News photographer's tripod mistaken for gun prompts 911 call

Rapid City Journal ^ | 20 nov 2015

[rellimpank]

Police were called to a central Pennsylvania office building after someone mistakenly thought a photographer's tripod was a gun.

LNP reports the incident happened about 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Griest Building in Lancaster.

The caller thought a machine gun was carried into the building, so police conducted a floor-by-floor search only to find the photographer and her tripod.

[rellimpank]

--the laugh for the day--

[Graybeard58]

Nobody needs a tripod, ban them. A unipod is enough for anyone.

[albie]

Then she stubbed her toe and said “ow”, which sounded like “pow”...

[Tupelo]

Photographer is pretty lucky to be alive. Like the French, many police departments here are on a “Shoot first, Sort it out later” mode.

[Fightin Whitey]

Embarrassing situation.

I've been called Tripod before.

I just, um, shake it off.

[moonhawk]

That would be a “monopod.”

[FlingWingFlyer]

If you see something, figure out what the **** it is before you say something, IDIOT! If you can’t figure it out, ask somebody to help you.

[FirstFlaBn]

Was it an assault tripod?

[a fool in paradise]

With schools banning things that LOOK like guns (but not things that resemble functional bombs), the precaution is understandable and I hope the photographer thinks about what she did as she rots in jail.
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[Yo-Yo]

Tripod cases make excellent shotgun bags.

[Flick Lives]

Mayhem breaks out at local farmer's market when cucumbers are mistaken for guns. After all, they scare the crap out of cats.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

absolutely to response we should all make. Call 911 and report a “weapon” mounted on a tripod (or, even a monopod).

Let these “urinal-ists” feel the full implementation of the rules of engagement. Maybe they will “wisen-up”?

[C210N]

Everybody near her thought their lives were about to come to an abrupt halt after she announced, in a koranic way, “AmmmmAgoingtothe Snackbar”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Achmed, that's a cool invention you made! Is it another clock?"

"No, Mr. President, it isn't a clock. It's a tripod."

[wally_bert]

I am keeping my Induro Hihat tripod no matter what.

[Labyrinthos]

High capacity assault tripod.

[JEDI4S]

Where do you get your 3-legged pants?

I can't find them anywhere.

:-)

[unixfox]

Who will be the first to mandate all tripods be painted fluorescent orange?

[Larry Lucido]

[Redcitizen]

When tripods are outlawed, only outlaws will have tripods.