My dipshit dog decided to get loose today. I probably could have corralled him, but I was tied up with my kids and trying to install a new toilet with the help of my father-in-law (PURE EFFING JOY!!). So after dinner I decided to head out and walk the neighborhood looking for him. Armed myself, put on a button down shirt and my sneakers, and headed out. I walked all of the west C-section of Brookside, and was working my way through the east section when, lo and behold, up comes the boy in brown to save the day. Gun drawn, he orders my arms out as he approaches me gun drawn. "Why are you carrying?" he asks, to which I respond "Personal protection sir". "Not for any political activists or anything?" "No sir, just for my own safety." "Have you had any incidents where you felt threatened?", so I relayed to him about the disrespectful and frankly criminal groups who roam the streets in and around Kimberton, and he said "alright", unloaded my revolver and placed it on the hood of his car while I stood in front of it. Long story short, he ran his checks, and of course, I was good to carry, then I got the speech. Some of you know what I'm talking about. That speech where the LEO tells you you can't shoot people for being rude to you, la la la, what constitutes self defense, blah blah, everything someone who open carries should know, that I already had the benefit of knowing myself. I didn't bother arguing or protesting, I simply nodded my head and asked if I was dismissed.
I did get the strange feeling that he was disappointed I didn't protest or try to argue. I personally don't think it's worth arguing with the officer on the street. They're going to do what they're going to do, and forgive me if I offend someone, I think it plays into their "I'm better than the civilian". Whatever, if it happens again, I think I'll take names and ask for their supervisor's contact number.
I did get the strange feeling that he was disappointed I didn't protest or try to argue. I personally don't think it's worth arguing with the officer on the street. They're going to do what they're going to do, and forgive me if I offend someone, I think it plays into their "I'm better than the civilian". Whatever, if it happens again, I think I'll take names and ask for their supervisor's contact number.
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Ben
Newark, DE