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"Man with a Gun!" Prompts lockdown in downtown Las Cruces

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rwehnau

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Link to the Alamogordo story

MarkD51 said:
The fella in Alamogordo, was Matthew St John, perhaps this will help your search.

I read the article yesterday, online, about the man in Cruces.

While I'm not condoning, nor disagreeing with what took place, I believe that if a person is intoxicated, impaired due to drugs, whether legal, or illicit, or is perhaps clinically mentally shortchanged, then all bets are off in regards to legal open carry in the state. That under those circumstances, carry becomes a felony charge.

As to what legal rights you then have, when under suspicion of the above, I then am not sure what procedures that NM DPS has to initiate?

Are you then automatically arrested for such, or just detained temporarily?

In Matthew St John's case, it was evidently clear that his rights were violated, as a court of law came to a settlement in his favor against the city of alamogordo.

I've never attended a movie at this theater, and probably never will, not because of the Mr St John incident, but because the Aviator 10 theater seems to be nothing more than a haven for car burglars. Apparently no security, or even a cam.

But you can best believe there's signs every 10' with a gun sign, with a slash through it.
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http://www.examiner.com/x-2782-DC-G...police-pay-21000-to-settle-open-carry-lawsuit
 
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I hope he sues them and gets some $$$ like in Alamo :)


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similar thing here in Abq

Similar thing happened to me here in Abq; I got back from the range and went to help a neighbor work on her car, with my .45 in a holster on my hip. Next thing, I'm on my knees with three cops and their guns drawn on me checking my info. I repeated three times to them that open carry was legal in NM. Turns out some neighbor saw my holster and freaked out, calling the cops. Damn leftists.
 
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MrGlock said:
Similar thing happened to me here in Abq; I got back from the range and went to help a neighbor work on her car, with my .45 in a holster on my hip. Next thing, I'm on my knees with three cops and their guns drawn on me checking my info. I repeated three times to them that open carry was legal in NM. Turns out some neighbor saw my holster and freaked out, calling the cops. Damn leftists.
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Careful, you're showing 'negative bias'. :) The nice policemen were just doing their job. Now, what that job is, considering you weren't breaking the law is anyone's guess.

Afterall, we know that criminals and predators frequently work on people's cars just before they go out and rob, pillage and commit mayhem. Maybe it was a slow crime day and they needed something to do to keep them off the streets and out of trouble. (see what I did there?) :p
 
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