AbNo
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So, I was riding back from the Hite Hollow range with my buddy Shayne driving, and we were discussing the large number of cops on 81 that day (last Thursday).
I'm not really paying attention, but he looks at his rear view mirror, and says "Oh crap, this is probably for my tags."
Thankfully, the Trooper was pretty casual about everything.
"Hi, do you know why I stopped you? Yeah, that's right. So, where are you guys coming from?"
"We just got done at the range in Hite Hollow."
"Oh yeah, so you have guns in the car?"
"Yeah, two rifles, five handguns -- No, four -- Four? That's right, your Taurus is still in the shop! -- They are all unloaded of course."
"So they are all unloaded? All right."
Misc. chat for a minute about how Shayne realized his tags were expired after he saw the flashy blues, Trooper goes back to his car, leaves us sitting in his.
Another trooper pulls up behind the stopping officer, but never approaches us.
Stopper comes back, hands him a ticket, and even tells him to get his tagges renewed, and where to mail proof that he has to get the ticket waived.
Idle comments about the second Trooper that pulled up, and he tells us it's SOP to have backup if there's weapons around, which I think we can all agree makes sense.
All in all, for a first LEO encounter with firearms involved, it was a very good one.
So, I was riding back from the Hite Hollow range with my buddy Shayne driving, and we were discussing the large number of cops on 81 that day (last Thursday).
I'm not really paying attention, but he looks at his rear view mirror, and says "Oh crap, this is probably for my tags."
Thankfully, the Trooper was pretty casual about everything.
"Hi, do you know why I stopped you? Yeah, that's right. So, where are you guys coming from?"
"We just got done at the range in Hite Hollow."
"Oh yeah, so you have guns in the car?"
"Yeah, two rifles, five handguns -- No, four -- Four? That's right, your Taurus is still in the shop! -- They are all unloaded of course."
"So they are all unloaded? All right."
Misc. chat for a minute about how Shayne realized his tags were expired after he saw the flashy blues, Trooper goes back to his car, leaves us sitting in his.
Another trooper pulls up behind the stopping officer, but never approaches us.
Stopper comes back, hands him a ticket, and even tells him to get his tagges renewed, and where to mail proof that he has to get the ticket waived.
Idle comments about the second Trooper that pulled up, and he tells us it's SOP to have backup if there's weapons around, which I think we can all agree makes sense.
All in all, for a first LEO encounter with firearms involved, it was a very good one.