Originally Posted by
hookeye
I get that not everybody is mechanical. No big deal.
Had a cop chew me out for a Smith revolver on the seat of my vehicle.
Was in a hurry to beat a coworker to the farm, to blast chucks.
Going too fast.
Told the officer I had a firearm in vehicle (running plate should have showed I had a CC license). Had my hands out the window, other window down, told him he could remove the thing and discuss my travel speed.
It all went well, got a warning...........but then the lecture.
Told me that wasn't safe. Told him it was. He reiterated it wasn't safe and I quickly explained the hammer block. He got snippy and said "so what are we today, some kind of mechanical engineer?"
It was the most perfect setup.
Proly had a smile like a Cheshire cat...........looked at him and said "well according to such and such university, yeah I kinda am".
Shook his head and told me to leave, but load the gun with him not around.
BTW, I got to the farm just outside of town same time as my coworker and I blasted a big chuck in the barn with that Smith.
The wife wanted to know what I started laughing at. This one was priceless. In my professional career, I've actually met 3 honest to goodness rocket scientists. And yes, they've heard the jokes. All of them were good people and fun to discuss guns with.
On a side note, one of the SWAT guys was working patrol one day and responded to a man with a gun standing in his front door. The SWAT guy arrived and took cover behind a large tree with his patrol shotgun (12 gauge). He realized he didn't have a round chambered (the way we carry them in patrol cars) and promptly racked a shell into the chamber of his shotgun.
He said the guy looked straight at him, dropped his gun and raised his hands. After they took him safely into custody, the guy said, I knew when that Deputy racked a shell into the shotgun chamber that you guys were serious.
