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(60,536 posts) Wed Jul 2, 2014, 11:01 AM Jul 2014

Two Guys With Guns Have Showdown On First Day Of Georgia's New 'Guns Everywhere' Law [View all]

Source: TPM

ERIC LACH – JULY 2, 2014, 10:01 AM EDT

A "misunderstanding" between two armed men in a Georgia convenience store led to an arrest on the very day that the state's new expansive gun rights law went into effect, according to The Valdosta Daily Times.

Valdosta Police Chief Brian Childress summed the incident up for the newspaper.

“Essentially, it involved one customer with a gun on his hip when a second customer entered with a gun on his hip," Childress said.

According to the Daily Times, the first man, Ronald Williams, approached the second man in the store and demanded to see his identification and firearms license. Williams also pulled his gun from his holster, without pointing it at the second man. The second man responded by saying that he was not obligated to show any permits or identification -- then he paid for his purchase, left the store, and called the police.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/georgia-showdown-guns-everywhere

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Two Guys With Guns Have Showdown On First Day Of Georgia's New 'Guns Everywhere' Law [View all] DonViejo Jul 2014 OP

God, I get sick of the Goober rustydog Jul 2014 #1

it just feels like they are wearing their penis on their hips. roguevalley Jul 2014 #116

When they passed that law I'm sure they all said "What could possibly go wrong? All is well!" Hekate Jul 2014 #2

People fight for Darwin Awards now? n/t miyazaki Jul 2014 #3

Darwin Award candidates was the first thing that popped in my mind. nt BumRushDaShow Jul 2014 #28

Same here. bvf Jul 2014 #75

New York, too, I believe. I think there was a study put out by the NYPD that showed something like TrollBuster9090 Jul 2014 #86

Eventually law enforcement and the courts will become tired of this nonsense. gordianot Jul 2014 #4

You mean unlike the mass slaughters and daily murders we now have? Hekate Jul 2014 #18

Bet you do know what's responsible. lark Jul 2014 #25

agreed samsingh Jul 2014 #95

Law enforcement, maybe maxrandb Jul 2014 #53

the thundering silence heaven05 Jul 2014 #80

It makes me sick that I may be right maxrandb Jul 2014 #110

per your last heaven05 Jul 2014 #125

+1000 LongTomH Jul 2014 #128

I seriously doubt that the courts will..... lexx21 Jul 2014 #89

I think they're going to solve the population explosion in Georgia real soon. TeamPooka Jul 2014 #5

Gunfight at the Not Ok Corral. kairos12 Jul 2014 #6

K&R!!! ewagner Jul 2014 #14

LOL! And who was there? bvf Jul 2014 #39

Wyatt Derp, and the gunfight at the Hoakey Corral in Bone-Dumb Arizona? TrollBuster9090 Jul 2014 #87

Wyatt Derp !!! Deny and Shred Jul 2014 #88

Sublime! n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2014 #109

Duzy! Kaleva Jul 2014 #60

Or The Circle K Corral. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #115

That is Arizona funny. kairos12 Jul 2014 #130

Question . . . HuskyOffset Jul 2014 #7

No one saw this coming.. LW1977 Jul 2014 #8

And this crap isn't all that's going to be coming out of that stupid law groundloop Jul 2014 #9

Don't miss Georgia, whatsoever. onehandle Jul 2014 #10

I hear that. Raine1967 Jul 2014 #41

We don't miss you that much either. cordelia Jul 2014 #67

You know those are all great places to eat and have fun in A T L A N T A !! However YOHABLO Jul 2014 #111

I spent a year in Valdosta one week Tom Ripley Jul 2014 #114

Open Carry + Stand Your Ground = Zambero Jul 2014 #11

To me those laws mean Terrorism and Human Hunting LynneSin Jul 2014 #19

Only certain people get to kill with impunity - lark Jul 2014 #26

Don't let the facts get in the way of your story. ManiacJoe Jul 2014 #90

Except for Trayvon and Marissa Alexander... americannightmare Jul 2014 #93

It's insane only if you don't understand it. ManiacJoe Jul 2014 #96

Marissa Alexander was not SYG hack89 Jul 2014 #102

+1 freshwest Jul 2014 #100

+ credible threat + warning shot = Electric Monk Jul 2014 #101

lol Renew Deal Jul 2014 #12

Early one morning in the middle of the night... Orrex Jul 2014 #13

From the article: tblue37 Jul 2014 #15

basically that means felons can openly carry, no questions asked. nt Javaman Jul 2014 #17

Cops have ways to get around it if they wanted. hack89 Jul 2014 #40

I perfer no one carry period. Javaman Jul 2014 #121

No law will stop criminals from carrying guns hack89 Jul 2014 #123

And as I said, that's an argument for another day. nt Javaman Jul 2014 #124

Darwin is going to be proven right again. n/t cosmicone Jul 2014 #71

some of them like it ... Locrian Jul 2014 #73

everyone is now barny fife. Javaman Jul 2014 #16

"That ain't a vernacular, it's my doiby". louis-t Jul 2014 #20

Ammosexuals QED Jul 2014 #22

LOL Helen Borg Jul 2014 #77

That's a good one. mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #82

Well described in the latest ~NSFW~ Mike Malloy Uncensored Hate Mail Edition: freshwest Jul 2014 #103

