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smiley

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38. Hunters do it quite often where I'm from.
Sat Nov 8, 2014, 04:19 PM
Nov 2014

It's only dumb if the gun was hanging in the back window, loaded, and the windows rolled down.

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Just a few bad apples..... Chakab Nov 2014 #1
Too be fair... WhiteTara Nov 2014 #2
To be further fairer, the rot quickly spreads thru out the barrel. rhett o rick Nov 2014 #15
True! And the thing stinks very quickly. WhiteTara Nov 2014 #16
"...spoils the barrel". They always forget the relevant last part of the saying. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #44
Glans was the subject of a $60 million lawsuit..why is this asshole still a cop? FlyingFluck Nov 2014 #3
“If Doug had been in the sheriff’s deputy’s shoes, Doug would have been in prison now,” Chakab Nov 2014 #49
Saratoga County Sheriff's Dept is a rotten-to-the-core organization... Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #4
Upstate is rife. Stealin and dealin is part of their benefit package. nt adirondacker Nov 2014 #60
Suspended without pay. GGJohn Nov 2014 #5
What asshole leaves a visible weapon in the backseat? JaneyVee Nov 2014 #6
True... and irrelevant tkmorris Nov 2014 #9
Isn't it amazing how people always focus on something other than the story at hand? NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #10
Don't worry, I can multi-task. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #11
The man didn't deserve to be assaulted nor have his vehicle illegally searched. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #13
I agree completely with all your points, AND.... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #17
No, but that would be an illegal act nonetheless. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #19
Actually your single minded focus on instantly adopting whatever opinion sibelian Nov 2014 #63
Long guns.. sendero Nov 2014 #14
I'm not saying it's illegal, just dumb. And cars are made of glass. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #18
Hunters do it quite often where I'm from. smiley Nov 2014 #38
Really? That's your take away from this article? I think he probably was illegally parked also, rhett o rick Nov 2014 #20
I have numerous take aways from this article. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #21
So he should have put in the trunk and been charged with CCW? The gun was ballyhoo Nov 2014 #25
Um, the cop should be charged with criminal assault under color of law hootinholler Nov 2014 #52
What! Is that what you thought this story was about? ballyhoo Nov 2014 #24
I'm an asshole for leaving my hunting rifle in the back seat? Odin2005 Nov 2014 #46
"Glans"...appropriate name for such a prick. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #7
Rights? What rights? lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #8
He's not even sorry he did it Bonx Nov 2014 #12
Psychopaths being psychopaths. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #48
Strokes their ego in some demented way to treat people like this damnedifIknow Nov 2014 #22
So, when speaking to a cop, are we allowed to drop the "F-bomb"... KansDem Nov 2014 #23
YAY COPS THEY ARE THE BEST! Rex Nov 2014 #26
In this case, the Saratoga County Sheriff was the best. GGJohn Nov 2014 #30
To serve and protect... Hulk Nov 2014 #27
Not ALL cops!!! bravenak Nov 2014 #28
Seems the Saratoga County Sheriff is one of the good cops, GGJohn Nov 2014 #29
Good!!! bravenak Nov 2014 #31
Funniest line in the news story. Savannahmann Nov 2014 #32
Oh, how I would love to get killer cop Darren Wilson's spouse on the stand and under oath to KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #35
Why? GGJohn Nov 2014 #36
I'd like to hear about any financial or job-related stressors that Wilson KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #37
Except a wife can't be compelled to testify against her husband, GGJohn Nov 2014 #40
Well, I guess we know where you stand with regard to killer cop Wilson, now don't we? Aren't KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #41
I stand with the Constitution, you know, that pesky little 5th Amendment? GGJohn Nov 2014 #42
You're tiresome. Go away and have a nice life now. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #45
And you have just conceded my point, thank you. GGJohn Nov 2014 #47
Whoa whoa whoa NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #50
Yeah, I wasn't saying I wished Wilson's spouse compelled to testify, merely that I would like to KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #51
The wife is in a denial mode. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #53
From his attitude, NOLALady Nov 2014 #56
I assume you're referring to this spouse and not to Wilson's spouse (from whom I have KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #57
The NY wife. NutmegYankee Nov 2014 #58
That man was NOT a "suspect." (What was the crime he was a "suspect" for?) tblue37 Nov 2014 #59
Prison for the sheriff braddy Nov 2014 #33
The Sheriff is the one that suspended him without pay, GGJohn Nov 2014 #34
Deputy Sheriffs braddy Nov 2014 #61
Ok. GGJohn Nov 2014 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author chrisa Nov 2014 #39
Fuck the pigs. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #43
kick Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 #54
suspended without pay. good. Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 #55
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