Paratrooper walks into NC mall w/loaded AR-15 and gets arrested

[JEDI]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/03/us/north-carolina-mall-gun-arrest/index.html

Soldier Bryan Wolfinger was arrested without incident and charged with "going armed to the terror of the public," police say.

Wolfinger, who is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, was carrying the rifle, a Kevlar vest and multiple ammunition magazines, and he intended to have photographs taken with the gun and the other equipment, CNN affiliate WNCN reported, citing Fayetteville police.

"These charges represent actions that are wholly inconsistent with the high standards and values we expect from our paratroopers," Malone said. Fort Bragg is fully cooperating with the police investigation, he said.


WTF dumbass!
you're active military. the army don't want bad publicity like this.

even if he didn't get arrested, all the publicity surrounding it should get him in hot water with his chain of command.

but im surprised he actually got arrested.
others have open carried an AR-15 in other states fine.

thought NC was a pro-gun Repub state?

 

[zinfamous]

That's one of the reasons why it's known s Fayet-nam.

What an idiot.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

"because I can" may not always be sound reasoning to actually do something.

 

[glenn1]

Wanting to get your photo in field gear and weapon at the mall is weird. Was he planning to upload it to Facebook and say "here I am on patrol in hostile territory at Spencer Gifts"?

Even if you were still determined to be weird and do this, you'd bring a rubber duckie rather than an actual weapon. Dude is lucky the SWAT team didn't put a .308 round through his brain stem.

 

[Ackmed]

Sounds like a dumbass to me. The kevlar vest with magazines was probably what did it, not just the weapon. To take pictures, at Sears?! Attention whore. I hate even seeing Army guys wearing cammies in the mall or other public places. They didn't say if ammo was in the magazines though, that could lead to him having a different agenda other than pictures.

 

[JSt0rm]

but thats his freedumb they took away.

 

[Thebobo]

I thought it was the beginning to a joke.

 

[Indus]

I'm wondering if the arrest is the least of his problems.. maybe the army will drop him 2 ranks in 1 day because of the incident.

 

[Nograts]

I'm wondering if the arrest is the least of his problems.. maybe the army will drop him 2 ranks in 1 day because of the incident.

If he gets a GOMAR his career is over. Probably will.

 

[chucky2]

With all the BS going on, plus terrorist concerns on 4th of July weekend, who is seriously dumb enough to do this? Obviously this guy...holy christ man...

 

[Caravaggio]

Soldier Bryan Wolfinger was arrested without incident and charged with "going armed to the terror of the public,"police say.

Unless he can be shipped-out to Aleppo, Ramadi or Benghazi double quick, I would say that he has ruined any chance of making it to the 'officer training' cadre.

 

[JSt0rm]

Unless he can be shipped-out to Aleppo, Ramadi or Benghazi double quick, I would say that he has ruined any chance of making it to the 'officer training' cadre.

He needs to be cleansed by fire and death before becoming an officer?

 

[Brian Stirling]

So far there have been no pro open carry idiots to chime in here but I expect that to change before long.

And, to those thinking about offering support to this guy ask yourself what you'd want to happen if this guy had been a Somali American named Amiin and he did his stunt in a crowded mall on July 4th. So, pro open carry nuts ... what would you want to happen to such a guy?


Brian

 

[CitizenKain]

Dude is lucky he's white, otherwise that would have gone an entirely different way.

 

[soulcougher73]

Gun nutters gonna dig their own graves getting guns outright banned someday.

 

[waggy]

what a dumb mother fucker.

it's fucking shitheads like this shit that make it bad for people who are pro-gun. fuck this guy.

 

[shira]

And why a LOADED weapon, if he just wanted photos?

Edit: I just read the article, and it sounds like Wolfinger was carrying clips loaded with live ammo. But it's not clear from the report whether or not Wolfinger had put a loaded clip in the rifle.

 

[JSt0rm]

what a dumb mother fucker.

it's fucking shitheads like this shit that make it bad for people who are pro-gun. fuck this guy.

Yeah its THIS GUY that make it bad for pro gun people.

Not the guy who fired round after round into the flesh and bone of children. Some of them crying "I dont want to be here" with the gunman responding "well you are here" boom boom boom.

Like if shit didnt change after all of those white kids dead then a guy with a gun in SC isnt going to make shit hard for you.

 

[glenn1]

So far there have been no pro open carry idiots to chime in here but I expect that to change before long.

And, to those thinking about offering support to this guy ask yourself what you'd want to happen if this guy had been a Somali American named Amiin and he did his stunt in a crowded mall on July 4th. So, pro open carry nuts ... what would you want to happen to such a guy?

Brian

I can still support the rights of others to do things I never would and might find idiotic or even abhorrent. Open firearms carry in public areas is one, KKK parades another, Westboro Baptist Church "god hates f@gs" protests a third... anyway I think you get my point.

 

[JSt0rm]

I can still support the rights of others to do things I never would and might find idiotic or even abhorrent. Open firearms carry in public areas is one, KKK parades another, Westboro Baptist Church "god hates f@gs" protests a third... anyway I think you get my point.

You are tru-murican™

 

[zinfamous]

I can still support the rights of others to do things I never would and might find idiotic or even abhorrent. Open firearms carry in public areas is one, KKK parades another, Westboro Baptist Church "god hates f@gs" protests a third... anyway I think you get my point.

this reminds me: we haven't heard from Westboro in the last week...wonder what in the hell they are up to? :hmm:

 

[brycejones]

this reminds me: we haven't heard from Westboro in the last week...wonder what in the hell they are up to? :hmm:

They haven't had to say anything enough butt hurt religious conservatives have been saying it for them. But that is for another thread.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

thought NC was a pro-gun Repub state?

It is, open carry is fine. But there are some limits places on it and full battle regalia with the kevlar vest and multiple clips crosses the line.

http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/going-armed-to-the-terror-of-the-people/

 

[JSt0rm]

It is, open carry is fine. But there are some limits places on it and full battle regalia with the kevlar vest and multiple clips crosses the line.

http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/going-armed-to-the-terror-of-the-people/

He was probably full auto as well.

 

[KK]

why can't the military carry guns in the mall but the police can. I think I would trust the military over the police personally.