Posted on 02/18/2019 9:09:05 AM PST by Red Badger
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -- A Tennessee man is in jail after being accused of pulling a gun on a Sam's Club customer Saturday.
According to the police report, officers were called to Sam's Club due to a person with a gun.
According to the alleged victim Terry Pierce, a man pulled a gun on him because he was wearing a Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat.
"I have as much right to wear that hat and support my country and my president as he has not to," said Pierce.
The police report confirms that the suspect, identified as James Phillips, admitted to flipping off Pierce and Pierce's wife because of their hats.
Pierce tells 13 News that he was shopping with his wife when Phillips "Pulled a .40 caliber out and stuck it in my face, backed up and said, 'It's a good day for you to die.'"
Pierce went on to tell 13 News, "I said, 'Then pull the trigger. Put the gun down and fight me or pull the trigger. Whichever one you want.' And he backed up and he said it again, he said, 'It's a good day for you to die.'"
Pierce said the Phillips then took off. That's when Pierce followed him out into the parking lot.
"I went out the front of the store to confront him again and that's when I got him in his car. He couldn't leave because his mother was still in the store. And we were having a verbal altercation outside," said Pierce.
Pierce added, "He tried telling me I assaulted him and I said, 'I never touched you.'"
According to the police report, surveillance video confirms Pierce's story that he did not put his hands on Phillips.
The report does mention that witnesses and Pierce said Phillips pulled a gun on Pierce inside the store but this couldn't be seen on surveillance video due to Phillips backing out of the view of the camera.
In the report, police say Phillips had a Glock .40 caliber with a round chambered in his back pocket and two additional magazines in another pocket. Police say Phillips has a current concealed carry permit in Tennessee, where he is from.
No one was injured, but police arrested Phillips for wanton endangerment first degree. Phillips is in the Warren County Regional Jail.
We will update this story as we learn more.
All they charged him with was ‘Reckless endangerment’ so it may just be a slap on the wrist. A good lawyer will plea bargain....................
‘Reckless endangerment’...with a loaded weapon. That will make a difference.
Who have invaded the APA.
It would be kinda hard to have ‘Reckless endangerment’ with an UN-loaded weapon. ....................
I’d like a Che shirt with Audie Murphey or General Patton on it.
” But he didn’t.... “
Yeah, that’s real good advice (NOT! ).
“In the report, police say Phillips had a Glock .40 caliber with a round chambered in his back pocket and two additional magazines in another pocket.”
The sentence is strangely worded, but it says that the weapon was loaded with one in the chamber, and two more loaded mags in another pocket.
The article says he pointed the gun at him twice, so it was no accident.
I'm not presuming to GIVE advice, except "woulda, coulda, shoulda," never beats "did."
” I’m not presuming to GIVE advice , ... “
Well, that’s a Very good thing.
No accident, but in some states is considered assault with a deadly weapon..................
Yes, it is.
I don’t know about KY, though..................
Stick a gun in my face and two seconds later it will be my gun. And I won’t give it back until it’s out of ammo.
Pardon me while I LOL...
You will still need your ccw for travel in other states.
One of those rare cases of gun crime by a permit carrier.
But not in the state where he had the permit!.................
This is why one should always CCW when wearing a MAGA hat. The leftist crazies will target you.
JoMa
Ooh-rah.
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