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>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:14:39 -0700
> "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org> extropians@extropy.org Re: MEDIA/POLITICS/GUNS "The changing politics of Guns"Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>
>Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
>> He was arresting her.
>
>Bear in mind that, for instance, "displaying a gun in a threatening or rude manner, except in self defense", is unlawful
>in California. Cops get to do things mere mortals don't. Arrest at gunpoint of an unarmed person, even by a witness to a
>felony, is a tricky area in many places.
>
>Just FYI.
>
That's right; and there was no felony here, except the one committed by the gun-waving loonie. He could even be convicted of kidnapping for holding her at gunpoint.
>
>MMB
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