Mike Duffy  wrote in
news:ma3fnm$2kn$1@dont-email.me: 

> On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:16:12 GMT, Jax wrote:
> 
>> I'm beginning to wonder if we should report Dusty's threats to
>> kill people to the authorities. 
>> 
>> A joke's a joke but Dusty has gone way beyond that. 
> 
> He's not joking. And "we" (me and you) have not been threatened.
> Dustin is not threatening to go after anyone, just to exercise his
> right to protect himself and his family should anyone come after
> him. 
> 
> 
>> He's citing statues in a distorted way to give him the alleged
>> right to kill people.... that's totally crazy. 
> 
> No. He might be mistaken about using force to protect property
> (like you can in Texas), but he is well within his right to protect
> himself and people with him. Where he lives, armed robbery by crank
> addicts is quite common. No jury of his peers would convict him if
> he said he suspected the intruder had a hidden weapon. He would not
> even have to bring up the veiled threats made against him by others
> here. 
> 
> 
>> It may be only a matter of time before he kills  someone with no
>> justifiable reason. 
> 
> As Mike Myers says, "Monkeys might come flying out of my ass". It's
> possible in theory I guess. If were on the space station and
> happened to have some baby squirrel monkeys up my ass, then any paw
> flapping movements they might make on their way out would be
> sufficient to attain true flight in micro-gravity. But nobody
> should bet too much that this will ever happen.
> 
> 
>> He gives the impression of being out of his mind.
> 
> You give me the impression of feigned concern.
> 
> 
>> shouldn't be allowed a gun permit if he's mentally unstable. 
> 
> In the US, gun ownership cannot be taken away unless he has
> committed a firearms related offence, or made threats to do other
> than to exercise his legal right to protect himself. So far he has
> not done so. Deal with it. 

Mike.... Dusty used a false argument as to why he is allowed to shoot 
someone. He said he deliberately posted a message without XNA in 
order to leave a record of his warning.... even though he knew he was 
massively exaggerating any threat to him. He was laying the ground 
for his false excuse that he would be shooting in self defense. 

Usenet lawyers can argue about this for ever so instead I suggest we 
let the local authorities determine if Dusty's a danger and if they 
need to take any action. 

There is a precedent for this in SE. Aardvark was worried about being 
atacked by a gunman and reported it to the police. In this case the 
concern is significantly greater. Amongst many other things he has 
said, Dusty wrote....  "I have a masters degree in cruelty. You just 
don't understand how far I'm willing to go." 

There's an anonymous tip button here and maybe that's the thing to 
use. If we each made an individual report then the police could form 
an overall view of the situation and decide for themselves what to 
do. It is best not be alarmist or vindictive.... but at the same time
it is best to report a potential danger. 

http://police.kingsporttn.gov/Citizen_Feedback 

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Jax        
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