Police: Man pulls gun during knife fight, faces no charges

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

No charges have been filed against a man accused of bringing out a gun during a knife fight.

Officers arrested Matthew Dressler on Friday at a Wal-Mart in Maryville.

According to investigators, the 26-year-old picked a fight with another customer inside the store. At some point, Dressler pulled a knife.

Another customer, Billy Dunkelberger, 21, tried to help. Officers said Dressler then pointed his knife at him, so Dunkelberger pulled a gun.

No one was hurt, and police arrested Dressler. He's charged with aggravated assault.


http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=113329&provider=gnews

[Hoopla Phil]

1. Didn't President Obama say something to the affect

"if they bring a knife, then you bring a gun"?

[Euromutt]

6. Nah, it was some other guy from Chicago

Officer Jim Malone! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/

MALONE: You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way! And that's how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that?

Bold mine.

[Endangered Specie]

2. Yup, never bring a knife to a gun fight!

[HughMoran]

18. Ahhh, ya beat me to it!

:D

[sharesunited]

3. One point awarded.

[spin]

4. Why, I thought you wanted to make guns rare? (n/t)

[Katya Mullethov]

17. TWO POINTS TAKEN

Slackjaw .

He is just going to be back to his old habits in no time .

[proteus_lives]

5. But, but....guns always make the situation worse!

:eyes:

[Euromutt]

7. Dave, can I ask you a favor?

Could you start adding which state these stories in to the stories? Local news media have this tendency to assume that anyone reading their site must be local.

[slackmaster]

9. I second that. The "W" indicates that it's east of the Mississippi River

Other than that I can't tell where it came from.

[TacoD]

15. Per title of browser window, Knoxville, TN (nt)

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

16. I'll try and remember to include it.

[slackmaster]

8. Dressler? Dunkelberger???

Where did all these Krauts come from?

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

11. I can say with near certainty...

They were violently thrust headlong out of vaginas some time ago.

:hide:

[Callisto32]

12. HAHA

Names in my family include Bilger, Steimling, Kale, Weiss, Zimmerman, Klein, Gross. I'm pretty sure we originated in Germany, but now we live in PA.

[slackmaster]

13. Ich auch

We have Brinkerhoff and a host of others in mine.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

10. One example of a defensive gun use without ever having to frie a shot.

Nobody hurt, everyone goes home safely.

Most criminals DO NOT want to face an armed victim - illuminating the mystery as to why most of these mass killings are attempted in no-gun zones. I will concede that some places SHOULD be no-carry zones and property owners should have final say in allowing guns on their property.

[slackmaster]

14. Awaiting the score from sharesunited - Point or no point? NEVER MIND, saw it

:rofl: