Michael Moore's bodyguard arrested on firearms charge

[T_Bone]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144921,00.html

:roll: Xoops compatible link:

http://tinyurl.com/4d3y4 doesn't work either dangit

Oh for crying out loud. try THIS

[redrumloa]

 :roflmao:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

hum, do you have another source about this than FOX?

[T_Bone]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
hum, do you have another source about this than FOX?

:roll::lol:

NEW YORK — Filmmaker Michael Moore's bodyguard was arrested for carrying an unlicensed weapon in New York's JFK airport Wednesday night.

Police took Patrick Burke, who says Moore employs him, into custody after he declared he was carrying a firearm at a ticket counter. Burke is licensed to carry a firearm in Florida and California, but not in New York. Burke was taken to Queens central booking and could potentially be charged with a felony for the incident.

Moore's 2003 Oscar-winning film "Bowling for Columbine" criticizes what Moore calls America's "culture of fear" and its obsession with guns.

[odin]

:-D.

[X-ray]

tut tut tut...not good for Michael or any of his moore-on followers. I'm sure they are hoping it is just a rumour.

[zudobug]

This ain't great for Moore but I don't see how it's the end of the world or his fault. It's sad that he feels he needs bodyguards in the first place but he has upset the sort of people most of us would be scared of upsetting, and rightly so.

In other news, roughly 21 million people voted in the Peoples Choice awards a few weeks ago. Fahrenheit 9/11 won best movie of the year. Lots of moore-on's out there it seems.

-zudo

[cecilia]

Burke is licensed to carry a firearm in Florida and California, but not in New York.

assuming this is true, this guys biggest boo boo is that he didn't check the laws in New York before he showed up.
just so you fellas know, NY has really strict gun laws. the Sullivan act (if i recall) says something about not carrying a conceled, unlicensed (in NY) gun around within city limits.

not being a gun owner i'm not sure of the details, but the point is, if you are employed as a bodyguard, that sounds like something you should become familiar with.
sounds like a sloppy person.

[redrumloa]

It's sad that he feels he needs bodyguards in the first place but he has upset the sort of people most of us would be scared of upsetting, and rightly so.

If guns are so eViL and no one should need them, why is lard ass an exception? :-?

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Don't be silly, Red...
Also in our country, policemen (since a bodyguard is a policeman)  have guns. Spreading guns all over the country just because of the purpose of freedom of posession and trade gives big time opportunity for those who actually want to use guns initially.

redrumloa wrote:

It's sad that he feels he needs bodyguards in the first place but he has upset the sort of people most of us would be scared of upsetting, and rightly so.

If guns are so eViL and no one should need them, why is lard ass an exception? :-?

Maybe it's because not everyone who has a gun licence is of sound mind, and he's had death threats for taking the piss out  of them?

Kinda proves his point for me.

[T_Bone]

cecilia wrote:

Burke is licensed to carry a firearm in Florida and California, but not in New York.

assuming this is true, this guys biggest boo boo is that he didn't check the laws in New York before he showed up.
just so you fellas know, NY has really strict gun laws. the Sullivan act (if i recall) says something about not carrying a conceled, unlicensed (in NY) gun around within city limits.

not being a gun owner i'm not sure of the details, but the point is, if you are employed as a bodyguard, that sounds like something you should become familiar with.
sounds like a sloppy person.

It's common knowledge to anyone who has a Florida or California license. He has both, of course he knew.

He also most likely broke the law in every state he transported the firearm through.

He's obviusly not the sharpest knife in the drawer, bringing it into an airport of all places! I had a NY Concealed Carry license (CCW), but even then you cant walk into an airport with it!

[X-ray]

"...If guns are so eViL and no one should need them, why is lard ass an exception?..."


 :lol:

[X-ray]

"...Maybe it's because not everyone who has a gun licence is of sound mind..."

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You mean like the tit who took the gun to the airport?

 :lol:

X-ray wrote:
"...Maybe it's because not everyone who has a gun licence is of sound mind..."

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You mean like the tit who took the gun to the airport?

 :lol:

Especially this tit.