Posted on 02/18/2019 9:09:05 AM PST by Red Badger
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -- A Tennessee man is in jail after being accused of pulling a gun on a Sam's Club customer Saturday.
According to the police report, officers were called to Sam's Club due to a person with a gun.
According to the alleged victim Terry Pierce, a man pulled a gun on him because he was wearing a Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat.
"I have as much right to wear that hat and support my country and my president as he has not to," said Pierce.
The police report confirms that the suspect, identified as James Phillips, admitted to flipping off Pierce and Pierce's wife because of their hats.
Pierce tells 13 News that he was shopping with his wife when Phillips "Pulled a .40 caliber out and stuck it in my face, backed up and said, 'It's a good day for you to die.'"
Pierce went on to tell 13 News, "I said, 'Then pull the trigger. Put the gun down and fight me or pull the trigger. Whichever one you want.' And he backed up and he said it again, he said, 'It's a good day for you to die.'"
Pierce said the Phillips then took off. That's when Pierce followed him out into the parking lot.
"I went out the front of the store to confront him again and that's when I got him in his car. He couldn't leave because his mother was still in the store. And we were having a verbal altercation outside," said Pierce.
Pierce added, "He tried telling me I assaulted him and I said, 'I never touched you.'"
According to the police report, surveillance video confirms Pierce's story that he did not put his hands on Phillips.
The report does mention that witnesses and Pierce said Phillips pulled a gun on Pierce inside the store but this couldn't be seen on surveillance video due to Phillips backing out of the view of the camera.
In the report, police say Phillips had a Glock .40 caliber with a round chambered in his back pocket and two additional magazines in another pocket. Police say Phillips has a current concealed carry permit in Tennessee, where he is from.
No one was injured, but police arrested Phillips for wanton endangerment first degree. Phillips is in the Warren County Regional Jail.
We will update this story as we learn more.
But the lib probably didn't know that, which gave the cops an excuse to ignore his obvious ass covering BS, and send him on his way empty-handed.
You do realize that the comet sent a message to those people they never got. It said, “Stop, our transporter is broken”.
His attitude really is begging to be assaulted WITH battery.
Correct!
That’s a Quote from Robert Heinlein......................
Obama Ears!
Full Quote:
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” - Robert A. Heinlein.................
In Florida, it's called "brandishing," and it's enough to get you in deep yogurt, even WITHOUT any verbal threat.
Talk about a pair of stones. Phillips pick the wrong guy to try to intimidate.
That's a good way to bet your ass shot..................off................
‘Roid rage?...............hemorrhoid rage more likely............
with a round chambered in his back pocket
I’m missing something; I can’t chamber a round in any of my pockets! My zipper, however, does have a hair trigger...
A little bit sideways, but, what kind of a knucklehead follows a man who had a gun in his face into the parking lot to confront him ?!
So, how long until we see Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) allowed as a defense in a criminal case?
That was a bit foolish........................
it has to be a legitimate recognized medical affliction first.......................
That absolutely does not matter in Kentucky.
Brandishing a firearm in the manner documented by the video is either "First Degree Assault" or "Wanton Endangerment" according to Kentucky State Law. No physical contact or injury is required for conviction. Either charge is considered a felony.
With any competent prosecution, Pierce will be a felon, jailed for 1-5 years. Probably out on probation after the first year.
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