Asshole/Asshelmet With A Gun

[Athos_131]

Video: Man points loaded gun at driver in Mesa road rage incident

MESA, Ariz. — A cellphone was rolling as a Valley driver was held at gunpoint in a case of road rage.

Court documents say Raymond Shepard, the man holding the gun, felt he had been cut off by another driver.

According to the documents, Shepard tailed the driver to a Lowes near US 60 and Ellsworth, where Shepard pointed a loaded Glock at the driver.

Travis Kelson and his wife had just stopped by the store to buy plants but instead stumbled on the intense standoff.

"He jumped out of his car immediately and pulled out a gun and started yelling at him, telling him to get on the ground and telling him he drives like crap," Kelson recalled.

The video shows Shepard cursing at the driver, while Kelson is heard asking Shepard to take his finger off the trigger.

Kelson called police, who arrested Shepard and recommended aggravated assault charges. 

#Resist

[_priapism]

More US school-age children die from guns than on-duty US police or global military fatalities, study finds

[Katiebee]

Video: Man points loaded gun at driver in Mesa road rage incident

MESA, Ariz. — A cellphone was rolling as a Valley driver was held at gunpoint in a case of road rage.

Court documents say Raymond Shepard, the man holding the gun, felt he had been cut off by another driver.

According to the documents, Shepard tailed the driver to a Lowes near US 60 and Ellsworth, where Shepard pointed a loaded Glock at the driver.

Travis Kelson and his wife had just stopped by the store to buy plants but instead stumbled on the intense standoff.

"He jumped out of his car immediately and pulled out a gun and started yelling at him, telling him to get on the ground and telling him he drives like crap," Kelson recalled.

The video shows Shepard cursing at the driver, while Kelson is heard asking Shepard to take his finger off the trigger.

Kelson called police, who arrested Shepard and recommended aggravated assault charges. 

#Resist

Kelson should agree to press charges. The ass which the gun should be found guilty if a felony and lose the ability to legally own firearms. People like him are not to be trusted with firearms, and have no business owning them.

[Athos_131]

Maroa man pleads not guilty to threatening with gun, pursuing Decatur driver

DECATUR — A Maroa man who prosecutors said threatened a Decatur driver with a gun and then followed him around town threatening to kill him, was in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of being an armed habitual criminal.

Kevin M. Roark, 30, appeared with his defense attorney, Steve Jones, and waived a preliminary hearing on the charge. Macon County Circuit Court Judge Phoebe Bowers scheduled a pretrial hearing for May 2. Roark remained in the custody of the Macon County Jail where he is being held without bond.

The charge against him dates to the night of March 6 when, according to a sworn Decatur police affidavit, Roark suddenly pulled up next to a 54-year-old man who had stopped in at the Circle K gas station, 3002 N. Main St, to check his car’s oil.

“(Roark) pointed a firearm at him and stated something like, ‘Why don’t you have license plates on your car?’” officer J. Briar Weddle said in the affidavit. Weddle said the frightened driver, who had never met Roark before, tried to get away by driving off, but Roark pursued him.

Weddle said Roark continued the pursuit down Main Street to Lake Shore Drive and then up Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. He was intercepted by police in the 1500 block of North Morgan Street about 9 p.m. after police were alerted by a 911 call.

Roark, who said little in court, is quoted in the affidavit as telling police he was convinced the other driver was responsible for threatening text messages he had received, even though he said he’d never met the man.

“He advised me he was going to kill the (other driver) if he caught up to him,” said Weddle. One bullet in Roark’s .38-caliber gun had been fired, and Weddle said Roark told him he had shot off a round earlier in the day at the intersection of Jasper Street and Grand Avenue to test whether the gun worked.

#Resist

[Athos_131]

Home health care nurse hurt in accidental shooting

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[Athos_131]

Non-life threatening wounds for 3 kids in Oklahoma shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The injuries suffered by three children when Oklahoma police fired at a robbery suspect in a pickup truck are non-life-threatening, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Saturday.

OSBI spokeswoman Brook Arbeitman said the 5-, 4- and 1-year-old children were taken to a Tulsa-area hospital. Their names and conditions were not released.

Olivia Hill told Sherman, Texas, news station KXII-TV that she is the mother of the three and of a fourth child who was not wounded.

"My 4-year-old daughter was shot in the head, and she has a bullet in her brain, and my 5-year-old has a skull fracture," Hill said. "My 1-year-old baby has gunshot wounds on her face. My 2-year-old wasn't touched with any bullets."

Hill and the four children were in the pickup with William Devaughn Smith, 21, when two officers approached him and gunfire broke out Friday in Hugo, which is near the Texas state line, Arbeitman said. Smith's relationship to Hill and the children isn't clear.

Investigators have not determined what led to the shooting that also wounded Smith, who was treated at a hospital about 30 miles (48 kilometers) away in Paris, Texas, then taken to a Texas jail on an Oklahoma robbery warrant, Arbeitman said.

