Man brandishes rocket launcher during argument

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[swilhelm73]

Man brandishes rocket launcher during argument SYRACUSE, NY — A Syracuse, New York, man got the scare of his life when another man pointed a rocket launcher at him during an argument. Luckily, the weapon had already been used and was inoperable.

Police say the two men were arguing when one of them pulled the rocket launcher out of his girlfriend's vehicle, pulled off the cap, extended the tube and pointed it at the other man.

Police later seized the rocket launcher. No charges were filed.

The man said the rocket launcher came from a friend who had used it in training at Fort Drum.

[SauronOfMordor]

Under what authority did the cops seize a non-weapon in a non-crime?

He was brandishing it in a threatening manner, and obviously intended to put the person targeted in fear of being killed. That's assault in most localities.

Quick question: if you and I are having an argument, and I pull out a handgun (empty but you don't know that), point it at you, and pull the trigger, have I committed an offense? Hell yes.

The idiot with the rocket launcher is lucky his opponent was not armed, as he would have had legal justification in blowing rocket-man away

[taxcontrol]

From the article "Police later seized the rocket launcher. No charges were filed."

I'm working from the assumption that if this WERE a crime, someone would have been arrested.

[searchandrecovery]

Two words - anger management.

[reagan_fanatic]

Police say the two men were arguing when one of them pulled the rocket launcher out of his girlfriend's vehicle, pulled off the cap, extended the tube and pointed it at the other man.

Doesn't take a brainiac to figure out who won that argument.

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[WestVirginiaRebel]

Does Detetective Rosewood know that somebody's been borrowing his stuff?

[Atlas Sneezed]

He was brandishing it in a threatening manner, and obviously intended to put the person targeted in fear of being killed. That's assault in most localities.

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That would be the misdemeanor of simple assault, unless in a scuffle entered into voluntarily by both parties, in which case it would be petty assault, under the Model Penal Code.

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[YanksGiants2000]

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[b4its2late]

Some people are certifiably nuts.

[AARONW]

i DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE USED ANTI TANK WEAPON ON ME HE KNEW I OWNED ONE WE HAD BEE FREINDS BUT HE FOUND OUT I WAS GOING INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO WHEN I REACHED IN MY JEEP FOR MY BASEBALL BAT THE ARTICLE HERE DIDT SAY THAT HE HAD A BROKEN BEER BOTTLE AND I ALREADY GOT SUCKER PUNCHED SO I TREID TO PULL MY BAT OUT AND MY FIANCE PERSWADEED ME TO NOT FIGHT THIS GUY SO I LEFT AND AS I WAS LEAVING HE STARTED YELLING HES GOT A ROCKET LAUNCHER!!
ALSO LATER I GOT IT BACK
AFTER A LAUGH
AARON WORLEY
SYRACUSE NY
I KNOW MY SPELLING IS BAD IM RIDING IN A CAR AS OF NOW

[AARONW]

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