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Florida man points AR-15 in Uber driver's face, forces him to ground for dropping daughter off: deputies (www.fox35orlando.com)

submitted 11 months ago by ZeroCool@vger.social to c/news@lemmy.world

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 250 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hollonbeck admitted to his actions and said he was "afraid for his daughter's safety and didn't know who she was with or that she had left without permission," according to the report.

Oh, well if he didn't know then it's perfectly understandable to point a gun at an underpaid taxi driver.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 112 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I thought pointing guns at people who you thought wanted to sleep with your daughter was something out of bad jokes and old movies. Apparently not.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Oh, you sweet summer child...

https://youtu.be/4ABRz_epvic

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 32 points 11 months ago

This is why it's so important to have AR's at arms reach, who knows how this situation could have ended up had he not been armed.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 166 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Going to guess he considers himself a responsible gun owner.

[–] ZeroCool@vger.social 122 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Bigfoot, Mothman and the Responsible Gun Owner are my favorite mythological creatures of American folklore.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Every gun owner is a responsible gun owner until they aren't.

[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 68 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No, no they aren't. Some people were never responsible gun owners to begin with, regardless of anyone's beliefs around guns.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

Let me revise it then- Every responsible gun owner is a responsible gun owner until they aren't.

[–] Eol@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most people I know I wouldn't even trust with a grilled cheese sandwich.

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

dude i have fucked up the roof of my mouth on more than 1 grilled cheese

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[+] jordanlund@lemmy.world 138 points 11 months ago (6 children)

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[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 51 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I didn't even know marked ubers were an expectation. Here you'd be hard pressed to find a marked one.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I just went to Vegas and probably took 30 ubers while there. Almost none had signs. One had a police license plate though lol

I think there's a lot more to this guy's relationship with his daughter. She had other friends at the house and hadn't told him she'd left. She also went inside and left during this confrontation. Sounds like a very strained relationship for many reasons - eg I wonder how many times he's threatened her with a gun etc

[–] rhandyrhoads@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Massive disclaimer before this whole paragraph that this person's actions are abhorrent and totally unjustified. Just want to provide some perspective on a single relatively minor point.

Regarding the unmarked uber it's actually more common than you'd think. In some cities uber will send you a little decal you're meant to put in the windshield of your car, but it could easily be missed and some drivers who maybe only drive a couple times a month may choose to not have that on display everywhere they go. Uber actually states that you're only supposed to have it installed while you're active in the app, but I don't think it would last very long if you peeled it off and stored it in your car or on a shelf every time you needed to go to the grocery store let alone if you drive for personal reasons on a daily basis. Personally when I was driving uber with that decal provided I chose to just keep it on my windshield, but there's no enforcement of that policy unless people scanned all your windows before getting in and decided that your license plate matching the app wasn't enough evidence to get in your car.

In the previous city I drove uber (albeit it was only around 80k population) they didn't provide any sort of markings. Plenty of uber drivers had signs, but those light up signs in particular are actually sold by third parties and as a result you need to pay out of pocket to get one. While I did choose to invest in a phone mount which is about the same price, I refused on principle to use my own money to buy signage.

So in short I can assure you that there are plenty of uber drivers in unmarked cars, either due to signage which doesn't meet drivers' needs or a lack of any signage provided by uber.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 119 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Its a strange kidnaper that drops their victim off at home.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

He crossed the line from protector to posseser is my wild guess. What a weirdo.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 102 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No wonder the daughter leaves the house without his permission or knowledge. Hes a fucking lunatic.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 30 points 11 months ago

Probably not an amazing parent if his 13yo daughter is sneaking out to do God knows what. I get being upset, but I'm sure you could talk to the Uber driver or God forbid your own daughter to figure out where she's been.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 96 points 11 months ago (6 children)

wtf happened to simply talking to people?

Poor daughter. I hope she reminds daddy later on why she does never visit.

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

When you have a gun, especially a "manly" gun like an AR-15, ~~you~~ some people start having intrusive thoughts and desire to use it.

