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Milwaukee native said enough is enough and turned his semi-automatic rife to Broward Co. Sheriff.
WISN ^ | 2/19/2018 | Ben Hutchinson

Posted on 02/19/2018 7:19:21 AM PST by KeyLargo

Something needs to change,' says Milwaukee native who turned in rifle to authorities

A Milwaukee native said enough is enough and turned his semi-automatic rifle into the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

Ben Dickmann grew up in Milwaukee, but moved to south Florida years ago. He shared a Facebook post of a sheriff's deputy taking possession of his AR-FiveSeven, which is similar to the AR-15 that was used in the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Dickmann said only law enforcement should have guns that powerful.

"Something needs to change, and it needs to change now," Dickmann said. "People have been doing nothing but talking about it for the last 10-15 years."

As of Friday night, the post had more than 200,000 reactions, and 90,000 shares. He’s been getting a lot of feedback.

"I would say 90 percent has been very positive," Dickmann said. "Ten percent has been very, very negative. Almost threatening."

But one message sticks out to him and reaffirmed his decision.

"I even got a message from one of the parents at Stoneman Douglas privately on Facebook, thanking me for what I did. And that, that right there, meant the world to me," Dickmann said.

Instead of selling the gun, he turned it over to the Sheriff's Office so it can safely dispose of the rifle.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: ar15; banglist; blackrifle; bloomberg; browardcounty; crime; democrats; dickman; gunban; guncontrol; guns; leftists; liberal; mediabias; secondamendment; shooting
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To: KeyLargo

Isn’t it wonderful that we live in a country where it is everyone’s right to give up their arms voluntarily?


81 posted on 02/19/2018 8:14:27 AM PST by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: KeyLargo

Was he afraid he was going to shoot up a school?

What a Dickmann


82 posted on 02/19/2018 8:15:07 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: KeyLargo

Well, isn’t that nice.


83 posted on 02/19/2018 8:15:09 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: dfwgator

“Did somebody say, ‘Loofah’?”

does Bill O have an issue with loofahs...?


84 posted on 02/19/2018 8:15:36 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: KeyLargo

That is an entirely different type of discrimination... racism exists more in the minds of those who use the word, than in the majority of the population. Although, evil will never be blocked out entirely!

The left goes after anything that could be a problem for their agenda. If you want tyranny, you can’t have people owning guns. If you want to sow divisiveness, you must divide and conquer....race is an easy tool. Black or brown, whatever works is their goal. The Police become a tool. Gun Control is a tool, and a means to an end...total control!

All lives matter.


85 posted on 02/19/2018 8:22:01 AM PST by Ambrosia
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To: KeyLargo

Is this stupid dick of an American gonna turn in his car next time a drunk takes someone out? Is he gonna turn in his cutlery next time someone stabs someone? Is he gonna force his wife to turn in her panty hose next time someoNE strangles a victim with her own pantyhosr?


86 posted on 02/19/2018 8:22:32 AM PST by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: KeyLargo

I see...Soy-Boy castrates himself so his neighbor’s wife doesn’t get pregnant...

Makes perfect sense to me...Got it! Expensive virtue signaling...


87 posted on 02/19/2018 8:24:16 AM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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To: KeyLargo; OKSooner; Wilderness Conservative; Stormdog; Georgia Girl 2; circlecity; dfwgator; ...

88 posted on 02/19/2018 8:25:34 AM PST by PJBankard
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To: KeyLargo
Couldn't he have gone out to the garage and with common tools rendered that gun unusable by anyone in about 5 minutes? Of course, he wouldn't have gotten the attention and the self-righteous attitude.

About 30 years ago, I had to dispose of the gun involved in the fatal accidental shooting of my cousin. I started in the garage with a sledge and pounded just about everything flat and then put the barrel in a vice and bent it into a U. I then threw the metal parts into a couple of sloughs and the splintered wood stock pieces into several thickets. All the king's horses and all the king's men won't put that gun back together again.

89 posted on 02/19/2018 8:25:55 AM PST by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: KeyLargo

Nothing says “I’m an Idiot” like turning in your Firearm in to the Authorities.

All it tells me is this Moron obviously thinks he has no self control and that virtue signaling will cure his condition.


90 posted on 02/19/2018 8:26:51 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( An Amed Scoiety is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
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To: OKSooner

Kelly was on Fox News Sunday. I fast forwarded my DVR in between the Rush Limbaugh segments to avoid hearing him.


91 posted on 02/19/2018 8:29:17 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( An Amed Scoiety is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
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To: Eagles6

That is exactly what LEO would inevitably turn into if they had a monopoly on firearms.


92 posted on 02/19/2018 8:31:20 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: KeyLargo
I'd turn mine in...

...but I had a boating accident.

93 posted on 02/19/2018 8:32:57 AM PST by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: SandyInSeattle

“I’ll take it.”

5.7x28mm ammo. Yet another caliber to stock?


94 posted on 02/19/2018 8:33:27 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: CodeToad

“Instead of selling the gun, he turned it over to the Sheriff’s Office so it can safely dispose of the rifle.”

This is a good thing. Anyone this adddled shouldn’t have any guns.


95 posted on 02/19/2018 8:37:12 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

Well he could have kept quiet about it, but noooooooooooo, he had to be a good little virtue signaler.


96 posted on 02/19/2018 8:38:25 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Delta 21

Ben what a dick of a man.


97 posted on 02/19/2018 8:38:27 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Ambrosia

Assault rifles are fully automatic.
They are very tightly regulated and very expensive, no one is committing crimes with assault rifles.
AR-15’s are not assault rifles.
All semi-auto rifles require a trigger pull per round fired.
There are other guns that shoot larger projectiles just as fast.


98 posted on 02/19/2018 8:39:51 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: KeyLargo

He sounds as if he is afraid of what he might do. OK...next time there’s a maniac on the lose with a legally or illegally obtained gun threatening you or others go shelter in place. Its probably better that this guy doesnt do anything except wait for the bullets to fly by.


99 posted on 02/19/2018 8:40:26 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
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To: KeyLargo

Why does a douchebag like this get publicity? Yes I know MSM grasping at straws.


100 posted on 02/19/2018 8:40:29 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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