RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:

>  
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Brian Loe wrote:
>
> > On 11/1/06, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> > > I suspect that the fake gun is what bothered the South Portland
> police and
> > > not the Bin Laden costume.
> >
> >
> > Could have swore that all toy guns were to have an orange muzzle for
> > just this reason. If his did have an orange muzzle, a lawsuit is in
> > order.
>
> My understanding was that all USians have the right to bear arms. The 
> Constitution doesn't say anything about the colour of the muzzle. Surely
>
> he has a case anyway?
>
> --->  Yes we do, but there is also the matter of "brandishing a
> firearm".  Which is what this idiot was doing, even though it was fake.
> There are robberies that take place often enough with toy guns that look
> real, it's still "armed robbery" regardless if it was real or not.  Same
> as brandishing a firearm.
 
OK, so carrying a firearm is legal, but brandishing it isn't. OK, got it 
now.

Brandishing is when you wave something, right? So you're allowed to carry 
firearms, but you mustn't wave them.

Weird.


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