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A Heavily Armed Man Caused Panic at a Supermarket. But Did He Break the Law?

In states with permissive gun laws, police and prosecutors have limited tools at their disposal when a heavily armed individual sows fear or panic in public.

what a psycho country

  • CatEars420 [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Mr. Brant also offered an explanation for Mr. Marley’s conduct that day: He had acquired the guns and the body armor, Mr. Brant said, because he had felt threatened by someone in his neighborhood. On the day of his arrest, he had hoped to take his guns to a nearby shooting range but first had to run some errands, which included a stop at the grocery store. (Mr. Marley did not have a car, Mr. Brant said, which is why he was carrying the guns around with him.) While in the Publix men’s room, Mr. Brant said, Mr. Marley had taken out some of the weapons, including the rifle, to clean them after discovering that some guacamole he had bought had caused a mess inside the bag.

    :ok:

    • CatEars420 [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Fellas, dont you just hate it when you have to clean your guns in the grocery store toilet because quac went down the barrel?

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I think another point elsewhere in the article is that he is homeless. This somewhat explains having all these things on his person at the same time, and I think not wanting to leave them in the car is somewhat believable. Weird one though.

        • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Dril tweet about budgeting but instead of candles it's firearms and ammunition

    • kristina [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Washing a gun barrel off in a grocery stores sink while everyone is freaking out around you

      God I love America

      • RATMachinespirit [he/him,they/them]
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        2 years ago

        hey, a disassembled gun can't hurt anyone. If anything, a public cleansing ritual of the armalites machine spirit would cause less fear than not doing so, because it could shoot guac coated bullets if it wasn't being cleaned.

    • Antoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Pretty soon we'll be at a point where the average white American male is such an absurd basket-case that :dril: joins the ranks of satirists who can no longer compete with reality.