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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy we need gun control: MN man pulls shotgun on neighbor teaching daughter to ride bike
MN man pulls shotgun on neighbor teaching daughter to ride bike: I should have shot him......A 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 fathers tactics May 25 as he taught the girl to ride on the cul-de-sac they shared.
The father told his neighbor, Ive got it, which apparently angered the older man. If you dont like my advice, get off my street, Drake told the man, who reminded his neighbor he didnt 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 Drakes 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.
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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Why we need gun control: MN man pulls shotgun on neighbor teaching daughter to ride bike (Original Post)
doxydad
Jun 2014
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Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)1. what gun control laws are you for?
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)2. Confiscate his guns
If you threaten somebody with a gun, who is NOT threatening you, then your guns are taken away. This man's neighbor could certainly bring charges against him.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)7. His guns WERE taken from him.
doxydad
(1,363 posts)4. all of 'em
1. No automatic guns. These are not used for hunting, they're used for killing people.
2. You must be licensed, and 18 or older.
3. You cannot have a clip holding more than 6 rounds. PERIOD.
4. you must take a safety class, and pass with 98% correct answers.
I could go on, but then, what's the use? Gun totin' morons will never learn, so there's that.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)8. When was the last time an automatic gun used in a crime?
Six rounds? New York already gave up on 7 rounds as a maximum.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)5. Threatening somebody with a deadly weapon
Is covered in law in most jurisdictions. I suppose not in yours though.
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