Man displayed gun during road-rage incident

**michaelchica** · February 20th, 2009, 03:00 PM

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-...,7761935.story

A Monroe County man with a license to carry a handgun is facing criminal charges for allegedly displaying the weapon to threaten two men during a road-rage incident Wednesday morning that started and ended on Airport Road in Allentown, police said.

Anthony Suarez, 41, of 4566 Briarcliff Terrace, Tobyhanna Township, allegedly showed the handgun to two men in a vehicle parked at the AutoZone after they blew their horn when he almost drove his sport utility vehicle into their vehicle, police said.

The men told police they immediately drove out of the parking lot and Suarez followed them north on Airport Road. They lost him at one point, but Suarez was waiting for them when they returned to Airport Road and began tailing them again, police said.

The men called 911 around 10:25 a.m. and were told to keep driving while state police at Bethlehem were dispatched. Troopers stopped Suarez north of Allentown on Airport Road, seized his .38-caliber revolver and charged him with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment. He was committed to Lehigh County Prison under $7,500 bail. According to prison records, Suarez was released yesterday after posting bail.

**Paradigm** · February 20th, 2009, 03:10 PM

Assuming the reporting is correct...

...this guy is a total moron and gives us a black eye in the public.

**dc dalton** · February 20th, 2009, 03:15 PM

Well if he really did it he just blew it BIG TIME.

Gotta ask, WTF is wrong with some of these people that makes them feel they have to do something so stupid over something so stupid?

**Robert Kayland** · February 20th, 2009, 03:31 PM

Sounds like there'll shortly be an opportunity to pick up a .38 snubby cheaply.

**HiredGoon** · February 20th, 2009, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Robert Kayland

Sounds like there'll shortly be an opportunity to pick up a .38 snubby cheaply.

And whatever other guns this guy owns

**billamj** · February 20th, 2009, 03:54 PM

This individual is quite definitely a delta alpha.

**camper** · February 20th, 2009, 04:06 PM

Yeah...that's the kind of guy that should lose their guns. Sorry, no pitty there.

camper

**JIDinPhilly** · February 20th, 2009, 04:28 PM

Just like a lot of people should not have a license to drive a car, a lot of people should not have a license to carry a firearm. Of course the media is going to pick up on this sort of thing and make all of us look bad. And when I say "us", I mean the law abiding and responsible gun owners.

**HiredGoon** · February 20th, 2009, 05:35 PM

Wonder if that guy is a member here?

**imperialism2024** · February 20th, 2009, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by dc dalton

Well if he really did it he just blew it BIG TIME.

Gotta ask, WTF is wrong with some of these people that makes them feel they have to do something so stupid over something so stupid?

"Car balls", I'd say. It's amazing the transformation that many folks undergo between when they are standing outside of their car, and after they get behind the wheel. Then, all of a sudden, they need to prove their alleged driving prowess to every other driver who dares challenge it, by committing such atrocities as passing, driving more than 5mph above or below the speed limit, and other such offenses to the aggressive driver.

If I were a less responsible gun owner, I'd support a law that justified homicide for douchebag drivers. Someone cut you off and almost run you off the road? Don't bother honking, just blast the motherfucker. Someone dawdling in the left lane? *BANG* But... it would be incredibly irresponsible to support such an idea.