Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: vaskidmark on January 07, 2014, 08:44:08 AM
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http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Ready-aim-point-talk-5116592.php
Jerome M. Hauer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's director of homeland security, took out his handgun and used the laser sighting device attached to the barrel as a pointer in a presentation to a foreign delegation, according to public officials. It happened Oct. 24 in Albany at the highly secure state emergency operations center below State Police headquarters.
These officials, one of whom claimed to be an eyewitness, said that three Swedish emergency managers in the delegation were rattled when the gun's laser tracked across one of their heads before Hauer found the map of New York, at which he wanted to point.
Hauer, commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, was disabled by a stroke a few years ago and can be unsteady. He isn't a law enforcement official. He carries the loaded 9-millimeter Glock in a holster into state buildings, an apparent violation of state law barring state employees from bringing weapons to the workplace, several witnesses say. [emphasis asdded]
The incident with the Swedish delegation occurred during a two-hour briefing at the operations center concerning the state's response to Superstorm Sandy, according to one of the officials.
Asked about the matter over the course of several weeks, Cuomo's press aide promised to look into it but has repeatedly had no comment. Hauer's communications officer, Peter Cutler, also promised to look into it, but he has declined to respond beyond saying he is unaware that it happened. "I've heard rumors," Cutler said.
No one, including Hauer, has denied the episode happened. ....
Words. I have none. I'm too busy banging my head.
stay safe.
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States have "Homeland Security" also, now?
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States have "Homeland Security" also, now?
Where have you been? Freakin' Counties have Homeland Security departments now. Follow the money.
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Yeah, not sure if I could have restrained my Inner Drill Sergeant from going apey on dude, stroke or no stroke. I am sure I am not the only one on this board to have made a man cry without touching a hair on their head.
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A target rich environment and no one got shot =(
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I'm taking it from the uproar that he failed to remove the laser pointer from the gun before waiving it around? :P
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I'm taking it from the uproar that he failed to remove the laser pointer from the gun before waiving it around? :P
Correct.
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. . . three Swedish emergency managers in the delegation were rattled when the gun's laser tracked across one of their heads before Hauer found the map of New York . . .
I would have left the room.
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Here is another gem from the article:
According to one person who witnessed the scene in the conference room, which has mid-wall-to-ceiling windows so that people can see into the meeting space, two people opposite Hauer at the table moved quickly out of the line of the laser when he brought out the gun.
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http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f2eb/?srp=1
He should have used this.