Mansfield man allegedly pulls gun on salesmen

[SecularMotion]

MANSFIELD — A former Texas man licensed in his native state to carry a concealed weapon got a tough lesson in gun laws in Massachusetts, allegedly after he pulled a handgun on two aggressive door-to-door salesmen.

Charles C. Cook, 51, is free now on $5,000 cash bail following his arraignment Monday in Attleboro District Court. But Cook spent the weekend behind bars after he was arrested Friday at West Village Apartments on West Street.

Police say he confronted two men selling magazines outside his neighbor’s apartment Friday night by pointing a handgun he held in his jacket pocket and telling them to move on.

The men had gone to Cook’s apartment first while he and his fiancé were eating dinner, before Cook told the men he was not interested, according to police.

http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/mansfield-man-allegedly-pulls-gun-on-salesmen/article_ec267694-e582-11e1-a2a4-0019bb2963f4.html

[rocktivity]

1. (Cooks lawyer)...said his client was concerned about protecting his neighbor,

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a woman with two young children, from the two salesmen. He said the salesmen had an “aggressive” sales pitch and did not have permission to be on the property.

(Cook’s lawyer) said Cook never took the gun out of his jacket pocket...He said his client only recently moved to Massachusetts...and has not yet had time to get a Massachusetts gun license.

(Cook’s lawyer) said Cook was about to call about the two men for trespassing when police came to his door...

He never took out his gun, yet someone called the cops on HIM? Who would do such a thing -- a couple of salesmen who'd had a gun pulled on them?

Throw the book at the doofus -- and make him wait at least year to get his new gun permit. He simply should have called the landlord or building management if he thought the salesmen trespassing, and them handle it. And aggressive sales pitches do not equate to a deadly threat.


rocktivity

[bongbong]

2. Guns Guns Guns!

Stay scared, gun-religionists! Your complete and pants-filling fear of everything is what keeps the NRA leadership in their mansions!

[friendly_iconoclast]

5. Fear Fear Fear!

Stay scared, gun-control religionists! Your complete and pants-filling fear of guns is what keeps the MAIG leadership in his mansions!

[bongbong]

9. LL

Copying me is the best you can do?



The NRA hasn't published Talking Points to address the situation, so that's all you got! H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S

[Wait Wut]

3. So, what would the doofus have done...

...if the salesmen refused to leave? Stand there looking like a complete tool or shoot someone?

[Remmah2]

4. I wonder if door to door salesmen have to have a permit/license in that town.

There have been cases where contractors, salesmen, meter readers etc go door to door as imposters only to be casing a house.

[DanTex]

6. Chalk up another "defensive gun use".

[ManiacJoe]

7. Hoping you forgot the sarcasm tag.

[bongbong]

10. "defensive gun use"

AKA, "I"m so scared of EVERYTHING that I need Depends if I venture outside!"

[rl6214]

8. How did I lose track of the weekend? Is it google dump day already?