I'm not sure how much longer this story will stay on the Camera's servers, but this is interesting...
ANOTHER case where a sheep panicked and made the call... on a woman JUST WEARING AN EMPTY HOLSTER and the Boulder paper still calls it a "Gun Scare."
Sadly, the Camera simply moved on instead of attempting to follow up with the police or (God Forbid) the woman who was unfairly singled out during the course of shopping in a store which we've been told doesn't prohibit open carry. It would have been very interesting, thought-provoking, and productive for all of us (the sheep and the regular Joes and Janes who carry) to see a follow-up stating the legality of open carry, explaining that legally-armed citizens do not present a threat to the public and, in certain cases could have or have stopped violent crime from carrying on. Instead, they just let it die on the vine.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_17065637
Boulder police respond to gun scare at Barnes & Noble
Camera staff
Posted: 01/11/2011 02:04:16 PM MST
Boulder police responded Tuesday afternoon to a report of a woman with a gun at the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 2999 Pearl St. It turned out the woman only had a holster with a magazine, but didn't have a weapon.
According to police radio traffic, the woman was seen near the store at about 2 p.m.
Initial reports were that the woman had a 9mm handgun and was wearing "commando" gear.
Police searched the bookstore and found the woman nearby, who was wearing the holster but did not have a weapon and was not threatening anyone, according to radio traffic.
ANOTHER case where a sheep panicked and made the call... on a woman JUST WEARING AN EMPTY HOLSTER and the Boulder paper still calls it a "Gun Scare."
Sadly, the Camera simply moved on instead of attempting to follow up with the police or (God Forbid) the woman who was unfairly singled out during the course of shopping in a store which we've been told doesn't prohibit open carry. It would have been very interesting, thought-provoking, and productive for all of us (the sheep and the regular Joes and Janes who carry) to see a follow-up stating the legality of open carry, explaining that legally-armed citizens do not present a threat to the public and, in certain cases could have or have stopped violent crime from carrying on. Instead, they just let it die on the vine.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_17065637
Boulder police respond to gun scare at Barnes & Noble
Camera staff
Posted: 01/11/2011 02:04:16 PM MST
Boulder police responded Tuesday afternoon to a report of a woman with a gun at the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 2999 Pearl St. It turned out the woman only had a holster with a magazine, but didn't have a weapon.
According to police radio traffic, the woman was seen near the store at about 2 p.m.
Initial reports were that the woman had a 9mm handgun and was wearing "commando" gear.
Police searched the bookstore and found the woman nearby, who was wearing the holster but did not have a weapon and was not threatening anyone, according to radio traffic.