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tenderfoot

(8,424 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 11:45 AM Aug 2018

Man threatens Wendy's landscaper with gun after grass gets on car, police say

A Lawrence man is facing gun charges after brandishing a gun at a landscaper outside a fast-food restaurant, police said.

Lawrence police were called to the Wendy’s on Hampshire Street at about noon on Thursday for a report of a man threatening another man with a gun.

When police arrived at the restaurant, a landscaper told them while he was using a leaf blower, some grass clippings blew into the air onto a black Acura sedan. A man in that car then got into a verbal altercation with the landscaper and brandished a firearm that was tucked into his waistband, police said.

The car was located a few minutes later and the driver, identified as Franklin Mauel Laras, 21, was arrested. A firearm was found in his waistband, police said.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/man-threatens-wendys-landscaper-with-gun-after-grass-gets-on-car/22636685

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Man threatens Wendy's landscaper with gun after grass gets on car, police say (Original Post) tenderfoot Aug 2018 OP
Franklin Mauel Lewis demonstrates why idiots shouldn't have guns. Doodley Aug 2018 #1
He was not legally carrying so, yes, he is an idiot. Most criminals are. nt hack89 Aug 2018 #14
An armed society is a polite society Arger68 Aug 2018 #2
An armed society is a scared society jmowreader Aug 2018 #6
I think that's another thing Arger68 Aug 2018 #9
a wire brush would remove that blade of grass dembotoz Aug 2018 #3
HA!! But remember, you gotta *push really hard* because those grass blades are stubborn af!! Leghorn21 Aug 2018 #18
It's a good thing Franklin had his trusty shootin' arn gratuitous Aug 2018 #4
Good thing they were not in Florida.... Sancho Aug 2018 #5
Yeah, the landscaper would be dead and the shooter would employ stand his ground and walk free. Blue_true Aug 2018 #17
Wasn't the landscaper tending his ground? Would that have counted? marble falls Aug 2018 #7
RPGs Johnny2X2X Aug 2018 #8
In Lawrence it's a miracle the trigger was pulled. RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #10
No kidding. As soon as I saw it happened in Lawrence I just sighed. Blue_Adept Aug 2018 #15
It was illegal for the 21 year old to have the gun. braddy Aug 2018 #11
No Frosty for you. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #12
This is in Massachusetts - a state with some of the strictest gun laws in the US oberliner Aug 2018 #13
do you have any idea onethatcares Aug 2018 #16
Fuck guns and fuck gun owners, all of whom perpetuate the Stinky The Clown Aug 2018 #19

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
6. An armed society is a scared society
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 12:00 PM
Aug 2018

Black Acura Man should be on his hands and knees right now thanking whatever deity he preys on that the landscaper wasn't carrying a gun. "Officer, this man came up to me screaming uncontrollably. Then he made a move like he was reaching for his gun. I had no choice but to kill him to protect my life."

Arger68

(677 posts)
9. I think that's another thing
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 12:39 PM
Aug 2018

The right wing gets wrong. They can't seem to see the difference between fear and being polite. Seems like an awful way to live.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. It's a good thing Franklin had his trusty shootin' arn
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 11:53 AM
Aug 2018

This minor dispute had a good chance to turn murderous, and we all know that's how we settle things here in the Under God Unites States of God Bless America. I hope Franklin gets to keep his gun, because that would be the real tragedy here.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
17. Yeah, the landscaper would be dead and the shooter would employ stand his ground and walk free.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 02:13 PM
Aug 2018

The landscaper would be said to have threatened him with the leafblower or some other nonsense.

Johnny2X2X

(18,731 posts)
8. RPGs
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 12:02 PM
Aug 2018

We need more RPGs, this would have never happened had both men had the power to blow each other into tiny pieces.

Blue_Adept

(6,384 posts)
15. No kidding. As soon as I saw it happened in Lawrence I just sighed.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 02:08 PM
Aug 2018

Any other day and it would have been a bloodbath.

 

braddy

(3,585 posts)
11. It was illegal for the 21 year old to have the gun.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 01:45 PM
Aug 2018
"Franklin Mauel Laras, 21, was arrested. A firearm was found in his waistband, police said.
Laras will be arraigned in Lawrence District Court charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, and other firearm related charges.
Laras is not licensed to carry a firearm, police said."

onethatcares

(16,130 posts)
16. do you have any idea
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 02:10 PM
Aug 2018

how much harm a blower launched blade of grass can dod to an Acura? It's not a pretty sight, that's why it wasn't shown on the video.

Stinky The Clown

(67,669 posts)
19. Fuck guns and fuck gun owners, all of whom perpetuate the
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 02:20 PM
Aug 2018

problem by keeping guns legal and more or less socially acceptable.

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