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Originally Posted by Robbie
Just saw the full story on CNN.
What happened is it's an older man who is very protective of his property. He is real paranoid and gets pissed off at anybody fucking around on the property he owns.
Neighbors said he "patrols" his property (apparently a big chunk of land) at night with a gun and a flashlight to keep people from partying on his land.
Anyway, the road dead ends at his property. And the bus does a turn around there on his land every morning.
For whatever reason he got irritated about it and told them to stop driving on his land.
The bus really couldn't turn around any other way so they continued to do it.
The old man went batshit crazy the other morning, and that's where it stands now.
From watching the Sheriff's press conference today, it looks like they believe it's going to be settled without further violence. The Sheriff said they are in constant communication. That the guy has electric heaters and electric blankets in the bunker and has allowed the Sheriff to give him coloring books and asthma medication for the kid.
So hopefully they will be able to calm him down enough to finally get this resolved without anything worse happening.
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And he was still allowed to have a gun.
People like him don't need gun for protection, they need need help and treatment to function. Personally I would not mind paying a higher tax to ensure people like him receive the help he need.