An Arizona Department of Safety Officer pulled over a pick-up truck owner for a faulty taillight. When the officer approached the driver, the man behind the wheel handed the officer his driver's license, insurance card and a concealed weapon carry permit. The officer took all the documents, looked them over and said. "Mr.. Quig , I see you have a CCP. Do you have any weapons with you?" The driver replied, " Yes sir, I have a 357 handgun in a hip holster, a .45 in the glove box and a .22 derringer in my boot." The officer looked at the driver and asked, "Anything else?" "Yes sir, I have a Remington 12 gauge and an AR-15 behind the seat." The officer asked if the man was driving to or from a shooting range and the man said he wasn't, so the officer bent over and looked into the driver's face and said "Mr. Quig, you're carrying quite a few guns. May I ask what you are afraid of?" Mr. Quig locked eyes with the officer and calmly answered, "Not a $%^&*#@ thing."
Back in my youth I had a friend who was a cop. On a routent traffic stop he walked up to the car and the feller had a sawed off shot gun in his lap pointed at my friend. I asked him what did you do, he said " I got back in my car and radioed in everything was ok and got he hell out of there."
That, my Friends, is called "Discretion is the better part of Valor" and Self-Preservation....... You can always live to fight another day, and confront the dude, when YOU have the advantage, IF you are still breathing, Little hard to do that from Six Feet Under, and Toes Up.... ..... YMMV....
It was a long time ago and at that time the "dude" likley had personal problems and was no real threat to anyone unless they messed with him. Times have changed I see 4 cop cars with lights and blocking the road over a traffic ticket nowadays.
yeah the days when ya dump your beer and are told to take the backroads home are gone, i see no friendly community oriented cops anymore, its all about impressing someone upstairs so you can get promoted
A bud was a highway patrolman and new to the area. There was a small riot nearby and we were called to stand by outside the perimeter(Was fire/rescue). When we rolled up I slid an AR and four mags into his back seat. Later he brough them by our home and expressed his thanks for the help. They were only armed with 9mms at that time and no long guns. He has retired now and is a judge.