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EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — Rod Tuason has become the latest person to learn that it’s not very wise to post threats, especially ones involving killing someone, on a Facebook page believed to be private.
Tuason is an East Palo Alto police detective who allegedly posted a note on Facebook threatening to kill anyone he found openly carrying a handgun, even if that person was carrying it legally. The alleged note has led to an outcry from Second Amendment advocacy groups, the creation of an anti-Tuason Facebook group, and an internal police investigation.
Under California law, it’s generally legal for residents to carry handguns openly, as long as they’re unloaded. But Tuason allegedly posted that if he had seen someone exercising their right to bear arms, he would have “pulled the AR out and prone them all out! And if one of them made a furtive movement ... 2 weeks off!!!”
In a telephone interview, East Palo Alto Police Capt. Carl Estelle said the alleged Facebook comments are not “reflective of our department or any policies or procedures that we have” and an investigation into the matter is under way. Until then, Estelle said, Tuason remains on active duty.
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