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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 Wendys 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
Doodley
(8,976 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)Arger68
(677 posts)Or so the NRA types are always saying...
jmowreader
(50,447 posts)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)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.
dembotoz
(16,734 posts)Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)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.
Sancho
(9,065 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The landscaper would be said to have threatened him with the leafblower or some other nonsense.
marble falls
(56,353 posts)Johnny2X2X
(18,731 posts)We need more RPGs, this would have never happened had both men had the power to blow each other into tiny pieces.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Worst city in MA.
Blue_Adept
(6,384 posts)Any other day and it would have been a bloodbath.
braddy
(3,585 posts)"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."
Sneederbunk
(14,207 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)onethatcares
(16,130 posts)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)problem by keeping guns legal and more or less socially acceptable.