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"An Idaho man learned this week that starting a bar fight with a rifle doesn’t always work out, as reports Tom Holm in the Post-Register. Fifty-eight year old Martin Knowles had been kicked out of the Roadhouse Saloon in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for arguing with (and allegedly kicking…he says it was an accident) Trevor Bennion, a patron with a broken ankle.

Despite being admonished by the bartender never to return, Mr. Knowles did just that forty-five minutes later. This time, however, he was armed with an AM 15 rifle and a pistol. According to bar patron Michael Martinez, the tooled-up Knowles “flung the door open and jacked in a shell and started pointing this rifle at [Bennion’s] wife and then swung it at another” patron.

Despite being somewhat hobbled by his ankle injuries, however, Bennion demonstrated that winning a fight is more about mindset than tools. He grabbed the first thing that was handy — a beer mug, oddly enough — and threw it at Knowles. This was apparently enough to distract Knowles, and that was all that Bennion and a mess of other patrons at the Roadhouse needed. They rushed the armed man, disarming him, and generally opening up an old-fashioned can of Idaho butt-whipping, the results of which are seen in the photo above.

“He was distracted long enough that he didn’t get a round off, thank God,” Bennion said.

Knowles currently faces up to 15 years in prison due to charges of aggravated assault, as well as an enhancement charge for use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.

Oh, and by the way, Knowles also faces charges for unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, due to a 2002 conviction for possession of a controlled substance, demonstrating once again how well gun control laws work to keep firearms out of the hands of violent felons.

The Post-Register reports that Mr. Bennion is feeling pretty blasé about the whole affair.

“Surprisingly, I really don’t feel anything,” he said. “I’m just glad no one was shot; I mean I’ve got a 3-year-old little girl and a wife and I’d hate to leave them and be shot over some drunk idiot.”

That AM 15 won't even fire unless it's after midnight.

The picture of the dumbass at the TTAG link is precious. He has quite the collection of cuts and bruises donated to him by the bar patrons.

Liquid courage. The root cause of many an ER visit.

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Originally posted by MitchbSC:
The picture of the dumbass at the TTAG link is precious. He has quite the collection of cuts and bruises donated to him by the bar patrons.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this one can be summarized by one word: OUCH!

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and generally opening up an old-fashioned can of Idaho butt-whipping

Yes indeed. Quite a load of whoop-ass used there! Hope that don't forget to restock...

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They rushed the armed man, disarming him, and generally opening up an old-fashioned can of Idaho butt-whipping

That is journalistic gold right there.

The AM 15, is that like the AP 15 recently used in Michigan?

That is cartoonish and humorous.

I hope none of the bar patrons are prosecuted. I do like how they saved the taxpayers a few dollars with the initial punishment.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
The AM 15, is that like the AP 15 recently used in Michigan?

The model of the gun is AM15. An AR made on an Anderson lower, if I recall correctly.

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Originally posted by cparktd:

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and generally opening up an old-fashioned can of Idaho butt-whipping

Yes indeed. Quite a load of whoop-ass used there! Hope that don't forget to restock...

They'll likely need it as soon as the dumbass gets out of jail. He doesn't look like the type to just let it go.

Was the pistol a Clock?

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

If he'd been correctly served with PROPER whoop-ass, another photo would have shown his open hands with his ears in 'em.

One of the very first things I was taught in a REAL barroom brawl is to rip off an ear, maybe both. Makes the earless one a whole lot easier to identify afterwards, apart from the obvious attention-getting it causes.

Failing an ear, an ear-ring is good, bleeds like crazy, too. Nobody likes to see a lot of blood, especially if it's their own.

He got off lightly, IMO.

tac

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Originally posted by bubbatime:

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
The AM 15, is that like the AP 15 recently used in Michigan?

The model of the gun is AM15. An AR made on an Anderson lower, if I recall correctly.

Does that one fire shells?

-Rob

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Originally posted by tdp113530:
Was the pistol a Clock?

Since you use your fingers to manipulate it, it was digital and probably had night sights.

As long as the Prog's are willing, I'll submit to a ban on those evil AM 15's provided we end all restrictions on the AR 15's.

Eye for an eye an all...

Guys, Anderson Mfg marks their lowers "AM-15". It's not a typo or a stupid reporter. Let's move on from ragging on the model of rifle, please.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

If he'd been correctly served with PROPER whoop-ass, another photo would have shown his open hands with his ears in 'em.

One of the very first things I was taught in a REAL barroom brawl is to rip off an ear, maybe both. Makes the earless one a whole lot easier to identify afterwards, apart from the obvious attention-getting it causes.

Failing an ear, an ear-ring is good, bleeds like crazy, too. Nobody likes to see a lot of blood, especially if it's their own.

He got off lightly, IMO.

tac

IMO they should have kept working on him for a bit longer. Because any fool who brings a firearm back to a bar after being thrown out should be beaten until his own mother wouldn't recognize him and if it happens to be a fatal beating I would call it an obvious case of Self Defense.

6 stiches and a broken nose.

Pistol was a .40 with a round in the chamber.

I'd like to know how a guy in a boot cast with a broken ankle rushed him.