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Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:00:55 -0500
On 11/2/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Brian Loe wrote: > On 11/2/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote: > > > Yes, brandishing is along the lines of "showing in a threateningly > > > manor". Leaves an awful lot to interpretation.... > > > > If "threatening manner" is the criterion, then I'd say that anyone openly > > carrying a gun is showing it in a threatening manner. Isn't that the whole > > point of openly carrying? > > To you it might be threatening, but a reasonable adult wouldn't be > threatened at all. Considering every cop in the states carries openly > it is pretty common, I thought we were talking about citizens, not cops. > besides the fact that those aforementioned > rational adults would understand the difference between a gun in a > holster and gun in your face.... I would find it very threatening
Hey solly, I can clear this up pretty quickly, you are confusing feeling threatened with being threatened. I know you are probably doing this on purpose, but on the off chance you arent, I thought I would let you know. -JP _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?, (continued)
- RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Blanchard_Michael (Nov 01)
- RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Drsolly (Nov 01)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Dude VanWinkle (Nov 01)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Brian Loe (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Drsolly (Nov 02)
- RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Blanchard_Michael (Nov 02)
- RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Drsolly (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Brian Loe (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Drsolly (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Brian Loe (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Dude VanWinkle (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Drsolly (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Dude VanWinkle (Nov 02)
- RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Blanchard_Michael (Nov 02)
- Re: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not? Dude VanWinkle (Nov 01)