On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Brian Loe wrote: > > > On 11/1/06, Richard M. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I suspect that the fake gun is what bothered the South Portland > police and > > > not the Bin Laden costume. > > > > > > Could have swore that all toy guns were to have an orange muzzle for > > just this reason. If his did have an orange muzzle, a lawsuit is in > > order. > > My understanding was that all USians have the right to bear arms. The > Constitution doesn't say anything about the colour of the muzzle. Surely > > he has a case anyway? > > ---> Yes we do, but there is also the matter of "brandishing a > firearm". Which is what this idiot was doing, even though it was fake. > There are robberies that take place often enough with toy guns that look > real, it's still "armed robbery" regardless if it was real or not. Same > as brandishing a firearm. OK, so carrying a firearm is legal, but brandishing it isn't. OK, got it now.
Brandishing is when you wave something, right? So you're allowed to carry firearms, but you mustn't wave them. Weird. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
