‘Gun’ Tattoo Mistakenly Brings Heavily Armed Police To Maine Man’s Home

CBS Connecticut ^ | 3/19/2014 | AP

[mykroar]

NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP)

[mykroar]

Police didn’t charge him.

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

[The Working Man]

“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.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“Police armed with assault rifles...”

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

No wonder they always mistake one for another!

[Brandonmark]

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

[Uncle Chip]

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 --

[PubliusMM]

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...

[Fear The People]

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

[GBA]

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?

[Red Badger]

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

[latina4dubya]

was it you? :)

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

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.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

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

[Adder]

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.

[Sooth2222]

"He went outside shirtless and yelled at the workers to leave."

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

[bgill]

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

[Tudorfly]

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

[DJ Taylor]

"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.).

[Tudorfly]

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

(There. Fixed it.)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

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

[Graybeard58]

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.