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In reply to the discussion: Charges dropped against Newton County homebuyers [View all]obamanut2012
(27,447 posts)85. Confronting is criminal assault
Using a weapon to do it is menacing/aggravated assault with a weapon.
You, like some others on here, need to learn what criminal assault actually is.
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Read the Article, the Neighbors did NOT make the arrest, the local police did.
happyslug
Apr 2012
#6
I have dealt with armed people all my life, not a threat unless it is pulled.
happyslug
Apr 2012
#19
“He say to put the hands up and get out from the house, otherwise he would shoot us”
thc420
Apr 2012
#23
Not in the Article, all the article said was the new owner was apprached by an armed neighbor
happyslug
Apr 2012
#26
No shit. The neighbor should have been arrested too for the same charge plus threatening.
savalez
Apr 2012
#31
If someone comes onto my property with a gun and asks me to justify being there they're
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#63
WTF that is... Is insanity on a mass scale. Looking at the cover of the book, only. Non-thought.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#93
they came onto the people's property with ASSAULT RIFLES and accused them of breaking and entering.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#64
A reasonable response would have been to call the police and report a prowler and let them handle it.
Lochloosa
Apr 2012
#49
but her husband isn't. if she were alone, doubt it would have played out as it did.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#66
"As long as violence is not threatened" -what do you think brandishing firearms is? (nt)
Posteritatis
Apr 2012
#21
"If that was the case every time someone was given a ticket by a police officer wearing a pistol
Blue_Tires
Apr 2012
#82
In what universe is "We live here" not a reasonable response? I didn't realize we now had to
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#62
When being held against their will at gun point, it is hard to say they weren't under arrest.
Bandit
Apr 2012
#81
The headline should be that they are suing the shit out of those psychopaths! n/t
drdtroit
Apr 2012
#4
If they are really "concerned neighbors" they'll all be over there with tools and paintbrushes...
bluesbassman
Apr 2012
#9
Confront is NOT an assult, and that is the only word used in the Article that comes close an assult
happyslug
Apr 2012
#39
hard to "wear" an assault rifle. they stick out of your pockets pretty much.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#67
I would have called the real estate agency right there and then and have them vouch for me. n/t
patricia92243
Apr 2012
#34
"Second Amendment right"!?! I don't remember threatening people on their own property being a...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2012
#95