Posted on 10/04/2008 6:35:30 AM PDT by marktwain
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:15 AM, RG in Arizona wrote:
While walking the dog this morning, side arm open carry, I noticed a car tracking me and the man driving the car was on a cell phone looking all upset. I tried not to make eye contact with the man and just kept walking.
I turned into the floodway park and let the dog run free for about ten minutes and noticed the car was still there and the man was still on the phone. I came out of the floodway and on the way back to the street I noticed two Gilbert policemen--one a supervisor, and Concerned Citizen (Out of Towner by his license plate-NJ) looking at me. Damn I must be good looking-or maybe it was the dog. As I hit the sidewalk I said "good morning" generically and kept walking towards the house. The two policemen said Good Morning and Out of Towner-Concerned Citizen mentioned that we people were nuts. About 5/10 minutes later the Lieutenant came by the house to make sure I wasn't uspset or bothered by this. Very polite young man.
Perhaps people in New Jersey don't walk their dogs.
Thank you.
I also live in NH and carry openly while walking my dog. Never had a problem.
Why? He doesn't even have opposable thumbs, and he's killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy! What's the problem here, officer?
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