If this happened as written (a big assumption), then the CCW holder is culpable...although notice how the headline subtly misleads you into thinking the gun brandishing happened as a direct and proximate result of a verbal "soccer dad rage" argument, as opposed to the end stage of a physical altercation.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/15832557.htm
Gun at pee-wee football: Sad lesson
Wayne Derkotch is charged with brandishing a .357 Magnum in a fight with a coach over his son's playing time. A referee also was arrested for his role in the incident.
By Natalie Pompilio
Inquirer Staff Writer
A clear Sunday morning in Burholme Park. Two teams of eager 5- and 6-year-olds gathered around learning to play football.
Instead, they received a lesson in life's ugliness: a coach and father fighting over a child's playing time, an angry loser wielding a .357 Magnum at a pee-wee football game.
With the weapon came shouts of "Gun! Gun! Gun!" - and a game dissolved into chaos.
Referee Shawn Henwood shouted for the players to "Come with me!" and they did, following him from the 50-yard line to the far side of the field, then crouching. Screaming mothers rushed toward them. On the sidelines, two men had been fighting, and one had pulled out the loaded handgun.
"Football pads don't stop bullets. They're not made for it," said Henwood, 39. "I think it's disgusting. The whole confrontation. The coach beating up a parent? The parent pulling a gun?"
The blowup between adults at the children's game occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the park in the 7300 block of Central Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. Henwood and police gave the following version of events:
Parent Wayne Derkotch, 40, began arguing with the coach of the Northeast Outlaws because he felt his son wasn't getting enough playing time. The argument escalated into a physical fight. Derkotch pulled a .357 Magnum revolver from his waistband, an action witnessed by others at the game.
As parents scrambled to protect their children and other spectators dialed 911, Derkotch walked to his black pickup truck, put the gun inside, and then climbed into the cab as if to leave.
Seeing this, Henwood ran in front of the truck, blocking its exit, and began writing its license plate number in his game book. A man Henwood identified as Derkotch's brother slapped it out of his hand. Henwood said that he refused to let the truck pass and that Derkotch's brother did not like that.
"He came at my throat, and I struck him," Henwood said. "It was so unreal. I guess I snapped."
By then, police had arrived. They arrested Derkotch, of the 1100 block of East Wilt Street, and Henwood, of the 7600 block of Brous Street. Derkotch was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person. He was released on $10,000 bail. Henwood was charged with simple assault and released yesterday morning on his own recognizance.
Henwood said he spoke to Derkotch while both were in custody. Derkotch, he said, apologized for the incident.
"I said, 'You don't have to apologize to me. I didn't have kids on the field,' " Henwood said.
As Derkotch told Henwood, Derkotch had been arguing with the coach when the coach told him to take it to the side so they could "settle this like men." Both knew that meant a fight.
When the coach gained the advantage in the fight, Derkotch pulled his gun. He had had a license to carry a concealed weapon for eight years, he told Henwood.
"He should've put it back in the truck," Henwood said. "That's how men do it. That's how they used to do it."
Derkotch could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Parents behaving badly at children's sporting events is not new: On its Web site, the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation notes that incidents of parental rage are well-documented and increasing. They include fights as well as taunting, yelling, and using profane language or gestures.
In March 2005, a Connecticut man was arrested after striking his daughter's softball coach in the head with an aluminum bat. He pleaded no contest last month and received a sentence that did not include prison time, which outraged some parents and coaches.
Perhaps the most infamous incident occurred after a Massachusetts youth hockey game in 2000, when two fathers began arguing about rough play on the ice. One man died and the other was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to six to 10 years in prison.
And it's not just an American problem. In March, a Canadian man was sentenced to eight years in prison for drugging his children's tennis rivals, resulting in the death of one of them.
This summer, Australian media reported at least three instances where parents came to blows with other parents or officials at children's sporting events. In another case, the father of one soccer player was threatened with a lifetime ban after threatening one of his son's 11-year-old opponents.