What would you do: Guy the car behind me made gun hand gestures at me repeatedly

[Anonymous]

Every time someone points a finger, not only should you call the manners police because it's rude to point, but the real police, because you can always interpret a finger gesture as being an implied gun threat. Riiight. Some of you are beyond bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a crime, actually. Technically, it would be ADW-Gun (assault w/ dangerous weapon, gun) Implied. It's a Class A felony in DC. Same "seriousness" as homicde or other similarly crimes.

That there is no gun presented doesn't disqualify it from being ADW-Gun (Implied).

Much the same way if a person robs a bank and implies that they have a gun, but don't, they are still charged with armed robbery.

OP should've called police with tag. They don't need to witness the infraction for a felony crime, which this is.

By "letting this go" you are just giving them a pass, and the next time they do it and up their game and actually kill someone, then that blood is on your hands, because you could've maybe stopped them.

LOL LOL LOL

I cannot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was driving with my two kids in a 25 mph zone and took a turn slowly because I had a big plant in the back of the car and I didn't want it to tip over. It wasn't super slow, but apparently it was slow enough to piss off the guy behind me, because right after the turn we were stopped at a light and he made a gun shape with his hands and fired at me twice. Then, when the light turned green, he pulled around me and pointed his finger gun at my 9-year-old (who was in the passenger seat). That was the end of it, but I'm still thinking about it, and wondering if I should have taken down his license plate and called the cops. Thoughts?

Yes, by all means, call the police - we can't have that maniac driving around the streets!

Whatever the police are doing it cannot be as important as apprehending this finger gun bandit.

[Anonymous]

That was me, you were and are an asshole.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a crazy person. I wouldn't engage but try to get the license number and file a complaint.

[Anonymous]

Thank God he didn't have a pop tart!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a crime, actually. Technically, it would be ADW-Gun (assault w/ dangerous weapon, gun) Implied. It's a Class A felony in DC. Same "seriousness" as homicde or other similarly crimes.

That there is no gun presented doesn't disqualify it from being ADW-Gun (Implied).

Much the same way if a person robs a bank and implies that they have a gun, but don't, they are still charged with armed robbery.

OP should've called police with tag. They don't need to witness the infraction for a felony crime, which this is.

By "letting this go" you are just giving them a pass, and the next time they do it and up their game and actually kill someone, then that blood is on your hands, because you could've maybe stopped them.

Just when I thought I'd seen/heard it all, along comes some complete IDIOT to prove to me that I have not. This is without a doubt the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time.

Go ahead and call the police and tell them someone pointed their finger at you and said "Bang". Jesus, how do you function in daily life?

[Anonymous]

I would've point my own Peggy Sue back at'em. Then blown the smoke. And smiled. We're gangsta in these street.

[Anonymous]

I had a wacko that was traveling too fast and didn't see me turn left. She probably had to slam on the brakes but boy was she mad. Proceeded to speed up and get ahead of me in my lane slamming her brakes. Didn't work because I was watching her from the rear mirror so I was ready. As soon as she glided in front of me, I went right back to the right lane and started going home. She then proceeded to follow me home which shocked me. When she was right behind me in her tiny car I got on my cell phone and pretended I was calling someone. I also pretended to take her photo. She immediately turned around and sped off, but it was the weirdest thing. If it didn't work I was going to drive to the police station which wasn't too far away.