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Well if you think that a "man in a batman costume" call equates to a "man with a gun" call, then there's not much I can say that's gonna help you.

cb1000rider wrote:

TexasCajun wrote: Unfortunately, the police have a duty to respond to all calls.

There is absolutely no duty to respond to a call about legal behavior. I'd say that the duty to respond, if there is one, is to go see the people that called in MWG and explain the law to these folks.

A lot could be resolved neighbor to neighbor with a simple conversation instead of calling the PD.

And exactly how are the police supposed to determine what is actually happening (whether the behavior in question is legal or not) without directly responding to the call?????

Based on the available information, there could be enough unreasonable behavior to go around. Heck, it could actually turn out to be a nexus of unreasonable where you have a militant pro 2a guy bent on making the YouTube hall of fame surrounded by the most ardent Blomberg-Obama acolytes. If this were the situation, I believe the cops would be forced to put everyone on notice that another call to the neighborhood would result in everybody going to jail. But most likely, the true situation probably lies somewhere in the middle. So the cops can either continue to respond to the calls, inform the neighbors about exactly what constitutes a credible threat, or ask the guy to take up a different hobby.

Sounds like one of those 2a-youtubers that try to bait LEOs into confrontation to prove their point. Unfortunately, the police have a duty to respond to all calls. So it sounds like they are getting as annoyed about the situation as the neighbors are. The police should explain to the neighbors what constitutes a valid threat and to call when there is an actual need or violation of the law. And to give equal time, I'd encourage the neighbors to video tape the guy as he's doing his routine.

Disclaimer: IANAL, IANLEO, I don't have any first hand knowledge of the situation. But I do have odd neighbors.