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Looks like you'd better be careful around Pittsburgh. If you are carrying a gun, a citizen can decide you're probably going to rob or shoot someone, and can run over you with their car, just in case.
A woman did exactly that to a man who was walking along carrying what looked like a shotgun. Police have stated that they will not charge her for running over him.
I guess the 2nd amendment says you can keep and bear arms. It doesn't say people are forbidden to run over you if you do it. Of course, the Framers didn't know about cars in 1791.......
Why do I get the feeling there's more to this story?
BTW, the "gun" turns out to be an Airsoft fake gun, that only shoots little plastic pellets.
Police: Aliquippa Woman Thwarts Robbery By Running Over Suspect
Reporting Christine D’Antonio
August 9, 2013 2:49 PM
ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) – Police say a Beaver County woman may have thwarted a robbery, by running over a suspect with her car.
It happened in the 2100 block of McMinn Street in Aliquippa. Aliquippa police say a witness saw Cameron White walking down a street carrying what appeared to be a sawed off shotgun. She called police, but noticed that White was heading in the direction of a group of children.
Police say she feared White was going to shoot the children, so she ran over him with her car.
White was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police believe he was actually going to rob the Circle K mini-mart down the road and that she may have prevented the robbery.
They say White was carrying an airsoft pellet gun which had been sawed off to look like a shotgun, and the orange tip had been taken off.
The Beaver County District Attorney says they are not going to charge her with running White over.
Looks like the gun-haters are finally getting what they want. If a man simply carries a gun, he can now be considered a criminal.
And not just a criminal, but a criminal engage in an actual crime. Citizens are now allowed to respond with deadly force, which is what assaulting someone with a 2-ton automobile is.
And the cops won't even CHARGE the driver with anything.
Looks like you'd better be careful around Pittsburgh. If you are carrying a gun, a citizen can decide you're probably going to rob or shoot someone, and can run over you with their car, just in case.
A woman did exactly that to a man who was walking along carrying what looked like a shotgun. Police have stated that they will not charge her for running over him.
I guess the 2nd amendment says you can keep and bear arms. It doesn't say people are forbidden to run over you if you do it. Of course, the Framers didn't know about cars in 1791.......
Why do I get the feeling there's more to this story?
BTW, the "gun" turns out to be an Airsoft fake gun, that only shoots little plastic pellets.
Police: Aliquippa Woman Thwarts Robbery By Running Over Suspect
Reporting Christine D’Antonio
August 9, 2013 2:49 PM
ALIQUIPPA (KDKA) – Police say a Beaver County woman may have thwarted a robbery, by running over a suspect with her car.
It happened in the 2100 block of McMinn Street in Aliquippa. Aliquippa police say a witness saw Cameron White walking down a street carrying what appeared to be a sawed off shotgun. She called police, but noticed that White was heading in the direction of a group of children.
Police say she feared White was going to shoot the children, so she ran over him with her car.
White was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police believe he was actually going to rob the Circle K mini-mart down the road and that she may have prevented the robbery.
They say White was carrying an airsoft pellet gun which had been sawed off to look like a shotgun, and the orange tip had been taken off.
The Beaver County District Attorney says they are not going to charge her with running White over.
She'll be walking from here on out after he sues her for every dime she has.
Well, we have at least one leftist fanatic who agrees that any man carrying a gun is now "a crime about to happen".
Anyone else?
I'm unfamiliar with PA law, so I really can't comment. I would imagine that open carry is illegal there, but it is surprisingly legal to carry rifles and shotguns in quite a few cities. I would imagine she is going to lose big in civil court though.
Well, we have at least one leftist fanatic who agrees that any man carrying a gun is now "a crime about to happen".
Anyone else?
Watch out for those headlights, I guess.
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