Man is told to wear a mask in Fred Meyer, pulls a gun

[aflineman]

Where's this? Sounds like the kind of place that deserves our support...

Casey's Restaurant in Roseburg.

 

[Diamondback]

Casey's Restaurant in Roseburg.

Thanks. A bit far afield from Seattle, but worth adding to the Rolodex...

 

[Ops]

Guy Fawkes Mask FTW

 

[Ops]

If you dont have a mask on and someone gets bubblegumy. you can tell them why do i need a mask i have covid already

 

[spider]

I for one, would not like to have a gun fight over a face mask. I dont think this is the old west anymore.

 

[Diamondback]

I'm tempted to order an HGU-55 and oxygen bottle from the pilot shop, and tell the Facediaper Freaks "I don't trust your air, so I brought my own."

 

[nehalemguy]

There are always two sides to these stories and all we have so far is the "victims" side of this one. I'll wait to hear more before passing judgment in the the way many of you have on this gun owner.

Many of these authoritarian mask proponents are unhinged right now. They have a mandate and by god they are going to see it fullfilled. There have been several reports of physical threats of violence being made against non mask wearers.

In those instances, maybe they merit getting a muzzle pushed into their chest.

-E-

 

[Alexx1401]

Assuming this is the whole story or close to it, I hope he no longer can own a gun. Many who do should not.

 

[HaveGun]

I have patients with lung disease who desat (oxygen drops) into the 80% range just walking 10 ft and they can wear a mask.

So, what medical condition would be a reason for not wearing a mask? And since you are apparently a medical professional, what are the negative health aspects of wearing a mask?

I hate wearing a mask as it fogs up my glasses and I feel more out of breath while wearing one, but maybe that's just mental. Am curious as to any legitimate concerns with mask wearing.

 

[Xaevian]

I'll wait to hear more before passing judgment in the the way many of you have on this gun owner.

Most ironic statement of the eve.

 

[awshoot]

So, what medical condition would be a reason for not wearing a mask? And since you are apparently a medical professional, what are the negative health aspects of wearing a mask?

I hate wearing a mask as it fogs up my glasses and I feel more out of breath while wearing one, but maybe that's just mental. Am curious as to any legitimate concerns with mask wearing.

I think his point was that even people with terribly degraded lungs can wear masks and so people saying they have a mask sensitive medical condition is pretty bogus.

The glasses fogging thing though -- that's a real issue. It's solvable with a vented mask but then the vent sort of defeats the purpose.

 

[nehalemguy]

Most ironic statement of the eve.

I realize that english is hard, but I think the word you are trying to use is "hypocritical"".

Many of the posts on the first page of this thread are calling for Customer #1 to in some fashion lose his gun rights. Not my words or posts. Go read for yourself.

The thing about "victims" is that when they tell their version of events, details often get deliberately left out of the story that might paint the "victim" as not being as much of a victim as they would like us to believe. For this reason, I'll wait for more info thank you.

-E-

 

[jbett98]

On the upside, you couldn't catch a cold if you tried.

 

[Stomper]

Well in general, people are disgusting idiots.
I see people all the time touchy everything around them and then constantly touching their mask and phones.

I think people's filthy hands are a bigger problem than a mask.

Doorknobs (or handles), man.... ESPECIALLY the ones leading OUT of the restrooms!

 

[revjen45]

" I give it a 50/50 chance that the person "asking" wasn't asking but was instead berating. That still doesn't justify a gun. "

The only speech that does justify pulling a gun is that demanding that you hand over your property or a death threat.
Period.

 

[teflon6string]

This goes way beyond masks. If any store has a rule with which I cannot abide, I'm not going there to defy them and wave a gun around.

 

[thorborg]

Hard to weigh in on these sort of events without getting burned. Many feel you are either with us or against us. Never any consequence for the instigator which In my mind, on the same level of insidiousness. Every victim receives national press that they were on the verge of sainthood when they were shot or otherwise wronged according to the manifesto of the press while those outside their allegiance are destroyed or ignored. It becomes increasingly difficult not to become cynical of any incident not witnessed by my own eyes. If no gun or mask had been involved and they were school kids, the coin likely would have been flipped with just as many yelling bully to the big mouth that started it. They should have hauled them both in for reckless public endangerment as in my view, no one was in the right here.

 

[FourTeeFive]

Where's this? Sounds like the kind of place that deserves our support...

Skagit Arms in Burlington, WA has a sign like this in front of their shop.

 

[FourTeeFive]

Lately there has been a lot of bad press regarding open carry, mostly centered around protests. This guy certainly didn't do the responsible gun owner community any favors.

 

[FourTeeFive]

Concealed means concealed. Gun only comes out for one reason and one reason only.

He was open carrying his 22LR revolver.