Badger Johnson
Regular Member
I see your posts in the VA forum sometimes.
I might lend them a little more credence if I knew the general area you're from -- the state, at least.
Well, not to be argumentative, but if my posts don't stand on their own then you're welcome not to give them any credence. I usually sign off as '$.02' for 'my two cents' and opinion. I admit to being a newbie on 2A issues, and on use of HGs, so take me with a grain of salt.
I see you're a Dr.
Dentist?
I'm a retired pathologist.
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Back to the topic. I was standing on my porch one day and happened to say, while laughing 'I'd like to punch So-and-So in the nose', which is equivalent to 'give a piece of my mind', or 'kick someone's hind end', but just so happened that the child of this person who irked me was walking by when I said it (having been asked).
In about 20 minutes two cops showed up and wanted to talk to me. I was aghast. I said 'what's the problem? People say 'punch in the nose' all the time meaning they're irked. It doesn't mean actually hitting a person, or even threatening to hit someone, give me a break'.
They said 'Well since you said it standing on your porch, and we didn't hear you, we won't arrest you, but if you'd been standing in the street and said it we'd arrest you for threatening someone'. (Ri-i-i-ght!).
I said 'well, it was a figure of speech, but if you like I'll apologize to everyone involved, I definitely do NOT plan to go punch anyone AND I didn't say it to THEM I said it to another person who was grousing also and their kid overheard it'.
Imagine that. They can arrest you if you're standing in the street and say to the world, 'I'd like to punch so-and-so in the nose'.
Another reason I wonder about the educational requirements for that office, lol.
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