This may be 'Gentle Ben':
http://pro-music-news.com/html//indu/e21227ma.htm
Posted on 02/19/2018 7:19:21 AM PST by KeyLargo
Something needs to change,' says Milwaukee native who turned in rifle to authorities
A Milwaukee native said enough is enough and turned his semi-automatic rifle into the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
Ben Dickmann grew up in Milwaukee, but moved to south Florida years ago. He shared a Facebook post of a sheriff's deputy taking possession of his AR-FiveSeven, which is similar to the AR-15 that was used in the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Dickmann said only law enforcement should have guns that powerful.
"Something needs to change, and it needs to change now," Dickmann said. "People have been doing nothing but talking about it for the last 10-15 years."
As of Friday night, the post had more than 200,000 reactions, and 90,000 shares. He’s been getting a lot of feedback.
"I would say 90 percent has been very positive," Dickmann said. "Ten percent has been very, very negative. Almost threatening."
But one message sticks out to him and reaffirmed his decision.
"I even got a message from one of the parents at Stoneman Douglas privately on Facebook, thanking me for what I did. And that, that right there, meant the world to me," Dickmann said.
Instead of selling the gun, he turned it over to the Sheriff's Office so it can safely dispose of the rifle.
This may be 'Gentle Ben':
http://pro-music-news.com/html//indu/e21227ma.htm
Why?
Was his rifle threatening to do something bad?
Didn’t trust himself? What a MORON!
other than a .22, the AR-15 is one of the least "powerful" rifles on the market.
Now a man that never would have used his gun in terror is left defenseless. (Come rob me! Come rob me!)
I dont think Mr. Dickless thought this out too well.
I’ll take it.
I agree...idiots should not own guns!!!
Attention thugs and criminals, we have a new happy victim for you.
FEELINGS... it’s all about feelings.
If the guy doesn’t trust himself with a firearm, I think it’s a good idea he relinquished it.
No one is forcing him to keep his AR-15.
That doesn’t give him the right to take it away from others.
Must be something in the Broward water. Liberalism is infectious.
Some guy drove recklessly down the street. I turned my car into the police. Make sense?
It’s not the f*cking object! It’s the free will of the individual! This should be easy to understand!
Speaking of which, it’s about time for the ahole astronaut Mark Kelly to pop up again, with his hand up his wife’s youknowhwhat running her like a ventriloquist’s doll.
Maybe the man has some unexplainable urges somewhere deep in his psyche and he doesn’t trust himself around that rifle.
Attention whore, like the Parkland students going on TV to demand more gun control.
I will do my civic duty and come pick up any gun you wish to turn in. My number is BR-549
You can give away your rifle all you want, brah.
But if you try to give away my rifle...
“Maybe the man has some unexplainable urges somewhere deep in his psyche and he doesn’t trust himself around that rifle.”
Or he wanted his 15 seconds of Facebook “like” fame.
Where’s the cartoon of the “superhero” sweating over the choice between two buttons, labeled “Police are dangerous fascists” and “Only the police should be allowed to use assault rifles”?
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