Arkansas Prank Went Wrong

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

this story, it need more explanation please. Why, why were these basketball hooligans trying to break into your apartment? do tell....

Lol, everyone in this thread who is biased against calling the cops is going to have a 'story' where they called the cops and nothing happened or were 3 hours late or some shit, even though it's just a story of theirs and could be completely fictitious and in no way can be verified to what they are saying is accurate. We just have to take their word.

I've called the police once in my life and they were there in a few minutes if I remember correctly, so who knows.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

Lol, everyone in this thread who is biased against calling the cops is going to have a 'story' where they called the cops and nothing happened or were 3 hours late or some shit, even though it's just a story of theirs and could be completely fictitious and in no way can be verified to what they are saying is accurate. We just have to take their word.

I've called the police once in my life and they were there in a few minutes if I remember correctly, so who knows.

lol, he neglected to mention he's the team's drug dealer?

[Earthling]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

Lol, everyone in this thread who is biased against calling the cops is going to have a 'story' where they called the cops and nothing happened or were 3 hours late or some shit, even though it's just a story of theirs and could be completely fictitious and in no way can be verified to what they are saying is accurate. We just have to take their word.

I've called the police once in my life and they were there in a few minutes if I remember correctly, so who knows.

My philosophy is to call the cops first. If the problem persists then an alternative plan is required.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Earthling

My philosophy is to call the cops first. If the problem persists then an alternative plan is required.

this!

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Earthling

My philosophy is to call the cops first. If the problem persists then an alternative plan is required.

Ok Einstein, I'd love to hear an "alternative plan" that is not going to risk you getting in trouble with the law yourself. Go outside and politely ask them to wait for the police to show up?

You people crack me the hell up.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Ok Einstein, I'd love to hear an "alternative plan" that is not going to risk you getting in trouble with the law yourself. Go outside and politely ask them to wait for the police to show up?

You people crack me the hell up.

Here's what I would do: call the cops first, tell them I'm afraid for my life. They will want me to stay on the phone with them and I may or may not do that, depends on how "threatened" I feel. Now, since I'm a responsible gun owner, while I'm waiting for Johnny Law, I go get my pistol, then I go get my ammo, and I load up a magazine. Then I put the loaded mag into the gun and slide the receiver back, loading a cartridge into the chamber. I might also turn the safety off. All this will take me a few minutes because, I'm not rushing it, I'm just prepping for the worst. At the same time I may yell out my window "I'VE CALLED THE COPS AND THEY ARE ON THE WAY!" That right there may scare the perps away. If that does scare them away, when the cops arrive, I file a police report and then collect insurance, thank you very much.

If that doesn't scare the perps off, I secure my house and wait for the cops. Now if the perps try to break in, then I have a right to shoot. But I'm not going to endanger my future with some frivolous lawsuit because I'm Captain Blaster gun guy. As another poster said, the perps probably have more rights than me, the victim. Will I shoot one of these perps if they are dumb enough to try and come into my house, yep. Will I go outside and initiate a shooting, nope.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

Here's what I would do: call the cops first, tell them I'm afraid for my life. They will want me to stay on the phone with them and I may or may not do that, depends on how "threatened" I feel. Now, since I'm a responsible gun owner, while I'm waiting for Johnny Law, I go get my pistol, then I go get my ammo, and I load up a magazine. Then I put the loaded mag into the gun and slide the receiver back, loading a cartridge into the chamber. I might also turn the safety off. All this will take me a few minutes because, I'm not rushing it, I'm just prepping for the worst. At the same time I may yell out my window "I'VE CALLED THE COPS AND THEY ARE ON THE WAY!" That right there may scare the perps away. If that does scare them away, when the cops arrive, I file a police report and then collect insurance, thank you very much.

If that doesn't scare the perps off. I secure my house and wait for the cops. Now if the perps try to break in, then I have a right to shoot. But I'm not going to endanger my future with some frivolous lawsuit because I'm Captain Blaster gun guy. As another poster said, the perps probably have more rights than me, the victim. Will I shoot one of these perps if they are dumb enough to try and come into my house, yep. Will I go outside and initiate a shooting, nope.

Oh. Come. On.

THEY'RE EGGING MY CAR AND THROWING MAYONNAISE ON IT AND I'M AFRAID FOR MY LIFE!!!!

And we covered the insurance aspect earlier, many people don't have their cars fully covered and even if they do there's this thing called a "deductible" which means money out of their pocket.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Oh. Come. On.

THEY'RE EGGING MY CAR AND THROWING MAYONNAISE ON IT AND I'M AFRAID FOR MY LIFE!!!!

And we covered the insurance aspect earlier, many people don't have their cars fully covered and even if they do there's this thing called a "deductible" which means money out of their pocket.

I'm going off the assumption that the guy who shot the kids had no idea what the kids were doing, that is, all he heard were loud/disturbing noises? However, if the guy shot the kids because of the egging and mayo then yes, this guy deserves to get judged by the law because it's obvious, he over-reacted!

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

I'm going off the assumption that the guy who shot the kids had no idea what the kids were doing, that is, all he heard were loud/disturbing noises? However, if the guy shot the kids because of the egging and mayo then yes, this guy deserves to get judged by the law because it's obvious, he over-reacted!

Here's a slightly more detailed article about it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/17/adrian-broadway-egging-gunned-down_n_4803038.html?ncid=webmail16

He actually fired at the car as they were fleeing, so I'm guessing by that time he knew what they had done. Hard to say for sure though. And no question he over-reacted. I'm not justifying what he did, I am simply taking exception to this crazy notion that calling the cops would do anything to help the guy in this situation. They're not going to launch a full scale investigation over a property damage incident.

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by Earthling

My philosophy is to call the cops first. If the problem persists then an alternative plan is required.

Nothing disagreeable here.

/thread

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

Lol, everyone in this thread who is biased against calling the cops is going to have a 'story' where they called the cops and nothing happened or were 3 hours late or some shit, even though it's just a story of theirs and could be completely fictitious and in no way can be verified to what they are saying is accurate. We just have to take their word.

I've called the police once in my life and they were there in a few minutes if I remember correctly, so who knows.

You can go **** yourself if you think I made that story up.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

Lol, everyone in this thread who is biased against calling the cops is going to have a 'story' where they called the cops and nothing happened or were 3 hours late or some shit, even though it's just a story of theirs and could be completely fictitious and in no way can be verified to what they are saying is accurate. We just have to take their word.

I've called the police once in my life and they were there in a few minutes if I remember correctly, so who knows.

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/c...nt/cv08107.pdf

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/c...nt/cv08107.pdf

So what are you trying to prove with your 3 year old report based on 6 year old data? Data which really has no bearing.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Dick Bull

So what are you trying to prove with your 3 year old report based on 6 year old data? Data which really has no bearing.

It's a simple post about police response times that highlights the significant difference in time for when it's a crime of violence against a person and when it's a property crime, and you can be sure that they haven't fluctuated by 90% in either direction in the past 6 years. Is your problem that you expected it to be dated today because you live in a fantasy world, or are you just being an asshole for the sake of being an asshole?

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

It's a simple post about police response times that highlights the significant difference in time for when it's a crime of violence against a person and when it's a property crime, and you can be sure that they haven't fluctuated by 90% in either direction in the past 6 years. Is your problem that you expected it to be dated today because you live in a fantasy world, or are you just being an asshole for the sake of being an asshole?

Nah, I was just wondering what data, which is dated significantly and an average across the US, has to do with the response in a particular region. You are aware that police stations are run locally, right?