California Gun Store Owner Holds Cardboard Cutout AR-15 For Advertising, People Call The Police
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 4 months ago
A California gun store owner was reprimanded by the cops after waving an AR-15 cardboard cutout outside of his business to draw in customers, according to a report by ABC10 News in Oceanside, Calif.
Brendan Von, a Marine veteran, started waving the large, cardboard sign in front of his store, “Firearms Unknown,” last fall during Black Friday shopping. The store told CNSNews.com today that it uses the sign “on a regular basis.”
According to ABC 10, some people assumed the over-sized gun-sign was real, prompting complaints and even a visit from the local police.
A local woman told ABC 10 that she believed the sign was over the top.
“It looks like a machine gun, it is pretty aggressive,” she said. “I think he’s doing too much, but then again, they do have the freedom to do that.”
“A couple people just going by, flipping me the bird,” said Von, the store owner. “Either scolding me or yelling some type of obscenity.”
“It kind of frustrated me that somebody would call [the police] and make a false statement like that, knowing that it is a cardboard sign that is very flimsy,” he said.
According to the ABC report, Von said the police asked him to stop or change the sign and after he refused, the police left.
The sad part about this isn’t so much the woman to whom we have to say, “Get thee to thy fainting couch.” I would expect this from California.
The sad part is that the LEOs would actually ask him to stop. When he refused, they had no recourse except to leave, since demanding what they did was illegal.
Then again, I confess that I’ve come to expect this from LEOs too.
How sad.
On July 6, 2017 at 11:16 am, Jack Crabb said:
It seems everyone loves a tyrannical government when its doing their bidding. History, however, shows that the useful idiots disappear soon after the enemies of the state though.
On July 6, 2017 at 7:50 pm, Ned said:
So Oceanside PD virtue snivels all the way to cuckland over a piece of freakin cardboard, instead of chastising the snowflake maroon who called to complain. I suppose it’s possible that these LEOs actually have nothing better to do. At least they weren’t out shooting dogs – or shooting at dogs and killing the owner.
I’d say this story is amazing, but I moved from Orange County CA 23 years ago.
Some people should be giving thanks daily for having no actual problems, instead of succumbing to fake outrage over a cardboard sign.
On July 7, 2017 at 11:20 am, revjen45 said:
It takes a devout cretin to think that’s a real gun.
On July 8, 2017 at 11:47 am, Al Reasin said:
When ObamaCare was being debated, a friend and me were demonstrating several times a week on a busy corner in our county seat. One day our sign was “KILL THE BILL”, and a women called the police saying our sign said, “KILL OBAMA”. Fortunately we and the officer had met when he was doing street patrol, so nothing came of it. But it could have been a problem.
In DC once I was alone protesting opposite and across the street to the public entrance to the Capitol Building and after several hours I was surrounded by Capital police in two police cars and two motorcycle cops. They initially did the good cop/bad cop routine but I had my sub’s military cap on, was polite and respectful and they settled down after a few minutes.
Truthfully, I have protested/demonstrated for conservative values alone, as a TEA Party local director or with a group since 2009 and have never, ever had any real problems with law enforcement; actually quite the opposite, since a few times we have needed police protection and received it.