I have an ex-wife who tried to have me killed in just that way. I came to mediate yet another argument between her and my teenage daughter. She had already brought the cops by the time I arrived. As soon as I got out of my car, she yelled “He has a gun!” in her typically hysterical manner. The cop asked me if I had a gun. I kept my hands still and in plain sight and told him that my carry permit was in my wallet and my gun was under the seat of the car. This was in Nashville where our cops are accustomed to having armed citizens. The only result was for them to see “this broad’s mean and crazy” and this guy’s OK. She was hoping to have me at least beaten down and handcuffed if not just shot, though.
>The only result was for them to see “this broad’s mean and crazy” and this guy’s OK. She was hoping to have me at least beaten down and handcuffed if not just shot, though.
Good news.
I have had my own ‘interesting’ incident with the police [sorta] involving a gun.
I was out at a social gathering and was cleaning my handgun; NM is an open-carry state, so there was *NO* way I was violating any law.
Well what happened was one of the group-leaders, whom I respect, said I was making people nervous and should put the gun in my vehicle; I complied thinking that was the end of the matter. It wasn’t.
After everyone had left several people got together and had a ‘meeting’ about the ‘incident’ and decided to call my National Guard until about it, this being while I was still enlisted. Now, after the call went to my unit apparently it made a round or two through the rumor-channels before being forwarded to the police. The police showed up at my home two days after the incident, fortunately I was not at home, as they entered the premises with, I’m told, weapons drawn and would neither identify themselves nor respond to questions presented by the landlady.
Disturbing in multiple ways:
1 — Police action based on triple-hearsay... MOBILIZE ON RUMORS!
2 — Warrantless entry/search of private property.
3 — Refusal to ID themselves.
4 — In response to a PERFECTLY LEGAL ACTION.