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(22,976 posts)One of your Oregonian brother-in-arms, Warren Drouin, and his buddies do in fact "walk around carrying assault rifles" to make a sledgehammer point, and it's a very sad act. Drouin is borderline literate, totally obsessed with weapons, is likely disturbed, having posted countless videos on YouTube documenting his near-incoherent rants and interactions with various law-enforcement agencies. He invariably refuses to give his full name to any peace officer, as if he's somehow not yet on their radar.
It's fringe guys like this -- and they are legion -- who, with their intractable zealotry and aggressive behaviors, will put an end to the 2nd Amendment faster than any pencil-pushing liberal.
http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29629-guy_toting_an_ar_15_in_southeast_pdx_does_this_all_the_time.html
1/10/2013
Guy Toting an AR-15 in Southeast PDX Does This All The Time
One of the two men stopped by Portland police yesterday carrying assault weapons does this all the time, all over the state.
Medford resident Warren R. Drouin, 22, keeps a YouTube channel called Markedguardian, festooned with the Libertarian "Don't Tread on Me" snake and hosting videos of Drouin and other friends carrying Bushmasters and other weapons in Medford, Talent, Albany, Grants Pass and Ashland.
In every case, he brings in 911 calls from concerned passersby.
And less than a month in time (and seven miles in distance) away from the mass shooting at Clackamas Town Center, he got his fair share in Portland.
"Officers explained to the men that they would likely continue to generate 9-1-1 calls from an alarmed public, which would require a police response, but neither man seemed interested in these concerns," Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson wrote in a press release.
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