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Shopper tackles man with gun at Wal-Mart
wtsp.com | january 20, 2015

Posted on 01/20/2015 4:33:56 PM PST by lowbridge

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http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2015/01/20/shopper-tackles-man-with-gun-at-wal-mart/22067325/


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: banglist; florida; guns; secondamendment
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1 posted on 01/20/2015 4:33:56 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

LOL Bet the tackler didn’t see that coming.


2 posted on 01/20/2015 4:35:04 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: lowbridge

Democrat or Not a Democrat?


3 posted on 01/20/2015 4:35:56 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: lowbridge

Stupid shopper.


4 posted on 01/20/2015 4:36:15 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
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To: lowbridge
My favorite part is when Foster "attacked the Daniels".

Gotta love modern journalism.

5 posted on 01/20/2015 4:37:10 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
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To: lowbridge

Concealed eh??

Guess he printed. And doesn’t the guy who attacked know people in Fla.carry?


6 posted on 01/20/2015 4:38:16 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: lowbridge
placed him in chokehold and took him down against his will and without permission

Wow - against his will AND without permission.

I guess it wasn't foreplay, then....

7 posted on 01/20/2015 4:39:06 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Foster is lucky he didn’t become a justified shooting.


8 posted on 01/20/2015 4:40:44 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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From another source that can be posted.

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/27896784/man-spots-gun-then-tackles-concealed-carry-license-holder

Man arrested after tackling shopper carrying gun

RIVERVIEW (FOX 13) -
Hillsborough deputies arrested a man who spotted someone with a gun, followed him into a Walmart,
and tackled him. The problem? The man with the gun had a concealed weapons permit, and the man who
rushed him didn’t call 911 or alert store security.

According to the sheriff’s office, Michael Foster, 43, saw Clarence Daniels, 57, in the Walmart
parking lot with a gun holstered under his coat.

Foster followed Daniels into the store, put him in a choke-hold and brought him to the ground,
the sheriff’s office said. He then started yelling that Daniels had a gun.

A struggle ensued, with Daniels yelling that he had a permit. Security detained both men
until deputies arrived.

They confirmed Daniels had a permit for the gun, and arrested Foster.

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9 posted on 01/20/2015 4:43:36 PM PST by deport
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What a TOTAL idiot. I hope he gets the book thrown at him for assault, and any other crime they can think of.

If I were the innocent guy with the gun, I’d suddenly have ‘back or neck problems’ and sue the guy for as much as I can get.

He’s probably some idiot ‘implant’ from New England or California where the sight of anyone with a gun causes them to piss their pants. This one probably takes Testosterone supplements though, which caused him to act out with his stupidity.


10 posted on 01/20/2015 4:44:55 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: lowbridge

Ummm...what if that had been an undercover cop?


11 posted on 01/20/2015 4:45:09 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: KoRn

an example definitely needs to be made here.


12 posted on 01/20/2015 4:50:16 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

“Placed him in a chokehold and took him down against his will AND without permission.” This has to be taken verbatim from the police report. I think there is a class in the academy that teaches new cops to write in a strange manner.

I guess this guy didn’t know that one in 19 people n Florida have carry permits, and those are concealed WEAPONS permits that also allow concealed carry of otherwise illegal to carry long bladed knives and lead slaps of the type some cops carry.


13 posted on 01/20/2015 4:50:39 PM PST by Sasparilla (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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To: lowbridge

Oh come on, give the guy props for having guts. And good intentions.

Let him go.


14 posted on 01/20/2015 4:52:18 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: KoRn

Like the idiot Dem radio guy smugly said if he sees someone with a concealed weapon, he is going to scream Gun Gun Gun and let the chip fall where they may.


15 posted on 01/20/2015 4:52:22 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: lowbridge

In Oklahoma, when they passed that open carry law, I saw a guy in Walmart early on morning (about 6 AM) with a weapon holstered, walking around and shopping. At first I was startled, but I did remember the open carry law just went into effect ... :-) ...


16 posted on 01/20/2015 4:53:36 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: deport

We can’t seem to decide if he is 57, or 62, huh?

Never can totally trust these news outlets.


17 posted on 01/20/2015 4:53:56 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: deport
spotted someone with a gun, followed him into a Walmart, and tackled him.

Gosh, does that make him a "wannabe cop"?

Did Mr. Foster have a comment on the Zimmerman-St. Trayvon incident? In other words, is it worse to be carrying a gun, or to be a wannabe cop?

18 posted on 01/20/2015 4:54:13 PM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: KoRn

I think you all are lacking true judgement and good faith.

Give him a slap and let him go. He did not mean to be a criminal, he thought he was stopping a criminal. That is where the judgement comes in. He may have violated the letter, but not the spirit of the law. This society would be alot better if we remembered the spirit instead of scrapping over pointless details.


19 posted on 01/20/2015 4:56:25 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: lowbridge

Will Walmart ban the shopper from all future shopping at Walmart?


20 posted on 01/20/2015 4:56:43 PM PST by entropy12 (Dumb and Dumber to borrow money from China to protect oil flow to China from middle-east.)
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