rkh
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After weeks of trying to get my local Chief of Police on the phone to discuss an NFA signoff, I finally got a return call this morning.
I wasn't expecting the conversation to go well, and in fact, I already had the trust documents prepared and ready to go--but I wasn't ready for what this guy had to say. I guess I spend too much time hanging around like minded folks here on THR, so the terseness of his rejection came as a bit of a shock.
No questions about my background, my experience, my profession... just "I don't support that." I couldn't tell what exactly he didn't support, but it was clear that he wasn't going to sign my form. When he got around to telling me how he knew I was disappointed, I flatly told him that I could and would bypass his signoff; but that in the interest of good faith and fair dealing I wanted to give the local PD the right of first refusal. I guess I got the last word in, but the conversation left me feeling like I had taken a punch to the gut.
I've always held peace officers in high regard, but this man's unwillingness to even hear me out left me with a distinctly bitter aftertaste. Are CLEOs this arbitrary throughout New England, or is it just my town?
I wasn't expecting the conversation to go well, and in fact, I already had the trust documents prepared and ready to go--but I wasn't ready for what this guy had to say. I guess I spend too much time hanging around like minded folks here on THR, so the terseness of his rejection came as a bit of a shock.
No questions about my background, my experience, my profession... just "I don't support that." I couldn't tell what exactly he didn't support, but it was clear that he wasn't going to sign my form. When he got around to telling me how he knew I was disappointed, I flatly told him that I could and would bypass his signoff; but that in the interest of good faith and fair dealing I wanted to give the local PD the right of first refusal. I guess I got the last word in, but the conversation left me feeling like I had taken a punch to the gut.
I've always held peace officers in high regard, but this man's unwillingness to even hear me out left me with a distinctly bitter aftertaste. Are CLEOs this arbitrary throughout New England, or is it just my town?