Posted on 01/09/2020 11:35:34 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. An altercation over a mans refusal to remove a Make America Great Again hat triggered a recent active shooter scare at a Pennsylvania mall, police said.
The altercation started outside when a man confronted another man wearing the hat in support of President Donald Trump inside the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 30, authorities said Tuesday. The man threatened to assault the Trump supporter if he did not remove his hat, and then tried to knock it off his head.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
“How can it be an ‘active shooter scare’ if not a single shot was fired?”
They’re always going for the high drama.
I agree. As has been stated elsewhere, unless there's an ordinance on the books against it, the worst they can do is ask you to leave, get you arrested for trespassing if you don't, and file a restraining order against you (or similar).
In Arizona this is known as a “defensive display” and is justified when and to the extent a reasonable person would believe physical force is immediately necessary to protect yourself against another person’s use or attempted use of unlawful physical or deadly physical force.
Trump Supporter Draws Gun In Self-Defense After Politically Motivated Attack
https://bearingarms.com/came/2020/01/08/trump-supporter-draws-gun-self-defense-after-politically-motivated-attack/
Trump Supporter Draws Gun In Self-Defense After Politically Motivated Attack
https://bearingarms.com/came/2020/01/08/trump-supporter-draws-gun-self-defense-after-politically-motivated-attack/
In my experience I've come to understand that a lot of "gun free" zones aren't.
"...Wilkes-Barre Township Police Chief Will Clark said firearms are not permitted inside the mall, but the altercation happened near the Macys inside the mall...
Fake news or it was inside.
Fake news. The sentence appears to have been re-written from text which said it occurred outside the mall.
F U Post Gazette
Was that you, Carriage Hill?
I have a Ruger 380 Pistol in my pocket everywhere I go.
The CDC should get involved, TDS has become a life threatening affliction. Like ‘Cherpes’, a canareal disease (got it from a parrot bite), makes you crave seeds and worms. There’s no know cure just experimental tweetments.
They left out the part where the offender took a dump in his pants after looking down the barrel.
Yep, never bring a slap to a gun fight.
That is the best one yet!
LOL; no, I’m in south central PA, the York area.
I was walking in a large mall yesterday with my ladyfriend and Mr Kimber and 2 extra mags, as I always CCW, wearing my MAGA cap, and all I got was thumbs-up, except from a couple of punks, who knew better not to mess.
No “Gun Free Zone” signs posted, or on their website, so I CCW there when we do laps around the upper and lower mezzanines.
I usually wear a camo boonie hat when I go out, but lately I’ve started wearing a red ball cap, just to see what reaction might be. It has “ADEMCO” in white letters on it, as I used to install alarm equipment. Ademco is an alarm equip supplier.
I HAVE noticed a few looks, but nothing overt yet. [grin]
Not sure about PA, but when I lived in a free state and had a CCW (Not Maryland), you could only be charged with trespass if the store owner knew you had a firearm and you refused to leave.
This incident sounds like one of the 1,000,000 legit CCW uses annually. Peace through superior firepower
I have a few read hats that drive them crazy too. Two read Make America Great Again.
One reads Keep America Great. I just got it. Huge 1” tall letters. Haven’t worn it out yet.
Well maybe some of those TDS people will chip in and buy the perp a new pair of trousers .... probably ruined that pair.
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