Oregon Dozen Eugene Police Officers respond to report of a man carrying a rifle at an office building

[Phantom Man]

50 caliber lug nuts

lol

 

[MrRob96]

I'm not sure I agree with the "call first" mentality.

Like I said, I'd be watching the suspicious person like a hawk and possibly even profiling them.

Yet to say calling the police on a person with a rifle in non-threatening disposition in specific settings is walking towards a place I don't want to be.

This is similar to living in post 9/11 world and being OK with warrantless wiretapping and the Patriot Act because we really need "tools" to catch terrorists.

Reference the Benjamin Franklin quote about liberty and safety.

 

[Hayharnel]

Terror events don't happen very often, but they get over played like there happening all the time through the internet and tv. It goes back to putting your smartphone down and being situational aware. I'm not going to live in fear and also am not wanting to give up my 2nd amendment rights, because some people are scared.

 

[MrRob96]

being situational aware.

But being situationally aware is hard!

 

[Ura-Ki]

Let's face it, we live in a "Polite society" and a person carrying a rifle in public isn't normal, especially the big cities, so cause for concern is warranted as was the response, as we should expect from those we pay to protect and serve! Unfortunately, this is a problem of our own mmaking, when we allowed the progressive utopians to dictate policy that prevents us from being visibly armed, to a place where we have to be better and permitted to excersize a right! We have also been infiltrated by those who would do us harm and thay has real cause to be concerned! Sure, the citizen who called it in May ha e over reacted, but like Reno says, what if they didn't and bad happend, what if that person waited until they were more sure, could it have been too late by then?

 

[DuneHopper]

Its the new world order, no one likes that NWO, but its a reality.
More and more and .......more each day our rights come with a conditional warranty.
Even the laws themselves are no longer clear. Used to be You murdered someone the state killed you for the act.
Now its motive, what they felt. What was their emotional mind set when they killed. Were they drunk, drugged out.
Perhaps jealous rage. You will find nothing is simple, and every thing is complicated.
There is no easy way in or out of this life, not any longer. In-fact now you could be prevent from even having either one
of those choices, but thats another topic for another forum.

 

[Hayharnel]

Yep, I'm totally brainwashed by the left. Lol.

I'm pretty sure just about anyone here would likely call the cops if they saw something they thought may have been a cased rifle.

Don't freak out now, but people carry cased rifles, pistol, and ammo into PDX airport everyday!
Not illegal!

 

[11Charlie]

I brought a cased rifle into a hotel six months ago. Got some dirty looks and heard a lot of whispering. security was call on me but nothing was done.

 

[nammac]

Ironically, many anti-gun advocates claim that it is actually gun owners who are the ones who are guilty of being paranoid, for owning guns in the first place. Their argument is that mental illness is what drives gun ownership.

Therefore, in their viewpoint, the mere fact that you own a gun, means that you are mentally unsound.

So, by this standard, which those who fear guns use, Our Founding Fathers were all mentally ill....

What?????

We know where the mental illness exists... And it sure as heck isn't with those who desire to own guns...

Perhaps all anti-gun advocates should be subjected to mental health screening before their collective pie holes are permitted to spew their venom....

 

[Member 34319]

Don't freak out now, but people carry cased rifles, pistol, and ammo into PDX airport everyday!
Not illegal!

Totally going to call the cops, since I'm just a brainwashed anti.

 

[partsed]

You know, classes in basic gun safety and gun familiarization in the schools would go a long way to prevent this from happening again.
Just sayin'.

Good to see you back on forum!!!

 

[Tony617]

 

[parallax]

How's that go ?
Play stupid games?

 

[Flymph]

Totally going to call the cops, since I'm just a brainwashed anti.

Not like you have been doing much for shooting sports the past four years...


PS: again, thank you and your associates!

 

[CamoDeafie]

A little change to your wording.

the two militia women on their bicycles, are either Swiss or Swedish; SIG guns on their backs.
the guy in the deli/bakery with the camo hat, somewhere in Europe, not Middle East, I think?
otherwise, yeah Israel for the others.
as to OT...sheesh........... I sometimes go down to Eugene, but only to stop at either the Action Surplus shop outside DT, or the Lego resellers, and even then, I don't spend much time in the Lego reseller stores.... Action Surplus however, tends to take most of my time. Otherwise, I'm just passing through, browsing the thrift stores on 99 and then getting out as quick as possibe.

 

[Flymph]

The only thing consistent with this "experiment" is the gun and supposedly the laws.
I would like to point out that the incident occurs across the street from a 7/11, which are notorious for being robbed at gunpoint...
I'm not saying some discrimination doesn't or couldn't exist, but i would hardly consider this proof of systemic racism. If anything one could likely conclude that the initial responder in either scenerio merely saw a person with a slung rifle in opposite light...

Would I call the cops on somebody with what i think could be a rifle, probably not until i saw some sort of violence. Even if i knew it was a rifle, i would wait to notify authorities until there was some indication of mal intent.

Benefit of doubt, maybe it's a flaw, or it could be a saving grace.

 

[stick655]

Perhaps they just wanted the practice drill?

Or maybe, they wanted their photographs taken!

 

[Capn Jack]

I've got to get me one of these....

 

[bbbass]

How do people survive in this world when they're so afraid of every little thing? What a pathetic way to live life.

Haven't you heard??? "People deserve to live without fear!"

 

[bbbass]

Nobody's takin my fishin hole ever again!!!! Basstiges!