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    Default First time open carry and LEO encounter

    I'll save you the trouble of reading the whole thing and tell you it was uneventful.

    Well, there have been many many robberies and burglaries in my town lately, including a 5 man home invasion. They stole a toolbox from my car on Wednesday, and two bikes from next door. Anyway, I had been delinquent and let my LTCF expire so concealed carry was not a legal option. The burglary was a good wake up, and I went the morning after and applied for a new one.

    I needed to walk the dog at about 2am 'cause I fell asleep and missed the 11pm usual walk. I have only carried openly to take out the trash and stuff around the house/yard. I went with the Glock 19c 4'oclock in a Fobus.

    I'm walking down the street empty of cars and people due to the hour, and up ahead I spot a police car coming. Here we go I thought, with visions of Dickson City in my head. So I'm wondering if he'll even see it as he drives by and lo and behold the car slows and stops next to me.

    Cop is younger black female. She asks me if I have seen any teenagers out and about as there have been break-ins. I turn to point where I had seen one cross the street and fully expose my side and the firearm to her. She says nothing about the gun, asks me to not hesitate to call the police if i see anything suspicious, and is on her way.

    It seems Lansdowne police know the law.

    Anyway, thanks to Dan and the other forum members who are open with their experiences and supportive of the exercise of our rights. Without this forum and its many excellent participants, I don't think I would have started.

    Scott
    Last edited by granuale; July 7th, 2008 at 01:11 PM.

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    Default Re: First time open carry and LEO encounter

    congrats on a uneventful oc encounter with the po po, was she at least attractive?

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    Default Re: First time open carry and LEO encounter

    Good report! Keep alert for those lowlife SB's.

    "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty
    than to those attending too small a degree of it."~Thomas Jefferson, 1791
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    Default Re: First time open carry and LEO encounter

    Congrats on an uneventful encounter.
    "...The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded...It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force."
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    Default Re: First time open carry and LEO encounter

    Good to hear. I've had numerous LEO encounters that were similar. Not a word mentioned, like it should be.
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    you won't, I will not sit with my thumb up my bum and complain, because you will.
    Remember Meleanie

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    Default Re: First time open carry and LEO encounter

    I like these uneventful stories.
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