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[MilitaryArms]

Read this article... I was all ready to applaud this legislator until I got to this part:

She showed off the laser sighting by pointing the red beam at the reporter's chest. The gun has no safety, she said, but there was no need to worry.
"I just didn't have my hand on the trigger," she said.

Guns in Arizona: Legislator's gun highlights debate

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[gunman41mag]

Aw it's just a 380

 

[NYFelon]

must be a mighty big gun or a very small hand if she can fit the whole thing on the trigger.

 

[Expat]

That's what we need a Mo-ron politician that aims at a reporter's chest and says its okay because she didn't have her "hand" on the trigger. I usually just use a finger myself.

 

[SEIndSAM]

What a moron. Guess she needs a gun safety class. Acts like that doesn't do gun owners any favors.

 

[Bunnykid68]

She probably really hates guns and this is her ploy to make gun owners look stupid

 

[Indydrew]

Makes you wish that politicians would just "stop helping" sometimes, doesn't it...

-Drew

 

[gunowner930]

What an idiot. "Never point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot."

 

[bobzilla]

What an idiot. "Never point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot."

Maybe she intended to shoot the reporter?

 

[vesan87]

Isn't that a felony?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Isn't that a felony?

Under Indiana law, assuming it was loaded, yes. In GWR it is just how they say hello. Yeeeeeeeeeehaw!

IC 35-47-4-3
Pointing firearm at another person
Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer who is acting within the scope of the law enforcement officer's official duties or to a person who is justified in using reasonable force against another person under:
(1) IC 35-41-3-2; or
(2) IC 35-41-3-3.
(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally points a firearm at another person commits a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the firearm was not loaded.

It is also not a felony for law enforcement to point a loaded gun at a coffee-laden yuppie.

 

[edsinger]

Woah!

 

[2A_Tom]

What an idiot. "Never point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot."

It "was" a reporter , may be a Fruedian slip.

 

[lon]

The reporter doesn't sound too much brighter.

Quote:

Ruelas, in his TV interview, said it did not occur to him at the time that his life might have been in danger.
"I didn't know that the gun did not have a safety,'' he said.
"So I figured she must know what she's doing,'' Ruelas continued. "She wouldn't recklessly point a gun at me, so I did not feel in any danger.''


AZ lawmaker says pointing gun at reporter wasn't deliberate - East Valley Tribune: Arizona

 

[Paco Bedejo]

Maybe she intended to shoot the reporter?

Sen. Klein: [points gun directly in Reporter's face] Say "what" again. Say "what" again. I dare you. I double-dare you, motherf****r. Say "what" one more g****mn time.

 

[beararms1776]

I was ready to applaud it to until she violated the Golden Rule.

 

[eldirector]

I don't think AZ has the "pointing" law, but they do have:

13-1201. Endangerment; classification
A. A person commits endangerment by recklessly endangering another person with a substantial risk of imminent death or physical injury.
B. Endangerment involving a substantial risk of imminent death is a class 6 felony. In all other cases, it is a class 1 misdemeanor.

 

[Fletch]

Scooped! Darn the bad luck!

 

[RockofStrength]

 

[zspeed130]

My wife frequently says that about 90% of women shouldn't be let out of the house with out a responsible chaperone....