TRAKATAK
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Here is just one more reason why the logic of "Well...I'm JUST going to the store.", or "I will only be out of the house for a little." does not work.
I was going to a poker game last night and my pistol was packed up ready for me to take to work and clean it on my break. I was in a big hurry and thought that I did not want to take the time to dig it out of my range bag and load a magazine. I forced myself to do it, because I harp about ALWAYS taking your sidearm to my wife.
It was almost midnight when I was driving home through Steilacoom on Washington Blvd. I noticed a large fire just off the side of the road at what appeared to be a gas station (turned out to be Levitt's Automotive on the corner of Washington and Vernon Ave). As I got closer I noticed it was a fire near a propane tank and there was an individual wearing a ski mask using a 2 gallon red plastic fuel can as a drip torch who was walking towards the gas pump island where a red 3000GT was parked. I knew it obviously wasn't right and immediately turned onto Vernon Ave and got out with my pistol drawn and told the individual to get on the ground with their hands behind their back. She was very reluctant to get down, as she was obviously very confused why a BMW stopped and a man with a gun gets out and orders her to the ground. Fortunate for me, two other people from the party were behind me and stopped when they saw me stopping. My possession of a gun was quite a bit of a surprise to them, and they said that they were on the phone with 911, as well as 2 other females that had stopped after us. The girl was laying on the ground for maybe 1 minute before the police arrived and told me to drop my gun and get on the ground too. Here is where the surprise comes.
They of course cuffed me first, as I had the gun, and told me they were detaining me until they could sort the whole thing out. They were obviously made aware that I was the good guy on the phone, but they have to take precautions. They cleared my pistol, put me in the back of a car, moved my car off the road, and then came to un-cuff me to have me fill out a sworn statement about what I saw. I filled it out and within 30 minutes of detainment, I was on my way home......shivering ass cold from lying in a 40 degree puddle.....but going home.
All the officers were very respectful and there were ZERO lectures about anything regarding a firearm, detaining someone, or otherwise. I would like to say thank you to those officers who responded for acting in such a professional and, most importantly, LOGICAL manner on the scene. Well done, gentlemen.
So my good deed for the day was done. I prevented someone from torching a business, car, and possibly blowing up a propane tank in a residential area.
Here is just one more reason why the logic of "Well...I'm JUST going to the store.", or "I will only be out of the house for a little." does not work.
I was going to a poker game last night and my pistol was packed up ready for me to take to work and clean it on my break. I was in a big hurry and thought that I did not want to take the time to dig it out of my range bag and load a magazine. I forced myself to do it, because I harp about ALWAYS taking your sidearm to my wife.
It was almost midnight when I was driving home through Steilacoom on Washington Blvd. I noticed a large fire just off the side of the road at what appeared to be a gas station (turned out to be Levitt's Automotive on the corner of Washington and Vernon Ave). As I got closer I noticed it was a fire near a propane tank and there was an individual wearing a ski mask using a 2 gallon red plastic fuel can as a drip torch who was walking towards the gas pump island where a red 3000GT was parked. I knew it obviously wasn't right and immediately turned onto Vernon Ave and got out with my pistol drawn and told the individual to get on the ground with their hands behind their back. She was very reluctant to get down, as she was obviously very confused why a BMW stopped and a man with a gun gets out and orders her to the ground. Fortunate for me, two other people from the party were behind me and stopped when they saw me stopping. My possession of a gun was quite a bit of a surprise to them, and they said that they were on the phone with 911, as well as 2 other females that had stopped after us. The girl was laying on the ground for maybe 1 minute before the police arrived and told me to drop my gun and get on the ground too. Here is where the surprise comes.
They of course cuffed me first, as I had the gun, and told me they were detaining me until they could sort the whole thing out. They were obviously made aware that I was the good guy on the phone, but they have to take precautions. They cleared my pistol, put me in the back of a car, moved my car off the road, and then came to un-cuff me to have me fill out a sworn statement about what I saw. I filled it out and within 30 minutes of detainment, I was on my way home......shivering ass cold from lying in a 40 degree puddle.....but going home.
All the officers were very respectful and there were ZERO lectures about anything regarding a firearm, detaining someone, or otherwise. I would like to say thank you to those officers who responded for acting in such a professional and, most importantly, LOGICAL manner on the scene. Well done, gentlemen.
So my good deed for the day was done. I prevented someone from torching a business, car, and possibly blowing up a propane tank in a residential area.
