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Post by avordvet on Feb 11, 2010 7:05:41 GMT -5
Facebook Comment Stirs 'Open Carry' DebatePosted: 5:36 pm PST February 9, 2010Updated: 7:53 pm PST February 9, 2010 EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A controversy was brewing in East Palo Alto Tuesday night after a police detective made apparently joking comments through his Facebook account saying “open carry” advocates who visibly carry guns in public should be shot. Now East Palo Alto has become a reluctant testing ground for a battle of constitutional amendments: one police officer's 'freedom of speech' versus a group’s 'right to bear arms.' Continue Reading: www.ktvu.com/news/22516072/detail.html
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Post by NCFREEDOM on Feb 11, 2010 7:33:15 GMT -5
Tick, Tock..........
His free speech rights can not infringe on anothers right to life and liberty. It is a known fact that you can not yell fire in a crowded movie house if there is no fire. His free speech ended when he made life threatening comment.
Thus my concern that in the heat of the moment or crisis well intentioned Oath Keepers may find themselves breaking that oath.
Do others see a common threat....King, NC, Assassinate Americans, Shoot Open Carry proponents.......please show us more of your cards!
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Post by fergus on Feb 11, 2010 8:53:59 GMT -5
I read this story yesterday and had to step away from the computer for about 2 hours. I could not believe this. Just goes to show you the mentality that is perceived by the public at large is not unfounded. This gives a black eye to all that group of good cops out there, which seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
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Post by Bowhunter on Feb 11, 2010 17:39:24 GMT -5
he better put me down the first time. I am a good shot in combat situations.
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Post by barelyillegal on Feb 12, 2010 15:00:22 GMT -5
Closest match I could find on White Pages.com:
Roderick Tuason 695 Singley Dr Milpitas, CA 95035-3638
Could not pull up #. Maybe the guy, maybe not.
"People who make threatening statements ought to be put in situations where they are forced to put their money where their mouths are."
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