Rifle-Carrying Troy Teen 'Pretty Confident' at Tuesday Pre-Trial Hearing (MI)

troy.patch.com ^ | 15 May, 2012 | Jen Anesi

[bikerman]

When I was young an uncle gave me a M1 rifle he had while in the service, the barrel was filled with lead so it wasn't able to fire but as a kid I would strap it to my back and myself and other kids would be playing war games and many times would be walking around in plain view of many shoppers who hardly ever questioned me, sometimes a veteran would be interested in looking at it stating they used to have one while in the service but never had people running and screaming away. Times have changed.

[bandleader]

It’s legal here(Vermont)!

[MaxMax]

You are correct. That happens all the time and even happened to me once
but with a pocket knife that an officer wanted to keep after I called them.
He did keep my ammo and even the SGT wouldn't bend on returning my ammo. Asshats.

[6ppc]

Mumbly Peg

I was thinking exactly the same thing...used to play at recess.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

The most distressing thing to me is that the Police are becoming the adversarys not the protectors. The trends in this country is to have the Government exercise more and more control over certain segments of the economy.

[Fido969]

What about my rights to shop or walk in Birmingham without feeling scared or threatened.

Well, maybe if you were packing, you wouldn't be so afraid.

[Smokin' Joe]

Never keep all your ammo in the same place...

[OneWingedShark]

Sorry, I've just got to comment on that quoted comment...

What about my rights to shop or walk in Birmingham without feeling scared or threatened.

Have you thought about getting a gun so that you can feel security and empowered? There is no way of knowing if a person carrying a loaded weapon is angry, enraged, looking for retaliation or mentally ill.

Except you know, by looking at him and his body language... or are you even more socially inept than me? `Cause that's pretty hard to do.

This teenager way overstepped his rights and trampled all over mine. If he likes guns so much, try the recruiter next.

Right, so you would deny him having a gun to feel secure and safe... you wouldn't by any chance be a massive 300 lb man who is used to using his might and size to intimidate, are you?

[cripplecreek]

What about my rights to shop or walk in Birmingham without feeling scared or threatened.

I don't believe there is one. After all, people have all kinds of fears and you can't outlaw them all.

[21twelve]

Up in a small village in Alaska doing some work out in the bush, and leaving the ramshackle motel with my pack and a shotgun. Some tourist walking her large dog looked at me and said “That’s a scary gun you have there”.

I smiled and replied “That’s a scary dog you have there.”

[Rebelbase]

The city will back off but make him pay through the nose in legal fees to get his rifle back.

[OneWingedShark]

>What about my rights to shop or walk in Birmingham without feeling scared or threatened.

I don't believe there is one. After all, people have all kinds of fears and you can't outlaw them all.

That was kinda my point; I guess I failed at showing how absurd it would be if there was one.

[Darren McCarty]

He’s got a tough venue. Birmingham’s one of the most anti-gun yuppie areas in the state.