Point A Finger, Go To Jail

[mrjarrell]

Looks like some people equate pointing a finger to brandishing a weapon. At least they do in Surry county,VA (a hot bed of incompetence). Here's the case of a guy who was arrested for doing something many of us have done, at one time or another. Pointing your finger at someone to emphasize a spoken point. Cops let him go, initially and then decided to arrest him later that day. All for pointing his finger at someone, (not in the fashion of a finger gun, either). Not only were the cops out of line, so were the prosecutors, but it's Virginia, so go figure.

Authorities charge gun owner with brandishing his finger - National gun rights | Examiner.com

The War on Guns: Henick Court Documents Online

 

[moischmoe]

Arrested for pointing a finger. Geez, what are the consequences for PULLING a finger?

 

[TiminMishawaka]

Sounds like someone needs to be given the finger.

 

[indykid]

And so goes the continued sound of the toilet flushing on the once great United States.

 

[littletommy]

And so goes the continued sound of the toilet flushing on the once great United States.

We are indeed lost, it deeply saddens me, and makes me wonder what will transpire to change the tragic course this country has taken. I just can't wrap my head around the sort of thinking, not by just one person, but dozens, who go along with this nonsense, in the name of law and order. I truly hope that the perpetrators of this sort of garbage, have a special reward waiting for them.

 

[88GT]

Arrested for pointing a finger. Geez, what are the consequences for PULLING a finger?

I don't know but I'll bet they're pretty severe. You don't get to nuke innocent people and expect to be let off with a slap on the wrist.

 

[navarre1095]

Don't point at me. You might be loaded.

 

[b0Rn~c0nfus3d]

how unjust whats this world coming too. sounds like another rule for the books.NO POINTING THE FINGER.

 

[96firephoenix]

so who do we point the finger at for this situati.... wait... can't do that.

 

[E5RANGER375]

kids .......... don't sleep with your siblings. nothing intelligent will come of it.

 

[IndianaResident]

...this thread is like listening to a bad sitcom, both for the initial debacle, and the tired puns that followed
....and followed, and followed.

 

[Coydog]

Don't point your finger unless you intend to use it.

 

[E5RANGER375]

if i knew i was going to jail just for pointing it, then I would stick it in someones eye to make it worth my while.

might as well get your moneys worth. and i wouldn't stick around to be arrested for that BS charge either.

 

[mrjarrell]

Well, the verdict is in on the finger brandishing case, (yes, it actually had to go to trial) and the victim in this case, Paul Henick was found not guilty. Hope he sues the **** out of the cops and prosecutors for this.

VA gun owner

 

[indykid]

Thanks for posting the update.

He should sue for big dollars, a change of the law so that a finger is no longer a firearm, and schooling for the police department that arrested him so that they understand that people have certain rights.

 

[Banshee]

"For those, an account is presented on the OpenCarry.org forum"

Essentially a story.

 

[serpicostraight]

its amazing that someone would be so stupid to charge him. and even more amazing that someone is so simple minded they actually went out and arrested him for it. are the prosecutor and cops really that stupid or are they that evil.

 

[jgreiner]

Arrested for pointing a finger. Geez, what are the consequences for PULLING a finger?

In my case, I would be charged with using a weapon of mass destruction........

 

[Johnny C]

Maybe they just wanted to "get" the fellow for being a gun owner in the first place.

Maybe he had a run in with the cops in the past and they wanted vengeance, ya never know.

Its hard to believe folks could be so stupid and have no ramifications after the fact.

 

[RockofStrength]

So...when asked to identify this dangerous criminal, I assume the prosecutor jerked his leg in the general direction of the finger-pointer?