MN man pulls shotgun on neighbor teaching daughter to ride bike: ‘I should have shot him’

[DonViejo]

By Travis Gettys
Monday, June 2, 2014 10:58 EDT

Minnesota man was arrested last week after pulling a shotgun on a neighbor who was teaching his 7-year-old daughter to ride a bike.

According to the arrest complaint, 61-year-old Gary Drake began making comments about the father’s tactics May 25 as he taught the girl to ride on the cul-de-sac they shared.

The father told his neighbor, “I’ve got it,” which apparently angered the older man.

“If you don’t like my advice, get off my street,” Drake told the man, who reminded his neighbor he didn’t own the street.

This apparently angered Drake even more, and police said he went inside to retrieve a Remington 870 shotgun.

He came back with the weapon and threatened to kill the father, but Drake’s wife came outside, pulled the gun away from him, and physically dragged her husband back inside.

But police said Drake came back outside once again and told the father he would kill him.

Officers were called to Drake’s home, and his wife said he had gone inside to watch television.

Drake admitted to police that he had a confrontation with the father, saying he didn’t like how the man treated the girl during the bike-riding lesson.

He admitted to drinking during the day but denied the alcohol had influenced his behavior.

“Maybe next time I should have shot him,” Drake said, according to the arrest complaint.

Drake’s wife turned over his shotgun and a rifle, and he was charged with second-degree assault and terroristic threatening.

Watch this video report posted online by KMSP-TV:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/02/mn-man-pulls-shotgun-on-neighbor-teaching-daughter-ride-bike-i-should-have-shot-him/

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Posted with permission

[chrisa]

1. 'Mericka! He was just earning his "Man Card."

[Blue_Tires]

13. "Gun Courage"

Everyone's a tough guy when they know their trump card is within easy reach...

[riqster]

2. Just exercising his rights!

First and second amendments ! Yup!

[onehandle]

3. Seems reasonable... ...to gun culture. nt

[central scrutinizer]

4. I don't see anything in the Bill of Rights about bicycles

Clearly the guy with the gun has the Constitution on his side.

[louis-t]

5. The alcohol didn't influence his behavior, and neither did

watching fox news when he went back in the house.

[Ilsa]

6. He said he didn't like how the father was

Talking to the little girl, but he was ready to take her daddy away from her for the rest of her life. Scumbag. He's a danger to others. He should lose his gun rights.

[seabeyond]

7. as a neighbor, with a daughter, wouldnt you be looking for another home?

i mean. to have to look to move??

i lived across from a person we had to be wary of. 15 yrs. when he died, it made my life easier. but the threat was never to us personally. it was there though. all the time. living across from him

i cannot imagine living in this situation though

[arikara]

8. Aside from the awfulness of the actions of the old man

what exactly is "terroristic threatening"? Since when does terrorism also have to be added to assault charges on idiotic neighbors with bad tempers who shouldn't be allowed to have weapons.

[Bandit]

10. Do you think the little girl was terrorized?

A man threatened to kill her daddy, and did so right in front of her. I would consider that an act of terror. The man wanted to scare the hell out of his neighbors, if not actually take a life..

[Gormy Cuss]

15. Under Minnesota law, here's what it means.

The Minnesota terroristic threats statute states that:

You threatened, directly or indirectly, to commit any crime of violence with the purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, vehicle or facility of public transportation or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in a reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience;
You communicated to another, with the purpose to terrorize another or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror, that explosives or an explosive device or any incendiary device is present at a named place or location, whether or not the same is in fact present; or
You displayed, exhibited, brandished, or otherwise used a replica firearm or a BB gun in a threatening manner.

[Initech]

9. Sigh, more "responsible gun owners".

[Aristus]

11. Castle Doctrine:

"A man's street is his autocratic, murderous fiefdom."

Right?

Right?

[Lex]

12. Another legal gun owner

another day.

At least his wife turned over the two weapons she knows about.

[raccoon]

14. Crazy old fart. Or, if not crazy, mean as hell. nt

[Blue Owl]

16. It's all part of his Joe the Plumber fantasy

"No goddamn kid's gunna trump my rights..."

[TBF]

17. Clearly the 7-yr old needs to be armed.

Do they sell gun racks for 14" bicycles?