Happy Independunce Day
From the “you have the right to be stupid” clause of the Constitution:
A Fairfield man was arrested Thursday morning after buying a high powered rifle to stop an alien invasion, police said.
Fairfield Police Sgt. James Perez said Dane Eisenman, 57, responded to a classified advertisement for a .30-06 rifle about a month ago. While filing out the paper for the rifle, police said, he mentioned to the seller what he would be using the weapon for.
“He said he was going to use the weapon to kill aliens,” Perez said.
Like the seller of the gun, I, too, was unsure upon reading the headline whether Eisenman was referring to little green men from Mars or real humans from another country, trying to illegally enter these United States. The answer is neither:
Sgt. Perez said Eisenman told the seller of the rifle every 36,000 years, aliens who live under the sun come to Earth to kill humans, and he needed to be prepared because “They’re going to be coming soon.”
Ah. The feared race of Suntarans.
What I want to know is, why did the seller sell this guy the gun and then call the cops?
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about 1 year ago
I was wondering the same thing…
about 1 year ago
I was trying to think this through. Legally, there might not be anything wrong with selling a gun to someone who offers an off-the-wall reason for purchasing it. Morally and ethically, however, caution might dictate that one does not do so.
And what’s the point of calling the cops after selling him the gun? Did the seller know that the buyer was a felon and thus couldn’t purchase a gun? Did he not know that attempt to purchase a gun was also a crime? Was he acting out of an abundance of caution? If so, why sell the gun at all?
Something’s fishy here. I think he got set up. By the Suntarans. Because he’s the only one who knows the truth. OMG there’s an alien invasion coming.
about 1 year ago
I think it was an abundance of caution…for his own safety. He may have realized if he reneged on the deal (the guy was already filling out the paperwork) simply because he started talking about aliens, this ‘lunatic’ ( or ‘sunatic’) might go off on him…maybe think HE was an alien for stopping his mission to protect himself!! I’m not sure I wouldn’t do the same thing just to get him out of my place. By calling the police afterward he protected himself and ultimately protected the public..at least in his mind.
about 1 year ago
He may be onto something, per NPR:
Solar Scientists Say Sun Behaving Strangely
July 2, 2010
The sun has cycles — periods of high activity, when it has a lot of sunspots, and low activity, when things on the surface seem calm. NASA astronomer David Hathaway says activity is unusually low right now. A new solar observatory may shine light on the mystery.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128268488
about 1 year ago
I think the Suntarians got to the seller. Any idea whether or not Mr. Eisman looks like Will Smith?