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Police: Man In ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Takes Out Gun After Refusing To Remove Hat, Sparking Active Shooter Scare At Pa. Mall
pittsburgh.cbslocal.com ^ | January 8, 2019

Posted on 01/09/2020 4:34:24 PM PST by lowbridge

An altercation over a man’s 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 outside 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.

Police say the man wearing the hat then pulled a gun out and pointed it at the ground, prompting the other man to flee the scene.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: banglist; fakenews; liberalagenda; maga; magahat; pennsylvania; rkba; selfdefense; tds; trump; violentliberals; wilkesbarre; wyomingvalleymall
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To: cornfedcowboy

Them is the rules around my house.
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IMHO you sound like a bit of a nitpicker. Any other rules around your house? Do visitors have to remove their cowboy boots, or just their spurs?


61 posted on 01/09/2020 7:28:30 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (To save America the Left MUST be aggressively attacked on every front.)
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Leftist thug lucky he’s alive.


62 posted on 01/09/2020 7:35:02 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: lowbridge

“Active shooter”?

Where’s the gun shots? There has to be gun shots for it to be an active shooter


63 posted on 01/09/2020 7:44:04 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: dragnet2

How nasty an foul can these hat wearers be?
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I wear one of several Trump 2020 hats on the streets and in the stores and malls everyday. I frequently get compliments for it and, although I live in a college town, I have never had anyone challenge me in any way. I believe all Trump supporters should wear Trump hats and/or other such apparel because doing so provides encouragement to others who support him.


64 posted on 01/09/2020 7:49:05 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (To save America the Left MUST be aggressively attacked on every front.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
If someone told me 20 years ago that Yankee, union dominated Pennsylvania would be more gun friendly than the home of the Confederate capital, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, I would have thought that person crazy. Yet it is now the case.
65 posted on 01/09/2020 7:57:04 PM PST by Wallace T.
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

IMHO you sound like a bit of a nitpicker. Any other rules around your house? Do visitors have to remove their cowboy boots, or just their spurs?


Blame my mother-it was her rule, I simply follow them.


66 posted on 01/09/2020 8:06:09 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: Steely Tom
Seems to me brandishing is a bit problematic, but as I said I'm not an expert.

You don't need to be an expert to know when it is time to defend yourself.

What would you advocate as an alternative to "brandishing" if the armed defender is openly threatened?

Do you think saying "Pretty Please, Don't Be Unkind To Me" would work?

Or just take the MAGA hat off as the attacker demanded then getting down on hands and knees to lick his boots?

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67 posted on 01/09/2020 8:59:14 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (I love Mankind - It's Just Most Of The People That I Can't Stand)
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To: cornfedcowboy
If he was inside he shouldn’t be wearing a hat anyway.

Why should person not wear a hat in a mall?

68 posted on 01/09/2020 9:31:59 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Steely Tom

“Now, if he advanced, or tried to make physical contact, that’s another matter.”

From the article:

“The man threatened to assault the Trump supporter if he did not remove his hat, and then tried to knock it off his head.”

BTW - it is called Assault and Battery. The verbal threats are assault, and if he did make contact with a blow that would be battery.

Here’s one definition:

Assault

At Common Law, an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact.

An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm.


69 posted on 01/09/2020 9:42:09 PM PST by 21twelve (!)
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To: tomkat

Acquaint yourself with the Constitution on the matter of right to be safe in your abode.


70 posted on 01/10/2020 6:14:18 AM PST by Jumper
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To: Jumper
Acquaint yourself with the Constitution on the matter of right to be safe in your abode

Perhaps acquainting yourself with the post to which I was replying would clear up your obvious confusion ?

71 posted on 01/10/2020 6:18:34 AM PST by tomkat
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To: Steely Tom

“I’m not sure Massad Ayoob would agree, but I’m not an expert.”

Neither is he.


72 posted on 01/10/2020 6:20:07 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: lowbridge

Good... About time these left wing punks started to learn the real world isn’t full of panty waste leftist who will cower when they start to act like this.


73 posted on 01/10/2020 6:20:54 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: tomkat

I read it all to include posts. State law and customary practices do negate your fundamental rights. Not being a smart arse, but showing me.


74 posted on 01/10/2020 7:53:22 AM PST by Jumper
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To: lowbridge

Yeh thats why he was carrying. Good job!


75 posted on 01/10/2020 8:36:37 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Steely Tom

Wait ‘till you get knocked out?


76 posted on 01/10/2020 9:02:01 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Steely Tom
The man threatened to assault the Trump supporter if he did not remove his hat, and then tried to knock it off his head.

Good enough? Granted, the other guy didn't stick around to dispute this account.

77 posted on 01/10/2020 9:06:34 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Rurudyne

I don’t own season 6 . :(


78 posted on 01/10/2020 9:09:52 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: lowbridge

Another person’s Rights end at the tip of my Nose and the fold of my Wallet.

I saw a bunch of Libtards on another Forum going on and on about the guy attempting to Assault the MAGA Hat wearing Victim was no big deal and didn’t deserve his response by pulling his Weapon.

They also went on and on about how the Mall prohibits Guns, but now we find out it happened outside.


79 posted on 01/10/2020 9:11:13 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: lowbridge
Police say the man wearing the hat then pulled a gun out and pointed it at the ground, prompting the other man to flee the scene.

In New Jersey defending yourself with a firearm without firing a shot is a crime, called brandishing.

80 posted on 01/10/2020 9:40:35 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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