seburiel
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Hello, all.
Just some ruminations, and a few questions;
I have a friend that tends to carry a 12ga in a window-mounted rifle rack in his pickup, and has only once, that I can recall, gotten any attention from the police for it. This is when we were sitting on his tailgate smoking and having some yocks in a jim's (a local diner) parking lot.
In this instance, a fresh-faced young police officer drove by, turned around, and rolled up and asked about the shotgun ("Why you got that with ya, sir?") Friend (I'll call him 'Chief') says, "Well, just cuz I wanted to..." which seemed to satisfy the officer, and he stayed around and chatted with us for about 10 minutes, then went on his merry way, not once more mentioning the shotgun.
I wonder what his reaction may have been if Chief had been standing there with the shotgun slung. Would he have gone to jail? Who determines the cliched 'manner calculated to alarm'? Has anyone gotten any official word from DA's office or police spokespersons about this? Is it worth it?
Okay, thanks
Hello, all.
Just some ruminations, and a few questions;
I have a friend that tends to carry a 12ga in a window-mounted rifle rack in his pickup, and has only once, that I can recall, gotten any attention from the police for it. This is when we were sitting on his tailgate smoking and having some yocks in a jim's (a local diner) parking lot.
In this instance, a fresh-faced young police officer drove by, turned around, and rolled up and asked about the shotgun ("Why you got that with ya, sir?") Friend (I'll call him 'Chief') says, "Well, just cuz I wanted to..." which seemed to satisfy the officer, and he stayed around and chatted with us for about 10 minutes, then went on his merry way, not once more mentioning the shotgun.
I wonder what his reaction may have been if Chief had been standing there with the shotgun slung. Would he have gone to jail? Who determines the cliched 'manner calculated to alarm'? Has anyone gotten any official word from DA's office or police spokespersons about this? Is it worth it?
Okay, thanks