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Man arrested for driving around with mounted World War II machine gun in Metro Detroit
MLive ^ | July 05, 2013 | The Associated Press

Posted on 07/05/2013 8:26:11 AM PDT by DarkSavant

Edited on 07/05/2013 10:13:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: arrested; banglist; county; macomb; shelby; township; veteran
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To: diogenes ghost
Stacy David and Ted Nugent

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41 posted on 07/05/2013 9:21:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: DarkSavant
Oops. Hope this one is ok.

Did it look like this ?


42 posted on 07/05/2013 9:23:26 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: henkster
Charges of what?

Disturbing the peace?

It strikes me as funny that the guy was driving a fake "technical" around Detroit.

43 posted on 07/05/2013 9:26:26 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: cripplecreek

Super cool, thx!


44 posted on 07/05/2013 9:27:58 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been offically denied)
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To: DarkSavant

A 50 cal just like that rolled down Main Street as part of the Independence Day parade yesterday. No arrests were made.


45 posted on 07/05/2013 9:29:37 AM PDT by TopDog2
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To: listenhillary
You just can’t have ANY fun anymore. Stupid spoil sports.

So true. The roadside "welcome" signs around the perimeter of my town all say "Fireworks prohibited by law" in small lettering under the town name. I'm sure there are lots of other things prohibited here, but that's the one the politicians feel it necessary to mention. Some of the local youngsters (I think...) have scratched through the word "Fireworks" and written "Fun" beneath it with a fat-tip black Sharpie.

46 posted on 07/05/2013 9:29:43 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: DarkSavant

The article didn’t say he “fired” the “weapon”, they described how it would operate. If he had “fired” it they would have probably filed some kind of charges immediatly or have shot him. I think they’re researching to see if they can charge him with anything.


47 posted on 07/05/2013 9:32:05 AM PDT by duffee (NO poll tax, NO tax on firearms, ammunition or gun safes. NO gun free zones.)
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To: Charles Martel
The rig was probably a parade float, after all it WAS July 4th. The guy was probably on his way out of Detroit (which I don't blame him for doing).

Over reaction? Then again, it was kind of cool to put fear of God into some of those who frequent the streets late at night looking for “opportunities” to rob and pillage and plunder.

48 posted on 07/05/2013 9:36:22 AM PDT by DaveA37 (I'm for SMALLER , HONEST government)
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To: cripplecreek

Thanks greatly for posting the link. I hope all FReepers reading this thread view it and realize this whole affair is about guys having fun, especially on the Fourth.


49 posted on 07/05/2013 9:42:42 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: DarkSavant

Blatant sexism and harassment of an innocent ‘Ma Deuce”


50 posted on 07/05/2013 9:44:50 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: diogenes ghost

I wish people would realize that there is some serious practical brain power in the Detroit area. The Detroit Brothers custom chopper builders seem to know every retired engineer in the state.


51 posted on 07/05/2013 9:50:39 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: redcatcherb412
Blatant sexism and harassment of an innocent "Ma Deuce"

Today's girls prefer mini-guns.

52 posted on 07/05/2013 9:53:37 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: molson209

It’s real de-commissioned 50. There was one at our VFW parade celebration, and there might be a couple of them . Actually they’re used for parades draw a lot of attention. If he fired it probably arrested for some noise ordinance.


53 posted on 07/05/2013 9:56:22 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: DarkSavant

He just wanted the guy to get off his lawn.


54 posted on 07/05/2013 9:57:41 AM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU...)
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To: henkster

“Charges of what?”

brandishing, disturbing the peace, impeding a police investigation, they will come up with something


55 posted on 07/05/2013 9:58:47 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: lrdg

I recently joined MVPA and saw the Oregon thing in the magazine. Maybe another year. I’m going to Oshkosh for the first time this year.

That show would give me a second reason to go to Oregon. I’ve got an aunt and uncle out there that I haven’t seen in a long time.

I love old vehicles, especially military but don’t own any. I have an erratically running 1965 Willys jeep in the carport. Dad has a 5 ton 6x6 sitting in a barn in very good condition.


56 posted on 07/05/2013 10:03:39 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: cripplecreek

David remodeled Nugent’s Bronco on GearZ.


57 posted on 07/05/2013 10:37:35 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: DarkSavant

Lock & Load.





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58 posted on 07/05/2013 10:40:20 AM PDT by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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To: DarkSavant
If the guy had been wearing a turban I would've been very concerned,
because the police would not have bothered him.

Armored vehicle = Legal
Compressed gas noise maker = Legal, and it was July 4th
Noise maker shape of gun = Life in prison!

59 posted on 07/05/2013 10:46:01 AM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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To: DarkSavant

Was the theme from American Bandstand playing from his vehicle?

“Escape, Escape from Detroit, Detroit”


60 posted on 07/05/2013 10:50:19 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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