Florida dumbass brings AR-15 into store over money issue with clerk

[GOYABEAN]

Lauderhill man brings loaded assault rifle into store over dispute on cigarette price
LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - Cameras were rolling when a Lauderhill man brought a loaded assault rifle into a convenience store over a dispute about the price of cigarettes.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

 

[Eddie Gunks]

Looks like a 22?

 

[Catskillkid]

I suppose the tax on cigarettes is just too damn high.

 

[FLA45fan]

No reservations (um, Indian, not dinner)

 

[Shadow2]

He used his second amendment rights and his rights to protest taxation without representation .. Wonder if he was looking to get shot or something.

 

[misunderestimated]

Lock the loon up, these are the mentally Ill people who should not have guns ,

 

[masterswimmer]

A sick person. Charge him with the appropriate crime. Menacing maybe?

My problem is once again, the media. I'd like to see the weapon. I'm betting there's no way that rifle was fully automatic. Therefore i don't like the continued stigma being portrayed that an 'assault' rifle was the perps weapon of choice.

Yes, he should serve the sentence he deserves, but don't use the weapon to castigate the rest of AR owners.

 

[BMF JK]

Maybe he wanted to trade his rifle for all the Pall Mall cigarettes they had ?

 

[1911guy]

"You can't fix stupid."

 

[TheMoneyPit]

Lock the loon up, these are the mentally Ill people who should not have guns ,

If he brought in a gun to scare a store clerk over a dollar then I agree he is really dumb. People that are hot headed and make impulsive decisions definitely don’t make good gun owners.

The whole mentally ill people shouldn’t own guns argument (while I agree) is a super slippery slope..I fear that the anti gunners will continue to use that phrase to slowly chip away at 2a.

Example: Imagine being forced to submit to medical screenings to test mental aptitude in order to buy a gun. Then be forced to go back periodically to be re-tested. That whole shall not be infringed part of the constitution may be trampled on in the name of “common sense gun laws and public safety”

 

[MoMan]

I notice, while I was reading the article, that LE NEVER referred to it as an "assault rifle"! Yet, the news decided they needed to embellish the story a bit.

He should have taken a 12ga. auto-loader in there instead,..... because we all know they're not as dangerous as an "assault rifle"!!

 

[Day444]

I find it a bit strange that none of the other customers left the store while this nut job is walking around with his gun!

 

[TheMoneyPit]

@MoMan Let’s be real..he could have taken a musket in there and the news would have called it an assault rifle lol

 

[TheMoneyPit]

@Day444 maybe because they were also pissed about getting ripped off on cigs haha

 

[Modean]

I really hate morons like this. They make all the rest of us look bad. This plays right into the narrative that MSR owners are crazy and dangerous.