An Ignoble Experiment: Person open carrying AR-15 gets robbed at gunpoint in St. Louis

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Individual Open Carrying AR-15 Gets Robbed at Gunpoint in St. Louis

By Rosalind Early

The North County Police Cooperative reports that there was a shoot-out on Friday, May 27, that left three people injured after a person open carrying an AR-15 was robbed at gunpoint. The individual went inside Wellston Food Market on 6250 Page Avenue open carrying the semi-automatic rifle, but did not use it in a threatening manner and left the store.

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