jkh@jade.UUCP (01/31/87)
While we're on the subject of carry firearms in public, I'll add my 2 cents. When I lived in Minneapolis, I was on my way from my house to my car with my .22 rifle encased, i.e., "a non-transparent material covering and enclosing the entire weapon." I was stopped by the PD. The cops hassled me, took my rifle, made me wait for them to run a check via the NCIC network and then said, "Well, you don't see anyone else carrying a rifle around, do you?" Sure, they did not have "probable cause" to stop me. Should I have filed a civil rights complaint? And don't even think about what might have happened to me had I been in New York City! So, just because one owns a gun, many cops feel that you are already a suspect or "should be taught a lesson." Jon Kaplowitz
jkh@jade.UUCP (03/03/87)
I dont believe civil complaints are the approach on these issues. Civil rights have to do with rights do not exist until the government CREATES them. MOST of the rights we/I should be interested in are common law, unalible, GOD given rights. This act was in the catagory of unlawfull arrest. The agents are liable personally.