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Man Arrested For Threatening Walton County Employee With Gun About Tent On Beach!

Purrmaid avatar
Beach Comber
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I'll just leave this here . Ridiculous. Quality tent loving tourists . I'm sure it was on his own property too .

Report: Man threatens Walton County employee at gunpoint

One man is behind bars Monday after threatening a Walton County employee at gunpoint.

Just before 3 a.m. Walton County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a verbal disturbance on the beach at Inlet Beach.

When they arrived, a Walton County TDC Beach Management employee told them he was collecting items along the beach, enforcing their 'Leave No Trace' ordinance.

The employee said 43-year-old Richard Murray from Missouri then allegedly stood in front of his truck waving a gun and flashlight, demanding his items back that he left unsupervised on the beach.

The county returned the items back to the Murray and called the police who later tracked him down and arrested him at a nearby residence.

Murray is now being held at the Walton County Jail, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Beach Fanatic
#2
Note to tourists: leave no trace. Bring no guns.
John G avatar
Beach Fanatic
#3
Unreal...
Is it finally becoming obvious to some that we really do have a Touron Problem?

Hope the employee is OK and pushes for strong prosecution.
UofL avatar
Beach Fanatic
#4
Reminder. This was one tourist. One gun. My husband and I visited 2 weeks ago, spent money, and caused no problems. We will be returning to Seaside in September. Ellen
gumby avatar
Beach Lover
#5
Let the fun begin. :popcorn:
Beach Fanatic
#6
Reminder. This was one tourist. One gun. My husband and I visited 2 weeks ago, spent money, and caused no problems. We will be returning to Seaside in September. Ellen
One gun is too many gun on the beach.
gumby avatar
Beach Lover
#7
One gun is too many gun on the beach.

Exactly, why would anybody need a gun on the beach? To protect your $40.00 investment?
seabythegrove avatar
Beach Fanatic
#8
Really - it only takes one!!!
PoppaJ avatar
SoWal Insider
#9
Because this is America where everyone should exercise their 2A rights and pack heat to defend against government tyranny.
Beach Fanatic
#10
Exactly, why would anybody need a gun on the beach? To protect your $40.00 investment?

If you take note, this was after 2am....the gun-toting "touron" wasn't there to partake of the beach. The first question should be, what was the "touron" doing up at that time of the morning, and how did he happen to see that the TDC official was cruising the beach and attempting to remove his tent?.....was he "laying in wait" for potential tent-nappers? The second question should be, given that there are as many local dipsticks (with money or without, educated or not) that have been known to show their inner red-neck in public, often witnessed by our visiting guests......in similar fashion of gross generalization, shouldn't the "tourons" lump all of us who enjoy life as locals collectively as "lo-lifes"?
Beach Comber
#11
"Touron"? I see that a whole lot on this board,
aren't you biting the hand that literally feeds you by keeping all these restaurants you like open, and keeps you from paying state income taxes?

Perhaps I misjudged what this forum was about. The "I can live here, but close the door behind me" effect is strong with you guys.
Low Brow avatar
Beach Lover
#12
"Touron"? I see that a whole lot on this board,
aren't you biting the hand that literally feeds you by keeping all these restaurants you like open, and keeps you from paying state income taxes?

Perhaps I misjudged what this forum was about. The "I can live here, but close the door behind me" effect is strong with you guys.

What folks forget, is that tourists will come no matter the local "vibe". They come for the sand and the water. The "local hospitality" is more often than not, carpet baggers that were tourists themselves 5-10 years ago. Now they are "local" and enjoy throwing "touron" around to give themselves a more "down home" feeling.
Dawn avatar
Beach Fanatic
#13
If you take note, this was after 2am....the gun-toting "touron" wasn't there to partake of the beach. The first question should be, what was the "touron" doing up at that time of the morning, and how did he happen to see that the TDC official was cruising the beach and attempting to remove his tent?.....was he "laying in wait" for potential tent-nappers? The second question should be, given that there are as many local dipsticks (with money or without, educated or not) that have been known to show their inner red-neck in public, often witnessed by our visiting guests......in similar fashion of gross generalization, shouldn't the "tourons" lump all of us who enjoy life as locals collectively as "lo-lifes"?
Report says deputy was on scene around 3am but incident may have been earlier - not clear.
Beach Fanatic
#14
"Touron"? I see that a whole lot on this board,
aren't you biting the hand that literally feeds you by keeping all these restaurants you like open, and keeps you from paying state income taxes?

Perhaps I misjudged what this forum was about. The "I can live here, but close the door behind me" effect is strong with you guys.
A lot of people would live here without tourists. And as a matter of fact did.

People who say tourists are necessary are on one end of the spectrum, at the opposite end are folks who only want quiet beaches. The equilibrium point was about 1998 IMO.
Beach Lover
#15
Tourists and tourons are 2 different things. We like tourists, but are getting more and more tourons every year.
John G avatar
Beach Fanatic
#16
A lot of people would live here without tourists. And as a matter of fact did.

