BROKENSPROKET
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My son asked if he could go to the Demo’s in Rice Lake, remembering that Kerry Miller posted on WCI’s FB page that he had an incident at the Wal-Mart in Rice Lake, I decided to go. My son had to wait for his friend to get off work, I left early as to have time to stop at Wal-Mart. My car made it as far as New Auburn and I got picked up by my son and his friend. Fast Forward.
We got inside the fair grounds to buy wrist bans for the Demo’s. We started to head for the grand stand, when I man approached me and asked if I was a deputy. My son and his friend went into the stands to watch the Demo which had already started. The man wore a volunteer t-shirt and had a hand held cb radio. I said no. He asked me why am I carrying a gun. I said for protection, it’s legal and constitutionally protected. He said that he knew that adding he is a retired LEO. He asked if the bill was passed already. I said that the governor singed it, but they won’t start issuing licenses until November first. He said that he did not know if firearms were allowed on fair grounds. I responded that it’s not illegal and I checked the entrance for any signs. He asked me to wait with him while he asks ‘Tim’, who I am assuming is one of the lead fair organizers or something like that. He called for Tim over the cb radio and got someone and he described the situation. From what happened next, I assume that all the LEO’s were on this same channel maybe. After about a minute, I see 3 sheriff’s deputies running my way from the West. I started laughing. It was DAMN HOT OUT and they were running for me. As they got closer, they were not even looking at me, so I looked at where they were looking and I see 2 more sheriff deputies running in from the East. I laughed some more, but I was starting to think that this may not go well. It took them a bit to get oriented that I was the reason they were there. I think the fact that I was laughing threw them off. They kinda a surrounded me, but none of them spoke to me. Their point of contact was the fairground volunteer(retired leo) that had put out the call which said that he was still waiting to hear from Tim. Another LEO came up wearing white which I assume was a ranking city police officer, to make 6 LEO’s in total. We were all just standing there waiting for word from Tim.
After a few minutes, word came in from Tim and he says NO. I said that I needed to get keys to the vehicle which were in the stands so do one of you want to escort me. I got a volunteer, but I could not see them, so I went back under the stands where we all had been standing and pulled out my cell phone to call them. The first thing I said was “I AM SURROUNDED BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. I NEED THE KEYS TO THE CAR”, that got a laugh out of a couple of them. My son brought me the keys and I took my sidearm to the car. Story over. I was impressed that not a single LEO spoke to me which means that they did not ask for an ID or even ask my name or WHY was I carrying a gun.
We got inside the fair grounds to buy wrist bans for the Demo’s. We started to head for the grand stand, when I man approached me and asked if I was a deputy. My son and his friend went into the stands to watch the Demo which had already started. The man wore a volunteer t-shirt and had a hand held cb radio. I said no. He asked me why am I carrying a gun. I said for protection, it’s legal and constitutionally protected. He said that he knew that adding he is a retired LEO. He asked if the bill was passed already. I said that the governor singed it, but they won’t start issuing licenses until November first. He said that he did not know if firearms were allowed on fair grounds. I responded that it’s not illegal and I checked the entrance for any signs. He asked me to wait with him while he asks ‘Tim’, who I am assuming is one of the lead fair organizers or something like that. He called for Tim over the cb radio and got someone and he described the situation. From what happened next, I assume that all the LEO’s were on this same channel maybe. After about a minute, I see 3 sheriff’s deputies running my way from the West. I started laughing. It was DAMN HOT OUT and they were running for me. As they got closer, they were not even looking at me, so I looked at where they were looking and I see 2 more sheriff deputies running in from the East. I laughed some more, but I was starting to think that this may not go well. It took them a bit to get oriented that I was the reason they were there. I think the fact that I was laughing threw them off. They kinda a surrounded me, but none of them spoke to me. Their point of contact was the fairground volunteer(retired leo) that had put out the call which said that he was still waiting to hear from Tim. Another LEO came up wearing white which I assume was a ranking city police officer, to make 6 LEO’s in total. We were all just standing there waiting for word from Tim.
After a few minutes, word came in from Tim and he says NO. I said that I needed to get keys to the vehicle which were in the stands so do one of you want to escort me. I got a volunteer, but I could not see them, so I went back under the stands where we all had been standing and pulled out my cell phone to call them. The first thing I said was “I AM SURROUNDED BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. I NEED THE KEYS TO THE CAR”, that got a laugh out of a couple of them. My son brought me the keys and I took my sidearm to the car. Story over. I was impressed that not a single LEO spoke to me which means that they did not ask for an ID or even ask my name or WHY was I carrying a gun.
), logically that 'protects' the buildings too. 
