BREAKING: Man took 5 guns, body armor into Atlantic Station Publix (GA), cops say

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Greg Bluestein
@bluestein
A man was detained this afternoon after walking into a Publix in midtown Atlanta with five guns and body armor

BREAKING: Man took 5 guns, body armor into Atlantic Station Publix, cops say
A man was detained Wednesday afternoon after walking into the Atlantic Station Publix with five guns and body armor, authorities said.
ajc.com
1:32 PM · Mar 24, 2021 from Georgia, USA

https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-man-took-5-guns-body-armor-into-atlantic-station-publix-cops-say/44Y6FBBM4FDVDJQABYQTBOADBU/

[Aristus]

1. Did anyone check to see if he was having a bad day?

I hope he started having one after they arrested him...

[woodsprite]

11. Probably took him to Burger King. nt

[malaise]

16. You win the thread

[hlthe2b]

2. Shit. Will we hear what his intent actually was?

[LanternWaste]

4. "I wanted to protect myself in case someone had more than ten items in the express aisle..."

[ret5hd]

14. .

[FBaggins]

8. Probably one of those "second amendment auditors"

Those guys (and their 1st amendment cousins) get my dander up.

[regnaD kciN]

10. Maybe he heard the Boulder shooter was from Syria...

...and wanted the chance to be the "good guy with a gun" if that particular Publix became the target of Mooooooooselm terra, too.

[jpak]

3. Hope he gets charged with a felony

And they take his guns.

What a fucking asshole

Yup

[Treefrog]

31. He's been charged with a misdemeanor. Reckless conduct.

[regnaD kciN]

5. So, let me get this straight...

...first, we get a shooting in Atlanta. Then, we get a shooting at a supermarket. So, the logical next step is a shooting at an Atlanta supermarket, right?

All I can say is that this particular lunatic must have been of two minds about what he wanted to do -- because most such assailants, armed in such a manner, wouldn't have allowed themselves to be "detained," but would immediately have gone into shootout mode.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. This country is BSC with the guns and all

I would've thought something would've been done after Sandy Hook.

Time to destroy the filibuster and stop being held hostage by the tyranny of the minority.

E-fucking-NOUGH!

[madinmaryland]

7. Wait! He is just a good guy with a few guns.

[maxsolomon]

9. He's a got a right to protect himself.

No one can prove there WASN'T going to be a mass shooting while he was there.

If anyone is frightened by his bearing arms as part of the unorganized militia, that's their problem. It's necessary to the security of a Free State.

[intrepidity]

12. This is the dilemma in open carry states

Do you don body armour and arm yourself to go grocery shopping, in the wake of a shooting spree in a grocery store? On one hand, that appears to be a rational choice. On the other, you then look like you're going to repeat the crime.

I'm thankful to not live in an open carry state.

[LanternWaste]

20. No. No it does not.

"On one hand, that appears to be a rational choice..."

[kcr]

21. "On one hand, that appears to be a rational choice"

In no way, shape, or form is that rational.

[Hoyt]

13. Honest to dog, there are too many gun owners to check out. But anyone with BODY ARMOR just

sounds like a MFer ready to kill. Concentrate on those gun rubes.

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[demtenjeep]

15. they look STUPID

just absolutely dumb

[smirkymonkey]

17. And they are all so healthy looking!

[Grasswire2]

18. the women behind them don't look too bright either.

WTH?

[Hoyt]

23. I would have said that, but I was afraid it might be deemed Politically Incorrect.

[Grasswire2]

26. probably not

but what we are seeing is Hillary's basket of deplorables, and that wasn't PC either but here we are and they have guns.

[Blue_true]

22. They are blocking streets, why don't cops come, pepper-spray them and body slam them? nt

[Hoyt]

24. They probably are the police. It's Charlottesville -- you know, trump's "fine people."

[Blue_true]

25. I doubt that many of them actually live in Charlottesville. The place is

a university town and is pretty progressive.

But cops don’t go after people like them, like mad dogs, even in progressive cities.

Someone pointed out here on DU that police departments were established to largely keep minorities in check, they often “enforced” the most egregious segregation and human-rights denial laws imaginable.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Another guy insecure about his tiny penis

[sarisataka]

27. He was detained unharmed

Interesting

[Treefrog]

30. Yes he was and he's a black man.

[sarisataka]

33. Yes he was, probably still is

Since he wasn't shot on sight. Seems they inquired if he was having a bad day as they called for a mental health check. Maybe took him to Burger King as well.

I guess he didn't have room for his flag with all the crap he had on him.

[Treefrog]

28. Are we doing the guessing game as to race that I saw in a previous thread?

[crickets]

29. "Intentions of the suspect are still unknown."

Link to tweet

Matt Johnson @MattWSB

This is a picture I obtained of the 6 guns, and ammo, found on the 22 year old suspect at the Atlantic Station Publix today. Police have said he was found with 5 but there appears to be one more handgun. Intentions of the suspect are still unknown.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/man-with-5-guns-body-armor-arrested-inside-publix-atlantic-station-police-say/2LYATY7HL5D37B6JSMCAJF3F3M/

8:43 PM · Mar 24, 2021

One look at the photo in that tweet gives anyone with two working brain cells to rub together a very good idea. Yikes.

[superpatriotman]

32. Open carry tip:

If you live in an Open Carry state and see someone other than law enforcement in body armor open carrying: get the hell out of there.