Posted on 01/09/2020 4:34:24 PM PST by lowbridge
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 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburgh.cbslocal.com ...
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?
Leftist thug lucky hes alive.
“Active shooter”?
Where’s the gun shots? There has to be gun shots for it to be an active shooter
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.
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?
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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Why should person not wear a hat in a mall?
“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.
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 ?
“I’m not sure Massad Ayoob would agree, but I’m not an expert.”
Neither is he.
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.
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.
Yeh thats why he was carrying. Good job!
Wait ‘till you get knocked out?
Good enough? Granted, the other guy didn't stick around to dispute this account.
I don’t own season 6 . :(
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.
In New Jersey defending yourself with a firearm without firing a shot is a crime, called brandishing.
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