Trooper discovers arsenal during traffic stop

[Hkmp5sd]

I thought Skunk was the only one with "tactical" magazines.

 

[Navy joe]

Apparently if I get stopped on the way to the range you guys will be the first to know. Last weekend was tame, a M-1A, Garand, 4-5 pistols, evel magazines, and over 1K of ammo. Hate to see what would happen if I took some guns.

 

[another okie]

"Drug paraphenalia and meth making equipment" could easily be prosecutor-speak for a book on the history of marijuana and a package of decongestants.

Or maybe they had a whole mobile meth lab in the car, which is pretty common around here.

But the article makes it hard to tell.

 

[admar2]

that musta been one heavy duty van to haul around "tons" of ammunition.


:banghead:

 

[Hkmp5sd]

I wonder what they would call a quiet evening at Oleg's.

 

[Ironbarr]

DorGunR...

I know that's true, but how about that "to-and-fro". Bet one of those state badgerinos would love to caress a mess of otherwise untouchable toys. I know I would - want to caress, that is.

Can't afford any more'n I got... but I find myself thinking real romantically about a small 870 and an M-1 milsurp.

Please don't ask me why.

Wonder if I could trade a Browning Mod 5 and a Win .410 for romance?

-Andy

 

[Mark Tyson]

Now that's what I call a well-regulated militia!

 

[azrael]

HEYYYYYY!!!!! the woman holding the M1A has longer hair than me!!!!GRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Steve in PA]

"tons of ammo" was not meant literally

 

[Ironbarr]

Great - clean - photo

And a band of brothers and sisters to boot.

Thanks.

 

[Selfdfenz]

Re the family photo



S-

PS-I thought I knew it all but what are the funny net thingys in the corners of that target hanging on the wall behind everyone?
If I didn't know better I'd say it almost look like it's made outa wood..... Weird.

S-

 

[Diggler]

That's some kind of game board.. I forget what kind. My uncle has one.

 

[Hkmp5sd]

It's a Carrom board.

 

[greyhound]

Alexander said the suspects have a lengthy list of convictions, ranging from domestic violence to robbery, and from auto theft to possession of stolen property.

Yet once again, the main focus is the guns, not the scumbags. Grrr.:banghead:

 

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Great picture... Why is everyone pointing up? Must be an inside joke...

 

[Dr.Rob]

I've been guilty of carry more guns than that before.







A LOT more.


Bet a lot of us have.

 

[Mannlicher]

well golly, I guess its a good thing that I was not stopped on the way to the Trail Glades range last weekend. What the cops found on that traffic stop was not an arsenal, what I had in the pick up WAS.
oh, and I video tape myself shooting too, and I use targets that resemble human bodys, and I have evil magazines.........

Like about 95% of the fine folks here. Only thing missing in my truck, was the drug stuff, but heck, not everyone that has guns is a criminal.

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

Drugs? Ah, who cares, they have legal high cap magazines, they must be bad...

Holy cow!

 

[abaddon]

There was one stolen gun, there were also prior convictions which probably means they weren't allowed to have guns in the first place. As for the ski mask being normal in Washington State this time of year it's not. Maybe these factors influenced the thinking on the part of the reporter that it was an 'arsenal'.

Jeff

 

[Tamara]

I remember driving home from a day of shooting with a friend in his car, which we had discovered had a burnt-out headlight. We were a little worried, because one of the jurisdictions we had to pass through on our route homeward was noted for, um, enthusiastic collection of coinage for the city coffers via zealous traffic law enforcement. We were kinda hoping that a little Pontiac LeMans with rifles stacked like cordwood on the back seat floorboards and about a dozen cased handguns, plus the CCW's of the occupants, wouldn't seem too unusual to Officer Speed.

(We did not, however, have any meth lab equipment, stolen firearms, prior convictions, or any of the other more exciting paraphernalia of newsworthy traffic stops.)

 

[FPrice]

Shoot! (pun inteneded)

All the good smart-aleck remarks have already been used.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

About ten or fifteen years ago I was driving to the range, and had my AR-15 in the hatchback, covered with a blanket. There was road construction on the highway, and there were cones separating two lanes of the highway. I wasn't aware that it was a traffic violation to change lanes where there are those cones put out, and they were spread out quite a bit, so it was no trouble to switch lanes when my lane came nearly to a stop, and the other lane was moving a bit faster. I saw the cop there, but didn't know it was a violation (honestly), so I did it. He waved me over, and told me it was a violation to do that, and that I was getting a ticket. He looked in the back of my car, and I guess the car's movement caused the blanket to move off the AR a little, and he asked if I had (and these are the exact words he used) an Assault Weapon back there. I said, "No, it's an AR-15." He said, "A what?" I told him again. He told me to stay put, he'd have to call this one in. I waited while he went to his car and spoke to someone (I guess his supervisor) for about 15 minutes. He comes back and asks me why I have the rifle (no longer calling it an Assault Weapon), and I tell him I'm going to the range to shoot it. At that, he gave me my ticket, and that was that, but what a hastle! Good thing I didn't bring the number of various weapons I usually bring to the range.

 

[fix]

He comes back and asks me why I have the rifle

At that point I would be inclined to read him the riot act. Being somewhat ignorant of your rights is one thing, but persisting after apparently being educated by a supervisor is another matter entirely. But I suppose that would be cop bashing.