"What happened between the contact with him and when police fired, we're still trying to put that together," the spokeswoman said. "The OSBI is still investigating whether he fired at police and whether he was armed."

Arbeitman also said it's unclear whether the officers who opened fire could see the children inside the truck.

Smith is suspected in an April 11 armed robbery at a Pizza Hut in Hugo. He hasn't been formally charged, and Lamar County, Texas, jail records do not list an attorney to speak on his behalf.

A post on the Hugo police Facebook page said a man entered the back entrance of the restaurant, pressed an object to an employee's back and demanded money. Police said the worker handed over money and the robber left.

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[Athos_131]

HOA Board Member Fires Gun After Argument Over Pool Rules

Ormond Beach, FL – A member of a neighborhood’s Home Owner’s Association faces charges after firing a gun to get three victims away from a pool.

That’s according to Ormond Beach police in regards to 66-year-old Richard Marcelle and what happened at a community pool in The Village subdivision.

Last week (April 23rd), police say a mother walked into the Ormond Beach Police Department to file an assault report.

The mother said that an unknown suspect, later identified as Marcelle, fired a handgun in a threatening manner at her son and two of his friends, one of which was a juvenile.

They said that they went to The Village’s community pool to hang out when they were confronted by Marcelle.

It should be noted that the son is 18-years-old, and a resident of the subdivision, meaning he is allowed to be at the pool and accompany minors to the pool.

According to the narrative, while they were swimming at the pool, Marcelle approached the teens and demanded they leave the pool as the pool closed at sunset.

All three were in agreement to leave, as they believed they were violating the pool’s rules.

But, as they began to leave, they noticed that the posted pool rules said that the pool actually closed at 10 p.m. After seeing that notice, they approached Marcelle at the front of the pool’s club house to tell him that the pool was still open.

After telling Marcelle that the rules allowed them to say, he rebutted by saying the rules have changed.

The report shows that the HOA board for the neighborhood, which includes Marcelle, voted to change the pool hours a few days prior to the incident.

But, the posted rules had not changed, meaning residents were not properly informed.

A small argument then ensued between the victims and Marcelle. Following the argument, the victims decided to ignore his demands to leave and walked backed to the area, believing the rules were correct.

Marcelle then intercepted the group as they attempted to re-enter the pool area, displaying a small black revolver style handgun. He then fired the gun into the soil off to the side.

One of them asked “did you really just shoot a gun,” to which Marcelle replied “yes, I am putting my own life at risk,” according to the report.

The victims then began to leave as Marcelle followed them to their vehicle. They ended up leaving the area after copying Marcelle’s tag number off of his vehicle.

A couple of days later (April 25th), Ormond Beach police went to the clubhouse to review the security footage of the incident.

In the video, police saw the victims arrive at the pool around 9 p.m. While there, the victims gathered outdoor chairs and then began to socialize.

Several minutes later, Marcelle arrives at the clubhouse in a truck with no vehicle lights on, in what appeared to be an attempt to not be noticed, according to police.

The video then showed Marcelle approaching the victims and conversing with them.

After conversing, Marcelle walked back to his vehicle while the victims appeared to linger around the pool area for a few more minutes. They then appeared to take notice of the posted rules.

Marcelle was also observed leaving his truck, with a small black revolver cupped in his left hand.

That’s when the victims were confronted by Marcelle again, who was seen on video maintaining an aggressive stance while standing in front of the victims.

During the confrontation, it seemed that the victims were unaware of Marcelle being armed.

While watching the interaction, police noticed that the victims made no aggressive or violent advancements, postures or gestures towards Marcelle.

Later that day, an OBPD detective tried making contact with Marcelle at his home in the neighborhood, but he didn’t answer the door.

Marcelle ended up calling the detective later in the day, saying that he’s acquired an attorney and he will not speak with police.

A few days later, police met with the victims to run a photo lineup. And out of six photos, all three victims identified Marcelle.

Marcelle was booked into the Volusia County Jail yesterday (May 1st), charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm in public.

Jail records show that Marcelle has posted $35,000 bond and is no longer in custody.

#Resist

[Athos_131]

Miami police identify officer involved in accidental shooting at Publix store

The Miami Police Department identified one of its officers whose gun accidentally discharged Wednesday inside a Publix grocery store as Officer Mario Gonzalez, an 11-year veteran of the police department.

Authorities said Gonzalez was off duty Wednesday afternoon when his personal gun accidentally discharged while he was standing in line at the Publix at 16800 N. Kendall Drive.

Miami-Dade police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said the bullet hit the ground and subsequently grazed a woman who was also in the line.

She was treated at the Publix by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel.

"I saw the lady sitting," customer Nancy Perez told Local 10 News. "She looked fine to me."

Inside the grocery store, crime scene tape surrounded several cash registers after the incident.

A photo obtained by Local 10 News shows evidence markers on the ground.

Miami-Dade police are investigating the accidental shooting.