People who say tourists are necessary are on one end of the spectrum, at the opposite end are folks who only want quiet beaches. The equilibrium point was about 1998 IMO.

All the nay-sayers need to do is spend some time on the beach and actually speak to the people visiting here NOW. While we still have a small, but strong % of respectful visitors, the tide has turned just about back when Katrina hit and TDC started Mass Marketing to everywhere.

What we see now is the effect of marking everywhere and many of our top dollar paying, good tipping, respectful tourists don't come here anymore.

When I walk the beach, I try to engage some of the visitors to learn about their vacation choice and why they came here. You usually find a few categories of visitor; ones that have been coming here for ages and love the area but they too notice the changes in quality of tourist, you have the ones the fled PCB after last Spring Break as it is not "safe" for their family and they are now here, but expecting to pay PCB prices... and then you have the people that just really need go visit somewhere else, glass on the beach, dogs on the beach, huge tents, loud music, leaving trash and plastic, foul language, the list goes on.

If you haven't noticed a change in the visitors that are here now as opposed to back pre-Katrina and Mass Marketing, pull your head out of the sand.
Jenksy avatar
Beach Fanatic
#17
All the nay-sayers need to do is spend some time on the beach and actually speak to the people visiting here NOW. While we still have a small, but strong % of respectful visitors, the tide has turned just about back when Katrina hit and TDC started Mass Marketing to everywhere.

What we see now is the effect of marking everywhere and many of our top dollar paying, good tipping, respectful tourists don't come here anymore.

When I walk the beach, I try to engage some of the visitors to learn about their vacation choice and why they came here. You usually find a few categories of visitor; ones that have been coming here for ages and love the area but they too notice the changes in quality of tourist, you have the ones the fled PCB after last Spring Break as it is not "safe" for their family and they are now here, but expecting to pay PCB prices... and then you have the people that just really need go visit somewhere else, glass on the beach, dogs on the beach, huge tents, loud music, leaving trash and plastic, foul language, the list goes on.

If you haven't noticed a change in the visitors that are here now as opposed to back pre-Katrina and Mass Marketing, pull your head out of the sand.
People, particlarly Americans, have changed a lot since then. Watched the news lately?
Leader of the Banned avatar
Beach Fanatic
#18
The extreme is drunken momma driving on a golf cart at night on the bike path with her kids without her lights on.
Abby Prentiss avatar
Beach Fanatic
#19
Keep guns off the beach!
John G avatar
Beach Fanatic
#20
People, particlarly Americans, have changed a lot since then. Watched the news lately?
Please enlighten me to your wisdom.
kayti elliott avatar
Beach Lover
#21
Why not just start a petition to ban idiots with guns from the beach. South Walton locals are big on petitions and banning stuff.
bob bob avatar
Beach Fanatic
#22
Why not just start a petition to ban idiots with guns from the beach. South Walton locals are big on petitions and banning stuff.
:banned:
Leader of the Banned avatar
Beach Fanatic
#23
All the nay-sayers need to do is spend some time on the beach and actually speak to the people visiting here NOW. While we still have a small, but strong % of respectful visitors, the tide has turned just about back when Katrina hit and TDC started Mass Marketing to everywhere.

What we see now is the effect of marking everywhere and many of our top dollar paying, good tipping, respectful tourists don't come here anymore.

When I walk the beach, I try to engage some of the visitors to learn about their vacation choice and why they came here. You usually find a few categories of visitor; ones that have been coming here for ages and love the area but they too notice the changes in quality of tourist, you have the ones the fled PCB after last Spring Break as it is not "safe" for their family and they are now here, but expecting to pay PCB prices... and then you have the people that just really need go visit somewhere else, glass on the beach, dogs on the beach, huge tents, loud music, leaving trash and plastic, foul language, the list goes on.

If you haven't noticed a change in the visitors that are here now as opposed to back pre-Katrina and Mass Marketing, pull your head out of the sand.

How do you know it's not you that's changed?
John G avatar
Beach Fanatic
#24
How do you know it's not you that's changed?

Pretty Sure it's not me. I don't bring glass to beach, my dog has a permit and we go during the allowed hours, I don't leave all my trash behind (actually pick up after others) and I respect peoples private property. Nope, I haven't changed, but thanks for asking. :)
Beach Fanatic
#25
Why not just start a petition to ban idiots with guns from the beach. South Walton locals are big on petitions and banning stuff.

Let's just ban the idiots, guns or not!
John G avatar
Beach Fanatic
#26
"As expected, [some] people have not informed themselves of county code or are just ignorant. If you have some of your items confiscated through the night, it can be upsetting to you," voiced Kellenberger.

South Walton officials enforce 'Leave No Trace'

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