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOpen-carry advocates walked into a police station with a loaded rifle. Officers were not amused.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/07/open-carry-advocates-walked-into-a-police-station-with-a-loaded-rifle-officers-were-not-amused/?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer14922&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=.f4f36b45c844Is there some virus going around that eats brain cells?
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Open-carry advocates walked into a police station with a loaded rifle. Officers were not amused. (Original Post)
appleannie1943
Feb 2017
OP
They were whites that apparently attended one of the schools DeVos had her fingers in.
appleannie1943
Feb 2017
#5
So the cops feel the need to drop them to the floor and disarm them. But if WE encounter these
Squinch
Feb 2017
#3
Don't forget to record it to have your surviving relatives post it on facebook.
appleannie1943
Feb 2017
#9
No one is amused by ignorant white wing racists parading around with their gunz and body armor.
Hoyt
Feb 2017
#11
If they had been black they would have been immediately gunned down by the cops.
FreeStateDemocrat
Feb 2017
#12
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)1. Future Supreme court case.
Bet on it.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)2. were they white Second Amendment patriots?
Or non-whites/non-Christians who will be perceived as terrorists?
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)5. They were whites that apparently attended one of the schools DeVos had her fingers in.
Squinch
(50,932 posts)3. So the cops feel the need to drop them to the floor and disarm them. But if WE encounter these
same assholes in Walmart, we're told (even by people here) that we should just ignore it, it's no big deal.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)6. That's it.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)7. Basically...............yes.
Ignore it, and if the person with a gun starts shooting, Wayne LaPierre will show up and defend you.
Phoenix61
(16,999 posts)4. I saw the video of that
I can't believe how restrained the police were. I hope a 72 hour psych hold was ordered. As far as the brain eating virus, I don't think those guys ever had a fully functioning brain.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)8. "Hey! I just had a terrific idea!"
"We could put rattlesnakes down our pants. Maybe cover ourselves in blood and go swimming with sharks. Other ideas? Anyone? Anyone?"
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)9. Don't forget to record it to have your surviving relatives post it on facebook.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)10. Contrast with John Crawford
who didn't even know they were there until they started shooting at him.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)11. No one is amused by ignorant white wing racists parading around with their gunz and body armor.
FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)12. If they had been black they would have been immediately gunned down by the cops.
jeanmarc
(1,685 posts)13. Good guy vs. Good guy NRA clairvoyance prevailed
The cops just knew these idiots were 'good guys' with a gun.