"This is a pending Miami-Dade investigation and, as such, we cannot comment," Publix said in a statement.

Miami Police Department spokeswoman Kenia Fallat said Gonzalez is currently assigned to the training and personnel development section.

#Resist

[joan1984]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/man-with-a-bb-gun-allegedly-set-off-panic-evacuation-from-dc-pride-event/2019/06/09/73816668-8acb-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html?utm_term=.efa9811d7232

Pride Parade in DC
Cancelled Early Due to Panic

A man with a BB gun angry at another man for hitting his partner allegedly set off events that led hundreds of people to flee the Capital Pride Parade in Washington on Saturday, fearing a mass shooter, D.C. police said Sunday.

Reports that shots had been fired sent people running through the streets away from downtown’s landmark Dupont Circle shortly after 7 p.m., and witnesses accounts and video spread quickly on social media.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said shortly afterward that “there were no shots fired.” D.C. police Cdr. Guillermo Rivera added in an evening press conference, “We had officers close by, and at this point there’s no evidence of any gunshots.”

Instead, police reported Sunday morning that Aftabjit Singh, 38, of no fixed address, had been arrested on weapons and disorderly conduct charges after witnesses led officers to him near the fountain at the center of a circle. Singh was stopped as he approached a brown paper bag containing a silver-colored imitation pistol, police said.

Singh “claimed he pulled the gun out on an unidentified individual who was hitting his significant other,” Officer Blaise Maio wrote in a police report, adding that Singh claimed it was a BB gun.

“I’ll be back. I’ll shoot that m***** f*****,” Singh said as was taken away by police, the officer wrote.

The incident, which occurred about 7:20 p.m., ended the parade, officials said.

[Lois]

OMG!  Were you there? 

[joan1984]

OMG!  Were you there? 

Yes, at events downtown, not at the Parade itself. Fun day in DC.

[psiberzerker]

  You must be so Proud.   

[Athos_131]

Texas hunters who accidentally shot each other blamed undocumented immigrants, police reveal

A hunting guide and his client accidentally shot each other and then blamed it on undocumented migrants, police in the US have said.

Officers attended the scene at a remote south Texas ranch, near to the Mexico border, in early January, finding the two men bleeding from gunshot wounds. A second guide was involved in the incident, but escaped without injury.

The casualties, guide Walker Daughtery, 26, and client Edwin Roberts, 59, and the other guide, Michael Bryant, told police they suspected the shooters were undocumented immigrants they had seen on the ranch earlier in their trip.

Their story was shared thousands of times online after Texas Commissioner of Agriculture and Donald Trump ally Sid Miller wrote about it on Facebook.

But police and a grand jury have now concluded the men were lying about the incident, and actually shot each other.

Investigators believe that Mr Daughtery became paranoid that illegal immigrants were inside a vehicle with Mr Roberts and his wife and attempted to get inside without saying anything, prompting Mr Roberts to shoot at the door.

Mr Daughtery then ran back to his cabin to grab his gun and to get backup from Mr Bryant, and together they opened fire on the truck.

Mr Daughtery and Mr Roberts were both struck by bullets, to the chest and to the arm respectively. It is believed that Mr Daughtery shot Mr Roberts, his client, and Mr Bryant shot Mr Daughtery, his colleague.

Police told news channel CBS 7 they are conducting ballistic testing to determine which guns fired which bullets, but they cannot test the bullet that struck Mr Daughtery as it is too close to his heart to be safely removed.

Mr Daughtery and Mr Bryant have both been indicted on third-degree felony charges, punishable by up to five years in prison.

After the alleged attack, a family friend setup a GoFundMe page stating that Mr Daughtery and his group were involved in a shoot-out with some illegal immigrants that were trying to steal his RV with his clients still inside it.

The appeal, to help pay for Mr Daughtery's medical bills as he is uninsured, raised over $26,000 (more than £20,000) before it was shut down.

Mr Daughtery's fiancée, who was at the ranch on the night of the shooting, told CBS 7 she could not comment on the case until it was completed, but said the couple had had multiple encounters with undocumented immigrants in the past month. She claimed they had had hundreds of dollars'-worth of supplies stolen by them from the ranch.

Although the area is well known for undocumented migrants from Mexico crossing over the border, Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez said he had never seen violence like the alleged incident before. He said he was sceptical of the story from the beginning, and suggested the hunters were paranoid.

He told CBS 7: “I mean border patrol are experts in tracking in this area, we trust what they say because that’s all they do on a daily basis, and they didn’t find no sign, no indication that there was anybody in or out of that area that night.

“By the looks of it right now, we believe that during the shooting, with all the commotion and confusion going on, we believe that Michael shot Walker and Walker had shot Edwin,” Mr Dominguez added.

Mr Dominguez added that it took emergency services nearly two hours to arrive at the remote ranch, but fortunately one of the men’s wives was a nurse and was able to keep both men from bleeding out.

He said he wants ranchers and residents in the area to know they have nothing to fear at this time "regarding any violence from across the border".

