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St. Louis Park Man Sentenced For Pulling AK-47 On Kids

He told them he pulled out the gun because he thought the kids weren’t taking him seriously

WTF indeed.
 
Because pulling out an ak-47 is definitely a way to be taken more seriously. Doesn't make you look like a lunatic at all!
 
Yeah.....that wasn't a particularly good idea.
 
So what are we debating? Whether the guy did something really stupid or what?
 
So what are we debating? Whether the guy did something really stupid or what?

We are not debating, we are marveling at his stupidity.
 
Only 120 days at a workhouse and a $500 fine?!?!?! The sentence is the dumbest part of this story.
 
Only 120 days at a workhouse and a $500 fine?!?!?! The sentence is the dumbest part of this story.

No, the dumbest part is that he will probably avoid jail time by wearing an ankle bracelet.
 
From the link:
A St. Louis Park father has been sentenced for aiming an AK-47 at group of children he thought had stolen Halloween candy from one of his children.
It goes on to talk about the details of his sentence but not one word about whether or not he was able to recover the stolen candy.

What the hell kind of crackpot reporting is this!?!?
 
What a dumb ass....Say bye bye to his rights....

Why do you hate the 2nd amendment? My right to bear arms at annoying children shall not be infringed!
 
Why do you hate the 2nd amendment? My right to bear arms at annoying children shall not be infringed!


Hey, I couldn't agree more...It should be a case by case review before taking away someones rights. But that is not how the very liberal Brady act determines it..."Felony" is the benchmark...Boom, they are gone...no if's, and's, or but's....You should be proud....That's what you want isn't it? blanket disarming of the population?
 
If he was a cop and did the same thing it would be legal and many would defend him.
 
I think you overestimate people's support for cops pulling guns on trick or treaters.

That would depend on the age and race of the kids. But even if they were young and white, their fellow officers, some avid cop-lovers, gun nuts, DAs and some politicians would still defend them
 
So....a dude pulls out an AK-47...NOT as a really bad joke...but as a SERIOUS threat, in order to recover stolen candy?



And our response...is to give him house arrest and a fine?

How about something along the lines of, he never gets to own a gun again for as long as he lives?
 
That would depend on the age and race of the kids. But even if they were young and white, their fellow officers, some avid cop-lovers, gun nuts, DAs and some politicians would still defend them

Again, I think you overestimate people's support for cops pulling guns on trick or treaters.
 
Of course CNN that bastion of "truth" would never slant a story like oh say........ a Hispanic neighborhood watch guy shot a teen for carrying skittles and an ice tea.
 
Hey, I couldn't agree more...It should be a case by case review before taking away someones rights. But that is not how the very liberal Brady act determines it..."Felony" is the benchmark...Boom, they are gone...no if's, and's, or but's....You should be proud....That's what you want isn't it? blanket disarming of the population?

Wait. "Commits a felony" means "blanket disarming of the population?"

So... everyone has committed a felony? Man, don't tell the cops on me.
 
Usually St. Louis Park is a little more civilized. I used to live there.

I grew up there!

Yeah, St. Louis Park has two sides and you can call them the rich side/poor side or the jewish side/goy side. The further west you drive on Minnetonka, the worse it gets (until you get to the city of Minnetonka, of course)
 
That would depend on the age and race of the kids. But even if they were young and white, their fellow officers, some avid cop-lovers, gun nuts, DAs and some politicians would still defend them

If you didn't want to be taken seriously, you could've just said so. You didn't have to say something so outrageously stupid and waste bandwidth in the process.
 
So....a dude pulls out an AK-47...NOT as a really bad joke...but as a SERIOUS threat, in order to recover stolen candy?



And our response...is to give him house arrest and a fine?

How about something along the lines of, he never gets to own a gun again for as long as he lives?
They did that also.
Hager’s sentencing also has conditions, which include: Anger management, cognitive skill training, psychiatric evaluation/treatment, psychological evaluation/treatment, supply DNA sample, no use or possession of firearms or dangerous weapons,
I sometimes wonder at peoples thought process, that causes them to so easily throw away their rights.
 
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