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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 04:23 PM Oct 2012

Isanti County road rage: Gun permit wasn't at issue

Despite knowing about a string of recent road-rage incidents involving a 71-year-old man, the Isanti County sheriff said Wednesday that he was legally obligated to issue a permit to carry a gun to the man who is now charged with shooting a motorcyclist in the face after a cat-and-mouse highway incident over the weekend.

Joseph D. Kadlec, 71, of Cambridge, Minn., was charged Tuesday with three felonies in the shooting outside the Isanti Police Department parking lot on Saturday. Authorities say Kadlec has been involved in at least five other road rage incidents since 2008.

"The reason he was issued a permit is because there was no indication in the required background check that indicated [Kadlec] was a danger to himself or others or was not allowed, by statute, to be issued a permit," Sheriff Russ Monson said in response to an inquiry Tuesday from the Star Tribune.

Monson then went on to explain that in each of the five earlier cases, "we have on record [Kadlec] was angry at someone for their driving conduct but never used any weapons, never assaulted anyone, never made threats and was never arrested."

http://www.startribune.com/local/172482271.html?refer=y
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Isanti County road rage: Gun permit wasn't at issue (Original Post) SecularMotion Oct 2012 OP
I used to live in Cambridge krispos42 Oct 2012 #1
How long ago did you live in Cambridge? Oneka Oct 2012 #8
2007-2010 krispos42 Oct 2012 #9
Traffic lights notwithstanding Oneka Oct 2012 #11
So, what do you think of the Fifth Amendment? nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #2
After reading this twice... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2012 #3
I tried to add something to the discussion, but that's a waste, too. So, I'll join Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #4
Well... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2012 #5
Sounds like he should've had both his gun permit and driver's license revoked a long time ago Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #6
Due process. AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #10
Yet another solid reason, why i carry Oneka Oct 2012 #7

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
1. I used to live in Cambridge
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 04:59 PM
Oct 2012

Wasn't a hell of a lot of traffic to get angry about, except that those damn lights at the Highway 65/Highway 95 never went to blinker and it was a pain in the ass to drive through town at night. Nothing like waiting at a perfectly empty intersection at 1am....

Oneka

(653 posts)
8. How long ago did you live in Cambridge?
Sun Oct 7, 2012, 12:22 AM
Oct 2012

The timing on that set of lights has been fixed , a few years back if memory serves. They were almost as bad as the sets of lights in North Branch, I35/95 intersection. Which has also now been mostly fixed.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
9. 2007-2010
Sun Oct 7, 2012, 12:51 AM
Oct 2012

If a car came off the ramp, the light would cycle immediately, even if the car just did a "casual stop" to turn right on red. Even a simple 5-second delay between triggering the sensor and cycling the lights would have been enormously helpful!

Oneka

(653 posts)
11. Traffic lights notwithstanding
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:10 AM
Oct 2012

It really is beautiful country up here.
I moved into North Branch 3 years ago, and love the area.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
3. After reading this twice...
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 05:46 PM
Oct 2012

...I've concluded that it wasn't worth reading the first time. The sheriff did what he was supposed to do. The facts are the facts.


There's no comment from the poster so it's just a waste.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
4. I tried to add something to the discussion, but that's a waste, too. So, I'll join
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 05:50 PM
Oct 2012

you in contributing more waste to the waste until it's waist-deep.

Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)
6. Sounds like he should've had both his gun permit and driver's license revoked a long time ago
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:03 PM
Oct 2012

This dude, Kadlec, obviously has some serious anger management problems.

Oneka

(653 posts)
7. Yet another solid reason, why i carry
Sun Oct 7, 2012, 12:20 AM
Oct 2012

a pistol. Assholes like this, shoot folks in the face , just a short 13 miles from where i live. I travel to and through Cambridge regularly. Glad i never got on the wrong side of this dickhead, but if i had, i would have at least had a fighting chance of defending myself.

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