Mr Miller, who became infamous in the US during last year’s election campaign when he called Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton a "c***" in a Tweet, deleted his initial Facebook post about the incident after police said they were suspicious of the hunters’ story.

Mr Miller’s initial post included two pictures of Mr Daugherty, one of which showed him in his hospital bed.

“The aliens were ambushing the RV that Walker and his wife. He was shot while trying to protect his hunters from the attack. Walker is a man of God and is now a hero,” Mr Miller wrote.

“This is why we need the wall and to secure our borders,” he added, in the post.

In addition to criticising the commissioner for spreading "fake news" people commenting on social media and local news outlets declared it ironic that it was actually paranoia about border security, not a lack of border security, that appears to have landed the two men in hospital.

#Resist

[psiberzerker]

I'm an asshole.

(Waits for someone to dispute that...)

So that's why I'm not saying this in Good Guy/Gal.  I'm also a gun owner, and I like shooting.  I really like 7.62x25mm.  Unfortunately, it's a PITA to shoot, because there's not a whole lot of guns for it, some of them like the C96 Mauzer isn't rated for the pressure of the Tokarev loading (They're the same case, the Tokarev is just loaded hotter) and I don't have a C96 Mauzer to shoot anyway.  Wish I did.

Also, the cheap ammo is lacquered steel cases which are impossible to reload reliably, with corrosive powder from the Soviet Bloc, poor quality control, and old as dirt.  Cheaper'n dirt too, but it's flat shooting, low recoil, and high enough velocity to knock down target plates.  I wish it was actually practical to shoot, but honestly it isn't.

So, any more assholes want to talk about Guns, without all the Politics?

[Athos_131]

Armed man who sowed panic at Walmart claimed he was testing his Second Amendment rights, police say

His wife told him it was a bad idea. His sister reminded him of what had happened in El Paso less than a week earlier, when a gunman killed 22 people after opening fire at a shopping center and Walmart.

But Dmitriy Andreychenko went ahead with his plan for a “social experiment,” according to police. The 20-year-old used a cellphone Thursday to film himself entering a Walmart in Springfield, Mo., wearing body armor and carrying a loaded military-style rifle. He said he wanted to test whether his Second Amendment rights would be honored in a public area.

The subsequent scenes of panic were frighteningly familiar. In the week since two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio left 31 dead, moments including a backfiring motorcycle in Manhattan’s Times Square to a falling sign in a Utah mall have triggered pandemonium. On Tuesday, panicked customers ran from a Louisiana Walmart after men in an argument drew weapons, police said.

Andreychenko claimed he did not anticipate customers’ reactions, a Friday statement from a Springfield police officer says.

“This is Missouri,” he told investigators, according to law enforcement. “I understand if we were somewhere else like New York or California, people would freak out.”

Prosecutors on Friday charged Andreychenko, of Springfield, with making a terrorist threat, saying he recklessly disregarded the risk of causing a building evacuation by knowingly sowing fear in the wake of the El Paso mass shooting at the same retail chain.

Missouri is an open-carry state. In 2014, state law allowed anyone with a concealed-carry weapon permit to carry a weapon in the open, statewide, overriding local regulations. In 2017, Missouri became a “shall issue” state for concealed weapons, allowing anyone 19 or older to carry a concealed weapon or one in the open without a permit.

“Missouri protects the right of people to open carry a firearm, but that does not allow an individual to act in a reckless and criminal manner endangering other citizens,” Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson said in a statement, likening Andreychenko’s actions to raising a false fire alarm in a theater.

Andreychenko’s second-degree felony charge carries up to four years’ imprisonment and a fine of as much as $10,000. He is being held on $10,000 bond with the stipulation that he may not possess a firearm, according to the prosecutor.

The Washington Post could not immediately reach Andreychenko for comment. It is not clear whether he has a lawyer.

Andreychenko — who typically keeps a gun and vest in his car, according to his wife — arrived at Walmart just after 4 p.m. Thursday despite his family’s warnings that his plan would provoke fear after the El Paso massacre, court documents say. The man used his cellphone to record himself entering the Walmart’s front entrance and then headed toward the building’s southeast corner, according to police. On his right hip was another weapon besides his AR-style rifle: a semiautomatic handgun loaded with one round in its chamber. Police say he had more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

He said he was recording in case somebody stopped him. He just wanted to shop, he said — and test Walmart’s support for the right to bear arms.

Although he said he did not anticipate the fearful response, Andreychenko knew about the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, and even said he brought the rifle and body armor to protect himself after the deadly attacks, police said.

Walmart employees quickly raised alarms.

Watching the armed man move down the aisles with a shopping cart, a store manager told an employee to pull the fire alarm to get people out of the store, believing that Andreychenko would open fire. Andreychenko said he, too, left the store at that point, police said. Surveillance footage captures shoppers fleeing.

Officers took the man into custody “without incident” after a store patron — identified by a local news station as a former member of the military — held Andreychenko at gunpoint outside the building, according to authorities.

