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Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:26 pm
by TC6969
IMHO, the hassle of explaining all that to some rookie officer (And his 8 buddies) who answered a "man with weapon" call at Walmart while handcuffed in the back of a car would override me freely expressing my rights.
Handcuffed to a gurney with a sucking chest wound while explaining the law to a COP would be even worse!
That wouldn't be my choice of a good hill to die on.
That's why I have a safe in my truck.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:43 pm
by SteyrAUG
rentprop1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:16 pm
You better have a valid hunting license, fishing license and gear, or some paper targets in the car
I was going to shoot those beer cans once I got them emptied.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:42 pm
by Tenzing_Norgay
OK, OK...wise guys.
Get a fishing pole and walk through downtown Ft. Laud (or Tampa, or Jacksonville) toward the water with a gun exposed on your hip. Let us know how it turns out.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:44 pm
by flcracker
A gal that worked for me back in 2001 was dating a guy who worked as a phone answerer/dispatcher for the 911 service at the sheriff's department in Hillsborough County. One Friday evening he came to pick her up at work and he and I were chatting about guns in the parking lot. He noticed the Spyderco stuck in my front pocket held in place with a clip. Proceeded to tell me that my concealed weapons permit was only good for a firearm and that it was illegal for me to carry a concealed knife in my front pocket. I asked him to please call one of his badge carrying co-workers and explain to them how I was cartying a concealed knife that he could clearly see, based on the clip and the end of the knife sticking out of my pocket and how that qualified as a concealed knife.
He went on to give my coworker a dose of chlamydia and she dumped his ass.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:18 pm
by flcracker
SteyrAUG wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:29 pm
Actually had a Ft. Lauderdale cop tell me that if I really wanted to do something about the local drug dealers I should just use a bow and arrow because you can't do ballistics on an arrow.
In his mind it really was "the perfect crime."
Stab'em with an icicle in Buffalo, or bludgeon'em with a brick of frozen gazpacho in Tampa.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:26 am
by jjk308
rentprop1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:16 pm
You better have a valid hunting license, fishing license and gear, or some paper targets in the car
Done! They are permanent residents in my wallet and car.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:59 am
by Racer88
flcracker wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:44 pm
A gal that worked for me back in 2001 was dating a guy who worked as a phone answerer/dispatcher for the 911 service at the sheriff's department in Hillsborough County. One Friday evening he came to pick her up at work and he and I were chatting about guns in the parking lot. He noticed the Spyderco stuck in my front pocket held in place with a clip. Proceeded to tell me that my concealed weapons permit was only good for a firearm and that it was illegal for me to carry a concealed knife in my front pocket. I asked him to please call one of his badge carrying co-workers and explain to them how I was cartying a concealed knife that he could clearly see, based on the clip and the end of the knife sticking out of my pocket and how that qualified as a concealed knife.
He went on to give my coworker a dose of chlamydia and she dumped his ass.
Never minding that our CCW DOES cover concealed knives. We have concealed WEAPONS licenses, not concealed guns. He was wrong on all counts.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:56 am
by zeebaron
Tenzing_Norgay wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:42 pm
OK, OK...wise guys.
Get a fishing pole and walk through downtown Ft. Laud (or Tampa, or Jacksonville) toward the water with a gun exposed on your hip. Let us know how it turns out.
I've had two guns pointed at me at the same time by cops for legally shooting on my friend's land in Tampa. No thanks, I've had my gun drama for the rest of my life. Thankfully, they were both males. A woman cop might have had an itchy trigger finger that day.
Re: If I Only Had A Dollar...
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:16 am
by Cubanstang50
Tenzing_Norgay wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:42 pm
OK, OK...wise guys.
Get a fishing pole and walk through downtown Ft. Laud (or Tampa, or Jacksonville) toward the water with a gun exposed on your hip. Let us know how it turns out.
the mindset will never chance in south florida. I won't ever dare to do that. Lol