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<blockquote data-quote="JB Books" data-source="post: 1555627" data-attributes="member: 6889"><p>Bob, make no mistake, if I thought an officer was out of line, I'd tell him. If I thought he was too out of line, I'd sue him and make a pointed effort to make it as miserable and costly for him as possible. However, he'd he have to be way out of line for me to do that.</p><p></p><p>The only negative experience I have had with an LEO and CCL is once about 11 years ago, I had just bought a Land Rover Defender. It was equipped with lights on a brush guard bar. I was in a small town near Tulsa. I came to a stop sign. Across the street, facing my direction, was a trooper. He flashed his brights at me. I flashed mine back at him because I knew my high beams were not on. He zoomed across the street, did a 180 in his car, came up behind me with his lights on. He hopped out of the car mad, bitching about my lights. I told him I had a CCW. He asked for it. I handed it to him. It was a Colt 1903 Hammerless .32 acp. He dropped the magazine and began tugging on the slide. He couldn't open it. I asked him what he was doing. </p><p></p><p> "Unloading your gun!" he barked. </p><p></p><p>"Why?" I asked. </p><p></p><p>"Because I want to." he spat. </p><p></p><p>"Ok, well, I am just going to reload it when you give it back to me." I smiled. </p><p></p><p>"I don't care what you do." He said furiously tugging at the slide. </p><p></p><p> "Well give it to me and I'll take the round out of the chamber. I don't want you to tear the damn thing up. It's an antique." I held out my hand. Red faced he handed it back to me. I unchambered the round and put the pistol in my pocket. I told him I had just bought the car, still had the sticker in the center console and had absolutely no idea how to turn off the fog lights. I asked him if I could borrow his flash light and look under the dash. Reluctantly, he handed me the light. It took a couple of minutes, but I found the switch. I handed him his light and smiled and said thanks. He grunted and stomped back his car and left.</p><p></p><p>Now, do I think he acted like a jerk? Sure. Do I think it was silly to unload my little Colt? Absolutely. Was he probably having a **** day and just frustrated? Who knows? And who cares? I was driving off with psycho blonde goddess girlfriend and certainly had other things on my mind. </p><p></p><p>My point is this, LEO do a job that is dangerous and thankless. They put in long hours and are certainly not compensated commensurate with what they deserve. Everyday, the majority of people with whom they come into contact are typically liars and dirtbags. So, if an officer wants to disarm me for the duration of the stop, I am not going to complain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JB Books, post: 1555627, member: 6889"] Bob, make no mistake, if I thought an officer was out of line, I'd tell him. If I thought he was too out of line, I'd sue him and make a pointed effort to make it as miserable and costly for him as possible. However, he'd he have to be way out of line for me to do that. The only negative experience I have had with an LEO and CCL is once about 11 years ago, I had just bought a Land Rover Defender. It was equipped with lights on a brush guard bar. I was in a small town near Tulsa. I came to a stop sign. Across the street, facing my direction, was a trooper. He flashed his brights at me. I flashed mine back at him because I knew my high beams were not on. He zoomed across the street, did a 180 in his car, came up behind me with his lights on. He hopped out of the car mad, bitching about my lights. I told him I had a CCW. He asked for it. I handed it to him. It was a Colt 1903 Hammerless .32 acp. He dropped the magazine and began tugging on the slide. He couldn't open it. I asked him what he was doing. "Unloading your gun!" he barked. "Why?" I asked. "Because I want to." he spat. "Ok, well, I am just going to reload it when you give it back to me." I smiled. "I don't care what you do." He said furiously tugging at the slide. "Well give it to me and I'll take the round out of the chamber. I don't want you to tear the damn thing up. It's an antique." I held out my hand. Red faced he handed it back to me. I unchambered the round and put the pistol in my pocket. I told him I had just bought the car, still had the sticker in the center console and had absolutely no idea how to turn off the fog lights. I asked him if I could borrow his flash light and look under the dash. Reluctantly, he handed me the light. It took a couple of minutes, but I found the switch. I handed him his light and smiled and said thanks. He grunted and stomped back his car and left. Now, do I think he acted like a jerk? Sure. Do I think it was silly to unload my little Colt? Absolutely. Was he probably having a **** day and just frustrated? Who knows? And who cares? I was driving off with psycho blonde goddess girlfriend and certainly had other things on my mind. My point is this, LEO do a job that is dangerous and thankless. They put in long hours and are certainly not compensated commensurate with what they deserve. Everyday, the majority of people with whom they come into contact are typically liars and dirtbags. So, if an officer wants to disarm me for the duration of the stop, I am not going to complain. [/QUOTE]
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