MANATEE, Fla. (AP) — A group of unruly teenagers attacked a 27-year-old Marine and his wife who had asked them to be quiet during a Christmas night showing of "Little Fockers."

The attack happened as the couple left the theater near Bradenton Saturday night. Authorities say the fight attracted about 300 bystanders.

Federico Freire, home on leave from Afghanistan, says they left the theater shortly after the teens were asked to leave.

The couple was kicked and punched in the parking lot before a gun-brandishing witness told the crowd to step back just before deputies arrived.Five teens were arrested, including a 17-year-old who struck a deputy and was stunned by a Taser.

The fracas caused the theater manager to close early.

Wow....not even considering the fact that this dude was a Marine, the complete and utter disrespect for someone else is just disturbing. On top of that, to treat someone who is serving our country......I hope they get a judge with absolute zero tolerance.

Wow....not even considering the fact that this dude was a Marine, the complete and utter disrespect for someone else is just disturbing. On top of that, to treat someone who is serving our country......I hope they get a judge with absolute zero tolerance.

I say send them to Afghanistan, even for just 1 week in the hot zone.

I say let the Marine have them one at a time. With his wife there, he was probably more concerned about her. Being out numbered is tough, but I'd love to let the Marine recover and then have some cage time administering some Semper-Fu.

Wow....not even considering the fact that this dude was a Marine, the complete and utter disrespect for someone else is just disturbing. On top of that, to treat someone who is serving our country......I hope they get a judge with absolute zero tolerance.

 

 

judging by the overly liberal siding with CCW holders per FL law (you may use a weapon to stop someone committing felony robbery).. I am going to guess that FL doesn't take to well to anyone breaking the law... I am sure they will pay in some way or another... but this brings up a great point.. it is not enough just to seek NJ CCW... there is a far greater fight to fight... and that is the demonizing of people who wish to protect themselves.... if NJ CCW existed.. this individual would likely still be locked up in NJ for doing the exact same thing.. that is of course unless we address the horrible tendency the state has to side with criminals..

1 week Tommy? They wudnt last 1 day those bastards. This is the problem with the system , with the law>> those punks know that will be no harsh consequences, that the courts will just slap them on the hand, tell them : u promise to behave?, and let them go. They got no fear cause they are "trouble" teens from "trouble" neighborhoods or something like that. And we suppose to feel sorry for them. Pissing me off, just once I would like an opportunity to take somebody like that into my old neighborhood back in Russia and show them wat "trouble" looks like. No Camden, harlem, Jamaica or union city or wtvr can compare to wat my generation went through growing up in Russia in the beginning of 1990s. And we still had respect. Never-ending story .....

if NJ CCW existed.. this individual would likely still be locked up in NJ for doing the exact same thing..

That's the scary part. Even if CCW comes to be in NJ, I would still be scared to use it!! However I would, as I (cliche time) would rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6.

FL has pretty sensible CCW laws. If the CCW laws ever change here, such things as Castle Doctrine and Good Samaritan legislation will have to be reexamined and changed along with them, or we'll find ourselves in a situation where we may be able to carry, but unable to ever use a gun to defend ourselves for fear of being on the wrong side of even more confusing and convoluted regulation of our rights.

 

My father in law was a recreational and competitive shooter and NRA instructor in FL, and the stories of how many times he or his friends had to simply show their guns to diffuse some situation or other on the streets of Dade and Broward Counties would make a NJ liberal crap themselves. FL has done well regarding carrying guns, and it wouldn't hurt for NJ to take a close look at their laws, and the positive results, as a template to follow should the state ever get past lip service on gun legislation.

Hooray for CCW.

 

Isn't there some ruling or something about how military personnel can't fight in public, because they're trained soldiers who are trained to kill?

Hooray for CCW.

 

Isn't there some ruling or something about how military personnel can't fight in public, because they're trained soldiers who are trained to kill?

 

On or off duty, on leave or not, if you are in the military you must still abide by the UCMJ. There is a difference between being an idiot and picking fights and defending yourself when attacked.

There is a difference between being an idiot and picking fights and defending yourself when attacked.

I would have to agree with this statement 100%. There is a difference between getting in a bar fight, and defending your/your girlfriends life. There is also a difference between disabling the threat, and "overkill". I think a couple factors play in here....just as they would to us defending our homes.

He, at the very least, can be charged with : Conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. If you are an active military personnel it's kinda almost always lose-lose citation. The serviceman can technically be charged in criminal, civil and military court of law. But it's usually up to your CO to determine the punishment, unless of course it's something really serious. that's wat I think ...

I am kind of curious how long this incident went on for and why did no one else try to help. I mean come on 300 people only one guy with the guts to help out the couple even if there were 30 teens the group still out numbered them 10 to 1 which is more then enough to stop that incident. That part just really pisses me off.

I am kind of curious how long this incident went on for and why did no one else try to help. I mean come on 300 people only one guy with the guts to help out the couple even if there were 30 teens the group still out numbered them 10 to 1 which is more then enough to stop that incident. That part just really pisses me off.

 

People walk past stuff like that all the time. Catch "What Would You Do" on ABC. They play out situations similar to this. Many people just watch.

I KNOW what I would do confronted with this in a free state.. such as PA.. and I am not really sure what I would do in a situation like this in NJ..

 

I have gotten involved sometimes.. when something was really happening.. and I didnt really hesitate.. but if hypothetical NJ CCW existed.. I really question how involved I would get.. our government has a tendency to do some pretty ridiculous stuff at times..

I KNOW what I would do confronted with this in a free state.. such as PA.. and I am not really sure what I would do in a situation like this in NJ..

 

I have gotten involved sometimes.. when something was really happening.. and I didnt really hesitate.. but if hypothetical NJ CCW existed.. I really question how involved I would get.. our government has a tendency to do some pretty ridiculous stuff at times..

Even if you didn't want to get involved with your weapon, that still doesn't mean you couldn't get involved other ways. I have never witnessed a situation where someones immediate safety was compromised.....but I have certainly been the first, and only, to help when someone needed help. So I like to think that I would certainly try to intervene if I could. If there was one guy getting his a** beat by 10 guys, there is no way to help other than be a good witness. But if it were one, maybe two....then I would jump in.