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In the comfort zone

By Bill on December 14, 2010 | | Comments (10)
Seems a guy cruises through a stop sign and gets pulled over by a local policeman. Guy hands the cop his driver's license, registration, insurance verification, plus his concealed carry permit.

"Okay, Mr. Smith," the cop says, "I see your CCW permit. Are you carrying today?"

"Yes, I am."

"Well then, better tell me what you got."

Smith says, "Well, I got a .357 revolver in my inside coat pocket. There's a 9mm semi-auto in the glove box. And I've got a .22 magnum derringer in my right boot."

"Okay," the cop says. "Anything else?"

"Yeah, back in the trunk, there's an AR15 and a shotgun. That's about it."

"Mr. Smith, are you on your way to or from a gun range?"

"Nope."

"Well then, what are you afraid of?"

"Not a damn thing..."

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Aaaaand a tip of the dented steel pot to "Doc" D...

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By Heltau on December 14, 2010 2:30 AM
And I believe that should be the way it should be.  Not afraid of anything.  That is one of the reasons this Nation was founded,  to live someplace that you would not be afraid of anything anymore.
And what would be wrong with that,  Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,
And when you take an oath of office you DO NOT TURN INTO a DOMESTIC ENEMY.

 
By Mark Matis on December 14, 2010 2:42 AM
Well, not if you HONOR that oath, anyway...
 
By maddmedic on December 14, 2010 7:26 AM
"Well then, what are you afraid of?"

"Not a damn thing..."
 
Thats the problem with most hoplophobes, they do not understand that those that carry do so because we are willing to be able to take care of themselves. They always think we are "afraid" of something.
We are not.
They do not understand that "911" is not going to save your ass.
I know that all to well.
 
By MAJMike on December 14, 2010 10:22 AM
I carry a pistol because a cop is too heavy.

When seconds count, the police are minutes away.

Why do I carry a .45?  Because they don't make a .46!

Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
 
By MAJMike on December 14, 2010 10:49 AM
"What are you afraid of?"

"Everything.  That's why I'm still alive!!!"
 
By Casey on December 14, 2010 1:56 PM
Minneapolis Police arrest Joel Rosenberg after he refused to respect their authoritah.

Some relevant grafs:

Get this: the Minneapolis Police Department arrested Joel Rosenberg’s wife, She Who Must Be Obeyed, on bogus charges. Hennepin County prosecutors dropped all charges once SWMBO’s attorney educated them (with difficulty) about the true facts. Where most Americans would lick their wounds, thank their lucky stars, and stop making Trouble at that point, Rosenberg filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records about the case with the Minneapolis Police Department.

[snip]
When Rosenberg went to the MPD office to pick up his documents, on November 5, he brought a gun. Sergeant William Palmer, the department’s public information officer, knew Rosenberg was coming. He’d made an appointment. He knew that Rosenberg would be carrying. Rosenberg had even, in advance, called the Hennepin County Sheriff’s office for permission to carry at the MPD, as he was required to do under relevant state law, which allows the holder of a concealed carry permit to do so at a “Courthouse Complex” when permitted by the Sheriff. (Minneapolis City Hall hosts a small claims court, which bears about as much relation to what most people think of as “Court” as Judge Wapner, on an entirely separate floor) Rosenberg asked for permission and got it.

[snip]
So yesterday, the Empire Struck Back. Rosenberg was arrested and jailed, where he remains as I write this, for the crime of carrying a weapon into a “Courthouse Complex”.
In the spot on the arrest warrant where the officer is supposed to describe relevant behavior, the warrant reads "DESCRIBE BEHAVIOR." Yes, Joel was seen as acting in a "DESCRIBE BEHAVIOR" manner! Better yet, a judge actually signed that warrant.

Oh, and another judge set his bail at $100,000.

There's lots of links at Popehat if youse want to follow up. The good news is that Joel managed bail via a good Samaritan, and is now back at home.

I expect Minneapolis to see a whopping huge lawsuit in the near future.

   
By htom on December 14, 2010 8:15 PM
"... afraid of?"

"Being out of ammo for her guns."
 
By Quartermaster on December 14, 2010 8:32 PM
My hope is that Rosenberg burns them a bunch new ones. The cop should lose his badge over the incident. The cops get far to much leeway in scoffing at the law.
 
By Justthisguy on December 15, 2010 3:15 AM
Casey, and Qm, this is why we need Jews in the world,  annoying as they sometimes are.  Some times, being a pushy smartass is the only right thing to do.