November 20, 2007, 07:01 PM | #26 |
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Perhaps a stolen gun will go back to it's rightful owner. That would be nice.
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November 21, 2007, 10:55 AM | #27 | |
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If the weapons were needed to be taken away you should have let the SWAT officer handle it. Theoretically you could have been charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, even if they were legal, as soon as they are out of the control of the owner they are considered unregistered because they are only registered to the owner. |
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November 21, 2007, 03:11 PM | #28 |
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Gotta Be A Gag, Like The Mall Ninjas!
Firstly, real LEOs never work with rentacops/security guards.
You expect me to believe that real cops walked away from a freebee felony beef? AND left them in a rentacops custody? Where's the BS meter smilie? |
November 21, 2007, 04:44 PM | #29 |
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Good for you, ESI.
--- Lots of on the job types would pass the duty to patrol given the situation. Nothing hinky soounding about it at all.
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November 21, 2007, 07:05 PM | #30 |
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I had a hard time believing this was real too, between the bad grammer/spelling, self important posturing and mall ninja attitude it seemed a little far fetched. There really are people that roll that way.
I have to remind myself sometimes that the internet is full of imposters, posers, and wannabes, and that there are plenty of losers that will make up or exaggerate a situation in order to justify their self aggrandizement and self image. Personally I think that every illegal that gets locked up makes the country better, and the same thing for people that may be technically legal but refuse to assimilate. A member here has been PM'ing me about this and implying that I'm a rascist because I think that you can identify people who are more likely to be illegals by their looks and demeanor. That's not rascist, that's common sense. I could tell you who is more likely to be a cop or have a military background too, people give off signs and the astute observor picks up on them. I think the two men discussed here should be treated differently than someone that appears to be a law abiding citizen. When I'm on the range I pay attention to the folks around me shooting, and think that someone that is giving out the vibe of being a criminal deserves scrutiny and a couple of questions, possibly followed by a suggestion to leave. However, if a fat moron in a security guard uniform starts giving me crap about my weapons I'm not going to worry about hurting his feelings when I tell him to mind his own business when I tell him to get out of my face, and if he took my guns he'd be looking at having his teeth kicked in when I take them back. Maybe they do things different in California, but that's how it works around here. Last edited by ISC; November 21, 2007 at 07:09 PM. Reason: trying to be nicer |
November 21, 2007, 10:04 PM | #31 |
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the deal
gus are very hard to come by in latin america and ammo extremely expensive. it is not unheard of for gang and mafia members from latin america to come to america and train with differant weapons here, and take back that experience to the battleground back in thier countries. great job and we all need to keep our eyes more open.
Amazing you dont here about this in the media. if 2 law abiding americans with legel silencers commited a crime, you can be sure it would make headlines. we dont want to make the wet-backs look bad though |
November 23, 2007, 04:25 AM | #32 |
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First I was not working, I was at the range shooting as a member ,as a member IM also put on line as the acting range master to work the line. So their was no rent a cops at the location. I like the term "Rent a Cop" A private person is not a COP theirfore he or she cannot be a rent a cop thats a term that is used by people who don't think for themselves. A rent a cop is an off duty COP who is working security. When law enforcement personal work as security guards you are renting cops and often times they are comtracted by the mall to give extra protection. The movie industry hires retired/active law enforcement to work security and they are in fact renting their services and they are cops so use your insight. As for the incident that was posted "Don't hate" It is what it is. And as far as insulting someone on the net it is usually done in poor taste and lacks testicle fortuted when not done in their presence.
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November 23, 2007, 05:23 PM | #33 | |
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the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
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"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." I don't mind who you are and where you come from as long as you're a good guy. And I don't care where you come from if you'r a bad guy.
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November 24, 2007, 12:35 AM | #35 |
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uh-huh
First of all off course this only applied to Americans, otherwise the Declaration of Independence, would have been followed by an American conquest of the world.
Second of all “good guys” usually don’t break the law as these guys were. I personally believe that a lot of the laws (not just gun laws) infringe on my personal rights under the constitution but, A. I am not paid to interpret, or change those laws and: B. unless I am ready to take up arms to change these laws(which I am not) I had better be LAW ABIDING GOOD GUY, and obey them like everyone else. Otherwise I fully deserve the Swat team to be waiting for me at my shooting station next time I come back from a target change. |
November 24, 2007, 12:39 AM | #36 |
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Since you're asking for opinions, I don't believe you should have touched another person's guns while they were downrange. It could have turned nasty if they saw you doing it, and had other weapons with them, as I always do when I go downrange and have left something back at the line.
You should have left it to real LEOs. You didn't know for a fact they were doing anything illegal. They could have had homemade barrel stabilizers for all you knew. |
November 24, 2007, 01:30 PM | #37 |
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You did fine. I hope it gets a criminal out of circulation for awhile...
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November 24, 2007, 02:42 PM | #38 |
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im with root canal.....enough people get hassled just for OLL here, they arent letting anybody even close to being associated with silencers go. and if you are the LEO, you arent letting them out of your sight period. Just doesnt make sense. Name the range, I would like to give them a call also.
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November 24, 2007, 03:31 PM | #39 |
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You know, his story may be full of holes, and I have my doubts as to whether or not its true. Im voting for not, but then again, who am I to judge, and who cares really? Everyone on the internet tries to be something theyre not. People act much tougher, smarter and talk more [color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color] on the internet than they do in person, because its so much easier. I take the story for what it is, and thats a good lesson, whether it was true or not. The only person who will ever know if the story is true is the thread starter, unless of course, he wants to tell us hes lying
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November 24, 2007, 05:34 PM | #40 |
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I have to agree with rootcanal on this one. I'm having lots of trouble convincing myself the story isn't fabricated.
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November 25, 2007, 02:12 AM | #41 |
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You did fine...maybe if this mindset was present before and on 9/11 my youngest Daughter and Nephew would still be alive today.
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November 25, 2007, 05:08 AM | #42 |
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I don't care to name the range due to , I don't want people calling up asking questions that IM sure they don't want people to know , it's not good business. As far as BS I don't BS,it is what it is.
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November 25, 2007, 03:13 PM | #43 |
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Enough.
This had little bearing on Tactics & Training to begin with; calling folks liars is the final nail in the coffin. Closed.
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