Gonna be a mess - got an excuse to agitate

[XJ]

Why were none of those clowns in the Springs charged with brandishing?? Weapons in a low ready or similar carry are definitely threatening. Is there any da or pd with a set of balls to just say no????

One conclusion is that City leadership simply does not care about citizens or CSPD officers & their families.

[CS1983]

Wouldn't they have to ID such persons to charge them?

Who's to say they aren't working on that in order to bring charges?

[Bailey Guns]

Well, cops were on scene and obviously witnessed a lot of this shit happening. I'm guessing they observed plenty of illegal activity but didn't act for whatever reason. That's not necessarily a criticism, just an observation.

[hollohas]

Why were none of those clowns in the Springs charged with brandishing?? Weapons in a low ready or similar carry are definitely threatening. Is there any da or pd with a set of balls to just say no????

I watched most of the 1+ hour video. Only sign of PD I saw was a van with loud speaker a block or two away asking them to "please" get off the road.

That's it. Brandishing rifles at cars is apparently A-OK.

[hollohas]

Make no mistake...this is the revolution many on our side wanted and it sure as hell isn't going the way they thought. I can guarantee you that. These people are openly talking about their objectives and goals which include "burning down the system" and fundamentally transforming America into another socialist wet dream. They don't even hide it any longer. There's no need to. Politicians on the left either support it or are too afraid to say anything that goes against their party or the agitators. The media openly supports it, condones it and does it's best to camouflage what's really happening. The cops can't do anything because in many cases they've been told to stand down by their leftist leadership. Citizens can't do anything other than scratch their heads and wonder what's going on and when will it end?

I said it before and it's getting worse. The commies are out in the open and boldly moving forward.

Teachers gathered in Denver yesterday to demand they don't go back to school...for the kids of course.

They openly advertised their allegiance.

"Reds in Ed"

[battlemidget]

Remember Protest Warrior? The hero we need.

[Great-Kazoo]

Remember Protest Warrior? The hero we need.

Maybe the Hebrew Hammer?

[Aloha_Shooter]

Why were none of those clowns in the Springs charged with brandishing?? Weapons in a low ready or similar carry are definitely threatening. Is there any da or pd with a set of balls to just say no????

I watched most of the 1+ hour video. Only sign of PD I saw was a van with loud speaker a block or two away asking them to "please" get off the road.

That's it. Brandishing rifles at cars is apparently A-OK.

At what point do we go from open carry to brandishing? I think we can all agree that it would be brandishing if they actually pointed the weapons at someone but it seems to me some of the open carry advocates would have claimed low ready isn't actually brandishing -- is it a threat if it's pointed at the ground? I think the way these guys formed up and behaved was intended to convey a threat but how do you distinguish that from constitutional or open carry with clear legal lines in a court? I'm sure one of their shyster enablers would argue they were simply exercising positive control over their weapons.

We should do what the 4chan crowd does: identify the cretins and make sure they understand they are no longer welcome at ranges, clubs, shooting events, etc. Make sure grandma understands why her little Johnny is a POS.

[hollohas]

At what point do we go from open carry to brandishing?

This is a fair question and one that I asked myself before I used the word. The overall threatening nature and at least one dude with his finger on the trigger was enough for me to label it brandishing. I have no idea if that passes legal muster or not.

[Bailey Guns]

It's actually menacing...a felony if committed with a deadly weapon. The actor has to knowingly place or attempt to place the victim in fear of serious bodily injury:


18-3-206

(1) A person commits the crime of menacing if, by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.  Menacing is a class 3 misdemeanor, but, it is a class 5 felony if committed:

(a) By the use of a deadly weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon;  or

(b) By the person representing verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon.

Unless something's changed there's no such crime in the Colorado Revised Statutes as brandishing. Just pickin' nits...