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Jokerman

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29. Well, I was armed at the time.

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 01:31 PM

Oct 2014

A friend was a bit of a gun "enthusiast" and we were target shooting on private land when a neighbor reported erroneously that we were trespassing. The officer approached us and tried to get our attention but we couldn't hear him so he drew his weapon and moved into my peripheral vision. I guess I should add that I was firing a high-powered rifle and my friend had a semi-automatic so we didn't appear to be hunters and we could have easily been dangerous.

As soon as I saw him with his gun pointed at us I raised my right hand in the air and slowly placed the gun on the ground with my left. I got my friends attention and he did the same. The officer holstered his weapon and once the trespassing issue was cleared up he let us get back to what we were doing.

A different officer may have chosen to shoot first and I'm eternally grateful that this officer, while moving to protect himself, showed restraint.

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