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Good Encounter with Gwinnett PD
I got my first honest-to-goodness LEO encounter out of the way tonight.
Suburbbus and I were out eating at Shanes with our better halves. He was CCing a 1911 and I was OCing a Ruger P89 in a Serpa.
We were sitting in a booth, midway back, and since my wife gets in and out more, I was sitting inboard. We're eating and visiting when a Gwinnett Co. PD officer walks in to eat. He has a table up front.
We get in a cross-talk conversation so my wife says switch places so we're not talking over each other. Now I'm sitting outboard with the gun visible.
We visit for a while longer; the officer finishes up and walks back to the bathroom. He looks at us and walks behind my line of sight, and the wife is thinking, oh
someone's told him that they want us to leave, and I can see Suburbbus eyes following him. And then he comes right back around to the table.
(This is the gist more than the exact words, probably not in the right order either. S. will likely chime in with more.)
O: (smiling and friendly) You got a .50 caliber there?
Me: Oh, no, it's only a 9.
O: Ha ha, only a 9. Yeah, well, that's all they give us to use.
Me: Really? I thought Gwinnett had .40's.
O: No, the sheriff has .40s for his guys, but they decided they wanted 9mm for us on the last selection. Now, when I'm off-duty I have at least one on me with probably 2 or 3 more in the car.
S: -tells a story about an off-duty cop who got held up with his family in his driveway while getting stuff out of the trunk, so now that cop carries just going to the mailbox- You can't be too careful.
O: Yeah, it's easy for them to get our addresses. In fact, we just got an email from the asst. chief reminding us our names get published on some directory (? not sure what he meant) and we have to explicitly request our names get taken off.
I'm glad to see people carrying. In fact, I'd almost rather it's out where I can see than have someone trying to hide it. It's kind of like what happened to me back before I was on the force. I carried then too, and when I went into a gas station, I threw my shirt over it. I got myself frisked because I looked like I was hiding something. So, what kind of gun is that, is it a S&W?
Me: No, it's a Ruger P89, but I changed the grips so that's why it doesn't look like a Ruger.
O: (gestures to S.) So I suppose you're carrying, are you carrying too?
S: Yes, I've got my 1911 under my shirt. I'm just curious, but have you guys been informed about the changes in SB308?
O: No.
S: This is the bill signed last June, where they removed public gathering, made big changes in the carry law.
O: Oh, yeah, yeah, we've gotten the information and notices on that.
S: Have you heard of GeorgiaCarry?
(He didn't seem instantly familiar with GCO. He asked if they had a website like GeorgiaPacking. S. gave him a GCO card. Some chitcat about how we (citizens, not him) work to make sure we know the laws. etc.)
We bantered for a surprisingly long time. I think he said more than once he was glad to see people carrying for themselves. Finally he said, well I've got to get going on my next call. Shook our hands and said it was good meeting us.
The word "license" was not mentioned at all. A very comfortable meeting, just the way it should be. I think I want to write the PD a letter to say a "good job" for one of their officers.
Suburbbus and I were out eating at Shanes with our better halves. He was CCing a 1911 and I was OCing a Ruger P89 in a Serpa.
We were sitting in a booth, midway back, and since my wife gets in and out more, I was sitting inboard. We're eating and visiting when a Gwinnett Co. PD officer walks in to eat. He has a table up front.
We get in a cross-talk conversation so my wife says switch places so we're not talking over each other. Now I'm sitting outboard with the gun visible.
We visit for a while longer; the officer finishes up and walks back to the bathroom. He looks at us and walks behind my line of sight, and the wife is thinking, oh
someone's told him that they want us to leave, and I can see Suburbbus eyes following him. And then he comes right back around to the table.(This is the gist more than the exact words, probably not in the right order either. S. will likely chime in with more.)
O: (smiling and friendly) You got a .50 caliber there?
Me: Oh, no, it's only a 9.
O: Ha ha, only a 9. Yeah, well, that's all they give us to use.
Me: Really? I thought Gwinnett had .40's.
O: No, the sheriff has .40s for his guys, but they decided they wanted 9mm for us on the last selection. Now, when I'm off-duty I have at least one on me with probably 2 or 3 more in the car.
S: -tells a story about an off-duty cop who got held up with his family in his driveway while getting stuff out of the trunk, so now that cop carries just going to the mailbox- You can't be too careful.
O: Yeah, it's easy for them to get our addresses. In fact, we just got an email from the asst. chief reminding us our names get published on some directory (? not sure what he meant) and we have to explicitly request our names get taken off.
