HardChrome
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I just had a good encounter with a police officer this evening. I called in a suspicious character from "Verizon" who had knocked on my door (8:00 Friday night) asking when I might be home next week to schedule a line being laid. I don't even have Verizon service. I asked for an officer to contact me when one got into the area.
After about 15 minutes I heard another knock on my door. I went to the door with my Browning on my hip as I always do and this time it was the officer.
I opened the door a little and told him that I wanted to step back inside and remove my weapon. He said to not worry about it as if he fully trusted me. I stepped out and crossed my arms so I wouldn't make him nervous and he seemed relaxed the entire time and even called off his backup who was parked out front. This was all within about one minute of being at my door.
The rest of the event was trivial but it was refreshing that he was so casual about it. I have had similar situations like this over the years so I can now add another data point to my experiences. So far I've not had even one bad experience and none have ever asked me to disarm. Pretty cool.
I just had a good encounter with a police officer this evening. I called in a suspicious character from "Verizon" who had knocked on my door (8:00 Friday night) asking when I might be home next week to schedule a line being laid. I don't even have Verizon service. I asked for an officer to contact me when one got into the area.
After about 15 minutes I heard another knock on my door. I went to the door with my Browning on my hip as I always do and this time it was the officer.
I opened the door a little and told him that I wanted to step back inside and remove my weapon. He said to not worry about it as if he fully trusted me. I stepped out and crossed my arms so I wouldn't make him nervous and he seemed relaxed the entire time and even called off his backup who was parked out front. This was all within about one minute of being at my door.
The rest of the event was trivial but it was refreshing that he was so casual about it. I have had similar situations like this over the years so I can now add another data point to my experiences. So far I've not had even one bad experience and none have ever asked me to disarm. Pretty cool.