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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:23 PM
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Guy trying to make citizens arrest nearly got shot by another guy making a citizens arrest on him
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 09:24 PM by NNN0LHI
http://www.2news.tv/news/local/53846827.html

Boise Police arrest man for pulling gun, claiming to be cop

Story Created: Aug 20, 2009 at 3:57 PM MDT

Story Updated: Aug 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM MDT

<snip>Paul Brookhouse has been charged with Impersonating a Police Officer, a felony. snip

Boise Police had responded to a call of a man with a gun near the Boise Rescue Mission. When they arrived, they found two men brandishing handguns.

Witnesses told police that the theft suspect, later identified as 46-year-old John Dickey had stolen property from the Rescue Mission and tried to run.

The theft victim chased after the suspect, and a third man now identified as 52-year-old Paul Brookhouse joined the chase as well.

Police say Brookhouse pulled a handgun and ordered the theft suspect to stop. He then claimed to be a Boise Police Officer.

At this point, another man approached and pointed a handgun at Brookhouse to get him to drop his weapon. snip

Police say both Brookehouse and the other gunman have concealed weapons permits. snip

He was taken into custody shortly after midnight.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:26 PM
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1. An armed society is a mess.
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Matt 6_5 Donating Member (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:27 PM
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3. Yep. Democracy is messy.
Nature of the beast.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:38 PM
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7. Democracy may be messy, but an armed society is a mess.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 11:42 PM
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21. Like Somalia. Whoops that's just an armed society.
Why'd you try to change the subject to democracy? Silly gun nut.
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Pholus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:09 PM
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12. Said it before, I'll say it again...
The reason this fascination with guns everywhere is not good:

When you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:37 PM
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15. I'm with you. It's not the guns that bug me. it's the unhealthy fixation/facination that
bugs me.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 11:04 PM
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18. Exactly, Sir
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Matt 6_5 Donating Member (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:27 PM
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2. I'm not one to judge on appearance, but whoever gave that Brookhouse guy a CCW permit
needs some serious ass kicking.
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orwell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:37 PM
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6. That's okay...
...I'm sure he was a "law abiding" citizen...
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:28 PM
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4. Give a knucklehead a gun and suddenly he thinks he's in fucking Lethal Weapon.
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 09:30 PM by Mojambo
Here's an idea, wanna be a cop? Join the fucking police force.
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:00 PM
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11. Any group has idiots in it.
On the whole, people with concealed carry permits actually have a lower rate of committing violent crime than do the police.
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:29 PM
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5. Good God their is so much crime in Idaho.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:41 PM
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8. Gotta Love It, Sir....
Nimrods.
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:52 PM
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9. A CCW permit isn't a permit to pretend to be Dirty Harry
Mr. Brookehouse ought to lose his permit, his gun and not be allowed to posses firearms of any kind for a long time.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:56 PM
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10. Even though mistakes were made (by Brookstone) the permitted gun carriers acted with restraint
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 10:01 PM by aikoaiko
and no blood was spilled.

Brookstone may need some judicial readjustment.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:10 PM
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13. Neither, Sir, Should Be Allowed Near Anything More Lethal Than A Popsicle Stick....
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:25 PM
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14. I'm sure Mr Bookstone is a lethal weapon even with a popsicle stick.


;)
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:47 PM
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16. I wonder what the property was that warranted GUNS!
:scared:
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 11:29 PM
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19. The property became secondary to machismo
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:57 PM
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17. that's a situation that had double-darwin written all over it...
oh well, maybe next time. :shrug:
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 11:40 PM
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20. This is nothing that MORE GUNS wouldn't solve
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