While Andreychenko did not fire at anyone, according to police, a Battlefield City officer and another driver “suffered severe injuries” in a crash as the officer rushed to the scene with emergency lights and sirens. Both people were taken to the emergency room.

The debate over where guns are allowed to be carried is long and complex. Missouri is one of about 30 states that allow people to carry an openly held or concealed firearm without a permit, the Associated Press reported. There have been numerous incidents where advocates of the Second Amendment have displayed weapons in the open. But such efforts have rarely triggered the level of panic seen in Springfield.

Walmart said in a statement that Andreychenko is no longer welcome in the chain’s stores and that it is working with authorities.

“This was a reckless act designed to scare people, disrupt our business and it put our associates and customers at risk,” the company said. “We applaud the quick actions of our associates to evacuate customers from our store, and we’re thankful no one was injured.”

Springfield attorney Scott Pierson told local news outlet KY3 that Andreychenko might not have been arrested for the incident if it happened before the shootings last weekend in El Paso and Dayton.

“But because of those things [that] happened, a reasonable person would be fearful of an individual walking in with a tactical vest and what looks like an assault rifle,” he said.

Springfield Police Lt. Mike Lucas told CNN that Andreychenko “certainly had . . . the potential to harm people.”

“His intent was not to cause peace or comfort to anybody that was in the business,” Lucas said. “In fact, he’s lucky to be alive still, to be honest.”]His wife told him it was a bad idea. His sister reminded him of what had happened in El Paso less than a week earlier, when a gunman killed 22 people after opening fire at a shopping center and Walmart.

But Dmitriy Andreychenko went ahead with his plan for a “social experiment,” according to police. The 20-year-old used a cellphone Thursday to film himself entering a Walmart in Springfield, Mo., wearing body armor and carrying a loaded military-style rifle. He said he wanted to test whether his Second Amendment rights would be honored in a public area.

The subsequent scenes of panic were frighteningly familiar. In the week since two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio left 31 dead, moments including a backfiring motorcycle in Manhattan’s Times Square to a falling sign in a Utah mall have triggered pandemonium. On Tuesday, panicked customers ran from a Louisiana Walmart after men in an argument drew weapons, police said.

Andreychenko claimed he did not anticipate customers’ reactions, a Friday statement from a Springfield police officer says.

“This is Missouri,” he told investigators, according to law enforcement. “I understand if we were somewhere else like New York or California, people would freak out.”

Prosecutors on Friday charged Andreychenko, of Springfield, with making a terrorist threat, saying he recklessly disregarded the risk of causing a building evacuation by knowingly sowing fear in the wake of the El Paso mass shooting at the same retail chain.

Missouri is an open-carry state. In 2014, state law allowed anyone with a concealed-carry weapon permit to carry a weapon in the open, statewide, overriding local regulations. In 2017, Missouri became a “shall issue” state for concealed weapons, allowing anyone 19 or older to carry a concealed weapon or one in the open without a permit.

“Missouri protects the right of people to open carry a firearm, but that does not allow an individual to act in a reckless and criminal manner endangering other citizens,” Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson said in a statement, likening Andreychenko’s actions to raising a false fire alarm in a theater.

Andreychenko’s second-degree felony charge carries up to four years’ imprisonment and a fine of as much as $10,000. He is being held on $10,000 bond with the stipulation that he may not possess a firearm, according to the prosecutor.

The Washington Post could not immediately reach Andreychenko for comment. It is not clear whether he has a lawyer.

Andreychenko — who typically keeps a gun and vest in his car, according to his wife — arrived at Walmart just after 4 p.m. Thursday despite his family’s warnings that his plan would provoke fear after the El Paso massacre, court documents say. The man used his cellphone to record himself entering the Walmart’s front entrance and then headed toward the building’s southeast corner, according to police. On his right hip was another weapon besides his AR-style rifle: a semiautomatic handgun loaded with one round in its chamber. Police say he had more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

He said he was recording in case somebody stopped him. He just wanted to shop, he said — and test Walmart’s support for the right to bear arms.

Although he said he did not anticipate the fearful response, Andreychenko knew about the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, and even said he brought the rifle and body armor to protect himself after the deadly attacks, police said.

Walmart employees quickly raised alarms.

Watching the armed man move down the aisles with a shopping cart, a store manager told an employee to pull the fire alarm to get people out of the store, believing that Andreychenko would open fire. Andreychenko said he, too, left the store at that point, police said. Surveillance footage captures shoppers fleeing.

Officers took the man into custody “without incident” after a store patron — identified by a local news station as a former member of the military — held Andreychenko at gunpoint outside the building, according to authorities.

While Andreychenko did not fire at anyone, according to police, a Battlefield City officer and another driver “suffered severe injuries” in a crash as the officer rushed to the scene with emergency lights and sirens. Both people were taken to the emergency room.

