Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Man arrested after tackling shopper carrying gun [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Foster might have been a gun control activist who would have done the same thing if the CCW holder were white. In which case, that would make Foster just a fool instead of a racist. My point was that we don't know if race was a motive or not.
We don't know that for certain.
Since you want to call your fellow anti gun person racist, be my guest. He might be. Most likely, he isn't. He is certainly a fool who went to jail.
Even worse, assaulting someone and putting them in a headlock is a very stupid and dangerous thing. Given that Foster is much younger and stronger than the victim (disparity of force), and it was an unprovoked and unlawful attack, Foster could have been heading to the hospital at best. Yes, the victim would walk. Since there is no ability to retreat from a headlock, he would walk in places like Wyoming, Hawaii, and New York where there is no "SYG", but a duty to retreat.