Man aiming rocket launcher at cars.

[ajt2341]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/26/phoenix-filmmaker-jailed-for-rocket-launcher-hoax/

I just saw the video on Fox news. What would you do if you were driving down a busy road, and saw a man wearing a sheet, head wrap, and pointing an RPG launcher at cars? If I had seen this driving in the morning he would have the length of a 3.5lb trigger pull to drop it. Heck, I might have just run him over. Pointing a RPG at me, I'd have no issue using any type of deadly force, including my truck.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69SZocPuexE

 

[Sugarbug]

dumbass.

 

[Scott.Thornton]

I would have probably ran him over. Would have been ugly.

 

[ajt2341]

He's just lucky.

 

[Aussiecajun]

Absolutely ridiculous. He's damn lucky he didn't get his nephew killed

 

[jussaddwata]

Idiots.....both of them...

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[J-Dog]

Just plain stupid, lucky he was not shot or run over.

 

[chad]

Would this be justified use of force?

 

[charliepapa]

Just plain stupid, lucky he was not shot or run over.

Would this be justified use of force?

my thoughts as well.

 

[oleheat]

What was he thinking???


What if a veteran who actually faced one of these (or worse- been permanently injured by one) serving our country would have been driving by while he was doing this crap? I doubt they'd have thought it was amusing.


Looks like yet another great way to catch a bullet.

 

[bassicpackrat]

Would this be justified use of force?

I have no law experieince but as far as my interpretation and understanding of it goes, if you feel your life was truly in danger(and lets face it , a frickin RPG pointed at you and your car kinda falls into that category!!!) Id say his ass wouldve been either #1- a new stretch of blacktop on that highway or #2- He would have had a few Hydro-Shok .40 suppositories rammed up his ass at maximum velocity!

In the immortal words of Red Foreman, that guy is a DUMBASS!

 

[Sin-ster]

Would this be justified use of force?

Once the media gets ahold of the kid's age, the defense uses the video of him dancing/bouncing around in a bed sheet as evidence that it was "obviously" a prank, and a jury of your "peers" has put their collective (pea) brains together to come up with a verdict...

... your guess is as good as mine.

When they stick you in prison for Manslaughter, the kid's uncle is probably tried next for the same thing. Or better yet-- they give him some even lesser conviction.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

I cannot say I would not have shot him.

 

[olivs260]

I cannot say I would not have shot him.

Why get out the car? 1,600 gr at 40 f/s VS 147gr at 990 fps... in this case I'll take mass over velocity

 

[CEHollier]

evidence that it was "obviously" a prank, and a jury of your "peers" has put their collective (pea) brains together to come up with a verdict...

How does one know that is not a real RPG? Especially with the unrest in the Middle East?

 

[LACamper]

Yep. I bet most of us would have shot him.How many times have LEO shot people who had a cell phone or a wallet and not a gun? Would you have taken the time to figure out if the nut case on the corner in a bed sheet was pointing a real RPG at you? How many of us could even tell if it was real or not from 30' from a moving car?

I'm not surprised at the 15 minute response time though.

 

[troy_mclure]

Having had many rpg's fired at me, I'm pretty sure I would have run him down.

 

[charlie12]

He should buy a Powerball ticket because he's a lucky son of a bitch to still be alive.

 

[SGT_Kramer]

What was he thinking???


What if a veteran who actually faced one of these (or worse- been permanently injured by one) serving our country would have been driving by while he was doing this crap? I doubt they'd have thought it was amusing.


Looks like yet another great way to catch a bullet.

He would have been shot. This was stupid.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Why get out the car? 1,600 gr at 40 f/s VS 147gr at 990 fps... in this case I'll take mass over velocity

You don't have to get outta the car to shoot my man