So I was out in my apartment complex walking my dog, when an unmarked crown vic pulls along side me. The officer wasn’t in plain clothes but he didn’t have a uniform on either, so I can only assume he was a county cop as I saw a marked county car coming into the complex with his lights activated. I think to myself oh great here we go… So he stops and looks at me for a bit, so I stop and lean over to look into his car. He asks me if I have seen a white male in a brown jersey. I say no, and he asks me again like he wanted to give me a second chance to answer his question. I respond again no, sir I haven’t, I just got out here a minute ago with my dog as I point down to my leashed puggle. After he asks me about this suspect he is looking for I think to myself, awesome an encounter with LEO without them asking me about my pistol. I guess I jumped the gun so to speak on this one. He then asks me if I walk around in here with a weapon, I responded yes sir I carry a firearm everywhere I go, if I can. He responded by saying oh ok and have a nice day. The cynic in me wanted to think that if he was not looking for a suspect he probably would have hassled me a bit for my pistol, bu the OC’er in me was glad that all he had to say was oh ok. Also glad that I don’t own any brown jerseys, I can only imagine how that scenario would have unfolded…
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
-Samuel Adams