I can certainly understand giving up the pistol, if asked to, while the officer is investigating an accident. However, it'd piss me off to receive my ammo in a bag. That's some childish ****. Reminds me of the Arizona female cop asking me to keep my pistol in a box in the backseat and my magazine in the trunk.
Its not their jobs to dictate the condition of your weapon.
"I under stand completely, given present day circumstances."
No offense, but that's a real **** attitude to have when dealing with God given rights. In no "present day", is it appropriate for a "free man" to have the perspective of "understanding", when their rights are inappropriately tweaked, but any individual, for any reason.
Now if it was policy to do that, while investigating an accident, then I guess we have to suck it up. The fact that he asked you if you MINDED, implies otherwise.
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ON TOPIC:
I was transferring from my vehicle to my friends vehicle, so I can drive for him to help him with something.
Right then a deputy pulled into the parking lot to ask what we were doing. Being that I was armed and out of the car, the first thing I wanted to do, was make sure he knew.
Gun trained at my head, another deputy pulled in minutes later to disarm me. Then myself, my brother who was in my car, and my friend were thrown on the hood. First guy had a real bad attitude and seemed to had felt like he caught himself some criminals. Very arrogantly spoken, with such prideful smirks.
Anyway, I informed him that even without a permit, it is not against the law to move from one car to the next, with a gun on your hip. He "didn't agree". So the other officer is in the back of my SUV taking out about 5 rifles and 3 other pistols, because we had planned to go shoot right after I helped him. He was more of an easy going type. He commented me on how "cool my ar15 was" (AK47).:laughing:
So the "cool officer" basically told the other one that no laws were being broken and it turned into a discussion on gun rights. Finally, they let us go about our business. The last thing he said was, "you guys are obviously ok guys since you don't like Obama. If you had liked him, I'd have to take you all in".
It was nothing more than a strange experience to me. Not happy, but also not satisfied. The officer disclosed he wasn't new, so it bothers me to know that this guy isn't informed on gun laws in the state of Texas. I believe that if it were him, alone, some form of "punishment" would have been handed down, for no reason. One of those things judges laugh at and say, "dismissed, next case".
I think the lesson we can all take away from any story, good or bad, is that an officer is a man in a uniform. Just like any other civilian, they are to be treated with respect and dignity. After you do your part as a decent fellow human being, some will choose to be ignorant assholes but most will treat you likewise. For the ones who treat you like an *******, you keep a cool head and clear mind, and things will level out, usually ending on a good note, and maybe a stated hate for their Chief in the oval office.
God bless.