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EXCLUSIVE: Man Arrested For Allegedly Shooting Realistic Toy Gun With Kids In Queens Park
CBS New York ^ | May 8, 2013 | Dave Carlin

Posted on 05/09/2013 8:22:38 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA

As CBS 2’s Dave Carlin reported, Jack Pawlowski was led out of his Queens home in handcuffs Wednesday, with his stunned wife and three young kids looking on. He said nothing as detectives put him into a squad car.

. . .

Pawlowski told CBS 2 he took a toy gun, and two of his kids, around the corner to Ditmars Park. It was around noon and packed with kids and their parents.

. . .

Another mom who was on a playground at the park at the time said she walked up to Pawlowski, and told him to take the toy gun and his kids and leave.

“I don’t tend to take things lying down, so I went past the parents, and so I walked straight over and I confronted him,” said Leni Calas. “I mean, he’s brandishing a firearm and I don’t care if that firearm is plastic. That’s unacceptable.”

. . .

He remained in custody Wednesday evening, on charges of reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a minor, resisting arrest, and possession of an illegal BB gun.

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; secondamendment
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To: Alex in chains
Well, yes, certainly. If a polite "Fix This" didn't work.

Of course, given the good folk around where I live, I'd likely need to stand in line to do it. And remove the gun from a part of the gentleman's anatomy, first. :-)

I still couldn't figure out if it was a 'BB gun' (dangerous, certainly), 'Airsoft pistol' (less so, but still something wiser to be careful with around small kids), or a 'toy' (I'd tell the liberal busybody to MYOB).

Between the poor reporting, and all of the hyperventilating, it's hard to get the facts straight. I can only say with certainty that WBill Jr. wouldn't be irresponsible with a BB gun, or that would be the last time he had it. Period.

161 posted on 05/09/2013 1:08:45 PM PDT by wbill
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To: Da Coyote

Lots of luck finding the good lawyers. They are both very busy.


162 posted on 05/09/2013 1:13:02 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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To: Alex in chains
If you were a parent, wouldn't you be mad?

no. because I know what airsoft toys are.

163 posted on 05/09/2013 1:20:18 PM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: zeugma

Well here are Safety Rules from Airsoft. It seems he and his family violated those as well.

http://www.airsoftsafetyfoundation.org/node/4

Basic safety instructions are ... always wear eye gear....always point in a safe direction...make sure everyone around you knows what you are doing... never use them in parks... know and obey local laws.


164 posted on 05/09/2013 1:40:34 PM PDT by Alex in chains
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To: Adder
Ok..the woman in the park is an ignorant twit.

Not exactly, she's a "bored" housewife who has reinvented herself as the proprietress of blog "queensmamas.com", thereby setting herself up as the arbiter of morals for the borough of Queens.

Re Google:
Leni Calas was one bored Queens mama.

Her husband was at work, her daughter was in school and she was pregnant and alone in her Astoria home when inspiration hit.

Frustrated (no kidding there!) by the lack of online resources for Queens parents, Calas, 31, googled "how to blog." And in April 2009, www.queensmamas.com was born.

"It was a moment of pregnant desperation," said the life-long Queens resident. "I knew nothing about Web development or design."

The website, which features a colorful array of local parenting tips and a list of family friendly borough events, was recently revamped using money Calas won in a small business competition.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/bored-mom-leni-calas-starts-popular-borough-blog-queensmamas-article-1.470340#ixzz2SpSUx1P0

Gack! I can't get the thought out of my head...

In other news (check out the comments!) there is hope for Queens after all is said and done.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/05/queens-parents-freak-out-over-toy-gun-in-park.html

Regards,
GtG

165 posted on 05/09/2013 1:48:40 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

What’s with all of this “realistic” crap? There’s nothing “realistic” about either of those guns other than they are vaguely gun shaped...


166 posted on 05/09/2013 1:56:35 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: ConservativeInPA; windcliff

Pretty soon pointing your finger and saying Bang, Bang will get you arrested.


167 posted on 05/09/2013 4:25:49 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: ConservativeInPA
It appears that Leni Calas is quite the little attention seeker....Leni Calas
168 posted on 05/09/2013 7:20:27 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: Alex in chains

You’re probably one of those limp wristed adolts who rides a bicycle with a helmet


169 posted on 05/10/2013 10:20:41 AM PDT by clamper1797 (Evil WILL flourish when good men WILL not act)
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