Post by redjamescash on Jan 2, 2014 19:42:32 GMT -5
9-1-1 to Caller: It’s “Not Illegal” to Open Carry Pistol
Clueless citizen snitch gets man detained
Adan Salazar
Infowars.com
January 2, 2014
The 911 call which led to the arrest of a Michigan man who was
exercising his right to open carry is a perfect example of how the
American people have been conditioned to fear guns in the hands of
law-abiding citizens.
Last March, a Grand Rapids officer confronted 28-year-old Johann
Deffert as he walked down Michigan Street with a pistol strapped to his
leg. The officer forced Deffert to the ground at gunpoint, handcuffed
him, then secured his pistol as he ran his name through the database.
To the officer’s dismay, Deffert’s record came up clean. As a result,
Deffert filed a federal lawsuit against Grand Rapids Police claiming
they “violated his constitutional rights, assaulted him and falsely
imprisoned him,” according to Michigan Live.
video-embed.mlive.com/services/player/bcpid2444926726001?bctid=2990963607001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAQBxUt4k~,xUwVSy8RSh5IgRN5ex8oh_YjpqvMpRwL
The 9-1-1 call that led to Deffert’s arrest was released Monday, and
it illustrates just how uneducated and fearful some people are over the
state’s current gun laws and guns in general.
“I just got out of church and I was driving down Michigan Street,” a
frightened caller told the emergency dispatcher, “and I don’t know if
it’s illegal, but it looks like.. it looks like the guy’s got a gun
strapped to his right leg, on the outside of his pants.”
“OK. He’s got it in a holster?” the operator asks.
“Yeah.”
“OK. It’s not illegal to open carry,” the dispatcher appropriately
responds. At this point the call should have been over, but the caller
persists.
“Oh God, kind of alarming,” she says.
“Well you’ll probably be seeing more and more of it,” the dispatcher
informs the caller, adding “since all the school shootings and stuff,
people are exercising their open carry laws.”
Undaunted, the caller continues to relate the man’s ominous
appearance. Once she mentions the magic word “camouflage” the dispatcher
seems infinitely more interested.
“Alright, It was just kind of scary, cause he’s kind of wearing
camouflage, and.. and uh.. Do you have to have a license, or..? I’m just
asking,” says the caller.
The dispatcher summarily explains Michigan’s gun laws, then backtracks to the key descriptor.
“And the person was in all camouflage?” the dispatcher quizzed.
“Uh, the shirt… it looked like a Columbia jacket, but it’s green
..and black, but the pants were camouflaged, and the holster is clearly
on the outside of his pants, on his right leg.”
It’s
unclear why the dispatcher proceeded to alert patrol officers of a
“suspicious person,” even after the caller stated Deffert wasn’t
threatening anybody.
Further in the audio, the responding officer is heard saying Deffert
looked as though he was “open carrying,” and reports show Deffert also
told the officer this. The officer, however, justifies the stop by
bringing Deffert’s “mental state” into question, telling dispatch he was
walking around talking and singing to himself.
“Under the circumstances, the police response was ‘very reasonable,’ City Attorney Catherine Mish said on Monday, Dec. 23,” Michigan Live reported.
Deffert’s attorney, on the other hand, says his client committed no
crime, and that so far it looked as though he was arrested for merely
singing and talking on a sidewalk. “That’s not unlawful,” Steve Dulan,
Deffert’s attorney stated.
“Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state,” Article 1, Section 6
of The Great Lakes State’s constitution says. “Michigan State Police
say there is no law against openly carrying a pistol as long as it is
carried with lawful intent and is not concealed,” Michigan Live reports. “Michigan law only limits premises where a person may carry.”
The caller’s alarm is just a glimpse of how peaceful gun owners are
increasingly being viewed as instigators of violence. This is, in part,
due to the federal government’s propaganda efforts to “really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.”
The “camo” remark also highlights the extent to which people have come to distrust returning veterans, also a result of government brainwashing.
