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A 56-year-old Newnan man carried a pistol into the Wal-Mart discount store on Bullsboro Drive on May 29, according to Newnan Police incident reports.
Officer Gregory Vansant and detectives Bobby Strozier and Brent Blankenship of the Newnan Police Department were dispatched to the scene. Kenneth S. Wieda was approached by the officers in the electronics department, Vansant said. Wieda complied with Blankenship's commands to stop what he was doing and submit to questioning.
Vansant and Strozier aided Blankenship in removing the pistol from Wieda's possession and escorted him out of the store, according to the report.
Wieda's firearms license was located in his wallet, but he was arrested for carrying a deadly weapon at a public gathering and transported to the Coweta County Jail, the officer said.
[line]WTF? This is why these poorly worded prohibitions in state laws are a real problem. Some out-of-control local authorities can use them to harrass law-abiding citizens.
Story From The Times Herald
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A 56-year-old Newnan man carried a pistol into the Wal-Mart discount store on Bullsboro Drive on May 29, according to Newnan Police incident reports.
Officer Gregory Vansant and detectives Bobby Strozier and Brent Blankenship of the Newnan Police Department were dispatched to the scene. Kenneth S. Wieda was approached by the officers in the electronics department, Vansant said. Wieda complied with Blankenship's commands to stop what he was doing and submit to questioning.
Vansant and Strozier aided Blankenship in removing the pistol from Wieda's possession and escorted him out of the store, according to the report.
Wieda's firearms license was located in his wallet, but he was arrested for carrying a deadly weapon at a public gathering and transported to the Coweta County Jail, the officer said.
[line]WTF? This is why these poorly worded prohibitions in state laws are a real problem. Some out-of-control local authorities can use them to harrass law-abiding citizens.