Monday, April 26, 2010

The Formula

Police said he was monitoring local agencies and had formulas for rifle scopes on a note in his cup holder. [More]
OK. And he was "nowhere near the president."

And the story doesn't mention him having a...you know, rifle. Just "a sidearm."

The charge?

"[G]oing armed in terror of the public"...?

I think we all need to learn a lot more. This certainly sounds odd, but it's not exactly like the "Authorized Journalists" have earned my automatic trust with their formula.

[Via Ed M]

5 comments:

Crotalus (Don't Tread on Me) said...

The enemy really does make this stuff up as goes, doesn't it?

Anonymous said...

Yes, our sad little state of NC has "[G]oing armed in terror of the public" defined as a crime. Translation is, "Local Only-One decides you shouldn't be carrying a gun because someone went into PSH mode when he saw you."

So though open carry isn't prohibited by statute (and doesn't require a permit), it's effectively banned due to the (intentional) vagueness of the law.

Ned said...

WTF is a "formula" for a rifle scope?

Do they mean trajectory table which come in the box with a variety of range finding scopes?

Anonymous said...

Far be it from me to wish evil on anyone, although perhaps this incident will be an enlightening one for the 23-year old as to how "the system" works, regardless of the actual circumstances.

Kurt '45superman' Hofmann said...

I second Ned's question.