The debate over where guns are allowed to be carried is long and complex. Missouri is one of about 30 states that allow people to carry an openly held or concealed firearm without a permit, the Associated Press reported. There have been numerous incidents where advocates of the Second Amendment have displayed weapons in the open. But such efforts have rarely triggered the level of panic seen in Springfield.

Walmart said in a statement that Andreychenko is no longer welcome in the chain’s stores and that it is working with authorities.

“This was a reckless act designed to scare people, disrupt our business and it put our associates and customers at risk,” the company said. “We applaud the quick actions of our associates to evacuate customers from our store, and we’re thankful no one was injured.”

Springfield attorney Scott Pierson told local news outlet KY3 that Andreychenko might not have been arrested for the incident if it happened before the shootings last weekend in El Paso and Dayton.

“But because of those things [that] happened, a reasonable person would be fearful of an individual walking in with a tactical vest and what looks like an assault rifle,” he said.

Springfield Police Lt. Mike Lucas told CNN that Andreychenko “certainly had . . . the potential to harm people.”

“His intent was not to cause peace or comfort to anybody that was in the business,” Lucas said. “In fact, he’s lucky to be alive still, to be honest.”

#Resist

[joan1984]

Could someone please post this excessively repetitive "story" a few more times just in case someone likes reading such tripe. The exact same paragraphs repeat over and over and over. Hard to imagine people PAY to be able to read such stories online. Free stories. Free paragraphs, paragraphs, paragraphs...
Thank you.
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Seems to me, his experiment got a result which he had to be expecting, that his right to carry, both concealed as to the pistol and openly for the long gun, was not respected at all. For whatever reason, his experiment showed his right to carry not only was not respected, but he is facing made up 'charges', because fellow citizens panicked and pulled fire alarms and what not.

Timing is everything. I will expect the Judge, or the Appeals Court will toss this case as unwarranted, as this person appears to have acted lawfully. Foolishly maybe, but within the letter and spirit of State law.

He did not claim there was a fire. Others took actions presuming his intentions.
I can see how people acted in that way, AND his actions seem lawful to me, not at all what the nutjob in Texas did, after he finished his breakfast at Walmart.

Actions are the difference. The long gun in this case, and the pistol, apparently knew their place, and restrained themselves from murdering all those folks in MO... This guy even followed instructions to vacate the building in an orderly manner... his guns broke no laws, his body armor broke no laws, he broke no laws... Others need to figure out how to better serve their stores/customers...
or... change something about their laws, or the employee training, so store managers need not panic like this in the future.

Armed man who sowed panic at Walmart claimed he was testing his Second Amendment rights, police say

His wife told him it was a bad idea. His sister reminded him of what had happened in El Paso less than a week earlier, when a gunman killed 22 people after opening fire at a shopping center and Walmart.

But Dmitriy Andreychenko went ahead with his plan for a “social experiment,” according to police. The 20-year-old used a cellphone Thursday to film himself entering a Walmart in Springfield, Mo., wearing body armor and carrying a loaded military-style rifle. He said he wanted to test whether his Second Amendment rights would be honored in a public area.

The subsequent scenes of panic were frighteningly familiar. In the week since two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio left 31 dead, moments including a backfiring motorcycle in Manhattan’s Times Square to a falling sign in a Utah mall have triggered pandemonium. On Tuesday, panicked customers ran from a Louisiana Walmart after men in an argument drew weapons, police said.

Andreychenko claimed he did not anticipate customers’ reactions, a Friday statement from a Springfield police officer says.

“This is Missouri,” he told investigators, according to law enforcement. “I understand if we were somewhere else like New York or California, people would freak out.”

Prosecutors on Friday charged Andreychenko, of Springfield, with making a terrorist threat, saying he recklessly disregarded the risk of causing a building evacuation by knowingly sowing fear in the wake of the El Paso mass shooting at the same retail chain.

Missouri is an open-carry state. In 2014, state law allowed anyone with a concealed-carry weapon permit to carry a weapon in the open, statewide, overriding local regulations. In 2017, Missouri became a “shall issue” state for concealed weapons, allowing anyone 19 or older to carry a concealed weapon or one in the open without a permit.

“Missouri protects the right of people to open carry a firearm, but that does not allow an individual to act in a reckless and criminal manner endangering other citizens,” Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson said in a statement, likening Andreychenko’s actions to raising a false fire alarm in a theater.

Andreychenko’s second-degree felony charge carries up to four years’ imprisonment and a fine of as much as $10,000. He is being held on $10,000 bond with the stipulation that he may not possess a firearm, according to the prosecutor.

The Washington Post could not immediately reach Andreychenko for comment. It is not clear whether he has a lawyer.

Andreychenko — who typically keeps a gun and vest in his car, according to his wife — arrived at Walmart just after 4 p.m. Thursday despite his family’s warnings that his plan would provoke fear after the El Paso massacre, court documents say. The man used his cellphone to record himself entering the Walmart’s front entrance and then headed toward the building’s southeast corner, according to police. On his right hip was another weapon besides his AR-style rifle: a semiautomatic handgun loaded with one round in its chamber. Police say he had more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

He said he was recording in case somebody stopped him. He just wanted to shop, he said — and test Walmart’s support for the right to bear arms.

