Dr. Strangelove
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pax said:
That's a rental or a buddy's car, we don't pee on our own tires.
Close call with LEOs
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That's a rental or a buddy's car, we don't pee on our own tires.
You did good. Better than my brother, we had left Sunset Speadway 1976, was Sunday night and warm, had the conv top down, brother stands up in the back seat and lets it rip. Cop sees us and we get pulled over, brother get handcuffed and ticketed for indecent exp and other things Seems it was also streaking season them days
Seems it was also streaking season them days thegoldenstate:
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you're lucky you weren't shot
Thats a sad excuse for a trained police officer (hypothesizing it werent his lucky day he "was shot"), if s/he were to shoot at something that made a sound somewhere out of sight.
you missed the point somewhere.
#1, i'm not a trained po and the op is lucky he didn't get shot by one of the po's.
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you're lucky you weren't shot
Thats a sad excuse for a trained police officer (hypothesizing it werent his lucky day he "was shot"), if s/he were to shoot at something that made a sound somewhere out of sight.
you missed the point somewhere.
#1, i'm not a trained po and the op is lucky he didn't get shot by one of the po's.
Double Naught Spy
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It would be silly, but nobody really knows just how far or how well the police could see into the dark. They have their red and blues flashing. They may have intermittant and off color peeks into the darkness and as such be able to spot what they perceive as a threat. It could be a problem.
As the OP was approaching from behind out of the darkness, it could be perceived wrongly. That would be the likely direction of an attack.
azredhawk44
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An experience worthy of ridicule, IMO.
-Carry your gun.
-Or, don't carry your gun and don't drive, because you're at a party late at night and under the influence.
-Regardless of if you carry or don't carry... don't leave your gun on the seat, visible, in an unattended car.
You're lucky it was:
-cops rather than druggies.
-cops that didn't have itchy trigger fingers, since that seems to abound nowadays.
-Carry your gun.
-Or, don't carry your gun and don't drive, because you're at a party late at night and under the influence.
-Regardless of if you carry or don't carry... don't leave your gun on the seat, visible, in an unattended car.
You're lucky it was:
-cops rather than druggies.
-cops that didn't have itchy trigger fingers, since that seems to abound nowadays.
My, you're getting a stout pranging on this one, aren't you?
Okay, driving late at night, not dressed appropriately for concealed carry (a bathing suit?), and wandering into the woods for urgent business. I'm with that.
As you've already noted, and been told, at a minimum, hide the handgun completely. I have a lock-box under my seat that protects my sidearm and provides a measure of security when I cannot have it on my person. I could actually envision doing this myself, late at night, in the middle of nowhere, where you don't expect passing traffic, let alone an investigation by Johnny Law. But you just don't know who you're liable to run into at the most inconvenient times. As you learned!
And more importantly, announce your presence immediately and let the officers know where you are. Why would you approach the police from the woods, from the dark, from behind? No way I'm doing that. Hell, I'd hunker down in the woods and wait for dawn before I'd do that. But placed in your sandals, I'd announce my presence and ask the officers for instructions. Let them tell me just how and when they want me to pop out of the tree line.
Stay safe!
Okay, driving late at night, not dressed appropriately for concealed carry (a bathing suit?), and wandering into the woods for urgent business. I'm with that.
As you've already noted, and been told, at a minimum, hide the handgun completely. I have a lock-box under my seat that protects my sidearm and provides a measure of security when I cannot have it on my person. I could actually envision doing this myself, late at night, in the middle of nowhere, where you don't expect passing traffic, let alone an investigation by Johnny Law. But you just don't know who you're liable to run into at the most inconvenient times. As you learned!
And more importantly, announce your presence immediately and let the officers know where you are. Why would you approach the police from the woods, from the dark, from behind?
No way I'm doing that. Hell, I'd hunker down in the woods and wait for dawn before I'd do that. But placed in your sandals, I'd announce my presence and ask the officers for instructions. Let them tell me just how and when they want me to pop out of the tree line.Stay safe!
SwampYankee
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Well, not all cops are created equal. Training or not, there are a lot of guys out there that should not be wearing a badge. If you assume they are all off their rocker, you'll do well. If you assume they are all well meaning, helpful and skilled, you'll be disappointed more often than not. My brother is a cop. My father was cop. I don't have anything against cops but I have learned to treat them all like a dog I've never met before.