The Police Came, They Saw, They Conquered...

Ralph Gilbertsen, a 74 year-old Bigfoot believer in Richfield, Minnesota, had a rude awakening by having his firearms taken from him by the police... even though he had permits to own them! Ralph is also a concealed carry permit holder, which means he passed the a background check required to obtain such permit. He was the proud owner of three handguns, until the police knocked on his door.

From Breitbart.com:

He came to the attention of authorities after individuals at his apartment complex reported that he constantly talks about the government watching him; he particularly voices concerns that the CIA is spying on him. The Hennepin Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies (COPE) called police about Gilbertsen after his apartment managers expressed concern about a series of letters he had written on CIA spying. COPE handles roughly 13,000 cases–only a third of which are face-to-face–and they asked police to escort them to Gilbertsen’s apartment in 2015. His guns were subsequently confiscated.

Richfield Police Department spokesman Lt. Mike Flaherty said, “Officers are often forced to make snap judgments about an individual’s mental health.” He added, “The street cops nowadays have to be a psychologist. People don’t wear nameplates saying ‘paranoid schizophrenic.’ So the police have to go in there and make judgment calls.”

According to VICE, Joseph Olson, emeritus professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota, simply sees a man who is “eccentric.” Olson observes, “That’s not a crime in America.”

Gilbertsen is suing to get his guns back.

Do you think he maybe should have kept his mouth shut?