Gun owners should boycott Costco *Srs* *Story*

[DrPissenschitz]

A man by the name of Erik B. Scott was killed after Costco employees called the police on him for carrying a concealed weapon.

Here is a site about him...

erikbscott.com

Story:
- Erik is shopping in Costco
- Leans forwards and an employee sees his weapon
- Employee tells him no weapons are allowed in Costco
- Erik informs her that he has a permit for it and will be leaving shortly.
- Employee notifies Costco security
- Security guard calls the cops and makes a bunch of stuff up about Eric being erratic and destroying merchandise. In reality he opened up a pack of bottled drinks to see if one would fit in a carrying case. Totally normal behavior.
- Cops show up, Erik is pointed out.
- Cops, in typical inept police fashion, give him conflicting orders. One tells him to freeze, another tells him to put his hands up, and another tells him to lay his weapon on the ground.
- Erik reaches for something and is shot. Witnesses say no gun was around his body and that a blackberry was a couple feet away from his body after being shot. It's possible that upon receiving conflicting orders from police officers he feared for his safety and decided to try and film the encounter via his phone.
- Police officers shot him several times, and then several more times IN THE BACK after he fell to the ground. All without ever visually seeing a weapon.

Article about the shooting:

lvrj.com/news/slaying-of-army-veteran-shocks-friends-98223884.html

Does he look like a dangerous criminal to you?

Gun owners should avoid shopping at Costco lest you want to be shot down by an incompetent police force.

[fitnessbyjay]

Cliffs of cliffs?

[rsemans]

Not sure that is costco's fault but w/e

[uracowman]

[CountFapula]

sounds like they should boycott the police not costco

[kidej]

Sounds like a police problem, not a costco problem

[chosenbrahh]

ya that seems like costco's problem and not the cops who gave out different orders and opened fire (not srs)

[Ironmanlet]

so the officers will be convicted of excessive use of force/manslaughter? that is more appropriate than boycotting costco

[DrPissenschitz]

Not sure that is costco's fault but w/e

It is. They told him he had to leave for carrying a concealed weapon (Although there are no signs in front of Costco stating weapons aren't permitted) and the security guard lied making Erik seem dangerous.

[Fist-Of-Freedom]

No.

[fitnessbyjay]

Just out of curiosity, why would you feel a need to take a gun with you grocery shopping?

[MajorKobraK]

Sigh...

[rsemans]

It is. They told him he had to leave for carrying a concealed weapon (Although there are no signs in front of Costco stating weapons aren't permitted) and the security guard lied making Erik seem dangerous.

A) It's their property and they don't need a list of rules posted on the door

B) Was the security costco staff or private security?

[cds2011]

Damn that sucks but I don't think the majority of the blame is on Costco but on the cops that shot him.

[SwedishBrah]

Like usual, these *******s will probably lose their jobs and nothing more will happen

[umadlol76563]

fuuuuck police

[LawlKing]

You may have a permit to own a firearm, but other people -- especially cops -- will not know that.

[Tgeo]

I live in vegas... fuking cops crying about coroners inquest

Boo ****ing hoo, you actually have to answer for what you did under oath after someone is dead by your hand?

[Nickkkkk001]

Cliffs of cliffs?

Read it fxcking *******.

[DrPissenschitz]

Just out of curiosity, why would you feel a need to take a gun with you grocery shopping?

Grocery stores get held up all the time. They have thousands of dollars in their registers.

Hell, little piddly convenience stores get held up all the time and they only have like $50 in the register.

Some people choose to carry a gun on them for their own personal safety.

[Johnny911]

Private property rights trump your right to carry (yes, NRA member/gun owner). Costco can do whatever the f*ck they want, and if the story is accurate (cops giving conflicting orders), can them all and their bosses and dismember their union.

[rsemans]

You may have a permit to own a firearm, but other people -- especially cops -- will not know that.

This is a sticky situation, in many states cops aren't use to/familiar with their concealed/open carry gun laws and assume the person as a threat

Private property rights trump your right to carry (yes, NRA member/gun owner). Costco can do whatever the f*ck they want, and if the story is accurate (cops giving conflicting orders), can them all and their bosses and dismember their union.

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[hawkrock60]

Costco has a right in a free country to set whatever rules they want in their store, moron.

Your argument is like if I was in your house and wouldn't shut up, so you told me to get out, and I told you "derp I have First Amendment Rights!"

did the cops act properly? Impossible to tell from the information in the story. But by bringing a gun onto private property where guns are prohibited, he was already trespassing. And using a gun in the commission of that crime.

Do I agree with Costco's policy? No. But do I respect it? Yes. You are on their property, they have every right to demand you act within their rules.

[LawlKing]

This is a sticky situation, in many states cops aren't use to/familiar with their concealed/open carry gun laws and assume the person as a threat

That is the problem with concealed/open carry gun, other people are NOT aware of your intentions.

[JackedAndSwole]

i would murder the security guard for lying

i would murder those ******* cops. ure not trained properly. ure just trigger happy paranoid fuk kunts.

seriously swear to god. im gonna kill cops that fuking deserve it real fuking soon.

[robby1024]

Just out of curiosity, why would you feel a need to take a gun with you grocery shopping?

The random shootings could happen anywhere and someone could try robbing you anytime and why not

[E_P_C]

lmao

that is the medias take on the story but not the accurate one

srs

[KillDowzer]

Stupid rent a cops

[Fozzy13]

It is. They told him he had to leave for carrying a concealed weapon (Although there are no signs in front of Costco stating weapons aren't permitted) and the security guard lied making Erik seem dangerous.

well a quick googlesearch tells me they do have signs posted. So yea....


http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/i.../t-115947.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1301203/posts

[vabyss]

More proof that owning a gun causes more trouble than it prevents.

More proof that cops are psychotic, homicidal, control freaks recruited from the bottom of the evolutionary barrel.