Staying High Road.
Looking at your post, there are a number of things that you may want to consider. As others have said, I am NOT a lawyer, and the laws of various states differ. However, I have some experience with some incidents not of my own creation. Looking at your post, I may have done a few things differently:
The buyer calls back later during the evening saying he wants a refund and threatening him that if he doesn't get his money he will kill him.
Call Police NOW.
My friend doesn't care about the money and says okay, just dont bring your boyfriend and come alone.
Uhm... you don't meet with people that have threatened to kill you. If they have shown the character that they would threated you life over a video game, do you really think they will be honorable on any level?
We meet them at a gas station and it looks like there are two people in the car so we leave. Next thing you know, they leave right after tailing behind a couple of feet.
Considering that you DID choose to meet with these people, this is the point you should be calling 911-- not AFTER something has happened. My first job out of college was a collections manager-- and I actually had to repo a few vehicles myself. I've been chased by angry persons. I would call 911, explain the situation and drive them straight to the police station.
We are in a RSX and he is in an Audi a4 turbo w/ chrome rims and HIDs
I'm getting old and unhip... can anyone tell me what HIDS are? I just gotta know.
we can't lose him so we turn into the neighborhood give him some twisty roads,
At this point, you are now endangering innocent people's lives. You gotta think about that.
We then decide that we need to get on the freeway,
Again, cell phone and 911 probably was the better course of action.
the guy calls while we are driving and threatened us again for messing up his tires while chasing us.
This is the caliber of person you are dealing with??? My god... such twisted logic.
We get on the freeway and they crash their car turning too fast, my friend panicked and was still driving at high speeds which led to him crashing his car into a pillar underneath a freeway.
You both wrecked? Wow.
I show the police my CHL and DL and they ask me to put the weapons in the trunk.
Good.
Next thing you know, they cuffed us and said we're not arrested but it is for safety reasons.
I don't like it, but I can understand the reasoning.
she tells me I don't need a fu*king ak47.
I am no fan of comments like this-- even from police. I would have responded that she is welcome to her opinion, but it is irrelevant to my rights to own it. And no... I would not be rude.
She then says I have too many weapons
See above.
The cops check my guns and they are clean and have not been fired yet.
It is irrelevant whether the guns have been fired legally-- except that they were investigating to determine if the OTHER wreck was cause due to you shooting at them.
The cop asked me why didn't I shoot him. I didnt think I could and told him because he was no threat to me. He said he had a moving vehicle and that was enough cause a threat.
As posted earlier, DO NOT take legal advice from the LEOs-- especially when they are investigating your incident.
Your answer that they were not a threat was good-- except one thing: If they weren't a threat enough for you to have to shoot, and they were not enough of a threat to call 911 and report what was happening, they they probably were not enough of a threat for a high speed chase and the resulting wrecks.
The best answer would have been simply "I was not going to shoot a person." Let them interpret that as they will. There is nothing that can be implied or extrapolated from that statement. From that point, you should have said NOTHING else about that. And I hope you didn't respond to the comment that the vehicle was a threat. That was an attempt to get you talking and maybe slipping up.
I still have cuff marks around my wrist and my body is starting to hurt. I hope I don't wake up to all sorts of body pains.
You'll get over it. I'd think a wreck will make you more sore than a pair of cuffs.
Can you have a loaded magazine in the ak47 in the trunk? In the backseat?
You need to check your state laws. Know them WELL and stay within them.
Can I shoot the person driving me if I don't know whether or not he has a weapon?
I DO NOT advise shooting someone in another car chasing you-- moreover, I DO advise avoiding situations where people ARE chasing you in a car.
Why are women cops the worse to deal with?
Women arent' more difficult do deal with. Often they come at it from a different perspective and manner of speech. It seems so in contrast to dealing with a male cop. Rest assured, he isn't your friend when he is investigating you, either. They both will be looking for your complicity.
They are african americans so we thought maybe he sent some people after us.
I told me friend to stop and see what they do, they just stay put in the car so I decided to go to the trunk and grab the ak47 put the 30round magazine in and they instantly took off opposite direction of us.
This isn't good. Were they doing something to indicate that they were taking an unusual interest in you? Were they threatening to you? You took the action of waving a AK at them based on that they MAY have been after you?
Being black is not a threat
You had the time to pull over, get it out, and load it before they were close to you? This doesn't sound like a high threat situation.
Is it legal in Texas to carry a rifle pointing straight up in the air?
Again, check your local laws-- but offhand, I would choose to do that even if it is legal.
My friend, don't take offense to this, but you are making a lot of mistakes. One day, one of those mistakes is going to get you killed, kill someone else, or get you tossed in prison. I will not go so far as to say you are LOOKING for a fight, but you are doing NOTHING proactively or preventatively to insure an incident does not occur. You are choosing wreckless actions once those incidents DO occur with no real regard to public safety. At best, it is thoughtless and at worst, it is negligent.
I hope you think about the possible harm to others in the future.
John
. Did you really need to "ARM UP" and get into a possible shootout, over a sale of a PS3. Your really lucky you were only handcuffed for 1.5 hours and not thrown in a jail.
