What movie was it where the bad guy got nailed in the head with a nail gun?

"Excuse me, but can you reach up and grab that item for me please?"

"I can't, ma'am, you see, I'm carrying a concealed firearm....."

 

"Pardon me sir, but there seems to be something under the side of your shirt.  Are you concealed carrying a firearm?"

"No, that's my colostomy bag you fackah....."

 

the bigger issue is that innocent people were arrested based on a false claim.

Not really, if the custodian was certain he/she saw a gun and he positively identified the people he saw with a gun then police are justified in making the arrest because they have probable cause to do so and they are acting on good faith.

It is not uncommon for witnesses to make incorrect reports, not out of malice but out of misunderstanding or fabrications the brain makes subconsciously.

Hawai‘i Island police began a terroristic threat investigation after a
Konawaena High School custodian mistook a construction tool as
a gun.

A custodian from the school reported to police early Friday afternoon
that he saw four males with a gun in a silver SUV that passed the
school. The weapon he saw was not pointed at anyone.

Police located the car at a nearby home and arrested three 18-year-old
men and one minor for first-degree terroristic threatening. As a
precaution, Konawaena High School was placed on lockdown for 45
minutes.

Based on the facts reported, the Cops that made the arrest are idiots.

If no firearm was present and there was no evidence other than a custodian thinking he saw a gun, there should have been no arrests, because there was only one person's statement to provide probable cause.  Even the witness said the gun wasn't being pointed at anyone, so how is that terroristic threatening?

Idiots with badges.

just arrest and let the courts sort em all out. no investigation needed.

Not really, if the custodian was certain he/she saw a gun and he positively identified the people he saw with a gun then police are justified in making the arrest because they have probable cause to do so and they are acting on good faith.

It is not uncommon for witnesses to make incorrect reports, not out of malice but out of misunderstanding or fabrications the brain makes subconsciously.

Are you somehow related to Kamala Harris either subconsciously or biologically? What is your expertise with the subconscious mind? Mind meld?
In other words a person can be arrested for stealing their own car?

Based on the facts reported, the Cops that made the arrest are idiots.

If no firearm was present and there was no evidence other than a custodian thinking he saw a gun, there should have been no arrests, because there was only one person's statement to provide probable cause.  Even the witness said the gun wasn't being pointed at anyone, so how is that terroristic threatening?

Idiots with badges.

Do you have more info than what the newspaper posted?  Seems like a common he said, she said type of thing.  And in the meantime, someone was arrested and put in holding (aka jail) and then later released.  Did the person miss work because of this?  What if this was a legal CCW holder, would their CCW be revoked or would they have trouble renewing it the next renewal?  I've seen HPD deny returning someones firearms, even though a judge released them to the individual.  They had to hire a lawyer to get them back, which means more cost.

How did the custodian see the gun when the car was driving by?  This would be he was at the edge of the road and just to happen look into a car as it drove by.  Unless the guy was holding it outside the car window pointed down toward the road or something.

By face value of info available to the public, seems like the cop was over zealous.

A firearm does not need to be located in order to establish a firearm was part of a crime. If I rob you at gunpoint but you ditch the gun before cops catch you do you believe that means you can only be charged with robbery 2nd as opposed to robbery 1st? (Robbery 1st involves a weapon)

The article contains very little information on the specifics of the case. We don't know whether he said he thought it could have been a gun or if he said he was certain he saw a gun. If in fact the custodian said something to the effect of "he was holding something and it kind of looked like a gun" then yes it would have been a bad arrest if there was no firearm.

You are fond of pointing out when people who were never in the military comment about something in the military so keeping with that, please tell me how much law enforcement experience you have.

Hypothetical gobbledygook.