Tell us your stories with YOUR troubles with "authority figures"

[Skillet]

so we all know how much of a pain it is when people freak out over no reason whatsoever about you owning or carrying a gun, whether you are checking out luggage at an airport with some hunting rifles in cases, or just carrying to exercise your rights, people seem to do some pretty weird stuff when they find out about guns in their presence, especially authority figures, from rent-a-cops to airline personell to a clerk at a supermarket. And some of these situations can turn out to be pretty comical.
so what are your stories?

 

[Erik M]

from a thread in the auto forum. . .

I was on my way home from work and had had to stop at a police checkpoint set up by the hand full of officers of the local 'one horse town' I used to drive through. I handed the officer my drivers license and my concealed weapons license.

The officers eyes got big and he asked "you have a gun? where is it?" while at the same time unsnapping his holstered glock, clearing leather and holding it in a ready position towards my car door. I told him my glovebox (where you can carry in KY without a permit). I was instructed to give him my weapon holding it by the barrel with the thumb and forefinger of my off-hand. Then his supervisor basiclly asked me what I was thinking trying to bring a gun through a city police roadblock. I was sent on my way shortly after. I will not lie to you - Even though I had done nothing wrong and was perfectly legal, I was young, intimidated, and thought I was going to be shot because officer Fife forgot his prozac.

 

[taliv]

i'm preemptively closing this thread before the cop-bashing becomes unbearable.

cops aren't perfect, but they deserve respect, not ridicule. it's a crappy, thankless job, with high pressure and low pay that is often dangerous. many of THR's best-contributing members are LEOs and the last thing they need is to be made to feel unwelcome here or be the butt of jokes because of their service.

 

[rbernie]

To those few who felt compelled to complain about this thread closing, I'm here to tell ya that it was a good closing and the topic will remain closed.

Per the forum rules:

It is the declared mission of this board to achieve and provide the highest quality of firearms discussion on the Internet

Complaining about authority figures has nothing to do with guns or the RKBA just because either you or the authority figure happens to HAVE a gun. More to the point, posting a thread about something doesn't make it THR material just because you want a venue in which to vent.