It is imperative gun owners understand the war on gun rights will not
relent unless they collectively and peacefully assert and exercise
their rights. As one of the signers of the U.S. Declaration of
Independence, Benjamin Franklin, stated, “We must all hang together, or
assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
H/T: Gunsnfreedom.com
This article was posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 1:37 pm
Clueless citizen snitch gets man detained
Adan Salazar
Infowars.com
January 2, 2014
The 911 call which led to the arrest of a Michigan man who was
exercising his right to open carry is a perfect example of how the
American people have been conditioned to fear guns in the hands of
law-abiding citizens.
Last March, a Grand Rapids officer confronted 28-year-old Johann
Deffert as he walked down Michigan Street with a pistol strapped to his
leg. The officer forced Deffert to the ground at gunpoint, handcuffed
him, then secured his pistol as he ran his name through the database.
To the officer’s dismay, Deffert’s record came up clean. As a result,
Deffert filed a federal lawsuit against Grand Rapids Police claiming
they “violated his constitutional rights, assaulted him and falsely
imprisoned him,” according to Michigan Live.
video-embed.mlive.com/services/player/bcpid2444926726001?bctid=2990963607001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAQBxUt4k~,xUwVSy8RSh5IgRN5ex8oh_YjpqvMpRwL
The 9-1-1 call that led to Deffert’s arrest was released Monday, and
it illustrates just how uneducated and fearful some people are over the
state’s current gun laws and guns in general.
“I just got out of church and I was driving down Michigan Street,” a
frightened caller told the emergency dispatcher, “and I don’t know if
it’s illegal, but it looks like.. it looks like the guy’s got a gun
strapped to his right leg, on the outside of his pants.”
“OK. He’s got it in a holster?” the operator asks.
“Yeah.”
“OK. It’s not illegal to open carry,” the dispatcher appropriately
responds. At this point the call should have been over, but the caller
persists.
“Oh God, kind of alarming,” she says.
“Well you’ll probably be seeing more and more of it,” the dispatcher
informs the caller, adding “since all the school shootings and stuff,
people are exercising their open carry laws.”
Undaunted, the caller continues to relate the man’s ominous
appearance. Once she mentions the magic word “camouflage” the dispatcher
seems infinitely more interested.
“Alright, It was just kind of scary, cause he’s kind of wearing
camouflage, and.. and uh.. Do you have to have a license, or..? I’m just
asking,” says the caller.
The dispatcher summarily explains Michigan’s gun laws, then backtracks to the key descriptor.
“And the person was in all camouflage?” the dispatcher quizzed.
“Uh, the shirt… it looked like a Columbia jacket, but it’s green
..and black, but the pants were camouflaged, and the holster is clearly
on the outside of his pants, on his right leg.”
It’s
unclear why the dispatcher proceeded to alert patrol officers of a
“suspicious person,” even after the caller stated Deffert wasn’t
threatening anybody.
Further in the audio, the responding officer is heard saying Deffert
looked as though he was “open carrying,” and reports show Deffert also
told the officer this. The officer, however, justifies the stop by
bringing Deffert’s “mental state” into question, telling dispatch he was
walking around talking and singing to himself.
“Under the circumstances, the police response was ‘very reasonable,’ City Attorney Catherine Mish said on Monday, Dec. 23,” Michigan Live reported.
Deffert’s attorney, on the other hand, says his client committed no
crime, and that so far it looked as though he was arrested for merely
singing and talking on a sidewalk. “That’s not unlawful,” Steve Dulan,
Deffert’s attorney stated.
“Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state,” Article 1, Section 6
of The Great Lakes State’s constitution says. “Michigan State Police
say there is no law against openly carrying a pistol as long as it is
carried with lawful intent and is not concealed,” Michigan Live reports. “Michigan law only limits premises where a person may carry.”
The caller’s alarm is just a glimpse of how peaceful gun owners are
increasingly being viewed as instigators of violence. This is, in part,
due to the federal government’s propaganda efforts to “really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.”
The “camo” remark also highlights the extent to which people have come to distrust returning veterans, also a result of government brainwashing.
It is imperative gun owners understand the war on gun rights will not
relent unless they collectively and peacefully assert and exercise
their rights. As one of the signers of the U.S. Declaration of
Independence, Benjamin Franklin, stated, “We must all hang together, or
assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
H/T: Gunsnfreedom.com
This article was posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 1:37 pm
