Johnathon Irish, center, was lawfully carrying a pistol at Harbour Women's Health on June 27, police said, after a large response by law enforcement. Elizabeth Dinan file photo/NFS
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A Brentwood man is charged with two counts of disorderly conduct related to a June incident when police were called to the Harbour Women’s Health clinic for a report that a gun was being waved during an argument.
Naturally he denied upholstering the gun and admitted only to "arguing." The lawyers will take care of everything, I'm sure.
Irish was involved in a similar incident on July 4, 2011, when he open-carried a pistol at a naturalization ceremony in Strawbery Banke Museum attended by a former governor and a retired Supreme Court judge. Detective Rochelle Jones was commended for coaxing Irish and his open-carrying girlfriend to leave at the request of management for Strawbery Banke, which is private property.
Irish told the Herald at the time that he and his girlfriend always wear their weapons openly, as allowed by New Hampshire law. His first firearms training came from the Portsmouth Police Department when he was a Hampton Falls resident and a teenage member of the Police Explorers, he said.
“We go everywhere carrying,” Irish said. “We don’t carry our weapons to be big and bad and to intimidate everyone. The only one who is going to protect us is us. It’s legally allowed, and we’re not some dumb, backwoods idiots who decided to get some guns.”Did you like that one, "dumb, backwoods idiots"? I'm not the only one who disparages the stereotypical gun owners we read about everyday. Even rude Yankee gun nuts do that.
And another thing, I thought gun owners were supposed to be more polite than everybody else and avoid arguments? Doesn't the burden of responsibility of carrying a firearm demand it?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Remember the civil rights movement of the 60s? Some people supported the passive approach, while others advocated actively standing up for their rights. Today's fights are just as much a multi-front war.
ReplyDeleteMike, your link to the story didn't take so here it is, http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130907-NEWS-309070320
ReplyDeleteSo if you have no problem including in your post that police responded because of reports that someone was waving a gun around, why did you leave this part out? It seems pretty germane to me.
"Police determined that Irish was lawfully open-carrying the pistol at the medical practice and that the gun was never waved or removed from its holster.
About a half-hour after the call, Irish was released from police custody, his SIG Sauer semi-automatic pistol was returned to him in a paper bag, and he shook hands with an officer."
Mr. Irish has rejected a plea deal from the prosecutor and is looking forward to his day in court. He is also negotiating with an attorney for the clinic because he is threatening a lawsuit.
To me it sounds like someone at the clinic overreacted.
You're right I should have included that.
DeleteOf course, not only did you leave that part out, you said this:
Delete"Naturally he denied upholstering the gun and admitted only to "arguing." The lawyers will take care of everything, I'm sure."
Implying that he might be lying about waving the gun.
Upholstering a gun being something that was popular in the seventies...
DeleteLOL! I didn't even notice that typo!
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