Tattoo for gun

[Xp29h]

LOL... Maine is mild in comparison to all the Skittle Farten', Rainbow Humpen', Tree Huggen', Eco-Nazi's crowd that we got here in the coastal inner-cites/regions of Calif.

we have our share too and it's getting worse!

My my hope is that the really cold and snowy winter drives them all away! Unless the own a mopar! Then I'll think about it!

 

[72 Charger SE]

As much as I dislike all the tattoo stuff, I just don't get it myself, but too each their own... This is way overreacting by both parties !! , it seems an abuse of power too... Too me, it seams the rude/pissed alleged gun tattooed dirt-bag & the panty waist tree trimmers, scared of their own shadows, that will often trim the wrong trees off the power-line easement {happens here all the time} & on someone's private property... Sounds like both people were in the right, just a little decorum, from both side would be smart... I'd bet the tattooed guy, no doubt probably has a criminal record too {who/what dumba$$ would do a tattoo like that in the 1st place}, so the cops/SWAT side with the tree guys, a little over kill to send the SWAT Team & a stupid way overreaction.... Just having a tattoo that allegedly looks like a real gun in his belt line {stupid as it is}, IMHFO it still isn't brandishing a gun...

I can't say the police overreacted, since this article doesn't give much info on what they were told. And there is no mention of there being a SWAT team involved, only police with assault rifles. I don't know about that area, but around here, every patrol car has an assault rifle or shotgun, and most have both. If they are contacting an armed subject, or someone reported to be armed, the procedure is to call the subject out if possible, with at least a couple of officers ready with rifles to shoot from a safer distance in case the subject comes out shooting. The rifle is quite appropriate in this situation, and is far more accurate than a pistol from a distance.

I think the tree trimming crew overreacted though. Even if they saw an actual gun in the guy's waistband, if he didn't make any indication that he was going to use it, there was no reason to call the police. Reading the full article, it sounds as if he told the guys not to cut his trees, and they agreed, so he went back inside. Problem over.

 

[monaco66coupe]

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[Cranky]

Because they like being tribal! I don't get it either, I guess we're getting to old?

Never was a fan of tats and don't have any....even tho I've seen a few that I thought were cool but never did like more than a couple of well placed ones. My oldest daughter has some and who ever did them must have been either drunk or was a terrible artist and now that she has them, she can't afford to get them removed and I sure the hell ain't going to help with that. She got them on there and she can find a way to get rid of them.

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I can't say the police overreacted, since this article doesn't give much info on what they were told. And there is no mention of there being a SWAT team involved, only police with assault rifles. I don't know about that area, but around here, every patrol car has an assault rifle or shotgun, and most have both. If they are contacting an armed subject, or someone reported to be armed, the procedure is to call the subject out if possible, with at least a couple of officers ready with rifles to shoot from a safer distance in case the subject comes out shooting. The rifle is quite appropriate in this situation, and is far more accurate than a pistol from a distance.

I think the tree trimming crew overreacted though. Even if they saw an actual gun in the guy's waistband, if he didn't make any indication that he was going to use it, there was no reason to call the police. Reading the full article, it sounds as if he told the guys not to cut his trees, and they agreed, so he went back inside. Problem over.

I have my license to carry but it has to be concealed but...on your own property, you can open carry. Only thing is, if you have it in your hand and waving it about, then the cops can arrest the dumb *** that does that. With the number of dogs in my area that seem to run loose, I usually am armed all the time and don't conceal when I'm on my own property. It also lets some of the neighbors wonder about me but most do anyways

 

[Bruzilla]

a little over kill to send the SWAT Team & a stupid way overreaction.... Just having a tattoo that allegedly looks like a real gun in his belt line {stupid as it is}, IMHFO it still isn't brandishing a gun...

To the first point, most reports of someone brandishing a gun and confronting others are passed to special teams like SWAT. These guys have the training to deal with these situations, so if you have a team like that it's better to send them than to dispatch Officer Friendly who is more likely to get his own self or others dead.

To the second point, I doubt these guys were ever close enough to see it was a tattoo. I know if some shirtless guy came out of his house yelling at me, and I could see a pistol stuck in his belt, I wouldn't be too eager to go up, talk to the guy, and say "oh wow, that's just a tattoo!" That tattoo is meant to make it look like a gun, and congrats to him... it worked! And until the cops determined it was a tattoo, as far as anyone knew the guy was brandishing a weapon.

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I have my license to carry but it has to be concealed but...on your own property, you can open carry. Only thing is, if you have it in your hand and waving it about, then the cops can arrest the dumb *** that does that.

Yep, it's all about context. If you're out screaming at people, making threats, etc., and have what looks like a gun, you can expect a visit from John Law.