Police: Western Pa. man waved gun at employee inside city hall office over neighbor's fence

[jpak]

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/3df0094d843e49ca8fd876e7207e826e/PA--City-Hall-Gun/

CLAIRTON, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man is charged with waving a gun inside a city hall office after being told his neighbor's temporary fence didn't require a permit.

Officials say 65-year-old Michael Beckovich had gone to Clairton's City Hall on Wednesday to complain about the fence. After a code enforcement officer said the fence didn't need a permit, police say Beckovich pulled out a gun and waved it at the employee.

WPXI-TV reports Beckovich was later arrested at his home and charged with simple assault and making terroristic threats.

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Morans like this guy is why we should not have guns in public buildings or colleges or churches or bars

yup

[PavePusher]

1. Please, explain how your "solution" would stop "morans".... n/t

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[PavePusher]

4. Questioning a claim is now freeperville?

Do you think Progressives should merely take claims on faith?

Wow.

[Katya Mullethov]

5. That's a pretty good plan

And crazy enough that it just might work .

[safeinOhio]

3. If you can't stop em,

encourage em.

[PavePusher]

9. No, actually. Real Life(tm) solutions are rarely binary sets. n/t

[rrneck]

6. Okay, I'll say it.

Good fences make good neighbors.

[petronius]

12. And I'm guessing the neighbor might be thinking of building taller and thicker at this point...

[rl6214]

7. So one guy is arrested for a criminal act?

You gonna pass a law to make a criminal act a double criminal act?

Repost this when he gets convicted.

[rrneck]

8. Simple solution.

He should have had periodic psych exams, weekly home inspections of his firearm and how it is stored, a complete list of who had access to the firearm, a complete registry of each and every firearm he owns or has ever owned, a running itinerary of where and when he would carry the firearm with GPS tracking, four sheriffs deputies to escort him in the event his temper starts to flare (which would require a satellite heart monitor to determine when that happens), and a bullet proof glass containment cube to drop over him when his eyes start to bug out.

Simple.

[YllwFvr]

10. Welcome to the prohibited person list

Enjoy your stay, may the DA make that charge stick

[Logical]

11. Irresponsible gun owner.

[AzNick]

13. This guy will not be allowed to own guns and that's about right

Some folks should not own guns because of the fact that they are very short-fused.

He's obviously volunteered to be on that list by his actions.

Unfortunately there are a few gun owners like him who, one day, may be a danger to themselves and the community.

Most gun owners are not like this folk.

We are not going to ban gun ownership based on a few cases like this one.