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jimmy the one

(2,721 posts)
41. open carry shootout
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 01:17 PM
Jan 2016

donP: .... Been over a year, still waiting for that first open carry shoot out everyone predicted

You obviously do not understand what the word 'everyone' means. Pls consult one of our fine online dictionaries before using it again.
Can you post an example of anyone contending what you described in your post? so we can read it in context? or are you fabricating just another imaginary gun scenario like you did with those knife owners being wrongly depicted as killers by us gun control advocates (note: not one gca did what he alleged).

911 Operator Allegedly Cited Open-Carry Law and Refused to Send Cops Before Colorado

Moments before a man went on a shooting rampage in Colorado over the weekend, his neighbor reportedly called 911 to report that he appeared to be distressed and was brandishing an AR-15 assault rifle. But instead of sending the cops, the dispatcher allegedly told the caller that it's perfectly legal under state law to openly carry firearms in public.
The man, identified as 33-year-old Noah Harpham, gunned down two people before police in Colorado Springs arrived on the scene. Harpham claimed one other victim before he was killed in a shootout with police. Authorities are not releasing the tape of the 911 call placed by Harpham's neighbor Naomi Bettis, and it's unclear whether the dispatcher ignored a reasonable report of suspicious behavior.
Bettis told the Washington Post that she called 911 on Saturday morning to report her neighbor, who was standing in his yard holding a rifle.
"I couldn't tell if it was real or not, it being Halloween day, you know," Bettis said. "But that's what I told her, and all of a sudden she started saying something about— I don't remember what they call it — open arms… and she said, you know, we have that law here. And it just kind of blew me away, like she didn't believe me or something."

https://news.vice.com/article/911-operator-allegedly-cited-open-carry-law-and-refused-to-send-cops-before-colorado-shooting-spree
dispatcher was apparently referencing Colorado's lax open-carry laws, which allow citizens to carry assault rifles and other firearms in public without a permit. In other words, Harpham's behavior was legal right up until the moment he opened fire on random people on the street.


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Walmart will get life insurance policies on those supervisors Sanity Claws Jan 2016 #1
Why would it be dangerous? GGJohn Jan 2016 #6
Please note I said especially those without a license Sanity Claws Jan 2016 #10
Why would criminals open carry? eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #12
We had an open carry asshole here in Iowa. (nt) stone space Jan 2016 #17
And your point being.................. GGJohn Jan 2016 #18
He should have been arrested immediately and his guns consiscated for life. (nt) stone space Jan 2016 #19
Why? GGJohn Jan 2016 #20
To prevent him from using his guns to murder Iowans. (nt) stone space Jan 2016 #21
DID HE VIOLATE ANY LAWS? GGJohn Jan 2016 #22
Do you care about murdered Iowans? (nt)_ stone space Jan 2016 #23
DID HE OR DID HE NOT VIOLATE ANY LAWS? GGJohn Jan 2016 #24
Yes. stone space Jan 2016 #25
Really, who did he shoot? GGJohn Jan 2016 #26
Got that link yet stone? eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #27
Yep, figured you'd run away when asked to prove your claim, GGJohn Jan 2016 #29
Laughing at the murder of an Iowan by an Open Carry Ammosexual is disgusting. stone space Jan 2016 #30
Lying again, as is your MO, I'm laughing at you, GGJohn Jan 2016 #31
If this Open Carry Ammosexual had been arrested after terrorizing folks at Costco, ... stone space Jan 2016 #32
Maybe, but he's just one person, GGJohn Jan 2016 #33
Why was he allowed to murder, even after terrorizing folks with his guns? stone space Jan 2016 #34
How the hell do I know, GGJohn Jan 2016 #35
You know, because you support the laws that allowed him to murder. stone space Jan 2016 #36
You just can't stop lying can you? eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #42
Your post assumes that only people with licenses will open carry Sanity Claws Jan 2016 #28
Are you volunteering to do the Dirty Work yourself? (nt) stone space Jan 2016 #13
Oh, you're back? GGJohn Jan 2016 #14
LOL, why would I? GGJohn Jan 2016 #16
Newsflash: 45 highest ranking Walmart supervisors shot. sonofspy777 Jan 2016 #2
See post #6. eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #7
mmmmm, good Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #3
Good rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #4
same thing they said in Georgia Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #5
You are correct, GGJohn Jan 2016 #9
Been over a year, still waiting for that first open carry shoot out everyone predicted DonP Jan 2016 #11
Just wait rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #38
So where's the cite to your story? DonP Jan 2016 #40
open carry shootout jimmy the one Jan 2016 #41
Would you have felt better, or Hapham's victims been less dead, if he was carrying concealed? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2016 #44
So do tell me why this hasn't happened in my state of AZ? GGJohn Jan 2016 #8
45 states allow open carry TeddyR Jan 2016 #37
I boycott businesses rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #39
States TeddyR Jan 2016 #43
Then call the police... beevul Jan 2016 #45
did you call the police Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #46
would a meth head have a gun gejohnston Jan 2016 #47
yep, method is nasty shit Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #48
Goofy walmart turds...it's not the holstered firearms you need to worry about. ileus Jan 2016 #15
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