Legal Permit Holder Brings Gun to Batman, Arrested

[holdencm9]

Apologies if someone posts this before me. I rarely post news stories because I am usually the last one to hear about such things. But I saw this today:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...why-he-brought-gun-to-batman-showing#comments

Sung Ho Hwang, a 46-year-old attorney from New Haven, was arrested and charged with breach of peace and interfering with police after it was discovered he brought a loaded hand gun into the theater.

According to police, an usher said at least three patrons inside the theater saw that Hwang had a holster with a gun in it and alerted theater staff, who then called police.

Police entered Theater 1 and asked the patrons to raise their hands and file out of the theater. As they exited, they were patted down and escorted outside.

The officers identified Hwang as the suspect, drew their weapons and ordered him to put his hands up.

According to police, Hwang remained in his seat using his cell phone and did not comply with the officers' commands.

Hwang said he was cooperative and followed all directions from police.

Police acted well and were professional and understanding when they found that he had a valid permit to carry the weapon, he said.

No signs were posted. It is a bit unclear if he was a concealed weapon holder and it just was momentarily exposed, or if he was open-carrying (not sure of the laws in CT either).

It seems to me that some patrons overreacted, and the police REALLY overreacted, and that you should really be as cooperative as possible when dealing with the police because even if they can't arrest you for something legitimate, they will be able to make up some vague stuff like being "uncooperative" etc.

 

[Sam1911]

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