Although he said he did not anticipate the fearful response, Andreychenko knew about the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, and even said he brought the rifle and body armor to protect himself after the deadly attacks, police said.

Walmart employees quickly raised alarms.

Watching the armed man move down the aisles with a shopping cart, a store manager told an employee to pull the fire alarm to get people out of the store, believing that Andreychenko would open fire. Andreychenko said he, too, left the store at that point, police said. Surveillance footage captures shoppers fleeing.

Officers took the man into custody “without incident” after a store patron — identified by a local news station as a former member of the military — held Andreychenko at gunpoint outside the building, according to authorities.

While Andreychenko did not fire at anyone, according to police, a Battlefield City officer and another driver “suffered severe injuries” in a crash as the officer rushed to the scene with emergency lights and sirens. Both people were taken to the emergency room.

The debate over where guns are allowed to be carried is long and complex. Missouri is one of about 30 states that allow people to carry an openly held or concealed firearm without a permit, the Associated Press reported. There have been numerous incidents where advocates of the Second Amendment have displayed weapons in the open. But such efforts have rarely triggered the level of panic seen in Springfield.

Walmart said in a statement that Andreychenko is no longer welcome in the chain’s stores and that it is working with authorities.

“This was a reckless act designed to scare people, disrupt our business and it put our associates and customers at risk,” the company said. “We applaud the quick actions of our associates to evacuate customers from our store, and we’re thankful no one was injured.”

Springfield attorney Scott Pierson told local news outlet KY3 that Andreychenko might not have been arrested for the incident if it happened before the shootings last weekend in El Paso and Dayton.

“But because of those things [that] happened, a reasonable person would be fearful of an individual walking in with a tactical vest and what looks like an assault rifle,” he said.

Springfield Police Lt. Mike Lucas told CNN that Andreychenko “certainly had . . . the potential to harm people.”

“His intent was not to cause peace or comfort to anybody that was in the business,” Lucas said. “In fact, he’s lucky to be alive still, to be honest.”]His wife told him it was a bad idea. His sister reminded him of what had happened in El Paso less than a week earlier, when a gunman killed 22 people after opening fire at a shopping center and Walmart.

But Dmitriy Andreychenko went ahead with his plan for a “social experiment,” according to police. The 20-year-old used a cellphone Thursday to film himself entering a Walmart in Springfield, Mo., wearing body armor and carrying a loaded military-style rifle. He said he wanted to test whether his Second Amendment rights would be honored in a public area.

The subsequent scenes of panic were frighteningly familiar. In the week since two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio left 31 dead, moments including a backfiring motorcycle in Manhattan’s Times Square to a falling sign in a Utah mall have triggered pandemonium. On Tuesday, panicked customers ran from a Louisiana Walmart after men in an argument drew weapons, police said.

Andreychenko claimed he did not anticipate customers’ reactions, a Friday statement from a Springfield police officer says.

“This is Missouri,” he told investigators, according to law enforcement. “I understand if we were somewhere else like New York or California, people would freak out.”

Prosecutors on Friday charged Andreychenko, of Springfield, with making a terrorist threat, saying he recklessly disregarded the risk of causing a building evacuation by knowingly sowing fear in the wake of the El Paso mass shooting at the same retail chain.

Missouri is an open-carry state. In 2014, state law allowed anyone with a concealed-carry weapon permit to carry a weapon in the open, statewide, overriding local regulations. In 2017, Missouri became a “shall issue” state for concealed weapons, allowing anyone 19 or older to carry a concealed weapon or one in the open without a permit.

“Missouri protects the right of people to open carry a firearm, but that does not allow an individual to act in a reckless and criminal manner endangering other citizens,” Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson said in a statement, likening Andreychenko’s actions to raising a false fire alarm in a theater.

Andreychenko’s second-degree felony charge carries up to four years’ imprisonment and a fine of as much as $10,000. He is being held on $10,000 bond with the stipulation that he may not possess a firearm, according to the prosecutor.

The Washington Post could not immediately reach Andreychenko for comment. It is not clear whether he has a lawyer.

Andreychenko — who typically keeps a gun and vest in his car, according to his wife — arrived at Walmart just after 4 p.m. Thursday despite his family’s warnings that his plan would provoke fear after the El Paso massacre, court documents say. The man used his cellphone to record himself entering the Walmart’s front entrance and then headed toward the building’s southeast corner, according to police. On his right hip was another weapon besides his AR-style rifle: a semiautomatic handgun loaded with one round in its chamber. Police say he had more than 100 rounds of ammunition.

He said he was recording in case somebody stopped him. He just wanted to shop, he said — and test Walmart’s support for the right to bear arms.

