STOSSEL: Police Harass, Threaten to Shoot Man Legally Carrying Gun

I'm sure our resident cop apologists will be along to tell us how cops are great.

 

FUCK! THE! POLICE!

Fucking power-hungry Nazi's, the lot of them.

 

Stossel hates cops now?

Shit, now cop-hating's ruined for me.

 

Philly cops, no less.

 

That would be pretty much enough to set me on the offensive at another time and place.

 

Filthadelphia: City of Filth.

 

Another good argument for carrying concealed.

 

Fucking pigs.

 

Done!

 

Police abusing their power of authority isn't a good argument for anything except to try and bust those thugs toward rent-a-cop status.

Fuck that cop and his thug buddies.

 

If that happened to me, it would become my mission in life to see those cops fired.

 

There are no apologists on this board only assholes who want to crucify police for their actions based on flimsy news reports before any facts are out. Assholes who demand innocent until proven guilty, just not for police. Police are guilty until shown innocent.

In case you're wondering you're one of those assholes.

 

Mark Fiorino is a open carry advocate. Nothing wrong with that but that is why he carrys a audio recorder. He has had encounters with other police in other cities with no problems.

Philly police are asses towards people who open carry and yes that city needs to be sued so it learns the lesson and the cops who drew on him need to be sued personally as well.

 

Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one, and you've got a big one


Actually, I do give cops the benefit of the doubt where it is reasonable to do so. The cases that make the news are more often than not (at least here in Chicago) guilty corrupt cops. We've got a lot of them (comparatively), so they color my views of cops.

 

"Sheriff Jim Coates of Pinellas county testified that he would order his deputies to draw down on any one legally open carrying. Media hog Grady Judd made similar statements. Ditto the Hillsborough Sheriffs department. "

And in these cases they should be sued and jailed.

 

Preferably after being drawn and quartered.

 

Are cops like muslims? The handful of bad ones ruin it for the good ones?

 

Good for him, and boo on the cops, but...

Bull. It sounds to me like that's exactly what he was counting on.

 

My ex-wife did the same thing. She called it "provoking a response".

 

This sounds like a case of bad police training.

 

Something similar, if less intense, happened in Knoxville a few years ago...except in that case, the dude didn't mean to open carry. He just forgot he was carrying when he went to a Wal-Mart. A cop started harassing him at the entrance, totally unaware that it was perfectly legal.

Dude ended up getting a written letter of apology from the Chief, and a promise that there would be re-training, but the officer in question didn't even get reprimanded.

 

Once upon a time I didn't think this would be possible- now that I've been carrying for years and am totally comfy with it, I know for a fact it's totally possible.

It's kind of neat when you pull that weapon from an inside-the-waistband holster and the metal has long-since heated up to body temperature. After you've been wearing it a while you sort of forget it's there.

 

Gleefully marching into creepy territory, now. You like it warm when you make love to it, don't you?

 

In this case, it started out as a cool day and the guy was wearing a jacket. by the time he went to Wally World, it had warmed up and he took it off and threw it in the car without thinking.

As you say, it's easy to do.

 

You're going to laugh, but I have nightmares that I try to go through TSA and then remember that I'm carrying.

Well, not nightmares, but bad dreams.

 

I carry my Sig in a Blackhawk inside-the-waist holster and I don't pay any attention to it either.

I got shanghaied into going to Wal Mart the other day by the wife and kids. I was carrying and had my tactical vest on to help cover the weapon. After we checked out and started out, the greeter commented that my vest looked like I was ready to go hunting or fishing. Speaking of fishing, I think that's what he was doing. I just said, "Oh. no, it's just very functional with all the pockets and adds an extra layer in cool weather." I even flipped the front of the vest open. I guess he was satisfied that I didn't have a shoulder holster and we went on.

Sorry, pal, the gun was in back of me.

It didn't matter anyway. In Tennessee, there is a specific sign that businesses have to post at every entrance to lawfully prevent you from varrying into their store and this Wal Mart doesn't have that sign.

 

Two tells that someone's probably packing...

A "photographer's" vest, and a fanny pack that's not situated as the name implies.