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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ben on December 05, 2009, 10:18:56 AM
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Maybe if the caller wasn't a Peeping Tom...
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http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091203/lego_gun_091203/20091203?hub=Toronto
Lego gun sighting leads to police takedown
Updated: Thu Dec. 03 2009 9:23:54 PM
ctvtoronto.ca
A Toronto designer became a participant in a real-life Flashpoint-style event when police tactical officers showed up at his workplace over a firearms call that involved a Lego gun.
"I've had numerous people either say, 'Oh my God, I thought Flashpoint was just filming,' or, 'This is totally going to be a Flashpoint episode at some point'," Jeremy Bell told ctvtoronto.ca on Thursday. "Yeah, it's pretty surreal."
Flashpoint is a CTV drama, set in Toronto, about a police "strategic response unit."
Late Wednesday afternoon, Bell -- a partner with the digital design firm Teehan+Lax, located at 460 Richmond St. W. -- was assembling a replica handgun made out of Lego that had arrived.
"It arrived yesterday and at the end of the day, I decided to put it together. I literally assembled it, handed it to a co-worker (who promptly broke it) and then put it back in the box," Bell wrote in a posting on his personal blog.
"The SWAT arrived shortly thereafter."
Across the street, Michael Dent was working in his third-floor loft. He saw what he thought was someone assembling a firearm, so he took some photos and called the police.
"I don't really like guns right beside me -- and then it turned out to be Lego," Dent chuckled.
But he added, "My girlfriend is moving in with her daughter and stuff, and it looks right into our loft where we sleep, so no, not cool."
Dent said the door of the office was shut, and it never is, so for all he knew, someone might have been laid off "and about to go postal, so that's why I called."
Bell was in his office and then heard a voice yelling his name and instructing him to come into the hallway.
"At first I thought, 'who did I piss off?' I wasn't worried about my safety ... but I certainly wasn't expecting to see an armed officer," he said, adding he couldn't remember what type of firearm was pointed at him.
Bell said he knew he hadn't done anything wrong.
"As soon as I realized they were actual cops and this was not a joke, I was, 'What else could it be? It's got to be the stupid Lego gun I put together'," he said.
Police had him put his hands on his head and walk backwards towards them. "They cuffed me, pulled me into the stairwell and threw me against the wall. They spread my legs and checked to make sure I didn't have a weapon on me," he said.
Bell said he told them where the Lego gun was, they went to check it out and then uncuffed him. He was handcuffed for about 90 seconds.
After seeing the photos, Bell said he can understand why Dent called the cops, although to him, it's still clearly Lego.
"There's like a million pieces on the table," he said, adding, it's not like he waved it around or took it out on the street.
Const. Tony Vella of the Toronto Police Service no charges resulted from the incident, the response for which involved uniformed and tactical officers.
"We have to take all the gun calls seriously because we don't know what we're getting involved in," Vella said. "There's the potential for public risk as well as the risk to the officers' safety."
On his blog, Bell wrote: "The cops clearly don't take this s**t lightly."
Dent wondered what his phone call cost the city in taxes.
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What an emasculated little castrati. And the guy with the Lego gun is ok with the peeping tom calling the cops?!?!?!
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"I don't really like guns right beside me -- and then it turned out to be Lego," Dent chuckled.
But he added, "My girlfriend is moving in with her daughter and stuff, and it looks right into our loft where we sleep, so no, not cool."
Well, heck. If it's "not cool," you've got to call the cops. Can't have uncoolness!
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Pretty realistic looking for being made out of legos.
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Dent wondered what his phone call cost the city in taxes.
Wonder why he does not go down there, checkbook in hand, to find out.
Oh! Right! Because he really should not have to pay for everybody making sure he is "safe" from folks who might be going postal across the way from his loft window, where he is going to be cohabitating with his girlfriend in the presence of her minor child.
Leggo guns are "not cool" but the whole moral behavior thing is no big deal. Gotta love then Canadians.
stay safe.
skidmark (who really does not care who you do or do not sleep with, but prefers that you keep it to yourself)
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Dent wondered what his phone call cost the city in taxes.
I don't know, but I hope it costs him a lot more than that in a civil lawsuit.
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Oh! Right! Because he really should not have to pay for everybody making sure he is "safe" from folks who might be going postal across the way from his loft window, where he is going to be cohabitating with his girlfriend in the presence of her minor child.
You're making the assumption that he has only one room in his loft. Or that the child is there, always. Dangerous assumptions to make.
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At least we can all rest assured that such silliness it cannot happen here in the US. ;/
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At least we can all rest assured that such silliness it cannot happen here in the US. ;/
It's certainly always bothered me, and quite frankly, I keep my blinds closed if I'm cleaning a gun or something, just because I'm afraid a neighbor will peep in my slider and call me in (I live next door to a school). I also always take my long guns from my front door to my vehicle in discrete cases. Sad state of affairs.
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I do the same, but only because I'm worried about theft.
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I do the same, but only because I'm worried about theft.
Yeah, that too. :)
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Const. Tony Vella of the Toronto Police Service no charges resulted from the incident, the response for which involved uniformed and tactical officers.
"We have to take all the Lego calls seriously because we don't know what we're getting involved in," Vella said. "There's the potential for public risk as well as the risk to the officers' safety."
Fixed it.
Good job, Constable.
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Since when did Lego make Lego guns?
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Since when did Lego make Lego guns?
http://www.brickgun.com/Standard/BrickGun_Standard.html
=D Kinda want one, myself.
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I don't really like guns right beside me
So call the cops, naturally.
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"I don't really like guns right beside me
so he calls the cops? or are those things on their hips magic non-guns? ;/
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Anyone click on the link? The trigger goes "click" and you can pull back the slide. If at a distance I saw a coworker with it I might draw the same conclusion.
OTOH, a LEGO pegged slide would be even better for accessories than a Picatinny, doncha think? :lol:
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I had a similar incident when I was renting a house, only it was handled appropriately.
I was cleaning guns in my kitchen. Apparently one of my neighbors kids saw, and freaked out to his mom, who then freaked out to the police
They came to my door, and the discussion, completely one sided went like this:
"Sorry sir, one of your neighbors was panicked that you were cleaning your weapons in your kitchen. Policy says I need to contact you, so since I just did, I'll go talk to your neighbor and let her know why you did nothing wrong, and were completely legal. Have a nice day and I'm sorry to bother you."
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Anyone click on the link? The trigger goes "click" and you can pull back the slide. If at a distance I saw a coworker with it I might draw the same conclusion.
OTOH, a LEGO pegged slide would be even better for accessories than a Picatinny, doncha think? :lol:
draw the same conclusion? yeah, sure. but you would have gone over to oogle it, not call the cops.
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That would depend on the co-worker!
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My favorite part of this whole debacle is that the company making the Lego guns is getting a ton of free publicity right before Christmas.
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Anyone click on the link? The trigger goes "click" and you can pull back the slide. If at a distance I saw a coworker with it I might draw the same conclusion.
Yeah, but he saw this through a window, so he wouldn't of been able to hear the click. And he was putting it together from lego pieces, I don't know of any gun you put together from little bricks.
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but, i saw that movie where the sniper put his gun together from all those little pieces in his briefcase >:D
man where is this rock going? [tinfoil]