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Man With Gun At Theater Wants Apology From Police(CO)
thedenverchannel.com ^ | 3 August, 2012 | Lance Hernandez

Posted on 08/04/2012 6:49:23 PM PDT by marktwain

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Notice they arrested him for a non-existant law, then the prosecutor had to dig to try to come up with something to charge him with.

The city should apologize quickly before it costs them money.

1 posted on 08/04/2012 6:49:37 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

What happened a couple weeks ago is all the more reason to carry.


2 posted on 08/04/2012 6:53:18 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.)
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To: marktwain

and now he has an arrest to try to explain to anyone and everyone he tries to do business with.


3 posted on 08/04/2012 6:54:50 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Woe to them...)
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The city should apologize quickly before it costs them money.

I hope it costs them money.

Then they should apologize.

4 posted on 08/04/2012 6:55:03 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: marktwain

This guy should sue the cops involved and the DA until they’re dead broke and starving. Have them stripped of their indemnity for willful violations of Civil Rights under false color of authority.


5 posted on 08/04/2012 6:56:20 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: marktwain

I totally empathize with the guy except on one point: context is king in matters like this.

Let’s see: Denver, Theater, Gun, Recent Incidents; what are the odds people would act differently this time than they did all the other times he carried in a theater.

Notwithstanding that this guy is the type of fellow who would have prevented a lot of what happened last month; that is bound to be lost on the 1) liberal bleeding-heart who reported him, and 2) the theater official who called the 3) cops who took the report.

If it’s me, in that context, I either 1) stay away from the movies, or 2) don’t pack openly. Context.


6 posted on 08/04/2012 7:03:21 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
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I wonder what the charge in Colorado is if an off duty officer goes berserk and shoots 70 shots into an occupied jail cell.

And if he should do this, can he still accept thank you cards from out of state?


7 posted on 08/04/2012 7:03:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Vote Obama he's unqualified on so many subjects, citizenship, history, economics, racism, allies...)
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To: Migraine

Ironic that he was at the movies, openly carrying, the night of the shootings.

Just not at the right theater.

He could have stopped the killings.


8 posted on 08/04/2012 7:05:43 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)
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To: DoughtyOne

I meant those comments to be related to the mass murderer that was arrested and still resides in a jail cell in Colorado.

I did not mean it to apply to the individual in this article.

It was my take from the headline that the mass murderer was making noises.

This guy should never have been arrested, and the police do owe him an apology.

Carry on...


9 posted on 08/04/2012 7:07:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Vote Obama he's unqualified on so many subjects, citizenship, history, economics, racism, allies...)
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To: marktwain

Conceal, Carry: Problem solved.


10 posted on 08/04/2012 7:09:02 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" (my spelling is generally correct!))
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To: Balding_Eagle

I agree; I included that factor in my post. Tough issue. Technically, he was in the right; but practically, he walked into a buzzsaw he should have anticipated.


11 posted on 08/04/2012 7:11:06 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
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If it’s me, in that context, I either 1) stay away from the movies, or 2) don’t pack openly. Context.

He broke no law. There is no other context. This is simple Hoplophobia by libtards and jackboot cops.

12 posted on 08/04/2012 7:20:27 PM PDT by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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City must have too much money.


13 posted on 08/04/2012 7:21:02 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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“We’ve turned it over to the City Attorney’s Office,” said Police Department spokesman Matt Barnes. “They’ll decide whether to add charges, remove some or dismiss them.”

Translation: Depending on the "mood" we're in, we'll get together with the City Attorney's Office to decide whether to screw this guy out of his civil rights, or let him go.

14 posted on 08/04/2012 7:21:30 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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If a 5-year-old kindergartner had just been killed in a school zone by a teen driving a monster-truck with loud pipes, and I have a monster truck with loud pipes, I’m not going to drive it through THAT school zone just because I can. I will avoid it out of respect for the context, and simple common sense. I hate unnecessary hassles. Just me. That’s how I would act.


15 posted on 08/04/2012 7:31:38 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
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Migraine wrote:

“If a 5-year-old kindergartner had just been killed in a school zone by a teen driving a monster-truck with loud pipes, and I have a monster truck with loud pipes, I’m not going to drive it through THAT school zone just because I can. I will avoid it out of respect for the context, and simple common sense. I hate unnecessary hassles. Just me. That’s how I would act.”

Marktwain replies:

I might find your argument convincing if he was carrying a shotgun, and an AR 15, two pistols, and full body armor with a helmet and gas mask.

But he was not.

A better analogy would be that he ordinarily drives through that school zone in an F150, and he chose to continue to do so, within all legal limitations. Then the police decided to stop him and throw him in jail because they did not think that people should drive trucks.

16 posted on 08/04/2012 7:39:37 PM PDT by marktwain
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I hate unnecessary hassles. Just me. That’s how I would act.

Like a sheep.

Hey, there's been a few fatal car accidents in Arizona......so for context sake, quit driving for the next six months.

Also, since someone has used "fighting words," which are not protected as free speech under the 1st Amendment, you should probably stop talking for awhile too.

I mean, this is the natural progression of what you are talking about; one person act irresponsibly in the exercise of rights, so everyone should "use common sense" and forgo theirs.

17 posted on 08/04/2012 7:46:09 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded.)
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To: Migraine

He sounds like a guy who has his head on straight.

Probably prepared for anything, including what happened. Not a good guy for the police to needlessly piss off. From the little we’ve learned of him, he might be a formidable opponent they just ‘woke up’.

I am very grateful for people like him. They are the pioneers taking the arrows.

I wish hm good fortune.


18 posted on 08/04/2012 7:57:39 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)
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in NY, if you have a concealed weapon permit, it MEANS concealed... you can be arrested for open carry
19 posted on 08/04/2012 8:19:11 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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in NY, if you have a concealed weapon permit, it MEANS concealed... you can be arrested for open carry

Colorado is an open carry state.

20 posted on 08/04/2012 8:39:14 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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