Beginning with a comment that ranked 'comment of the day', for humor at the expense of Fakes News:
and continuing with the actual story as covered by legitimate journalism, in this case, still the City Pages:
another NRA-type gun nut - old, white, flabby, and crabby - and a little nuts
Wayne Odegard Allegedly Called Saloon Patrons "Faggots," Shot One with BB Gun
Around 11:15 p.m. last Thursday, Wayne Odegard was walking down the sidewalk outside the Saloon's patio in downtown Minneapolis when he saw a gay couple kissing. Since the Saloon is one of the city's best-known gay bars, you wouldn't expect anything else, right? But Odegard was so incensed by the gay PDA that he allegedly called the couple "fucking faggots," broke out his BB gun, and started shooting.Recently, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed a bill that permits family members or others with a similarly close relationship to request that dangerous people have their guns removed.
Or at least so say Hennepin County authorities, who have charged Odegard, 43, with a felony count of making terroristic threats.
According to the charges, a security guard heard Odegard utter the slur and saw him shoot one of the men, hitting him in the leg. The guard then gave chase and wrestled Odegard to the ground before calling police.
When officers arrived on the scene, they saw Odegard, on the ground and handcuffed, looking at the person he shot as well as other Saloon patrons and allegedly calling them "faggots."
The victim later told authorities he heard Odegard mumble something.
"The next thing [he] remembered was hearing loud pops and feeling pain on his shin," the charges say.
After he was arrested, Odegard told authorities he saw the men kissing in public and "wanted it to stop."
"Defendant admitted to saying 'faggots' before the shooting, and said that seeing men kissing pisses him off," the complaint adds.
In an interview with Fox 9, the security guard involved in the incident, Tyler Erickson, said Odegard "told me multiple times that I'm going to go to hell and he's going to bring me with him."
"He recited a biblical passage -- I think it's a Deuteronomy passage," Erickson added.
Erickson told Fox 9 the gay couple involved live in Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
"They both joked that they came to progressive Minneapolis and got shot for being gay," he said, adding that the victim wasn't seriously injured.
In a subsequent report, one of Odegard's siblings told Fox 9 they're concerned that if he's released from jail, "he will escalate this behavior and seriously injure or kill a member of the gay community."
Hennepin County jail records indicate Odegard remains in custody this morning on $75,000 bail.
Assembly Bill 1014, by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, was the Legislature’s central response to the lethal shooting in May near the University of California, Santa Barbara. It will allow family members of someone who is displaying signs of mental instability to request a court order temporarily barring gun use and purchase.
Families of people killed in Isla Vista had lobbied for the bill at the Capitol, and Skinner cheered Brown’s action Tuesday.
“Family members are often the first to spot the warning signs when someone is in crisis,” she said in a prepared statement. “AB 1014 strengthens our mental health and gun control laws by providing an effective tool which family members and law enforcement can use to help prevent shootings before they occur.”
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/30/6749098/jerry-brown-signs-gun-restraining.html#storylink=cpy Pro-gunners are having fits of the vapors.
However this guy seems to be the perfect example of why such laws are needed, and not just in California. Odegard seems like exactly the kind of gun owner -- and it appears there is a concern he owns more than a BB gun -- who presents a danger to himself and others. You have to be a little nuts to carry around a BB gun while just wandering down the street for no particular reason.
