Concealed Carry Permit Holding Vikings Fan Takes Brutal Beating Over Inflatable in Packers Country

By Jenn Jacques

Football is serious and football fans are fanatic. In Packers country, they can be downright brutal.

A homeowner in Stoughton, WI said he’s lucky to be alive after being attacked in his yard Sunday evening.

The Stoughton Police Department said Dave Moschel, 36, was just sitting down to watch football when he was alerted to a commotion outside his house. After finding a man trespassing on his property, he confronted the 21-year-old in his front yard when he discovered the man had slashed his Viking inflatable.

“He probably thought it was funny, and maybe his buddies thought it would be cool to come slice it up,” Moschel said.

“You hear him slicing this guy up, come outside, and ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ Confront the guy,” Moschel said. “He takes his razor knife or whatever he had in his hand and we just go on the ground and start rifling around.”

But Moschel, who has a concealed carry permit, wasn’t carrying his gun when the confrontation turned physical, leaving him beaten and sliced multiple times by a box cutter.

“Luckily, I didn’t have my concealed carry on me at the time,” Moschel said. “Ninety-nine percent of the time I leave the house, I never …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms