with a right there comes a responsibility
Like the 1st amendment...you can yell what ever you want - but don't yell fire or bomb in some places that are inappropriate i.e. airport, shopping mall etc.

If you can't figure that one out, I can't help you with my explanation.

I see a lawsuit against the firefighter and police department coming up, and looks like he has a good chance of winning unless he made some sort of threat.  Guy likely did this to get attention which sucks, but it's still his right to do.

It's good to see a CCW take the initiative, however it seems like he did it out of fear instead of an actual threat.

The 20year old guy could sue the fireman.  But receiving an apology would be the proper thing to do.  The fireman may have been overzealous, but he's a firearm owner and took the initiative to do what he thought was right.

Can sue the police since they should've known better about charging him with terroristic threatening.

If you can't figure that one out, I can't help you with my explanation.

with a right there comes a responsibility
Like the 1st amendment...you can yell what ever you want - but don't yell fire or bomb in some places that are inappropriate i.e. airport, shopping mall etc.

^^THIS^^

I think the guy was trying to make a point but it wasn't a smart way or time to do it.

So said the vast majority of colonists who wanted the colonies to remain colonies in the 1770s and viewed acts such as "The Boston Tea Party" as "stupid" and seditious.

We can clearly see here in Hawaii how toeing the line and "no make stink" has resulted in such a wonderful legal climate for us to exercise our Second Amendment-protected rights. So said no one. Ever.

So instead we should push the envelope by doing things that are technically legal but scare the hell out of people?

Yeah, that's what I thought. You are unwilling to state your position. No surprise.

I used to go up to Alaska to visit my brother and fish while he was at work,
he often loaned me his truck.
Since I was in bear country I carried a model 1911,  open or concealed.
I also,  depending on the location carried an SKS type 56 Carbine.
There is a un-wriiten way to behave set of rules with Alaska open carry.
In a market you covered the pistol, but kept it on you
and left the rifle in the truck.
You could walk down the city sidewalks and roads carrying both openly.
If you are in an area where you think if you left your rifle in the rifle rack
and it might get stolen from a vehicle,  then carry it with you and ask if you can
leave it with a store person till you're done shopping.
Just use a little sense.  That is the way it should work.

The cops know the charges will be dropped.  They won't get any pushback
from lawsuits.  After all the taxpayer is footing the bill.
They just charged him so they can take
his gun and force him to go through the courts to get it back.
This is called processing you through the system.
When you get your gun back in two years and thousands of lawyers dollars later,
you'll find it was stored in a leaky container and is rust damaged.
There is nothing you can do about it!
And you can't sue the cops.
Isn't modern Democrat America great?

So instead we should push the envelope by doing things that are technically legal but scare the hell out of people?

You mean like a black person sitting at a whites only lunch counter, or riding in the front of the bus, or attempting to enter a public school? You mean like asserting that we have a natural individual fundamental civil right to bear arms outside our home for the purpose of self-defense even though it "scares the hell out of" Ige, Lyin' Harry, Green, Rhoads, Lee, Baker, et al.? If concealed carry were legal, would you advise against it because you know that so many people, including the red shirt wearing Demanding Moms are "scared to hell" by people doing so? What about open carry? What kind, level, or amount of "fear" should determine what legal activities ought to be curbed?

"Push the envelope"?  "Technically legal"? "Scare the hell out of people"? Where do you come up with this crap?

There are a lot of people, who for whatever reasons and past experience are "scared" of cops... should the cops not go into those neighborhoods because they will "scare the hell out of people"?

Oh my God the insanity continues.  No more open carry for the police.

Police investigation prompts panic at Queen Kaahumanu Center

Shortly after 8 p.m., witnesses observed several officers walking through the complex with rifles.

Authorities said they were looking for a Wailea theft suspect.

Tenants and shoppers at the mall at the time say they had to be evacuated, however police said they did not order the evacuation.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/08/12/police-investigation-prompts-panic-queen-kaahumanu-center/

with a right there comes a responsibility
Like the 1st amendment...you can yell what ever you want - but don't yell fire or bomb in some places that are inappropriate i.e. airport, shopping mall etc.

I stated my position already.