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In reply to the discussion: NC woman accused of pulling gun at restaurant over wrong chicken wings [View all]Straw Man
(6,771 posts)103. Merely seeing a gun is not an emergency.
I figure that the check can be paid anytime after the emergency is over.
Timing isn't as important to me as keeping safe in an emergency situation.
Timing isn't as important to me as keeping safe in an emergency situation.
The extent to which it is an "emergency" depends on what is being done with the gun. It will be incumbent on you to prove the existence of the emergency if you wish to avoid prosecution for leaving the restaurant without paying.
"I was going to come back and pay later" is not generally accepted as an excuse for dine-and-dash, so much will depend on whether the staff and other patrons of the restaurant will verify the emergency.
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NC woman accused of pulling gun at restaurant over wrong chicken wings [View all]
SecularMotion
Apr 2016
OP
23. "So you'd pull a Dine and Ditch even if the person was no threat to you."
stone space
May 2016
#112
The context to our conversation is quite clear. A little honesty would be nice.
stone space
May 2016
#128
Your claim that running away in an emergency is theft is a blatant lie. (nt)
stone space
Apr 2016
#77
Why do Zimmerman supporters like you feel the need to threaten folks who run from your guns?
stone space
Apr 2016
#76
I saw, someone probably needs to see some psychiatric help to deal with issues
Lurks Often
Apr 2016
#88
Well, they've allowed in in Colorado for 12 years so far. What's their student related death toll?
DonP
Apr 2016
#20
You must have better sources than I do. So the guy was a lawful concealed carry permit holder?
DonP
Apr 2016
#36
Umm, not really. I taught college-level government for 3 years. Guns was a hot topic...
Eleanors38
May 2016
#159
It was a restaurant - surely they have a can of beans to deal with this lady.
GreydeeThos
Apr 2016
#81
I don't know much about PTSD and how it effects a worker's job performance.
stone space
May 2016
#161
This thread has migrated from the 'Lady and the Chicken WIngs' scenario...
CompanyFirstSergeant
May 2016
#123
"open carry long guns is just plain idiotic and actually backfires"
CompanyFirstSergeant
May 2016
#127