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‘Gun’ Tattoo Mistakenly Brings Heavily Armed Police To Maine Man’s Home
CBS Connecticut ^ | 3/19/2014 | AP

Posted on 03/19/2014 6:00:42 AM PDT by mykroar

Edited on 03/19/2014 6:06:06 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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Police didn’t charge him.

LOL. From the recent past: Zayn Malik sparks outrage with gun tattoo

1 posted on 03/19/2014 6:00:42 AM PDT by mykroar
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“Police didn’t charge him.”

I swear that the tone of the article at that point shows that the ‘reporter’ was very disappointed at that particular outcome.


2 posted on 03/19/2014 6:06:47 AM PDT by The Working Man
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“Police armed with assault rifles...”

This caption, under an image of someone holding a Glock.

No wonder they always mistake one for another!


3 posted on 03/19/2014 6:10:50 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Support Free Republic!!!)
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To: mykroar

Now I could understand if they were coming out to frisk this lady for having a "weapon"!

4 posted on 03/19/2014 6:11:51 AM PDT by Brandonmark (OWCM is The new American Minority! 11.06.12 - Day of Infamy!)
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To: mykroar
Turns out the “gun” the tree crew had seen on Michael Smith of Norridgewock was just a life-sized tattoo of a handgun on his stomach....

Not a very smart tattoo --

5 posted on 03/19/2014 6:12:32 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: mykroar

Must be against the law to have a gun tucked in yer britches in Maine?
Another example of LEO over-reaction; or, an excuse to get some real world training in the assault techniques they’ve been learning...


6 posted on 03/19/2014 6:14:04 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: mykroar

Lucky the trigger happy Yahoos didn’t fill him with lead.


7 posted on 03/19/2014 6:24:09 AM PDT by Fear The People (When the government fears the people, you have LIBERTY.)
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To: mykroar
Crimea is a test case to study and build upon, just as the many smaller examples like this one from Maine are. As was Waco. Boston, too, and I bet you can think of many others.

Can you guess where this train is going?

What's the point of having "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the military if you never use it?

8 posted on 03/19/2014 6:24:46 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: mykroar

But is the dog okay?.........................


9 posted on 03/19/2014 6:29:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: Maine Mariner

was it you? :)


10 posted on 03/19/2014 6:30:55 AM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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Of course, the editor had a choice of featuring a picture of a gun, which people need to see to know what a gun looks like; or a picture of a tattoo, for those who have never seen a tattoo.

I’m somewhat surprised they didn’t put a picture of a “tramp stamp” tattoo on some young woman’s backside. But being a risk taker, the editor probably figures that those individuals who would be shocked and horrified by seeing a picture of a gun at breakfast, as is the sensibility of such cream puffs, will not have enough intestinal fortitude to cancel their subscriptions because of it.


11 posted on 03/19/2014 6:32:05 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (WoT News: Rantburg.com)
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To: Brandonmark

At least it wasn’t a tattoo of a Pop-Tart.


12 posted on 03/19/2014 6:32:21 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
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This IS ridiculous but a couple questions come to mind:

1] How’d the crew see the “gun”? Its like 30deg in ME this time of year.

2] What made them call the cops on this guy? Could THEY not tell it was a tat?

3] The cops reaction to showing up armed is sorta understandable given that they were led to believe there was an actual gun involved.


13 posted on 03/19/2014 6:47:48 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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"He went outside shirtless and yelled at the workers to leave."

In Maine? In March? This March? Forget about the gun tattoo...

14 posted on 03/19/2014 6:56:02 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: mykroar

There wasn’t one person with two working brain cells in that entire article.


15 posted on 03/19/2014 6:57:13 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Brandonmark

Lady? Woman, perhaps. “Lady,” as in genteel female, may be a bit of an stretch.


16 posted on 03/19/2014 6:58:58 AM PDT by Tudorfly
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To: Uncle Chip
"Not a very smart tattoo -- "

I don't think I've ever seen a "smart" tattoo.

(Yes, I managed to get through my young and foolish years without ever getting a tattoo, getting killed on a motorcycle, or getting married to the wrong woman.).

17 posted on 03/19/2014 7:00:37 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: Brandonmark

Lady? Woman, perhaps. “Lady,” as in genteel female, may be a bit of a stretch.

(There. Fixed it.)


18 posted on 03/19/2014 7:00:43 AM PDT by Tudorfly
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
This caption, under an image of someone holding a Glock.


19 posted on 03/19/2014 7:01:38 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Do I really need ot use the sarcasm tag?)
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To: Uncle Chip
Not a very smart tattoo --

Not that I like tattoos, I don't but why not a gun tattoo on any part of his body he wants it?

My son has a gun tattoo on his shoulder. Of course he was in his 30s when he got it and dad had nothing to say about it, except to tell him what a dummy he was for having any tattoo.

20 posted on 03/19/2014 7:03:46 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (God is not the author of confusion. 1 Cor 13: 33)
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