I'm glad to see people carrying. In fact, I'd almost rather it's out where I can see than have someone trying to hide it. It's kind of like what happened to me back before I was on the force. I carried then too, and when I went into a gas station, I threw my shirt over it. I got myself frisked because I looked like I was hiding something. So, what kind of gun is that, is it a S&W?
Me: No, it's a Ruger P89, but I changed the grips so that's why it doesn't look like a Ruger.
O: (gestures to S.) So I suppose you're carrying, are you carrying too?
S: Yes, I've got my 1911 under my shirt. I'm just curious, but have you guys been informed about the changes in SB308?
O: No.
S: This is the bill signed last June, where they removed public gathering, made big changes in the carry law.
O: Oh, yeah, yeah, we've gotten the information and notices on that.
S: Have you heard of GeorgiaCarry?
(He didn't seem instantly familiar with GCO. He asked if they had a website like GeorgiaPacking. S. gave him a GCO card. Some chitcat about how we (citizens, not him) work to make sure we know the laws. etc.)
We bantered for a surprisingly long time. I think he said more than once he was glad to see people carrying for themselves. Finally he said, well I've got to get going on my next call. Shook our hands and said it was good meeting us.
The word "license" was not mentioned at all. A very comfortable meeting, just the way it should be. I think I want to write the PD a letter to say a "good job" for one of their officers.
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The only thing I will add is that the Officer did say that he was aware of this website.Rugerer said:I got my first honest-to-goodness LEO encounter out of the way tonight.
Suburbbus and I were out eating at Shanes with our better halves. He was CCing a 1911 and I was OCing a Ruger P89 in a Serpa.
We were sitting in a booth, midway back, and since my wife gets in and out more, I was sitting inboard. We're eating and visiting when a Gwinnett Co. PD officer walks in to eat. He has a table up front.
We get in a cross-talk conversation so my wife says switch places so we're not talking over each other. Now I'm sitting outboard with the gun visible.
We visit for a while longer; the officer finishes up and walks back to the bathroom. He looks at us and walks behind my line of sight, and the wife is thinking, oh
(This is the gist more than the exact words, probably not in the right order either. S. will likely chime in with more.)
O: (smiling and friendly) You got a .50 caliber there?
Me: Oh, no, it's only a 9.
O: Ha ha, only a 9. Yeah, well, that's all they give us to use.
Me: Really? I thought Gwinnett had .40's.
O: No, the sheriff has .40s for his guys, but they decided they wanted 9mm for us on the last selection. Now, when I'm off-duty I have at least one on me with probably 2 or 3 more in the car.
S: -tells a story about an off-duty cop who got held up with his family in his driveway while getting stuff out of the trunk, so now that cop carries just going to the mailbox- You can't be too careful.
O: Yeah, it's easy for them to get our addresses. In fact, we just got an email from the asst. chief reminding us our names get published on some directory (? not sure what he meant) and we have to explicitly request our names get taken off.
I'm glad to see people carrying. In fact, I'd almost rather it's out where I can see than have someone trying to hide it. It's kind of like what happened to me back before I was on the force. I carried then too, and when I went into a gas station, I threw my shirt over it. I got myself frisked because I looked like I was hiding something. So, what kind of gun is that, is it a S&W?
Me: No, it's a Ruger P89, but I changed the grips so that's why it doesn't look like a Ruger.
O: (gestures to S.) So I suppose you're carrying, are you carrying too?
S: Yes, I've got my 1911 under my shirt. I'm just curious, but have you guys been informed about the changes in SB308?
O: No.
S: This is the bill signed last June, where they removed public gathering, made big changes in the carry law.
O: Oh, yeah, yeah, we've gotten the information and notices on that.
S: Have you heard of GeorgiaCarry?
(He didn't seem instantly familiar with GCO. He asked if they had a website like GeorgiaPacking. S. gave him a GCO card. Some chitcat about how we (citizens, not him) work to make sure we know the laws. etc.)
We bantered for a surprisingly long time. I think he said more than once he was glad to see people carrying for themselves. Finally he said, well I've got to get going on my next call. Shook our hands and said it was good meeting us.
The word "license" was not mentioned at all. A very comfortable meeting, just the way it should be. I think I want to write the PD a letter to say a "good job" for one of their officers.
Very pleasant encounter.
My thought after he said "50 caliber" was, geez, I know the Ruger P-series is blocky and bulky, but not THAT bulky.
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