What Would Happen Where You Live...

[farmerboy78]

Well, you gotta look at the culture it happened in... the sheep that called it in are used to suckling at the tit government, thinking that they can't protect themselves and only police/government can... let along infringing on the poor sleepy guys nap!

 

[bearcreek]

If this happened in my neighborhood it's likely that people would tap on the window to see if the person was ok. That's about it. If the cops got involved it's entirely possible that they would question his judgment in using a phone charger like that and ask why he's not carrying an actual weapon.

 

[Panfisher]

Where is this utopic place, Panfisher? My guns and dogs would like to move there!

It's called rural Missouri!

 

[Squire Western]

It's called rural Missouri!

Thank you! Truly a wonderful area to live, hunt and fish.

 

[jhb]

dont pick on just cali and its knee jerking child like panic behavior and bad attitude towards firearms. that attitude has spread to the other coast.

i have big city northern and western transplant neighbors who call the sheriff over shooting a bb gun safely and legally in your back yard. if these panic clowns had it their way theyd have the swat team and armored tank roll over your house to stop you from shooting a bb gun...and i dont mean a high powered bb gun either that might he confused with a firearm. im in the south where firearms are a way of life. wont be long before enough big city transplants come down here to get firearms banned like back in new jersey where they came from and such.

things have gotten way too far out of hand and away from things like calmness, adult like maturity, trust and real common sense anymore.

 

[CapnMac]

Ok, I'll "bite"--even if I'm just participating in absurdity.

I live in Arlington, Texas, a "destination" city--I'm actually within a mile or tow of the Ballparks, Jerryworld, and Six Flags--so there are a lot of visitors from other places and a tone of service jobs. As our economy still has not fully rebounded, there are a lot of people working more than one service job at a time (about 1/4 of the waithelp are uber/lyft drivers). People asleep in their cars is not uncommon.

Most of our international visitors are just too agog to much notice things like people sleeping.

Now, if the PD were called to examine such a situation, Texas law forbids a non-concealed firearm within a motor vehicle. So, PC would exist to rouse the passenger and have them speak to the actor--that is, within the limits of Texas Castle doctrine considering autos.

I'd like to think that, after a couple of minutes of non-responsiveness, that APD would roll EMS to insure proper health.

Because, that's what irritates me most. Let's say the dude in CA was working a bunch of jobs. Let's say he was on HTM or blood thinning meds. It's real easy, when you are tired, to not get enough food in you while on those meds. Which means you can get vertigo and slip out of consciousness from hypotension--low blood pressure. A hypotensive patient is not well served by not getting EMS care for FOUR HOURS.

I mean, really, what would Alhambra SWAT had done is this guy had died from medical inattention in that four hours? Said, "Oh, well, he shu'nt' orta dun it?" What if one of the innocent bystanders cooped up in all those stores had had a medical issue?

I strongly suspect that the problem was in that the actual first person on scene occupies a desk far too close to the Chief, and not enough time in a radio car.

 

[old lady new shooter]

I agree. I was driving home after a very early start out in the woods and I was almost falling asleep at the wheel.... fought it until I got to an interstate rest area and took a little nap. That is all it took and I felt good again and "in control".

I usually don't drive long distances any more, but when I did I never hesitated to find somewhere to park for a short nap if I was getting too sleepy to drive safely. Nowadays I would be more worried about whether the place I found would be safe.

 

[1stmarine]

Hysteria and paranoia of the masses.
It seems as if the terrorists already won.
Fear and ignorance can be powerful weapons and politicians know how to take advantage of them.

 

[22-rimfire]

I usually don't drive long distances any more, but when I did I never hesitated to find somewhere to park for a short nap if I was getting too sleepy to drive safely. Nowadays I would be more worried about whether the place I found would be safe.

This was one of those days that I got up at 3:00 AM to get in the woods before daylight. I wasn't hunting, but I was there to take pictures of wildlife and dawn is a wonderful time of the day for that if you see anything.

 

[JohnKSa]

One consequence of California politicians' war against guns is that many average Californians now seem afraid of anything remotely related to shooting or firearms.

My dad has a friend in CA who walks in the mornings. He carries a hand exerciser--one of the common variety with a spring connected by a loop spring. He has had to speak to the cops more than once when someone reports him because they think his hand exerciser is a gun.

 

[Crawdad1]

The gun was overkill, but I know if you are seen driving around the neighborhood and no one has ever seen you before, somebody is coming out to confront you and ask, sometimes politely and sometimes not, what are you doing in this neighborhood? And you better have a real good answer.

 

[old lady new shooter]

My dad has a friend in CA who walks in the mornings. He carries a hand exerciser--one of the common variety with a spring connected by a loop spring. He has had to speak to the cops more than once when someone reports him because they think his hand exerciser is a gun.