Anecdote replete with wisdom

[Jubjub]

One of my relatives bought a new Harley just before the holiday. We were standing around the garage admiring it, and my uncle related a nice tale about one of his friends regarding guns and motorcycles.

The friend had traveled to L.A. to work for a weekend at a gun show. Things were slow, and he decided to go out for a ride. The plan was just to go down the road for an hour or so, then turn around and head back. He'd been out for a while when a police car pulled up behind him and flipped on its lights.

He pulled over, a bit puzzled because he wasn't speeding or anything.

The officer walked up and said, "Do you have a .44 Magnum?"

A dilemma ensued, because he did in fact have a .44 Magnum with him.

However, he did not want to tell the officer this, as he would of course be arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. He also did not want to lie to the officer, as the officer apparently had specific information.

He thought fast and replied, "Why, do I need one?"

The officer said, "Yes, you do. If you keep going this way for five minutes you'll be in Watts."

"Thank you sir, I'll turn around now."

 

[Dave R]

 

[kjeff50cal]

"I don't care who you are .....thats funny" Larry the Cable Guy

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Canadian Border

Y'know, when I went through the checkpoint at the Canadian border, they asked, "Do you have any guns with you?"

While I didn't have them with me, I smiled and said, "Why? Do I need to?"

She never batted an eye, never twitched a smile: "Only if you want them taken away."

I told her I didn't. (They took my word for it, oddly enough.)

 

[CNYCacher]

Watts?

Help me out here. . .

 

[AirForceShooter]

This LEO must have orginally been from Florida.
I love it!!!

AFS

 

[gwine]

'know, when I went through the checkpoint at the Canadian border, they asked, "Do you have any guns with you?"

While I didn't have them with me, I smiled and said, "Why? Do I need to?"

She never batted an eye, never twitched a smile: "Only if you want them taken away."

I told her I didn't. (They took my word for it, oddly enough.)

I've been over to Canada 40-50 times and I'll have to say that sounds just like them. No sense of humor at all when they're on the job. We actually had all our Christmas gifts opened one year by Canadian Customs.

Watts?

Help me out here. . .

See this article.

 

[Biker]

Jubjub...

That's my kind o' cop.

Biker

 

[Str8Shooter]

Watts?

Help me out here. . .

--as in the 1965 Watts riots. A part of L.A. where you don't want to spend a lot of time.

 

[STW]

It always amused me that Weatherby, in years past, was headquartered some 3 miles from Watts, not generally considered the target market for high end magnum hunting rifles.

(I went to graduate school just north of Watts on what was, even then, the old Pepperdine campus. My most direct route home was to drive towards Watts then head east past Weatherby. The freeways, while safer, were much less direct. I began taking the freeways after passing a Sheriff's deputy crouched behind a wall with a shotgun one night while on the drive home. I figured that if he had no support then I had even less and the longer wiser course home was best. The area I drove through on the way to class was largely burned in the Rodney King fiasco.)

 

[Cliff47]

Reminds me of one weekend when I was in the Army stationed at Fort Lawton. A buddy and I drove up to Vancouver BC on a Saturday morning, and came back that afternoon. On the way back thru customs, I was asked what I was bringing back. I said some exposed film (both of us had cameras).
The Customs Agent eyed the rear of my car (worn shocks with the appropriate tail-droop), and asked to check the trunk. He found jumper cables, tools, empty gas can, an old jacket, and my spare tire. Only after he put his foot on the bumper, did he realize why the car had the look it did. His parting words to us were "Get out of here".