Greetings from Washington. My wife and I just spent four days in Big Sky Country, riding our motorcycles on the Going To The Sun Road and around Flathead Lake. We stopped at the Harley dealer in Kalispell and as we were securing our new items on the bikes I heard a voice say "loaded gun". Since I was standing two parking spaces away with the Little Big Glock openly on my belt in my Blackhawk SERPA, I figure the guy was talking about me (also, no one else was in the parking lot - - extra credit if anyone can tell me how he could know that a holstered Glock was loaded). So, I'm pretty sure this guy was making a Man With A Gun call to the Kalispell PD or the local sheriff. I forget his exact next words but it was pretty clear that he was not going get the response he expected (parking lot full of squad cars taking down the eeeevil man with that awful gun). I had a momentary thought that I might be in trouble but then I remembered, Hey, I'm in MONTANA! Open carry here is perfectly fine. In fact it's better here than at home (if I'm wrong about that, please let me know).
I would love to hear the tape of the 911 call - - it would have been between 4:15 pm and about 4:45 pm on Saturday, 08-19-2011. Anybody know the procedure over there for requesting 911 tapes?
Last edited by Lammo; 08-22-2011 at 01:34 AM. Reason: fix typo
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open carry in Mt.
I 'm glad you had a great ride in Mt. Yes , we have some transplants that get "SCARED" when they see a gun that is Not attached to a leo, to bad.next year ck out www.kootenairollingthunder.com It's a bike ralley july 22nd -24th each year.free camping ,pig roast,ect.
Saw a magazine inserted?Originally Posted by Lammo
But if he knew that much, wouldn't he be a bit calmer around guns & not likely to call 911 on you?
Or maybe he assumes every gun is loaded & held by a bad guy?
Or maybe he was saying whatever he could think of to get police there?
Here: http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=kalispell+mt+pdSo, I'm pretty sure this guy was making a Man With A Gun call to the Kalispell PD or the local sheriff.
I would love to hear the tape of the 911 call - - it would have been between 4:15 pm and about 4:45 pm on Saturday, 08-19-2011. Anybody know the procedure over there for requesting 911 tapes?
The first link that comes up is for the city PD, the 4th* is the Sheriff.
I'd say just write them a standard FOIA / open records request letter with the info you just gave about date, time, location, etc.
* Just looked at it again, & the Sheriff link moved down the list a couple places.
Last edited by MKEgal; 08-26-2011 at 10:01 PM.
In Montana they probably get more calls about MWOAG...(Man Without a Gun)...lol
The reason he said loaded was to make it more dramatic so he could get more of a response from the 911 operator. I could see him calling 911 "yes, there is a guy who appears to be carring a pistol secured in a retention holster and is about to go about his law abinding way after shopping. You better get hear quick and do something".
Ha ha. I love "Let Me Google That For You". Been there, done that. Been all through Flathead 911 (which covers Kalispell) with no info on how to make a request. I'll do as suggested though. I really want to hear how the call went from both sides. Thanks!
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Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)
I was thinking the same thing. The dispatcher should have said "so?"
"For any man who sheds his blood with me this day shall be my brother...And gentlemen now abed shall think themselves accursed, they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks who fought with us on Crispin's day." Henry V
We have a new consolidated city-county 911 dispatch center.
I don't recall if the Harley dealer is in city limits or outside city limits.
here's a contact form for the 911 center:
http://www.flathead911.com/contact.htm
Here are non-emergency phone numbers for Kalispell City Police, Flathead County Sheriff, etc.:
Flathead County Sheriff's Office (Business Calls) 406-758-5585
Kalispell Police Department 406-758-7780
Cool. I'll give those a try and if I manage to get hold of the audio I'll try to upload it.
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Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)
Transplant: "MAN WITH A GUN. HE HAS A GUN ON HIS BELT!!"
Dispatcher: "So, there's nothing wrong with that."
I know many of the cops around here and I can tell you from personal experience and conversation that they have nothing against carrying. Granted, there are those who would ask you to disarm while they're in the premises, which I wouldn't do. There is nothing wrong with carrying. The more cops who realize this, the better off we'd be!!
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