The real issue is: When confronted, or merely approached, by any law enforcement officer, any one who is carrying a concealed weapon has an implied, if not an affirmative, duty to immediately disclose this information. Simcox was lucky he didn’t get shot! Who would be foolish enough to leave themselves open to such a possibly? If Simcox did, indeed, lie to her, she would have had justification to draw her weapon once she learned about it. The issue of whether, or not, he was being “set up” is red herring. Simcox has used it to divert the public’s and media’s attention away from his own arrogance and stupidity.
My error to say border agents. I knew better. It was forest service employees who IMO condemned and targeted groups of citizens such as Simcox's and Glenn Spencer's American Patrol.
Yes Mr. Simcox had a firearm; and yes the best thing would be to tell the park service employee. He didn't and by now he's served out the sentence.
The referenced articles ends with this: "Border Patrol spokesman Charles Griffin said he welcomes the watchful presence of ranchers and civilian patrol groups. 'Every law enforcement agency appreciates a neighborhood watch,' he said."
The good news is groups of citizens are no longer condemned as vigilantes "hunting for Mexicans." Most Americans now agree with Border Patrol spokesman Charles Griffin.