Man, fearing terrorists, fires at helicopter.

CNN ^ | July 20, 2002 | Associated Press

[spetznaz]

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (AP) -- A man armed with an assault-style rifle opened fire on a helicopter landing in a residential neighborhood, thinking the chopper was carrying terrorists, police said.

Helicopter pilot John S. Sutton landed his helicopter July 13 at the home of businessman John Peters to pick him up, police said.

[spetznaz]

I fear we may experience more 'natural reactions' as the days go by from such individuals.

Remember what Justice Louis Brandeis said: The greatest danger to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

[spetznaz]

Crazy guy ping!

[VaBthang4]

Already posted.

[Paleo Conservative]

Was it a black helicopter?

[dennisw]

Was it a black helicopter?

----> Actually it was a UFO.

[PRND21]

Where was Gore and who did he channel?

[swarthyguy]

You forgot the hold muh beer tag.

[spetznaz]

I would appreciate if you could post a link to the other thread so that any Freeper who comes on this one can know where to go to find the other (in case their is more discussion on the other one).

Cu drag.

[chance33_98]

Also posted here

[joeyman]

Well, I don't know about you guys, but I've never seen a helocopter land in my neighborhood. What would the coast wathcers of WWII have done?

[bybybill]

If I`m the judge, he gets out the day after Al Gore is president, what a jerk!

[Texasforever]

Well during WW2 “helicopters” were a rare sight. What if this had been a life flight chopper. The story is kind of funny but only because no one was hurt.

[waterstraat]

Well, I don't know about you guys, but I've never seen a helocopter land in my neighborhood. What would the coast wathcers of WWII have done?

Didn't you see the movie:

The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming"?

[verity]

John Chwaszczewski, a semiretiredtarded construction worker

[Clovis_Skeptic]

Well during WW2 “helicopters” were a rare sight. What if this had been a life flight chopper.

Here in the Fresno/Clovis area of CA, there are I think 3 different police helicopters flying around. They fly low over our home at least 5 times a week.

[Chemnitz]

It reminds me of George Gobbel the TV entertainer talking about his WWII years being stationed in Oklahoma. He said, "No Jap bombers got past Tulsa, by golly."

[cajungirl]

Okay, did a freeper do this? I have some in mind who might do this. Actually a heli in my neighborhood would unnerve me but I don't think I would shoot at it.

[SlickWillard]

Remember what Justice Louis Brandeis said: The greatest danger to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Well, praise the Hebrew G*d that He gave us men, like Louis Brandeis, who were in possession of greater than average understanding. Absent them, we poor, slobbering, flyover-country simpletons just wouldn't have known what to do with our lives [not that we ever possessed the understanding to appreciate those lives in the first place].

[TheEngineer]

Bump! My thoughts exactly. A helo landed on the lawn outside my country club's swimming pool last weekend. It was quite a spectacle. My first thought was immediately that someone had a heart attack on the golf course, and that the helicopter was there to transport him to the hospital. What kind of idiot would start firing a rifle at a landing helicopter?

[TADSLOS]

What kind of idiot would start firing a rifle at a landing helicopter?

The same kind of idiot who would fly a commercial helicopter into a residential neighborhood to pick up a customer, then lie to authorities that he had a mechanical malfunction.