sudden valley gunner
Regular Member
I stopped by Sehome Starbucks this morning. While there I noticed three state troopers 2 sitting at a table and one waiting for his drink. While standing in line (it was unusually crowded this morning) I also noticed an older guy who yelled at me to cover up my gun and how he don't like guns on a prior occasion and at another Starbucks, some of you may remember this post from a year or so ago. So I turned on my video recorder on the phone but held it inconspicuously.
I did not turn my phone video on for the troopers but in case the older guy caused problems. Where you wait for your coffee order was right next to where the elderly man was sitting. He gave me dirty looks but caused no scene.
So after receiving my order I decided to take the initiative to talk to the troopers. A certain two troopers specifically Sargent Thompson acted exemplary in a traumatic auto accident my family and I experienced last year, again some of you may know of this from my posts.
I approached the officers, they were talking and stopped to see what I wanted, (no look of "authority" or fear of me an openly armed person but just regular guys curious about what another guy was approaching them about.) I thanked them and wanted them to know as a gun carrier I appreciated how officer Thompson and the other officer acted. And that I also thanked them in how their agency has been exemplary in treating law abiding citizens.
I obviously am not an LEO, I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and due to my attire my sidearm stands out, and can not be mistaken for anything else. I could tell that they appreciated my sentiment and they thanked me back. I debated whether I should even post this or not but decided to for the simple fact that I believe when the people who work for us, do a good job they should hear about. I am sure LEO's hear lot's of gripes and sometimes they hear it from me.
But Washington State Troopers have set a great example in treating us with utmost respect and following the law, they refused to listen to the anti's when some from our group carried to protest a bill in the State Capitol. In my tragic emotional accident last year the gun was a non issue. I even had it hand delivered to me to make it easier because of my lack of ability to get around, physically and without a vehicle. When I was pulled over coming back from the Spokane meet the trooper made no issue of it, even though he approached my passenger window shined his light in and I know he didn't miss it.
So although I have strong firm beliefs of the limitations of LEA's and ones that act out of hand need to be held accountable I also believe that they need to know when they are appreciated also. I also decided not to share the audio/video publicly out of respect for these guys who were just getting coffee and taking a break.
I did not turn my phone video on for the troopers but in case the older guy caused problems. Where you wait for your coffee order was right next to where the elderly man was sitting. He gave me dirty looks but caused no scene.
So after receiving my order I decided to take the initiative to talk to the troopers. A certain two troopers specifically Sargent Thompson acted exemplary in a traumatic auto accident my family and I experienced last year, again some of you may know of this from my posts.
I approached the officers, they were talking and stopped to see what I wanted, (no look of "authority" or fear of me an openly armed person but just regular guys curious about what another guy was approaching them about.) I thanked them and wanted them to know as a gun carrier I appreciated how officer Thompson and the other officer acted. And that I also thanked them in how their agency has been exemplary in treating law abiding citizens.
I obviously am not an LEO, I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and due to my attire my sidearm stands out, and can not be mistaken for anything else. I could tell that they appreciated my sentiment and they thanked me back. I debated whether I should even post this or not but decided to for the simple fact that I believe when the people who work for us, do a good job they should hear about. I am sure LEO's hear lot's of gripes and sometimes they hear it from me.
But Washington State Troopers have set a great example in treating us with utmost respect and following the law, they refused to listen to the anti's when some from our group carried to protest a bill in the State Capitol. In my tragic emotional accident last year the gun was a non issue. I even had it hand delivered to me to make it easier because of my lack of ability to get around, physically and without a vehicle. When I was pulled over coming back from the Spokane meet the trooper made no issue of it, even though he approached my passenger window shined his light in and I know he didn't miss it.
So although I have strong firm beliefs of the limitations of LEA's and ones that act out of hand need to be held accountable I also believe that they need to know when they are appreciated also. I also decided not to share the audio/video publicly out of respect for these guys who were just getting coffee and taking a break.