Still 2 Many Choices!?
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Well I had my firearm removed from me by a law enforcement officer for the third time since having my CCW license yesterday. Kinda funny, and infuriating at the same time, as it all started with some "good simaritan", trying to play detective or cop, and seeing things that are not there.
Myself and a friend had just gotten off work, and decided to go do something afterwards. Not wanting to spend any money, we decide to go walk around Walmart for a while. She(white female) got to Walmart before me, and I(black male) pulled up next to her as the "good simaritan"("GS"), was exiting Walmart and heading to his vehicle. My female friend asked me to change shirts so that we didn't look like we were a couple and draw attention to our being together outside of work, because we had the exact same shirt on. So I look for a shirt in my vehicle as the "GS" sits in his truck, which is now running with the lights on, and him looking out rather suspiciously. I change my shirt being mindful not to expose my firearm, and we start into Walmart making a comments about hoping this suspicious guy not stealing something out of our cars.
We ramble through Walmart for about 30 minutes, I buy a car phone charger, and we decide to leave to find something else to do. Before we get to our vehicles, we see the officer sitting cat-a-corner from where we were parked. As we get to the vehicles, the officer drives over and gets out asking if the vehicles are ours, then asking for our ID's. We hand over all our info(both of my licenses and her one) and then the officer ask where my gun is, and then I point to 3:00 where it is. The officer dis arms me, while my friend(who knows I carry) is kinda freaked out not knowing what is going on. The female officer actually asks me "Why do you have a gun in Walmart":banghead:. Already slightly perturbed because I know this is all the "GS" fault, I respond with "why not" and the officer takes that to mean I have attitude so I shut up. Her back up arrives, and seeing the female officer has my gun asks" where did that come from" and I raise my hand as the female officer says "him". Male cop asks," Did you just have it in your pants?", and the female goes,"no he had it in a holster", and I chime in with ,"I wouldn't carry a Glock without a holster"!
After being assured that I would get my firearm back, her running my license, and the serial # to my gun, she finally comes out and says what the problem is. The "GS", called the police on me and my friend while giving them our license plate # and our descriptions, claiming we were "acting suspicious", and that he noticed me," pulling multiple bags of something out of my clothing"!!! The officer said the guy was adamant about seeing me performing this action!! All I did was look through my car for my shirt, and then change it.
The officer asked me,"what was this guy refering to when he said he saw you pulling stuff out of your pants". I said "I don't know what he thinks he saw, but I don't have anything illegal in my car.". She asks to look in the bag I have on the floor of the passenger side of my car and I say I really don't want her to, to which she responds,"I won't make you". With here attitude towards me much more friendly now, I decide to let her look. Before I get the bag, I tell her my 1911 is in the glove box, and she says "that is fine, just don't reach for it", to which I jokingly say "I don't feel like being shot today" and the male officer says," Me either!". I get the bag and tell her what is in it, and then she doesn't even want to look for herself. She asks me to pick up my jacket from the front seat, which I do, and there under it is the work shirt that I had change out of that my female friend is still wearing.
I think the shirt sealed the deal, as the officer immediatley seemed relieved or atleast at ease, and started over to her car to retrieve my weapon. She handed me my ID's back, then placed my firearm in the front seat of my car saying,"Sorry for the inconvenience, here is your gun, and here is the round that was in the chamber. I don't know what that guy was seeing, but again sorry for the inconvenience, you guys have a good night, and and please don't load your gun until I leave". As she makes it back to her patrol car I ask ,"am I good to reload my weapon", she says "yep, I'm outta here". I reload my firearm, reholster it, and finally get to seeing about my shaken co-worker.
Moral to the story, welll, I guess there isn't one, except maybe before you decide to be a "GS", and call the cops on people, be sure of what you see as not to waist law enforcements time...
Still 2 Many Choices!?
Myself and a friend had just gotten off work, and decided to go do something afterwards. Not wanting to spend any money, we decide to go walk around Walmart for a while. She(white female) got to Walmart before me, and I(black male) pulled up next to her as the "good simaritan"("GS"), was exiting Walmart and heading to his vehicle. My female friend asked me to change shirts so that we didn't look like we were a couple and draw attention to our being together outside of work, because we had the exact same shirt on. So I look for a shirt in my vehicle as the "GS" sits in his truck, which is now running with the lights on, and him looking out rather suspiciously. I change my shirt being mindful not to expose my firearm, and we start into Walmart making a comments about hoping this suspicious guy not stealing something out of our cars.
We ramble through Walmart for about 30 minutes, I buy a car phone charger, and we decide to leave to find something else to do. Before we get to our vehicles, we see the officer sitting cat-a-corner from where we were parked. As we get to the vehicles, the officer drives over and gets out asking if the vehicles are ours, then asking for our ID's. We hand over all our info(both of my licenses and her one) and then the officer ask where my gun is, and then I point to 3:00 where it is. The officer dis arms me, while my friend(who knows I carry) is kinda freaked out not knowing what is going on. The female officer actually asks me "Why do you have a gun in Walmart":banghead:. Already slightly perturbed because I know this is all the "GS" fault, I respond with "why not" and the officer takes that to mean I have attitude so I shut up. Her back up arrives, and seeing the female officer has my gun asks" where did that come from" and I raise my hand as the female officer says "him". Male cop asks," Did you just have it in your pants?", and the female goes,"no he had it in a holster", and I chime in with ,"I wouldn't carry a Glock without a holster"!
After being assured that I would get my firearm back, her running my license, and the serial # to my gun, she finally comes out and says what the problem is. The "GS", called the police on me and my friend while giving them our license plate # and our descriptions, claiming we were "acting suspicious", and that he noticed me," pulling multiple bags of something out of my clothing"!!! The officer said the guy was adamant about seeing me performing this action!! All I did was look through my car for my shirt, and then change it.
The officer asked me,"what was this guy refering to when he said he saw you pulling stuff out of your pants". I said "I don't know what he thinks he saw, but I don't have anything illegal in my car.". She asks to look in the bag I have on the floor of the passenger side of my car and I say I really don't want her to, to which she responds,"I won't make you". With here attitude towards me much more friendly now, I decide to let her look. Before I get the bag, I tell her my 1911 is in the glove box, and she says "that is fine, just don't reach for it", to which I jokingly say "I don't feel like being shot today" and the male officer says," Me either!". I get the bag and tell her what is in it, and then she doesn't even want to look for herself. She asks me to pick up my jacket from the front seat, which I do, and there under it is the work shirt that I had change out of that my female friend is still wearing.
I think the shirt sealed the deal, as the officer immediatley seemed relieved or atleast at ease, and started over to her car to retrieve my weapon. She handed me my ID's back, then placed my firearm in the front seat of my car saying,"Sorry for the inconvenience, here is your gun, and here is the round that was in the chamber. I don't know what that guy was seeing, but again sorry for the inconvenience, you guys have a good night, and and please don't load your gun until I leave". As she makes it back to her patrol car I ask ,"am I good to reload my weapon", she says "yep, I'm outta here". I reload my firearm, reholster it, and finally get to seeing about my shaken co-worker.
Moral to the story, welll, I guess there isn't one, except maybe before you decide to be a "GS", and call the cops on people, be sure of what you see as not to waist law enforcements time...
Still 2 Many Choices!?