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Open-carry advocate targeted in 'swatting'
wnd.com ^ | 11/1/2014 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 11/01/2014 6:25:20 AM PDT by rktman

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To: wrench

Here is an article on Eric Scott.

http://pjmedia.com/blog/gunned-down-in-vegas-what-really-happened-to-erik-scott/


21 posted on 11/01/2014 8:25:54 AM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: knarf

I usually pop my shirt over my gun when entering the local W-Mart - the male greeter has noticed and given me a grin and a wink. S. MS has its share of nuts but doesn’t seem to have the real nutcases that we read about.


22 posted on 11/01/2014 8:36:20 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: marktwain

It was several years ago, and I forgot some of the details. But I do remember it was an execution by the hyped up cops.

Thanks for the link.


23 posted on 11/01/2014 8:42:19 AM PDT by wrench (While not "airborne" , Ebola is a Spit-Borne virus. Good thing no one sneezes in public)
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To: rktman

The best bet when police arrive is once they decide you are not a threat, ask them to contact their dispatcher and notify them that the up-to-then anonymous caller is in fact a “stalker”, who “stalks” legal carry people in the area.

Many jurisdictions have now criminalized “stalking”. Hopefully this will get their cell phone number “red lined” by the police as someone who abuses emergency services.

And police really do not like such people.

From that point, if that person calls 911 to report another carrier, the police will likely gather information about them as a public nuisance. If they do it a time or two beyond that, they will get arrested.


24 posted on 11/01/2014 8:58:00 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: knarf

Filing a false claim against someone can cost you an awful lot in a lawsuit.

Calling 911 without a good reason is also against the law.

IF I were in the company of such women, I would probably yell that PMS is on the loose!!


25 posted on 11/01/2014 9:17:11 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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I have to admit this nefarious practice (swatting) is probably the best reason to not open carry, with a preference for discrete concealed carry.

Who’s the greater threat? The criminal thief/armed robber? Or the hoplophobe and his/her willing accomplice on the police force?


26 posted on 11/01/2014 7:27:50 PM PDT by nonsporting
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Here in Ohio, if you maliciously incite a panic that results in death or injury, you are charged with a felony.


27 posted on 11/02/2014 8:02:08 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: rktman

Another GOOD reason why children should have the ‘old classic’ fairy tales read to them.
(I am using FAIRY TALES in the ‘old fashioned’ sense of the word,<: <:)

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” comes to mind with these false claims and once an area gets to be known for generating these ‘crank calls’, a serious call would be ignored OR not taken quite a seriously.

The LIBS could learn well by reading and heeding “Chicken Little” so that when the day the ‘sky falls’, we won’t be ‘immune’ to it.
Think New Orleans after many ‘false alarms’ in regards to a Cat 5 storm sitting at the mouth of the bay.
When one finally hit, NOBODY was prepared or believed it was going to happen.
Maybe people didn’t want to leave their homes BECAUSE no one was left back to sort of ‘watch over’ the newly vacated homes and the THUGS ransacked them.
- every action can cause a reaction.


28 posted on 11/02/2014 8:29:37 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98) You can't fix stupid. BUT you can vote it out of office. (Patriot Post))
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