[GovernmentShrinker]

He called and left a voicemail at the business asking to be called back. The business complied with his request. That’s not telemarketing.

Given the company’s history, he could actually have dealt them a serious blow if he’d done the rational and legal thing, and contacted the state attorney general re the obviously fraudulent claim in the material they send him in the mail. Instead he calls them up and threatens to burn their building down.

[muawiyah]

Obviously one guy can't just burn down their building. They know what kind of business they're in and understand they have REAL enemies. Any jury would believe them to have been prepared for any contingency which is why this guy will eventually be turned loose.

In the meantime the local law enforcement folks really ought to lawyer up because I think the federales might want to be interested in what amounts to a kidnapping.

[muawiyah]

BTW, the legal questions here don't center around any specific phone call but rather an entire string of segments constituting a "communication". That began with the distribution of the brochure, so even the last call is on their ticket, not his.

If I were to call them out of the blue and threaten them that would be different, but I'm not going to do that. Rather I will wait until they send me a brochure.