I liked the Suzuki Samurais. 😁
On Thursday, April 29, 2021, 12:02:21 PM EDT, MJ Dellucci
<mjdellucci@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That was the BEST story ever.
Martin wins by a landslide.
Just to keep things real, I give you this: The *only* time I was asked to hand
over my weapon, and how STUPID it is to allow a 'suspect' to handle their
weapon, the deputy would not let me unload it, and then could not figure out
how to remove the magazine. I had to take it back, remove the mag, and slide
the rack back. He acted as if he had never seen such magic before.
I asked what he carried, and he actually pulled out his revolver to look. Which
was pointed AT me while he looked - at a revolver! Yes, I reached out and
calmly pushed it away. It would be not have done to startle this man.
To add insult to injury, when the garbage truck's supervisor showed up (it was
a multi car accident where the garbage truck clipped a car and that car spun
out and hit me), it was my ex husband.
I have never seen a white man (the deputy, not my ex) turn a whiter shade of
pale. My ex could intimidate everyone but me, but that's another story. On the
bright side, when my ex bellowed at him to put that f'ing thing away, the
deputy complied! I bet if he had seen me first my ex would not have been so
quick to yell at the deputy to put his gun away.
I don't know who I felt sorrier for, the truck driver who was getting dressed
down in front of everyone, the deputy who was getting much the same treatment
from the Sheriff, the poor lady whose Samurai (remember those POS?) that was
crinkled like a french fry, or the people stuck in traffic behind all of this.
I am telling you that white lady privilege is a thing so long as everyone stays
calm, although I am not sure that scenario would play out the same way in
today's world.
MJ
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 11:16 AM Martin D. White <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The reactions are ALL over the place. They always take my weapon for a while.
The funniest thing I have had happen was...
I was talking on my phone while driving, LEO pulls me over for that (during the
short period where that was illegal in Greenville). He walk up to the car and
(imagine a flamboyantly gay cop) asks if I knew why he was pulling me over? I
said same thing as always "I am a CWP holder and I am carrying a weapon". He
says "oh?" and asked for my weapon, at this point I have no idea if his
mannerisms are a joke or just over the top sarcasm. I ask to unload it before
handing it over. He says "ok, just don't point it toward me". I unload my Glock
26 and hand it over. He walks off with it. He come back and tells my about the
new cell phone law, and then in the most animated way possible, explains that
my weapon is too dusty and needs to be cleaned. He explains break down of the
glock and how a q-tip can get in to the crevasses and some oil here and here is
needed. He then blows on the gun and a small cloud of pocket lint goes into the
air before handing it back to me. He gives me a warning about the cell phone
law and says "have a nice day". Thinking about that interaction still makes me
smile to this day.
