He doesn’t mention the tip of the gun being painted orange. That was what I have criticized him for. If he has a good explanation as to why he made his gun look like a toy (I wonder if that’s why the ranger thought it was an airsoft?).
Another freeper said that people found him scary, you asked for proof, I gave you proof. I did not agree that he was scary, just that people he encountered WERE scared, which is what you were arguing with the other freeper.
It makes no difference whether you or I find him scary. It makes no difference if he can WRITE in a way that makes him sound reasonable, the question was whether people who saw him that day found him scary.
I have no idea why the woman found him scary, or why several people who saw him contacted the rangers (as reported in the story).
It was interesting that the police didn’t think there was an AK pistol (I note that some freepers also didn’t believe that was true). It seemed clear from his write-up that he knew the pistol was unique, and he doesn’t seem to blame them for making sure he hadn’t sawed-off a gun (which I would guess is illegal).
If I were him, I might well carry some identifying papers showing the gun is a pistol, so that in the future he doesn’t have to go through this process again. And I would stop painting my guns to look like toys.
And if he actually did dress up like this specifically to get a reaction, he should consider whether he is really being helpful to whatever cause he feels strongly about.
I did. The OP didn't appear to be reading any of the links provided. I just wanted him to do his own damn leg work to back up his excoriation of Embody.
It makes no difference whether you or I find him scary. It makes no difference if he can WRITE in a way that makes him sound reasonable, the question was whether people who saw him that day found him scary.
Being "scary" isn't an offense. I'm kinda scary looking if you squint a bit. BFD.
Liberal bedwetters don't want people armed. The guy could have been wearing a 3-piece Armani suit and had a platinum plated Kimber in a Natuzzi leather hostler. It wouldn't have mattered. "Man with gun=BAD" in their minds. Plenty of people in the park that day and the AP reporter could only find one? Further, if there was a real complaint made, the Rangers could have held either him or his firearm pending investigation. There wasn't. Just moron Po-bucker and his idiot choice of a carry arm. Fashion faux pas maybe. A crime? Not even close.
And if he actually did dress up like this specifically to get a reaction, he should consider whether he is really being helpful to whatever cause he feels strongly about.
What better way to point out the idiocy of some of the arbitrary and capricious laws like "toy gun orange", "assault weapon" misnomer, and the general cluelessness of LEO and general public alike?
Not the way most people would have done it, but then again... This incident does create a "teachable moment" if we choose to use it as such. If we just pile on Embody as the douche nozzle he redoubtably is, then we do the Anti-s work for them.