WOW!!! # Law Student Puts Cop In His Place After Being Unlawfully Stopped For Carrying A Gun In Maine (Video)

I'm sure there are a few good'ns but as a whole the world would be a better place without any of them , just sayin

Just because somebody is honest with the public and doesn't hide their weapon doesn't mean they are looking for a confrontation Brief. I rarely open carry because I just don't want stupid gun phobic people to freak out, but when I am on my way to and from the gun range I strap that revolver where it is supposed to go on my right hip. Now, the guy in that video may have been looking for a confrontation, but if you have to hide something that should be a freedom, a right, then how free are you? His confrontation was a peaceful and legal one and not all confrontation is wrong. Sometimes it can lead to a needed education for the one with the problem. The cop in that video was just doing his job by investigating a call, but he didn’t have the authority to seize his weapon for no reason.

Think about the first amendment. You have the freedom of religion and speech, but are you suppose to just keep your mouth shut and head down when passing by someone else for fear that they might not like what they hear or see? That’s not freedom Brief, and the same applies to carrying a weapon. We have come to a sad place in our Nation’s history when we have to hide our freedom. Peaceful confrontation where freedom is defended and people who are wrong get a good education is healthy. A freedom that is not practiced and or defended by confrontation when necessary is a freedom that has been lost.

Last Edited by Resister on 06/27/2012 11:32 AM

what I've been saying all along!!!

I think Mr. Lawyer didn't have his weapon holstered, which prompted calls to the police from concerned citizens...

Forcing the right of way can be dangerous and cause someone to get hurt, therefore making it irresponsible even though they may be in the right...

You do not waive your rights by divulging your name and address, and I don't see the problem with allowing a pat-down search.
What you state here is the same as to allow police state.

Furthermore, considering the context you cannot judge that because it is the USA; it´s different.

^^^ Just common sense. Amazing that so many on here are having trouble wrapping their heads around it.

what an excellent discussion of gun ownership and First/Second Amendment rights!

opinions are like assholes...

"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" period

you don't need a license to exercise a right

Hear, hear!!!

Your analogy does not apply to this situation in the least.

He was not forcing anyone. He was peacefully walking down the street.

Your opinion that he was looking for a confrontation does not matter at all.

He can never find fault with so called law enforcement officers. I guess it's just a character weakness of his

Unlikely that you actually know they are a drop out or a bully or that they never advanced their mental intellect.

FYI..In psychopaths higher IQ correlates with greater severity.

I disagree, because if he was a felon and/or on the way to shoot people, the public would be screaming for this cop to lose his job because he didn't at least check to see if the guy had a criminal history.

Its easy to tell a bully by his actions.

here, let me google that for you.....
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others, particularly when the behavior is habitual and involves an imbalance of power.

imbalance of power? check!
aggresive behavior? check!
use of force or coercion? check!

you being an idiot? check!

again...it would be the intellectually challenged and ignorant masses screaming for police officer that did his job while breaking no laws and infringed upon no ones liberties, to be fired.

I assume you consider yourself in that position of calling for his early retirement?

consider yourself ignorant then. Can you recognize ignorance when it slaps you in the face repeatedly???

No shit shircock.

It is called probable cause based on the fact he was carrying a gun that "may" or "may not" be licensed. Have you ever heard of probable cause?

Here is an education on law 101 and probable cause.


"Probable" in this case may relate to actual statistical probability, or to a general standard of common behavior and customs.

In United States criminal law, probable cause is the standard by which an officer or agent of the law has the grounds to make an arrest, to conduct a personal or property search, or to obtain a warrant for arrest, etc. when criminal charges are being considered. It is also used to refer to the standard to which a grand jury believes that a crime has been committed. This term comes from the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

"Probable" in this case may relate to actual statistical probability, or to a general standard of common behavior and customs. The context of the word "probable" here is not exclusive to community standards and does not predate statistics, as some have suggested.[1]

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Last Edited by Gnostic Warrior on 06/27/2012 11:57 AM

I'm not calling for his retirement, I carry too...I'm just not a dick about it.

That's not a valid argument at all. And if he was a felon on his way to shoot people, obviously he would have his gun concealed.

Sorry, this is America. We live under a rule of Law, not Anarchy, where the nervousness of a random party leads to the indefinite suspension of any and all freedom. If you can't handle people peacefully exercising their rights, then maybe you should find a new country.

You mean just because you have an extra large chimp cock, you don't whip it out at will to judge yours against other men with lil EL-ien cocks? lol

That's not a valid argument because I carry concealed and have never done anything wrong...maybe you need a new country...call it lawyersville

Last Edited by BRIEF on 06/27/2012 12:01 PM

Yes and it appears your ass has lots of 1976 smoke being blown up in it....

you two who keep blowing each other, should jsut give it a rest. The correct answers have already been provided....

you're just wasting your valuable internet badass time.

No more probable cause than seeing someone drive a car that "may" or "may not" be licensed.

You have to have probable cause that a law is being broken.

Again, we live in a land of Law. This isn't Anarchy. You can't just detain whoever you feel like whenever you want.

That is the MOST stupid analogy I have ever heard. There is a HUGE difference between a person driving a car and a person carrying a gun

How often do you see a person carrying a gun in public? Now, how many people to see drive a car in public?

Where do you get your intelligence? A foil hat and dish, lol

Okay.. so how many hold-ups or shootings begin with the aggressor walking into the location with a clearly visible and holdstered firearm ?

The best argument you've come up with is the assumption that "the cop might have gotten fired for not stopping him."

congratulations, that is a fantastic metric to measure the law by. no more doing or wearing anything that might draw the slightest unease from a single one of your neighbors or it is mandatory detention and seizure until you are proven innocent.

wear a trenchcoat? detention.

carrying your rifle out to the truck to go hunting? detention.

carry a utility knife for work? detention.

bumper stickers a little too politically outspoken? that makes me nervous. you might be a felon. detention, full search of vehicle.

if only we had more guys like you running the show.

I didn't see the guy in the video have his weapon holstered...looks like he was carrying it in his hand...

Fantastic, so doing something unusual is now probable cause for detention, search, and seizure? That's just brilliant.

I don't see many people carrying knives. Can we detain anyone who carries a knife on their belt? After all...You never know.... Could be a felon.