I think this guy is an *sshole for deliberately baiting the police, putting them on guard for no good reason, calling them out unnecessarily, costing taxpayers money, and giving everyone normal who conceals and carries a bad name. This guy is a big, big jerk. And he tempted fate to boot. What an idiot. And to take pics of a courthouse. What kind of a response did he expect? And with so any terrorists lurking out there, the police are sent there on an adrenalin high thinking possible the worst, and all for this double *sshole trying to make some phony point. Makes me sick. What a pukehead.
I understand that in Arizona it is common to open carry on your hip. I don’t see how him having a camera makes it a bad thing.
any = many, and
possible = possibly
above. Was typing fast, because article really annoys me.
What point was he trying to make? That he can take a picture of public property?
/johnny
So you think he's a jerk for exercising his rights. How sad.
“And to take pics of a courthouse.”
OMG photography! Courts have ruled it a Constitutional right.
From the article:
“It quickly became evident that police seemed more concerned with him photographing the Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse, a Richard Meier designed building that has been featured in countless architectural magazines, than they were about his gun.”
I will give them a some credit. We caught and let go an (almost certain) Al Quida operative in NYC, photographing the twin towers, just a short while before 911. I think it worthwhile that they questioned him, and that they let him go.
People take pictures of court houses and capitol buildings all the time, nothing wrong with it- they paid for them.
I agree. I’m all for gun rights, but this guy is just a jerk.
What do you mean?
There are thousands of pics and video taken of that court house and they are posted all over the Internet, from every angle.
What did you think was going to happen to the courthouse as a result of a digital image of it?
Here is one of thousands of pics of the Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse,
Have we ever actually caught a terrorist taking pictures while openly carrying a handgun?
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Read and heed your own tag line, lady or are you just a slogan spouting Troll?
If he were making a “phony point”, nothing would have happened, no police would have shown up and we wouldn’t be talking about it.
Ever occur to you that maybe he’s interested in architecture? Or maybe he’s just a camera bug. Or maybe it’s proportions and ratios: phi, orthogons and all that. Or maybe he likes to piss assh*les off.
You seem to think that everybody who takes a photo is up to no good. You can get the same pic on google, or maybe even the website of the county or court. Hell on zillow or bing you can get an aerial photo.
Point is: you don’t know jack. You are a victim of the culture of fear.
You are absolutely right.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Shut up and sit down before you get knocked down government serf
Maybe you should consider changing your tagline.
How many of our rights do we need to be willing to compromise on? How subservient to a tyrannical government can we be and remain a Free People? How much abuse by "authorities" must we meekly take in order that they not be upset with us? Don't forget the Founders thought it much better that the government be afraid of the People than the other way around. If millions of us would start being the same sort of "pukeheads", we might actuall regain some of the Freedoms we have been ceding for no reason other than that "they" think we need to cede them.