Judge Snatches Concealed Carrier’s Permit After He Fired A Warning Shot

By James England

WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA — Outside of the Hanes Mall, two men attempted to corral a mentally ill man after he attempted to flee from them. When Daniel Ray Brown saw the scene, he chose to interpret it as two loan sharks or drug dealers ganging up on a man. He drew his handgun from concealment and pointed it at the trio. He then demanded they show ID.

When the three men refused to do so, he fired a round into the ground before them. Because this was outside of a mall, there were a lot of bystanders who were understandably panicked by the sound of gun shots. With high-profile mall shootings making the nightly news, people were rattled.

Police quickly arrived on the scene. And, now in court, we hear this recollection of events.

via the Washington Post

Officer J.R. Huffman, a 17-year veteran of the Winston-Salem police and the first officer on the scene, testified that Brown’s gunfire “amped it up another level,” according to the Journal.

When the officer demanded to know who fired the gun, Brown answered that the gun was his and that he had a concealed-carry permit.

Huffman responded: “Where’d you get a concealed-carry license from? Kmart? . …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation