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sasha031

(6,700 posts)
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 03:15 PM Feb 2013

Parent allegedly pulls loaded gun on another parent during argument at Chuck E. Cheese.

Tawana Bourne, Connecticut Woman, Allegedly Pulled Loaded Gun At Chuck E. Cheese

Newington, Conn., police arrested a woman at a Chuck E. Cheese on Monday evening after she allegedly pulled a loaded gun during an argument with another parent.

According to police, Tawana Bourne, 30, of Middleton, Conn., "brandished a .380 semiautomatic handgun and chambered a round" during a verbal altercation at the restaurant, which is geared toward children. No one was hurt in the incident.

"That's a step up from just having a handgun in your possession," Newington Police Sgt. Chris Perry told ABC local affiliate WFSB. "There's non-verbal intent there. So, that's how I'm assuming the victim took it and that's how we took it."

A witness claiming to have been the woman on the other end of that gun told the Hartford Courant that the argument began after Bourne's son pushed her 2-year-old daughter off of a ride.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/tawana-bourne-connecticut-gun-chuck-e-cheese_n_2630285.html

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Parent allegedly pulls loaded gun on another parent during argument at Chuck E. Cheese. (Original Post) sasha031 Feb 2013 OP
Gun nuts going nuts trying to solve a problem with their gunz.... mikeysnot Feb 2013 #1
.. NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 #2
We'll see more of this kind of stuff as callous people continue to arm up and carry in public. Hoyt Feb 2013 #3
I would sue the armed party for every cent they had or will ever have. Psychological harm. sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #4
Too bad the assault victim didn't have a gun Z_California Feb 2013 #5
OVER THE LINE!!!!!!! Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #6
This isn't 'Nam this is Chuck E Cheese there are rules!!! Initech Feb 2013 #8
We've become a society 2naSalit Feb 2013 #7
Because it's never too soon... spinbaby Feb 2013 #9
Well of course. SheilaT Feb 2013 #10

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)
1. Gun nuts going nuts trying to solve a problem with their gunz....
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 03:25 PM
Feb 2013

go figure.

What we need is MORE GUNS!

Yes, that will do it.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. We'll see more of this kind of stuff as callous people continue to arm up and carry in public.
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 03:25 PM
Feb 2013

When you can't even take your kid safely to Chuck E Cheese, it's time to do something.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
7. We've become a society
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 04:27 PM
Feb 2013

that finds a gun not only protection from bodily harm but also protection from actually participating in that godforsaken practice of independent cognition. That is what these gunheads are saying with their actions.

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)
9. Because it's never too soon...
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 04:45 PM
Feb 2013

...to introduce the kiddies to junk food, gambling, and gun violence. And now you can do it all in one stop at Chuck E. Cheese.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
10. Well of course.
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 05:02 PM
Feb 2013

Isn't this exactly what the NRA wants? That we all have guns and we carry them and we feel free to use them at any time?

What's the problem here?

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