Carmel man faces gun charge after firearm falls out of his pocket at school board meeting

[titsonritz]

Cardigan pocket? I mean wtf?

Mr. Rogers don't play, son!!

Steve McQueen popularised cardigans, wearing it in the Bullitt and in his personal life.





Can't forget the guns...

 

[bbbass]

Where did OP disappear to???

 

[bbbass]

I do not support the charge, AT ALL! But we all know what Baretta says.

It should be impossible to simple 'drop' a firearm if it is properly holstered. Amiright?

How about Reckless Endangerment for dropping his piece?

That's what he gets for playing with his pocket rocket in public.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Where did OP disappear to???

A PM to me...would not go amiss...if you would like more information on this question.
Andy

 

[bbbass]

A PM to me...would not go amiss...if you would like more information on this question.
Andy

Inbound

 

[Jason999]

At 69 years of age I'd have thought he'd learn how to properly carry by now. I'm truly amazed how often I see articles mentioning someone who's gun just "fell out".

While I certainly don't agree with gun free zones, he should have known better than to carry there. Theres just too many anti-gunners out there that'd be happy to hit him up with every charge possible.

 

[bbbass]

At 69 years of age I'd have thought he'd learn how to properly carry by now. I'm truly amazed how often I see articles mentioning someone who's gun just "fell out".

I didn't read the article.... was it truly a pocket pistol, or some larger gun stuffed in a pocket?

IMO pocket pistols are concealable/carriable in a pocket, just not a cardigan pocket. I have carried my wife's inside a front hip pocket as well as a back jeans pocket inside a pocket holster for concealment. It was fine, carried well, although I cant shoot it for chit. For me it's just an "ear" gun... ie, closeup work.

Tough guys and gangstas sticking guns in their pants... this old boy was not that. But if he believed a pocket pistol would stay in a cardigan pocket, I believe he is getting senile/dementia/cognitiveimpairment.

 

[Knobgoblin]

I didn't read the article.... was it truly a pocket pistol, or some larger gun stuffed in a pocket?

IMO pocket pistols are concealable/carriable in a pocket, just not a cardigan pocket. I have carried my wife's inside a front hip pocket as well as a back jeans pocket inside a pocket holster for concealment. It was fine, carried well, although I cant shoot it for chit. For me it's just an "ear" gun... ie, closeup work.

Tough guys and gangstas sticking guns in their pants... this old boy was not that. But if he believed a pocket pistol would stay in a cardigan pocket, I believe he is getting senile/dementia/cognitiveimpairment.

Ear gun sounds way more brutally effective than belly gun .

I'm stealing that phrase.

 

[titsonritz]

Maybe he dropped while taking a beating...

 

[bbbass]

Ear gun sounds way more brutally effective than belly gun .

I'm stealing that phrase.

Comes from a cop/Marine good friend of mine that used to carry a derringer in a jackass wallet when those wallets were still legal.

 

[Koda]

How do we know what his experience level is to critisize what he shoulda known?
What if hes new to ccw? How many here bought a new "high end" concealment holster, only to find out its junk?

Unless he was there to do harm, we shouldnt be critisizing this guy, we should be critisizing the law that makes him a felon for exercising his constitutional right.

 

[RVTECH]

Maybe he dropped while taking a beating...

This was a horrific situation (the VIDEO) and is nearly incomprehensible. It is more evidence of the level of predatory, animalistic behavior one can degrade to.

The death this POS deserves should be long, painful and graphic.

And he is wearing a mask? Like he cares about his or anyone else's safety?

 

[crstrode]

It should be impossible to simple 'drop' a firearm if it is properly holstered. Amiright?

How about Reckless Endangerment for dropping his piece?

No.

 

[CRBMoA]

No.

If you are going to quote me and say "No", what is your alternative?

 

[DirectDrive]

Charges :

One count of Dumbassery
$500 fine or 20 hours cafeteria duty
Successful completion of Firearms Safety class

 

[Catfishmoon]

Hard for me to feel sorry for anyone who has a firearm "fall out" of their pocket while in a school building... I would not charge him with a crime however if he has had no other firearm violations in his past.

 

[nwwoodsman]

What do you feel the police officer who witnessed it happen should have done?

Give him some advice on a better retention system and let him go on his way. Stuff like this makes it really hard to "back the blue" when they won't back gun owners.

 

[CRBMoA]

It IS backing gun owners to expect people who choose to carry in public have a handle on their business makes us all look bad when they don't.

 

[nwwoodsman]

It IS backing gun owners to expect people who choose to carry in public have a handle on their business makes us all look bad when they don't.

Charging an elderly man with a felony for what was once and should still be a perfectly lawful activity simply because he an accident that harmed nobody sure seems like a silly way of backing gun owners

 

[Koda]

Supporting enforcing an unconstitutional law over a small mishap isnt helping gun owners.....

People are human, lots of bad pocket holsters out there too....