Thank you, thank you. A thousand times thank you.
First rule of carrying:
KEEP YOUR DAMNED MOUTH SHUT!
Tis a sublime exercise in self-discipline that.
A second thought I find of value:
If you do not have a metal detector, I do not have a gun.
Exactly. I do not have a gun. Therefore, I couldn’t come to the aid of a Tree Narc under attack. Or anyone else. Self defense is just that.
The way things are going the Park Rangers are going to be replaced with TV cameras and squawking kiosks anyway.
Always easier to beg forgiveness than seek permission...
and
Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6!