There are three things happening here which have very few points of congruence:
Media reports, which seem to be largely fabricated by the reporters;
What actually happened, which has not been widely reported;
The Fayetteville PD’s relationship with the employees of the town’s dominant business, the Army, which is never widely reported.
As you can see, they generally called the individual arrested “Man with assault rifle,” “Armed soldier,” “Soldier with rifle and ammunition,” and, in one egregious case (a TV station, naturally), “Fayetteville mall gunman.” Sure, that was technically correct in the narrow denotational sense that he was a man, did have a gun, and did go to a mall, but “mall gunman” forms a mental picture other than a guy carrying an empty, never-fired, rifle to a photo shoot for his actor’s portfolio.
And he'd also removed the firing pin. More details at the link.
"Journalism, n. A job for people who flunked out of STEM courses, enjoy making up stories, and have no detectable integrity or morals."
There are three things happening here which have very few points of congruence:
Media reports, which seem to be largely fabricated by the reporters;
What actually happened, which has not been widely reported;
The Fayetteville PD’s relationship with the employees of the town’s dominant business, the Army, which is never widely reported.
As you can see, they generally called the individual arrested “Man with assault rifle,” “Armed soldier,” “Soldier with rifle and ammunition,” and, in one egregious case (a TV station, naturally), “Fayetteville mall gunman.” Sure, that was technically correct in the narrow denotational sense that he was a man, did have a gun, and did go to a mall, but “mall gunman” forms a mental picture other than a guy carrying an empty, never-fired, rifle to a photo shoot for his actor’s portfolio.
And he'd also removed the firing pin. More details at the link.
The trooper should have carried the rifle into the mall to the photographer's store in a case....if his intent was to have his picture taken.
There are three things happening here which have very few points of congruence:
Media reports, which seem to be largely fabricated by the reporters;
What actually happened, which has not been widely reported;
The Fayetteville PD’s relationship with the employees of the town’s dominant business, the Army, which is never widely reported.
As you can see, they generally called the individual arrested “Man with assault rifle,” “Armed soldier,” “Soldier with rifle and ammunition,” and, in one egregious case (a TV station, naturally), “Fayetteville mall gunman.” Sure, that was technically correct in the narrow denotational sense that he was a man, did have a gun, and did go to a mall, but “mall gunman” forms a mental picture other than a guy carrying an empty, never-fired, rifle to a photo shoot for his actor’s portfolio.
And he'd also removed the firing pin. More details at the link.
For an article condemning MSM for misreporting they should have done their homework.
"They finally found a Reconstruction-era misdemeanor: “Going armed to the terror of the public,” that had been inserted in NC law for the Union occupation forces to use to suppress “night riders” and similar proto-Klan types. "
This is just not true. "Going armed to the terror of the public,” is a common law violation that goes back to England and was used in NC both before and well after Reconstruction. http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/going- ... he-people/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is a post from the person who actually eliminated it from the edition of North Carolina Crimes. which by the way is a private reference book for lawyers and has no legal standing. In 2011 they charged it in 340 cases. It may be wrongly applied here but the "it's made up" bull is just as deceptive as anything that is being complained about.
There are three things happening here which have very few points of congruence:
Media reports, which seem to be largely fabricated by the reporters;
What actually happened, which has not been widely reported;
The Fayetteville PD’s relationship with the employees of the town’s dominant business, the Army, which is never widely reported.
As you can see, they generally called the individual arrested “Man with assault rifle,” “Armed soldier,” “Soldier with rifle and ammunition,” and, in one egregious case (a TV station, naturally), “Fayetteville mall gunman.” Sure, that was technically correct in the narrow denotational sense that he was a man, did have a gun, and did go to a mall, but “mall gunman” forms a mental picture other than a guy carrying an empty, never-fired, rifle to a photo shoot for his actor’s portfolio.
And he'd also removed the firing pin. More details at the link.
The trooper should have carried the rifle into the mall to the photographer's store in a case....if his intent was to have his picture taken.
I agree it was poor decision making at best. He was also wearing a tactical vest with what appeared to be extra magazines. I don't think they can make their case because it requires intent in NC. I don't think they can get it and stupidity isn't enough but man, walking into a mall full kit for any reason is just silly.
There are three things happening here which have very few points of congruence:
Media reports, which seem to be largely fabricated by the reporters;
What actually happened, which has not been widely reported;
The Fayetteville PD’s relationship with the employees of the town’s dominant business, the Army, which is never widely reported.
As you can see, they generally called the individual arrested “Man with assault rifle,” “Armed soldier,” “Soldier with rifle and ammunition,” and, in one egregious case (a TV station, naturally), “Fayetteville mall gunman.” Sure, that was technically correct in the narrow denotational sense that he was a man, did have a gun, and did go to a mall, but “mall gunman” forms a mental picture other than a guy carrying an empty, never-fired, rifle to a photo shoot for his actor’s portfolio.
And he'd also removed the firing pin. More details at the link.
The trooper should have carried the rifle into the mall to the photographer's store in a case....if his intent was to have his picture taken.
I agree it was poor decision making at best. He was also wearing a tactical vest with what appeared to be extra magazines. I don't think they can make their case because it requires intent in NC. I don't think they can get it and stupidity isn't enough but man, walking into a mall full kit for any reason is just silly.
EEllis and I don't often agree, but he is spot on here. It may have been legal, but it WAS silly. I'm trying to put this into context where I live. If I walked into (30.06 posted) Grapevine Mills Mall wearing full kit, even minus a gun, with a bunch of AR15 mags in a chest rig, I expect that it wouldn't go well. Sure, it's legal....but that doesn't change how people are going to react.
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