# Man Held 2 Roofing Company Salesmen at Gunpoint Because He Thought They Were Antifa **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732 "2020-06-15T23:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/1 "2020-06-15T23:28:11Z")
> **[Man Held Roofing Company Workers at Gunpoint: Police | Law & Crime](https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa-police/)** > > A Colorado man is accused of holding two roofing company salesmen at a gunpoint because he believed they were antifa. Scott Austin Gudmundsen, 65, faces two counts each of felony menacing, and false imprisonment, records show. > [@](#): > > A Colorado man is accused of holding two roofing company salesmen at a gunpoint because he believed they were antifa. Scott Austin Gudmundsen, 65, faces two counts each of felony menacing, and false imprisonment, records show. People like this man are more dangerous than any supposed “antifa”. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/2 "2020-06-15T23:32:05Z")
Yeah but isn’t anything more dangerous than Antifa? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/3 "2020-06-15T23:33:00Z")
Hey, man, you can’t be too careful. Antifa- they don’t like fascism. Fascists have got to root those sneaky, almost imaginary bastards out! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/4 "2020-06-15T23:40:31Z")
This nut was in tactical gear and holding them on the ground at gunpoint. I’m imagining this guy, with his guns and tactical gear, sitting at his front window watching the street, waiting for his chance to be a hero. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/5 "2020-06-15T23:49:03Z")
I wonder what made him think the roofing salesmen were Antifa? > [@RTFA](#): > > One of them was black. Ah! Of course. That clears it right up. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/6 "2020-06-16T00:10:31Z")
Even if they _ **had** _ been antifa…since when has it been legal to hold people at gunpoint for being members of a political movement you don’t personally approve of or agree with? _ **I** _ can’t go around holding people at gunpoint for being Trump supporters (not even if they really ARE Trump supporters). ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/7 "2020-06-16T02:05:48Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Even if they _ **had** _ been antifa…since when has it been legal to hold people at gunpoint for being members of a political movement you don’t personally approve of or agree with? _ **I** _ can’t go around holding people at gunpoint for being Trump supporters (not even if they really ARE Trump supporters). Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/8 "2020-06-16T03:38:38Z")
His mind was clearly not in the gutter. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/9 "2020-06-16T05:31:40Z")
Chefguy, I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/10 "2020-06-16T05:38:32Z")
Stuff like this happened all over the country. A bunch of towns got taken in by Facebook hoaxes about busloads of “antifa” on their way to wreak havoc on their rural idylls. It’s a wonder that nobody was killed (to my knowledge). ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732/11 "2020-06-17T06:27:22Z")
It’s like the pizza-gate nutjob