Emerging precedence - decorating your gun?

[Andy in NH]

Questions over assault weapon used by Mesa officer facing murder charge.

Link.

(Parenthesis) and bold mine.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Shaver (the deceased) was on his hands and knees when Brailsford (the officer) shot him five times inside a Mesa hotel. The gun used was a personal AR-15 assault weapon that had been approved for service use by the Mesa Police Department. However, Mesa police noted that their investigation of the shooting turned up a vulgar inscription on the rifle that doesn’t meet department policy.

“Inscripted on the officer’s gun, and I hate to use profanity, but it said, “you’re f*****,”’ Laney Sweet, Daniel Shaver’s wife said.

According to several sources, the rifle’s vulgar inscription is on the inside of the rifle’s dust cover. The inscription is only visible if the dust cover is open, which happens automatically in order to eject spent rounds while the weapon is fired.

 

[MAGA99]

would the criminal be any less dead if the ejection port cover didn't say anything on it at all?? I'm gonna go with YEP on this one.

 

[AntiHippie]

Well, it seems it was not incorrect!

 

[dooshorama]

maybe it was just a reminder for the officer that he's not rite in the head.

 

[robjax]

is it me or is the victim's wife kinda hott?

 

[SpaceCritter]

FWIW, among the words of wisdom from the attorney who gave the "self-defense law in Connecticut" talk I attended awhile back, were these: Don't "decorate" your rifle. In court, anything "silly" (e.g. the Zombie Apocalypse stuff people like to do) will become "He doesn't take his responsibility as a gun owner seriously - he thinks it's a game" and anything menacing will become premeditation.

 

[Goliathan]

The guy ought to be able to put whatever he wants on his personal weapons, but ought to keep it out of personal service. Right or wrong, public perception does play into it, and this makes him look (at best) unprofessional.

is it me or is the victim's wife kinda hott?

Not just you. The oxytocin ("love hormone") tattoo is interesting...

 

[GPP]

The guy ought to be able to put whatever he wants on his personal weapons, but ought to keep it out of personal service. Right or wrong, public perception does play into it, and this makes him look (at best) unprofessional.



Not just you. The oxytocin ("love hormone") tattoo is interesting...

Those ears tho.......

 

[ScottS]

Well, I suppose my ejection port cover might not make the cut, then.

 

[mclina]

What would happen if Atilla used his Donkey Show gun in self defense?

 

[tysdad115]

is it me or is the victim's wife kinda hott?

Well she's single too time to play the sympathy card.

 

[ScottS]

Those ears tho.......

Talk about "pistol grip ears."

 

[Admin]

What's wrong with "You're Fabulous" ?

 

[GPP]

Talk about "pistol grip ears."

Thats actually a good point, and she seems to have a little vampire thing going.

As far as putting witty things on my ejection port cover, to me it would be like bedazzling an Estwing hammer, or Elmers gluing gold and silver glitter and macaroni on my MAP gas bottle.

 

[AngelKing]

Id like to inscribe "smile, wait for flash" on my EDC, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut I can just imagine how that would play out in court, god forbid I had to use it.

short answer - the cop was universally stupid for putting it on a service rifle.

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She would be, had she not gotten the whatever that is tattoo on her chest and the trashy mall kiosk jewelry.

is it me or is the victim's wife kinda hott?

 

[CRSIII]

is it me or is the victim's wife kinda hott?

Mama said "if you can't say something nice,,,

 

[Goliathan]

Id like to inscribe "smile, wait for flash" on my EDC, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut I can just imagine how that would play out in court, god forbid I had to use it.

short answer - the cop was universally stupid for putting it on a service rifle.

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She would be, had she not gotten the whatever that is tattoo on her chest and the trashy mall kiosk jewelry.

It looks to me like the chemical formula for oxytocin, A.K.A. the supposed "love" hormone. There is something a little bit trashy about her in general, that's not coming through in the pic. Not that this is a bad thing, mind.

 

[robjax]

She would be, had she not gotten the whatever that is tattoo on her chest and the trashy mall kiosk jewelry.

those attributes just add to her charm.....

 

[TomMontana]

I giggle a bit when I see the "You're F'd" on the open dust cover and then it reads the same when it's closed. Not even trying to hide it. haha.

 

[SpeedOften]

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She would be, had she not gotten the whatever that is tattoo on her chest and the trashy mall kiosk jewelry.

She doesn't look as trashy on her fb

 

[Tarsook]

What would happen if Atilla used his Donkey Show gun in self defense?

If its anything like the murder trials up here, the jury would have a field trip to mexico to see what a donkey show is.

 

[AHM]

is it me or is the victim's wife kinda hott?

Those ears tho.......

Talk about "pistol grip ears."

Just means she's a good listener. Plenty of folks are that type.

But I'm wondering what font pack her eyebrows came from.
I'm not complaining; just wondering.

 

[browncoat]

would the criminal be any less dead if the ejection port cover didn't say anything on it at all?? I'm gonna go with YEP on this one.

Did you read what the crime was? The crime was being in the vicinity of a pellet gun while in a hotel room.

 

[travis]

Mine is done up to be very nonthreatening..

 

[Bonesinium]

Prosecutor trying to keep the body cam footage sealed. Offered to let the widow see it in exchange for her silence. Allegedly has or may offer a plea deal that may not even include jail time. The killer was released without bail. It also appears the "You're ****ed" etching may have had as much to do with his firing as the shooting.


Let's see how this plays out. I wouldn't be surprised if he pleas out with no jail time and the video is only released after that, and only after being sued for it. I hope I'm way off.


Also of note, the cops father was until last year apparently, a Lt in IA for the same department.

 

[Carl in Ct]

Why should the footage be up to the prosecutor? Why is that not public access? Why is the FBI and OSP allowed to screw with the LaVoy Finnicum case the way they are? All of this is BS. So sick of being lied to and treated like a retarded, meaningless piece of revenue producing flesh for the govt.

 

[LoginName]

Should have put a bird on it...

 

[bmac10]

Kind of a Demi Moore thing going on...

 

[doublerunner]

What good are body cam videos if they don't release them?

 

[PreliatorX]

What good are body cam videos if they don't release them?

Only to be used in cases that support the officer's innocence. Nothing to see here, move along please.