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omaharj:
After further consideration.... It appears ,at the moment, not to be a high visibilty incident. No sense being proactive and stirring the pot. Instead of getting in front of this, I advocate waiting but being prepared with the three sentences I gave earlier.  RJ I wonder if the Airmen were cited?

Dan W:
I have spent all day trying to imagine a scenario where personal watercraft, doing whatever kind of stupid crap on the water, even if it rose to the level of a misdemeanor class III offense, could have even remotely presented a deadly force threat to any person on dry land, and I am not seeing it.

omaharj:
I agree Dan. I'm not an expert on the law,and I don't have all the facts,but the odor is too strong to pass the smell test.

Dan W:
As some have pointed out , they facts of the case may not be fully disclosed at this point, and I am curious as to just why this case seems to be off the radar

DanClrk51:
Well its definitely possible that the airmen were being jackasses and negligently rif raffing around with the jet skis so as to cause the fisherman's nets to get tangled. However that would still just be a petty Misdemeanor and not a warrant to draw a handgun and even fire it into the air unless there is more to the story as in: They were jackasses, possibly purposely messing with the fisherman and perhaps he felt threatened and outnumbered as to why he drew and fired a warning shot. Again, none of us were there, we don't have all the facts. Its possible that the airmen threatened him and then once he fired his gun they called the cops on him and turned the tables on him. Anything is possible.
I really don't think its necessary for the NFOA to make a statement about this incident. Its not on most people's minds and it will stay that way unless we make an issue out of it. I think we should just let this one blow over. Which it will if we don't stir the pot. Remember nobody was injured....it will fade and nobody will remember this story in a week. And if this man does get convicted on the charges he will lose his gun rights for life. Selfishly i hope more comes out and that somehow he had a legitimate reason to fire. We'll see.

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