How many times do I have to acknowledge that the guy's rights were trampled? Does that sound like I'm saying it is okay? Weeping creeping jeebus! For the last time, my point is that what happened was PREDICTABLE and right/wrong/otherwise the guy it happened to should have known it was going to happen. With that in mind, if he wanted to go ahead and be a martyr for the cause, I'd have nothing to say. But no, he apparently didn't have making a scene for the 2A in mind, now did he? Otherwise, why did he hop back on his two-wheeler just because some cops talked to him? That's all they did, too, was talk to him. Cops say a lot of "pushy" things, and not just because they are the kind of JBT some think everybody in a badge must be. The Sheriff in question isn't the least bit anti-gun. In fact, he was part of a lawsuit AGAINST the BATF together with a gun manufacturer and the NRA. He is, however, anti-nutcase-with-a-9mm-running-amok-in-a-kiddie-carnival.
I still think he wanted some attention. The whole thing, from the costume, to the gun, to doing it all at a street carnival just reeks of an immature cretin with a bad case of "Look at me! I'm Billy Bada$$!" I also think the attention he wanted was to have all the local rubes look at him in awe and fear. He did nothing illegal, ergo his rights were trampled. Attention seeking is not a crime. Nor is it a virtue.