There are some really stupid people out there.
Driver, 74, arrested for flashing gun in road rage | WANE
Driver, 74, arrested for flashing gun in road rage | WANE
And this my friends is why I have a video camera recording inside and outside of the vehicle with gps and speed. What if the Old boy didn't do it. It's easy to say he had a gun. In Indiana the chances are very good they do have a gun.
This is why I don't put gun related decals on my truck. The closest I come is an INGO sticker, but 99% of Hosiers have no idea what that means. If I had a big Glock sticker in the window and an anti-gun nut called in a false report that I waved a black pistol at them, it would be tough for me to defend if I were pulled over and had a black pistol in the truck.
But, like nra4ever says, what if someone just calls it in out of spite figuring that either you don't have a gun and will be, at the very least, inconvenienced or, at worst, you happen to have a gun and will be arrested? There needs to be some burden of proof exhibited before charges are filed. Maybe, in this case, a big Glock sticker would help your defense by showing that the fact that you had a gun could be guessed at based on the window sticker.
Aw man, don't give them any ideasI hope this doesn't become a new type of "swatting" where antis make false 911 calls against people with pro-gun stickers on their vehicles.
Leads to credibility - All 911 calls are recorder and stored in a data base .... someone pulling that stunt would be flagged as a habitual caller.I hope this doesn't become a new type of "swatting" where antis make false 911 calls against people with pro-gun stickers on their vehicles.
I've wondered about this type of scenario from time to time. What if someone calls 911 and makes an accusation of this type. If the accusation is untrue how do you fight it ? The article basically says someone called 911 and told the authorities that another motorist pointed a gun at them. Seems a little hard to believe, although entirely possible, that the old man just decided to waive his gun at them for no apparent reason.
Unless the alleged offender says "yeah, I did it" how is this not a he said she said issue ?
I've wondered about this type of scenario from time to time. What if someone calls 911 and makes an accusation of this type. If the accusation is untrue how do you fight it ? The article basically says someone called 911 and told the authorities that another motorist pointed a gun at them. Seems a little hard to believe, although entirely possible, that the old man just decided to waive his gun at them for no apparent reason.
Unless the alleged offender says "yeah, I did it" how is this not a he said she said issue ?
This is why I don't put gun related decals on my truck. The closest I come is an INGO sticker, but 99% of Hosiers have no idea what that means.
I believe this is a valid concern. It took many years of being a NRA member before I decided the heck with it and put the decals on my truck. I have also heard scumbags love to break into vehicles with decals at gun free zone locations thinking the owner left a weapon in the vehicle. I have always been very paranoid about leaving my gun in a vehicle which I never do. If going to any of the legal (sighing with disgust) GFZs I just take the chance to go unarmed which just makes me paranoid anyway.