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May 4th, 2005 at 12:28 am

Poker club night

In Palmer Lake, Colo., cops entered the card-playing venue “with guns drawn, lasers trained on people’s heads” according to one present. Palmer Lake police chief Dale Smith described the tactics as “standard habit and practice for these kinds of situations.” (Jane Reuter, “Small-town poker bust criticized as overblown”, Colorado Springs Gazette, Apr. 29)(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars).

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Colorado Cops need a gun safety class

The First Commandment of Gun Safety:

Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.

Overlawyered reports on a raid on poker club night by police in Palmer Lake, Colorado.

cops entered the card-playing venue “with guns drawn, lasers traine…

Tom Rants on May 4th, 2005

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