Although he said he did not anticipate the fearful response, Andreychenko knew about the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, and even said he brought the rifle and body armor to protect himself after the deadly attacks, police said.

Walmart employees quickly raised alarms.

Watching the armed man move down the aisles with a shopping cart, a store manager told an employee to pull the fire alarm to get people out of the store, believing that Andreychenko would open fire. Andreychenko said he, too, left the store at that point, police said. Surveillance footage captures shoppers fleeing.

Officers took the man into custody “without incident” after a store patron — identified by a local news station as a former member of the military — held Andreychenko at gunpoint outside the building, according to authorities.

While Andreychenko did not fire at anyone, according to police, a Battlefield City officer and another driver “suffered severe injuries” in a crash as the officer rushed to the scene with emergency lights and sirens. Both people were taken to the emergency room.

The debate over where guns are allowed to be carried is long and complex. Missouri is one of about 30 states that allow people to carry an openly held or concealed firearm without a permit, the Associated Press reported. There have been numerous incidents where advocates of the Second Amendment have displayed weapons in the open. But such efforts have rarely triggered the level of panic seen in Springfield.

Walmart said in a statement that Andreychenko is no longer welcome in the chain’s stores and that it is working with authorities.

“This was a reckless act designed to scare people, disrupt our business and it put our associates and customers at risk,” the company said. “We applaud the quick actions of our associates to evacuate customers from our store, and we’re thankful no one was injured.”

Springfield attorney Scott Pierson told local news outlet KY3 that Andreychenko might not have been arrested for the incident if it happened before the shootings last weekend in El Paso and Dayton.

“But because of those things [that] happened, a reasonable person would be fearful of an individual walking in with a tactical vest and what looks like an assault rifle,” he said.

Springfield Police Lt. Mike Lucas told CNN that Andreychenko “certainly had . . . the potential to harm people.”

“His intent was not to cause peace or comfort to anybody that was in the business,” Lucas said. “In fact, he’s lucky to be alive still, to be honest.”

#Resist

[wayne3218]

Several officers injured in Philadelphia shooting

PHILADELPHIA– Authorities say several Philadelphia police officers have been shot in an “active and ongoing” shooting situation in the city.

Sgt. Eric Gripp tweeted there was at least one suspect firing at police officers Wednesday afternoon.

A police spokesman confirmed the shooting in the Nicetown section of the city.

https://fox8.com/2019/08/14/several-officers-injured-in-philadelphia-shooting/

[joan1984]

  A Ass-helmet/Asshole with a gun. Soon to be a
Former Asshole with a gun, I expect. Which Reverend
will get on scene, on Camera, first, one wonders.

  By Sunrise, at least one, maybe two valued Parking
Places will be appropriated for a Whisky Bottle and
Candle and rain drenched stuffed animal Memorial to
the criminal(s). Hope they kill enough of the thugs for
the Multiple Parking Space appropriation kind of Memorial.

  Some Alderman or Reverend or both, will suggest the
City squander some millions on a investigation, before
the bodies are cold, a blue ribbon commission.

  Somehow will be Trumps fault, on CNN for sure.

  A Obama supporter, 99.8% chance...
  Not a Trump Voter, 100% chance...

  Will have more such at his funeral, Obama supporters,
Reverends, CNN, MSNBC, other leftist Media, no doubt.

  City of Brotherly Love, attacking the Police in this heavily
Gun Controlled Democrat City. Need to destroy their family
homes, when they kill him and whoever is with him.

  Of course, will not turn out to have 'owned' a home, likely.

Just another day in another Democrat controlled city. Yup.

Only counts as Mass Murder if the shooter kills 4+, right...

[psiberzerker]

How long does it take how many "Good guys" (Cops) with guns to take down 1 asshole with a gun?

Kinda points out the flaw in that theory.

[Athos_131]

  A Ass-helmet/Asshole with a gun. Soon to be a
Former Asshole with a gun, I expect. Which Reverend
will get on scene, on Camera, first, one wonders.

  By Sunrise, at least one, maybe two valued Parking
Places will be appropriated for a Whisky Bottle and
Candle and rain drenched stuffed animal Memorial to
the criminal(s). Hope they kill enough of the thugs for
the Multiple Parking Space appropriation kind of Memorial.

  Some Alderman or Reverend or both, will suggest the
City squander some millions on a investigation, before
the bodies are cold, a blue ribbon commission.

  Somehow will be Trumps fault, on CNN for sure.

  A Obama supporter, 99.8% chance...
  Not a Trump Voter, 100% chance...

  Will have more such at his funeral, Obama supporters,
Reverends, CNN, MSNBC, other leftist Media, no doubt.

  City of Brotherly Love, attacking the Police in this heavily
Gun Controlled Democrat City. Need to destroy their family
homes, when they kill him and whoever is with him.

  Of course, will not turn out to have 'owned' a home, likely.

Just another day in another Democrat controlled city. Yup.

Only counts as Mass Murder if the shooter kills 4+, right...

#Resist