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Man attacked for wearing MAGA hat draws gun, sparks mall panic in Eastern Pa.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | January 8, 2020 | The Associated Press

Posted on 01/09/2020 11:35:34 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“How can it be an ‘active shooter scare’ if not a single shot was fired?”

They’re always going for the high drama.


61 posted on 01/09/2020 12:40:05 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (God issued a commandment against envy. What others have is not our business. - Star Parker)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I think he had every right to show his piece, whether inside the mall (the “gun-free zone”) or outside, as was actually the case.

I agree. As has been stated elsewhere, unless there's an ordinance on the books against it, the worst they can do is ask you to leave, get you arrested for trespassing if you don't, and file a restraining order against you (or similar).

62 posted on 01/09/2020 12:40:17 PM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

In Arizona this is known as a “defensive display” and is justified when and to the extent a reasonable person would believe physical force is immediately necessary to protect yourself against another person’s use or attempted use of unlawful physical or deadly physical force.


63 posted on 01/09/2020 12:40:22 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: lee martell

Trump Supporter Draws Gun In Self-Defense After Politically Motivated Attack
https://bearingarms.com/came/2020/01/08/trump-supporter-draws-gun-self-defense-after-politically-motivated-attack/


64 posted on 01/09/2020 12:43:59 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Trump Supporter Draws Gun In Self-Defense After Politically Motivated Attack
https://bearingarms.com/came/2020/01/08/trump-supporter-draws-gun-self-defense-after-politically-motivated-attack/


65 posted on 01/09/2020 12:44:05 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I've carried long enough that I can frequently able to tell when someone else in the vicinity is carrying.

In my experience I've come to understand that a lot of "gun free" zones aren't.

66 posted on 01/09/2020 12:45:22 PM PST by skimbell
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
PP-G quote...

"...Wilkes-Barre Township Police Chief Will Clark said firearms are not permitted inside the mall, but the altercation happened near the Macy’s inside the mall...

Fake news or it was inside.

67 posted on 01/09/2020 12:55:34 PM PST by skimbell
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To: skimbell

Fake news. The sentence appears to have been re-written from text which said it occurred outside the mall.


68 posted on 01/09/2020 12:58:58 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

F U Post Gazette


69 posted on 01/09/2020 1:07:41 PM PST by Agatsu77
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To: carriage_hill

Was that you, Carriage Hill?


70 posted on 01/09/2020 1:17:42 PM PST by sport
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I have a Ruger 380 Pistol in my pocket everywhere I go.

71 posted on 01/09/2020 1:32:08 PM PST by blam
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The CDC should get involved, TDS has become a life threatening affliction. Like ‘Cherpes’, a canareal disease (got it from a parrot bite), makes you crave seeds and worms. There’s no know cure just experimental tweetments.


72 posted on 01/09/2020 1:42:15 PM PST by GulfMan
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

They left out the part where the offender took a dump in his pants after looking down the barrel.
Yep, never bring a slap to a gun fight.


73 posted on 01/09/2020 2:04:00 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Yo-Yo

That is the best one yet!


74 posted on 01/09/2020 2:05:05 PM PST by Zathras
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To: sport

LOL; no, I’m in south central PA, the York area.

I was walking in a large mall yesterday with my ladyfriend and Mr Kimber and 2 extra mags, as I always CCW, wearing my MAGA cap, and all I got was thumbs-up, except from a couple of punks, who knew better not to mess.

No “Gun Free Zone” signs posted, or on their website, so I CCW there when we do laps around the upper and lower mezzanines.


75 posted on 01/09/2020 2:05:32 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: albie

I usually wear a camo boonie hat when I go out, but lately I’ve started wearing a red ball cap, just to see what reaction might be. It has “ADEMCO” in white letters on it, as I used to install alarm equipment. Ademco is an alarm equip supplier.

I HAVE noticed a few looks, but nothing overt yet. [grin]


76 posted on 01/09/2020 2:06:04 PM PST by hadit2here ("The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule." -- H.L. Mencken)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Not sure about PA, but when I lived in a free state and had a CCW (Not Maryland), you could only be charged with trespass if the store owner knew you had a firearm and you refused to leave.

This incident sounds like one of the 1,000,000 legit CCW uses annually. Peace through superior firepower


77 posted on 01/09/2020 2:24:38 PM PST by cyclotic (Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: albie

I have a few read hats that drive them crazy too. Two read Make America Great Again.

One reads Keep America Great. I just got it. Huge 1” tall letters. Haven’t worn it out yet.


78 posted on 01/09/2020 2:26:31 PM PST by cyclotic (Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Well maybe some of those TDS people will chip in and buy the perp a new pair of trousers .... probably ruined that pair.


79 posted on 01/09/2020 2:28:54 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet
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To: GulfMan
LOL! ☑
80 posted on 01/09/2020 2:34:08 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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