Barney was only allowed one bullet, and had to keep it in his pocket. bvf Jul 2014 #43

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly liberal N proud Jul 2014 #21

ITS only a matter of time before the shooting starts. Rhinodawg Jul 2014 #23

More guns, more guns...! billh58 Jul 2014 #24

What are you talking about fella? BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #33

LOL! billh58 Jul 2014 #56

You can't make this shit up BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #58

Thanks BrotherIvan. (nt) enough Jul 2014 #59

You sound threatening BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #99

I'll bet your gun collection is a corporation with religious beliefs, too. valerief Jul 2014 #79

MY guns are Jesus approved! BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #97

Thanks, but some of us DUers live in Georgia. Dawgs Jul 2014 #49

Ditto.... Even most GOPers I know think that law is stupid as hell groundloop Jul 2014 #57

I am a Georgia resident. RebelOne Jul 2014 #68

Bravo...... Historic NY Jul 2014 #27

Well good gracious, whoever could've imagined such a thing would happen?? DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 #29

Shoot first ask questions later bpj62 Jul 2014 #30

What a show! BumRushDaShow Jul 2014 #31

Dumb and Dumber III hibbing Jul 2014 #32

DAMMIT! WHY is this referred to, so damn frequently, as some "misunderstanding"???? calimary Jul 2014 #34

And this was on the very first day. drm604 Jul 2014 #35

I wonder if laws like that are all about avebury Jul 2014 #42

No, I think it's just a bunch of paranoid people drm604 Jul 2014 #46

And they are not the brightest bulbs in the room. avebury Jul 2014 #48

I live in a city where the re-elected state rep pulled a gun on a guy in a road rage jtuck004 Jul 2014 #50

Agreed. bvf Jul 2014 #72

Attrition and natural selection The Wizard Jul 2014 #36

I wonder if there was a racial element to the first person's challenge. alfredo Jul 2014 #37

It would appear that the guy who got arrested was black hack89 Jul 2014 #47

In the south you always have to suspect race. alfredo Jul 2014 #51

Link? ieoeja Jul 2014 #61

It's in the OP. nt hack89 Jul 2014 #62

Read both. Didn't see where either said he was Black. n/t ieoeja Jul 2014 #63

There is a picture of the guy being arrested. nt hack89 Jul 2014 #64

Read both. Didn't see picture of guy being arrested. ieoeja Jul 2014 #66

The Valdosta Daily Times link has a picture with the following captions hack89 Jul 2014 #69

Who could predict this law would encourage assholes to act like bigger assholes? arcane1 Jul 2014 #38

Yes. It's so mysterious. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #119

Under the law, the police can not ask to see a gun permit. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #44

Even if the gun carrier is not white? I'm sure SCOTUS will fix that. valerief Jul 2014 #54

Speaking of the OK Corral, wasn't that just a "misunderstanding"? rickyhall Jul 2014 #45

I say let the AKKKers walk anywhere they want with their dicks out. Just don't let valerief Jul 2014 #52

I normally don't read "gunz" OPs; but, this ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #55

There is a picture. The guy who was arrested was AA. nt hack89 Jul 2014 #65

Oh okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #70

Paul Broun, Georgia Rep. locks Jul 2014 #74

Reminds me of something... Helen Borg Jul 2014 #76

Here's the security cameras footage Politicalboi Jul 2014 #78

WHAT!?!?!? iamthebandfanman Jul 2014 #81

CORRECTION: Georgia's 'Guns Everywhere BUT THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE BUILDING' Law. TrollBuster9090 Jul 2014 #83

an armed society is a polite society. except when it isn't. frylock Jul 2014 #84

My guns are extremely polite! BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #104

Maniacs Dopers_Greed Jul 2014 #85

They did not point the guns at each other either. ManiacJoe Jul 2014 #91

"Just brandishing." This time. How long do you think before that changes? bvf Jul 2014 #105

It's not a problem in the other states. ManiacJoe Jul 2014 #118

Good reason to BOYCOTT this deeply backwards state. (Sorry, Atlantans!) blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #92

I am a Georgia resident, RebelOne Jul 2014 #107

You have damn near 30,000 posts..... Paladin Jul 2014 #131

.... SummerSnow Jul 2014 #94

Insanity. secondvariety Jul 2014 #98

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #106

... Enthusiast Jul 2014 #120

Darwin's Law in action Ruby the Liberal Jul 2014 #108

Tom Tomorrow illustrated this encounter Enrique Jul 2014 #112

THIS MAYBE NEXT.... yuiyoshida Jul 2014 #113

Did they shoot each other's balls off? alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #117

Ah, something for everybody: Nihil Jul 2014 #122

Always hard to do a "mine's bigger" claim... CincyDem Jul 2014 #126

With Freedumb comes great irresponsibilityness. n/t iscooterliberally Jul 2014 #127

wait rafeh1 Jul 2014 #129