Same with police. If you dress up for war and talk up an us/them mentality eventually it boils over to what we have today. Many cops (not all) are just playing dress-up so they can play war.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I’ve [fired a gun] a lot in movies, but there are too many guns in the real world. I know people with guns, and they always say the same thing. “If somebody breaks into my house, I have to be able to defend myself.” But what they’re really saying is, “I hope somebody breaks into my house so I can use this thing.” It’s so wrong.

Christopher Walken

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Wow I didn't consider this at all. When I consider my own gun ownership and acquiring a pistol or rifle, I've literally never thought, "but what if I start itching to use it." I'm more concerned with "where the fuck would I keep this away from little hands, with ammo locked somewhere else, in a practical way to go grab it all and assemble between hearing an intruder and interfacing with them.. okay, this is dumb. I'm not getting guns"

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is why you wouldn't do what this guy did.

Kyle Rittenhouse is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. He took his AR-15 and drove half an hour to "protect businesses" that he had no stake in. He armed himself and then deliberately embroiled himself in a tense, riotous situation. While he might not have done anything technically illegal, he was clearly spoiling for an opportunity to brandish and use that weapon.

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[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's the escalation of fear in the US. We're force fed fear by the news, media, and Hollywood. Everything is tension and violence.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 68 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hollonbeck admitted to his actions and said he was "afraid for his daughter's safety and didn't know who she was with or that she had left without permission," according to the report.

And yet again this shows that people cannot use guns responsibly, guns must be prohibited. The US could be such a nice place...

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (9 children)

The US could be such a nice place...

Not really. You'd still have way too many stupid and hateful people.

They'd just be slightly less dangerous stupid and hateful people.

(And yes, I do mean slightly, but am not going to go more into details of the other methodology with much higher body counts that the hatred of small minded folks have taken over the years.)

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 24 points 11 months ago

Not really. You'd still have way too many stupid and hateful people.

I'd gladly take an unarmed stupid, hateful people over this

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 61 points 11 months ago

Oh, I get it now. THAT'S why we need to be able to own assault rifles.

Also remember kids, if someone voluntarily signs up to get paid to go kill people, they're not to be revered, they are mercenaries.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago (3 children)

was the driver...non-white perhaps?

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Not sure. But for all the talk about how antiwoman these people are they are pretty antiman too and assume any man is a danger to them. Would help us a lot of we looked at it that way, but we don't.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 48 points 11 months ago

The young female was still in the vehicle when she saw her father run up to the driver with an AR-15 in hand and force him to the ground, according to an arrest report.

[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 11 months ago

You just know he’s been waiting for a chance to play Seal Team Six for awhile now.

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

Some gun owners look for any reason to use their gun. Smh.

Send these idiots off to fight a war. They will have all the chances to use their gun. most will probably be better off used as sandbags

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 38 points 11 months ago

The ONLY ONLY ONLY WAY to PREVENT this is if the CAB DRIVER SHOT the man BEFORE He could do this!

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Lose Your Right To Own Firearms And Surrender A Few Years Of Your Incredibly Short Life In One Easy Step!

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago

Pfft. This is Florida, Desantis is going to make him attorney general within the week.

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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Wasn’t there a post just yesterday about a study saying people are more apprehensive of their neighbors when their neighbors have this type of gun?

Yeah, this is why.

And yeah yeah yeah, any random crazy person could have any random gun. But when you see your neighbor loading up with these guns you kinda know they are extra crazy.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

I guarantee you the ar-15 owner is a Fox News watcher. It would explain his paranoia and fear of strangers.

[–] PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Are these people living in real dangerous areas or are they just convinced any unexpected car entering their driveway is out to murder them?

Second similar article in a short period, the other was a pizza delivery that went to the wrong address and got shot at.

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[–] ElPenguin 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Yet another responsible gun owner acting completely rationally. Good thing you can just go out and buy a gun and just have to wait 3 days to get it without any sort of checks and balances other than a simple background check.

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