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Originally Posted by XD45
thats one of, if not the most ridiculous statement i've ever read on this forum. #1 have you ever heard the phrase brandishing a firearm?
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Doesn't apply in Pennsylvania, there is no term, law or language for "brandishing" in this state.
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just because you have a LTCF doesn't mean you can go around racking the slide infront of someone for no other purpose than intimidation, or trying to be "cool". He didn't see someone OCing, he saw someone out and about playing with their gun, save it for when your home not driving threw town.
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There was absolutely nothing illegal about what the person did. Though, I can see the OP thought they may have been underage. But I wasn't there so I can't really say.
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So if you saw someone kick in your neighbors door with a shotgun you'd casually wait until you saw they where dead to react? walk into a 7-11 thats being robbed and go nonono its fine i'll wait till your done?? He was trying to prevent a crime, which most likley could have been a murder, you need to think before you click the submit button.
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The action in the original story is not illegal under PA law; whereas the things you described above are indeed obviously illegal acts. Perhaps you could click the link in my signature to the online PA statutes and find where it says that what the person in the story did was illegal? Illegally concealing a handgun due to the age of the person? How sure can you be that the kid, was in fact, underage? I've seen a lot of 16-year-olds that look like they're in their 20's, and I've also known plenty of 20-somethings that look like they're still 16. I don't know that the OP reacted terribly given the circumstances, but I do think that your response was way off the mark of reasonable, even given the nature of the post you were referring to.
As for the OP, the thoughts on how useless 911 is in preventing crime is totally on point, unfortunately.