I went to the convenience store/gas station to buy lotto tickets for the next big jackpot. You never know; someone's gotta win, and you need a ticket to have a chance. As I got out of my car, I noticed two police officers eyeing a customer smoking while pumping gas and chatting away on his iPhone. They were having coffee, but their attention was on this guy.
Sure enough, a second later, the guy's arm is on fire. He was running and screaming and waving his arms frantically, very close to other customers also getting gas. The officers jumped into action. One tackled the guy and rolled him around on the ground. The other threw his coffee at the burning arm, and somehow, between the two, they put the fire out.
Jeez, I said to myself, that would have been really bad! But it seems they had it under control, so I went in and got what I needed. On my way out, I saw the guy they rescued in handcuffs sitting in the back of the SUV police unit. I'm sure they had him for reckless endangerment for his actions.
Seeing this made me extremely curious, so I asked the officers;
Why are you arresting him? For stupidity?
The cop looked me dead in my eyes and said:
FOR WAVING A FIREARM!