Man arrested for assembling a shotgun outside a restaurant

[EQGuy]

This was a short news item this morning. It showed a quick video of the shotgun and they claimed it was worth as much as $95,000. The MSRP for the gun is actually around $8,000 which is still a chunk of change. They did not say what his intentions were but he did manage to knock one police officer unconscious while they were trying to subdue him. Here is a link to the story.
San Francisco police arrest man assembling shotgun near restaura - KTVU -

 

[GatorFarmer]

No law in Wyoming about assembling a shotgun outside your favorite eatery. Could be some of the critters inside ain't dead enough yet, so best to be prepared.

 

[Muss Muggins]

So he didn't exactly get arrested for assembling a shotgun . . .

 

[arjay]

Looks crazier than the nut that shot up the movie theater...

 

[Whitwabit]

Seems they added an extra zero to the price of the shotgun ..they go for up to 9,500 according to model ..

 

[Rastoff]

A Diamond Pigeon Beretta? Yeah, maybe a $3K gun when new. Now if it were one of the SOx series, that would bring a lot more.

Then again, this guy probably needed arresting anyway:

 

[CCantu357]

The mugshot of this "gentleman" and the Beretta Diamond Pigeon do not seem to go together. Something seems amiss here.

 

[Onomea]

With a mug like that, I think the cops showed considerable restraint by not just shooting him on the spot...

 

[vonn]

Have to agree with the mugshot comments,seems to be a lot of perps that have that kind of stare lately. Makes you wonder of it is contagious .

 

[JSR III]

It is interesting if you look at most of the gun massacre perps mug shots that they all seem to have the same facial expression. You have to wonder if it is drug related or a gene or chromosome issue.

I wonder if their blood or DNA has ever been checked for abnormalities or similarities?

 

[KLYDE]

It is interesting if you look at most of the gun massacre perps mug shots that they all seem to have the same facial expression. You have to wonder if it is drug related or a gene or chromosome issue.

I wonder if their blood or DNA has ever been checked for abnormalities or similarities?

I'd bet a dollar that the similar facial expressions most likely could be attributed to the cocktail of meds that were prescribed to them as children. Just to fix all the problems.

 

[Wyatt p. Tato]

I don't think we have a gun problem, I think we have a mental illness problem and the drugs used to treat them. All mass shooters seem to have one common thing, that being the use of these drugs.

 

[falcon1]

The mugshot of this "gentleman" and the Beretta Diamond Pigeon do not seem to go together. Something seems amiss here.

Agreed...a stolen firearm, perhaps.

+1 to posts 9, 10, 11, and 12.

 

[richardman1992]

Not to thread jack here, but what part of the bay are you from EQGuy? Ie east, south, north or peninsula? I grew up watching ktvu and am from Dublin. Small world, eh?

 

[badge]

The eyes are the window into the Soul, as they say. Most Coo Coo's look exactly like Coo Coo's. Just my observation's.

 

[Knigge]

the lights are on, but there`s nobody home

 

[amazingflapjack]

We read that "The eyes are the window of the Soul."

 

[EQGuy]

Not to thread jack here, but what part of the bay are you from EQGuy? Ie east, south, north or peninsula? I grew up watching ktvu and am from Dublin. Small world, eh?

I grew up in the east bay outside Fairfield and now live in the south bay in Sunnyvale. I grew up roaming the orchards of Suisun Valley and am now stuck in the city. I am only 5 miles from excellent medical care now which at this time in my life is important.

 

[16thVACav]

23 years old ......... and apparently awake the entire time.

 

[rwsmith]

Well, it IS.....

Well, it IS in CA. That could explain part of it.

MAYBE they stopped a nut in his tracks. I don't know why anybody would assemble a shotgun out on the streets. I usually keep my guns very discreet. I'd like to hear the resolution to this story but most likely the news value is used up and we'll never hear what happened.

I have often wondered, though. Several times in the past I've had the occasion to check out a gun in somebodies. trunk. I unload it, clear it and don't point it at anybody which sometimes means the gun is visible. I'm not sure what they would do nowadays. Saying I was 'brandishing' a gun?