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Robb

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Mon Aug 26, 2013, 06:05 PM Aug 2013

Road rage + concealed carry asshole = "terroristic threat." [View all]

I think this is an absurd hole in the law being filled with "terroristic threat" because many states lack a specific law against threatening people with firearms.

This CCW holder (not mentioned that he held a carry permit, but since it's PA and there were no gun charges, he had to have one) illustrates the point:


A DuBois man will stand trial for allegedly pulling a gun on a driver and his children in DuBois July 11.

Scott V. Moldenhauer, 43, 12 Murtland Ave., DuBois, is charged with three counts of assault, making terroristic threats, three counts of recklessly endangering another person, four counts of disorderly conduct and four counts of harassment.

After a preliminary hearing Friday, District Judge Patrick Ford ruled that sufficient evidence exists to send the charges to the Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas for further disposition. Additional charges of terroristic threats, harassment and disorderly conduct were dismissed. He is free on $10,000, unsecured bail.

The first witness was the driver, Timothy Runyon, 38, DuBois, who was driving with his two children when he made a turn onto Spring Avenue from Main Street.

It is a narrow street, he said, and when he saw another car coming up the street, he said the driver threw his arms up in the air. He backed up to let him pass. As the car approached, the driver, identified as Moldenhauer, rolled down his window. Runyon did also and the two exchanged “words” before Moldenhauer pulled a gun and pointed it “right at me,” then asked “do you have a problem now?”

Read More: http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/local/article_8fe1bd92-0e46-11e3-a78a-001a4bcf887a.html
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