Hammer
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I just got off the phone with a M/C riding buddy. He went over Hwy 20 to Winthrop yesterday.
Got pulled over for speeding by a NPS ranger. I didn't even know the NPS rangers had lights!:question: Anyway, he had radar, and pulled him over for speeding.
While stopped, ranger asked my friend if he was carrying. His reply "Yes" So ranger asks him for pistol and retires to his patrol SUV for 10 minutes.....
Now we could mince this part to pieces, and some of you might. But if you wanna do that, do me a favor and cut and paste this in another thread, wouldja? My questions aren't whether LEO was in the right. He clearly wasn't, but my buddy isn't an OCer, and wanted out of a cite, so wasn't going to argue.
Here are the questions:
1. Has anyone looked to see if there is a corridor encapsulating Hwy 20 to keep it outside the NP? If the road is in the NP, carry there is illegal, at least for the time being. My friend's contention is that Hwy 20 is in the National Rec Area, and not the NP.
There is some precedant for this as anytime a public road passes thru a wilderness area, a 1/4 mile corridor is provided for the roadway.
2. Are any of you aware of the NPS rangers being cross-deputized in a county? Or anywhere else for that matter, the county is just the most likely place.
3. Anyone with experience in a traffic cite from a federal LEO? Where would ya have to go fight it? The federal courthouse?
So, to end the story, the ranger brings back the pistol, gives my buddy a written warning (for 77 in a 60!) and got whatever info he needed from the pistol, prolly confirming it wasn't listed stolen.
I just got off the phone with a M/C riding buddy. He went over Hwy 20 to Winthrop yesterday.
Got pulled over for speeding by a NPS ranger. I didn't even know the NPS rangers had lights!:question: Anyway, he had radar, and pulled him over for speeding.
While stopped, ranger asked my friend if he was carrying. His reply "Yes" So ranger asks him for pistol and retires to his patrol SUV for 10 minutes.....
Now we could mince this part to pieces, and some of you might. But if you wanna do that, do me a favor and cut and paste this in another thread, wouldja? My questions aren't whether LEO was in the right. He clearly wasn't, but my buddy isn't an OCer, and wanted out of a cite, so wasn't going to argue.
Here are the questions:
1. Has anyone looked to see if there is a corridor encapsulating Hwy 20 to keep it outside the NP? If the road is in the NP, carry there is illegal, at least for the time being. My friend's contention is that Hwy 20 is in the National Rec Area, and not the NP.
There is some precedant for this as anytime a public road passes thru a wilderness area, a 1/4 mile corridor is provided for the roadway.
2. Are any of you aware of the NPS rangers being cross-deputized in a county? Or anywhere else for that matter, the county is just the most likely place.
3. Anyone with experience in a traffic cite from a federal LEO? Where would ya have to go fight it? The federal courthouse?
So, to end the story, the ranger brings back the pistol, gives my buddy a written warning (for 77 in a 60!) and got whatever info he needed from the pistol, prolly confirming it wasn't listed stolen.