Would you call the cops?

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AR-15 strapped across his back.

AR-15 strapped across his back.? How far away am I? It could be air soft? If its being carried slug over his back is that a threat? What about the 2nd, Is this taking place in America, California or the middle east?
NO!:scrutiny:
 
StrutStopper, if a cop is not aware of whether it is hunting season, or that ATV use in a Wildlife Management Area is generally not allowed, they have no business being a cop -- especially when they are a local cop.
 
forestdavegump, it was made abundantly clear that the firearm in the situation is being carried in an area where it is ILLEGAL to carry firearms. But you go ahead and openly carry an AR-15 where it is illegal to do so -- and make sure you tell the cops that you don't have to put it down because you are protected by the 2nd Amendment, too.
 
NO NO NO! FOR what?

You are in college, and on the way to class you see a man walking down the road with an AR-15 strapped across his back. Not doing anything abnormal (besides the obvious gun totting), and his dress or demeanor do not alarm you. You live in a state that doesn't allow carry on a college campus. Do you call the cops?
Man walking down road has AR across his back, He is on the road is that the campus, part of campus or the public road? Call the cops? For what? :banghead: Show me, the law, then the breaking of a law, not your own what if this or that paranoia! With just this OP info ALL gun loving Americans must say NO!:eek
Call me and I will arrest you for making a false report.:what:
PS a gun free zone is a sign that advertises commit crimes here as we are unarmed, and weak, and scared! We want to be victims!
 
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Would you call the cops?
This is completely hypothetical, and did NOT happen to me.

You are in college, and on the way to class you see a man walking down the road with an AR-15 strapped across his back. Not doing anything abnormal (besides the obvious gun totting), and his dress or demeanor do not alarm you. You live in a state that doesn't allow carry on a college campus. Do you call the cops?

Divorce your answer from obligations to report a crime in progress.

I would call the police. Although I would like to see legal carry on a college campus, it's not legal, and this man has demonstrated himself to be a criminal. His lack of respect for the law scares me, and the fear of the hell he could unleash would make me immediately phone the police. As a law abiding person, I would not be carrying my weapon on a college campus, and my lack of ability to stop him from a distance, if it was necessary, scares me.

Am I wrong? Would anyone not call the cops?
YES:what:
READ what is said not what you think is being said...NO LAW has been broken.
AND you have no such legal obligation..."obligations to report a crime in progress," FALSE!
 
There is a lot going on in this thread. I can't answer the question directly with the information presented. I suppose it would depend on how I feel about the situation while actually experiencing it. There are too many unknown variables for anyone's opinion to be correct as everybody imagining this is using their own mind and previous life experience to form their opinions. As a general rule I don't spend a lot of energy or time arguing over hypothetical situations. It has however been an entertaining read so far.
 
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So a man at home sees two men in masks....he runs away..... sees another man and turns left... and runs further and turns left again, and runs toward another man and runs to the left.....he then runs back home and still sees the two men in masks...What happened and why? Why was he running just to head back to the masked men he ran from in the beginning?:banghead:
READ what is said only! The facts stated! Not the ad lib;)



Reading is fundamental! We can agree to disagree. I have been on the job and the OP failed to make a case for unlawful anything! There is legal and lawful and there is right even in this case, is anything being done wrong? NO, READ! The truth is from the info given and only the info given, no laws were broken, They could have been if....does not cut it. I re-posted exactly what he said......previously in hope it would get read.....That is why we have innocent until proven guilty and 12 jurors?:banghead:

Black Duck Charlie "forestdavegump, the willful disobeyance of Law, even Law you do not happen to agree with, shows that you simply do not care about the Law, which is the hallmark of a criminal. Period."

What law is the one I don't agree with? Who stated a law? Read all my post and stop jumping to conclusions. Man on road with AR, No guns on school property. Two separate fact linked only in your mind. I asked questions. Road does not = campus? Could but also could not. LACK of info!:banghead:

I thought you missed the point.... NOW I KNOW YOU DID.....When they come for your guns, I know you will just give them up right? They will make it "THE LAW" good chap!:banghead:

We can represent you at your trial too? The LAW!.....LOL whose?
Our/My forefathers broke the law and they were treasonous criminals, they did far worse, I aspire to be like them, we need more like them today.....move back to England and say HI to King George!:banghead:

okay quote where the law was and or being broken and I will concede.:banghead:
 
Black Duck Charlie "forestdavegump, the willful disobeyance of Law, even Law you do not happen to agree with, shows that you simply do not care about the Law, which is the hallmark of a criminal. Period."

Johnny Dollar "So forestdavegump you have been proclaimed a criminal by our new friend of one week!

I'll try to bail you out!"
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Thanks! When guns are outlawed only criminals will carry AR's down the road in broad day light on or near a campus or school zone?

The fact its an AR shows me he is not a criminal or Al Qaeda! Now if you said AK!!!!.....and dark skinned FDG with a towel around his head.....was carrying his AK down the road with his son Forrest and Bubba I would scream....unlawful law breakers and have TSA grope them and check their pants for bi-nary explosives, BATF seize those illegal assault weapons, and call the FBI to ran sack their Ruby Ridge home and the Waco vacation house....but that was not said!
 
Okay!

Black Duck Charlie Again, go ahead and openly carry a firearm where it expressly illegal to do so. Go ahead.
Like in WA, OR or ID we have open carry here. Where are you talking about? The Road? Like the movie the road? or road like the OP said! Same difference.
Where was that? Expressly illegal? Where?
And if I was the criminal you said I was...I would huh?
READ:banghead:READ:banghead:
Are you the High Road Troll or What? You still can not answer the question? Of Where? Read Read Read!
 
Interesting thread.

My take is it seems like several people here feel that calling the police is the same as assuming the guy carrying the AR is "guilty of a crime" and are planning on shooting him for fear of what he might do. Calling the police does not mean you are killing the gun-toter or even having him arrested for exercising his rights. Calling the police and letting them do their job is responsible. If the guy is not breaking any real or imagined law then they will let him go his merry way. If he's on a street off campus then what's the issue with calling authorities? The guy could cross the street at any point and then be on campus. If the guy has an air soft on his way to a paint ball exercise then he'll go on his merry way after a brief conversation. If the police stop him and see he has 10 extra mags in a duffel bag and a suicide bomb strapped to his chest then calling the police may have saved countless lives. If the cops have their own agenda and haul him in for intense interrogation then the problem is with the police, not the caller who alerted them. If a man wishes to express his rights by toting around an AR then he should expect some to object to his protest... after all he is seeking attention. If he wished to remain left alone he could easily carry it in a case. By choosing to openly carry it he is opening the door for further scrutiny. He may have a right to carry his rifle but we also have a right to be safe and free from those who wish to do us harm. Your rights do not trump my rights. Calling the police allows them to do their job and to assess the situation first hand and keeps us from having to jump to conclusions. I don't see how alerting the police to a situation like this is akin to shooting this man down because you are afraid of what he may do.
 
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