Report: New York Official Freaks Out Audience While Using Handgun As A Laser Pointer
Source: Talking Points Memo
A top official in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) administration reportedly had audience members on edge when he used his handgun as a laser pointer during a presentation last year.
The Times Union reported that Jerome M. Hauer, commissioner of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, alarmed a foreign delegation when he used the laser sighting device on the barrel of his handgun during an Oct. 24 presentation in Albany, N.Y. on the state's response to Superstorm Sandy.
Three Sweedish emergency managers "were rattled when the gun's laser tracked across one of their heads before Hauer found the map of New York, at which he wanted to point," according to the Times Union, and two people in attendance "moved quickly out of the line of the laser when he brought out the gun."
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When asked about the presentation by the Times Union, Hauer said only, "You have bad sources."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/new-york-jerome-hauer-handgun-laser-pointer
Ian David
(69,059 posts)exboyfil
(17,862 posts)He should be fired immediately.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Lest he decide to come back the next day to "even some scores"
Octafish
(55,745 posts)DU2 -11/05/03:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x658476
Small world.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 6, 2014, 09:03 PM - Edit history (1)
former Assistant Secretary for Emergency Preparedness at the Department of Health and Human Services, and former lobbyist/board of director member for Emergent Biosolutions, the sole producer of anthrax vaccine.
What a coincidence.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)big cajones'
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)so why is he carrying a gun as part of his duties?
http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/1182012CommissionerofDHSES
I'll point out if an average citizen did this, they would almost certainly have their firearm confiscated, their carry permit revoked and would probably face criminal charges.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Turbineguy
(37,322 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)There are so many things wrong with this picture - the mind boggles.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)And apparently he is a little unsteady as a result of a stroke a year ago. The Swedes apparently were not amused.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/01/daniel-zimmerman/irresponsible-gun-owner-day-jerome-hauer/
onehandle
(51,122 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Well allrighty then! What is the fuss? He does admit that it "probably wasn't the smartest thing to do." Ya think?
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)More info here: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Ready-aim-point-talk-5116592.php
Hauer should be fired and prosecuted and otherwise treated like an average New York state resident who did the same thing. But we all know that is not going to happen.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)most cases. Lots of gun offenses are committed with empty guns. But of course the victims cannot tell whether a gun is empty or not unless the perp actually pulls the trigger. And then they might just think it misfired.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)He must have a phone book's worth of dirt on Cuomo to have stayed employed all this time...
Adam-Bomb
(90 posts)I cannot even comprehend someone being THAT stupid. That is Academy Award-winning crazy.