Interesting Article

[Sheriff]

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An interesting article, worth your time to read it.

Pay close attention when it gets to the part about....

"The driver offers up a weak-ass excuse that most of the task force find hilarious as they’re calling in the serial number on the rifle.

“An SKS for hunting…that’s a good try,” says Hope, laughing at the driver. “Most guys don’t even say that.”

The rifle comes back clean, but the driver’s not getting it back."

Are we still in America? :question:

http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=121304062461064&ShowArticle_ID=11800707083745965

 

[hunter45]

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Why is it so unbelievable that someone might use an SKS for hunting?

 

[TFred]

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You would think that a "journalist" of all people, should know the difference between a Serif and a Sans-Serif font...

... a quick peek in the car from the sidewalk is enough to make him as a cop, the military buzzcut, the bulk of his vest—black with the word “Police” written in heavy serif font across the front.

 

[virginiatuck]

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Sheriff wrote:

An interesting article, worth your time to read it.

Pay close attention when it gets to the part about....

"The driver offers up a weak-ass excuse that most of the task force find hilarious as they’re calling in the serial number on the rifle.

“An SKS for hunting…that’s a good try,” says Hope, laughing at the driver. “Most guys don’t even say that.”

The rifle comes back clean, but the driver’s not getting it back."

Are we still in America? :question:

http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=121304062461064&ShowArticle_ID=11800707083745965

The article doesn't go into the details of what caused the officers to stop the vehicle nor what transpired before the ride-along-reporter showed up. So we don't know if it was a lawful search. If it was lawful, however, then the facts presented clearly explain why he will not be getting the rifle back. In fact, he's facing a class 6 felony.

"The search turns up a small bag of marijuana and some ammo or a .22."

§ 18.2-308.4(A):
A. It shall be unlawful for any person unlawfully in possession of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) of Title 54.1 to simultaneously with knowledge and intent possess any firearm. A violation of this subsection is a Class 6 felony and constitutes a separate and distinct felony.



And as for that Pirate's hat, I had a hunch that the Pirate hats I've seen worn far away from Pittsburgh had another meaning. The Bucs suck and the fans don't travel well like they do for the Pens and the Steelers. I wondered why the guys I met at Blue Ridge Arsenal one Saturday wearing Pirate's hats didn't know or care about the City itself; let alone know anything about the Pirates or the "Bucs". They were shooting some carbine with a laser sight. They were lousy shots even with the laser... they couldn't stop shaking, even prone on the floor.

Even as boring of a writer the author is, I still learned something. I guess the same would go for Philly hats, too.

 

[virginiatuck]

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Don't get me wrong, though... I do take issue with the "jump-out" tactics.

It's natural to fight or flee when you're assaulted like that.

 

[skidmark]

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First - the article is 13 months old.

Second - the writing style. It hurts! It burns! Make the pain go away!

Third -

Lucas and his crew are about to run up into the South First Street public housing complex in unmarkeds, stomp on their breaks and jump the **** out like some overproduced Michael Bay movie to see who runs. Then, they are supposed to stop whoever’s running and find out just exactly why it is they are running from cops in vests and black gloves, to see if these people looking for a quick way out of a tightening circle of cops are running for a reason that could possibly be felonious.

Could it be that the CPD is unaware that the Virginia and US Supreme Courts have ruled that detaining, let alone arresting, someone merely because they ran away when the cops showed up is a violation of 4th Amendment rights? That's been settled law for quite some time now. I'm not going to bother to look, but for some strange reason I have the feeling that CPD did not make any attempt to get a "correction" printed.

It's when the citizens of a locality permit this sort of behavior by cops to go unchallenged that one day they wake up to find themselves wondering how and when they came to be living in a "police state". Yes, I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but it feels better than keeping totally quite on the subject. Thanks for letting me rant.

stay safe.

skidmark.

 

[ProShooter]

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I dig the profanity used in the article - makes it sound "gritty".

 

[Sheriff]

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virginiatuck wrote:

The article doesn't go into the details of what caused the officers to stop the vehicle nor what transpired before the ride-along-reporter showed up. So we don't know if it was a lawful search. If it was lawful, however, then the facts presented clearly explain why he will not be getting the rifle back. In fact, he's facing a class 6 felony.

Suppose you're having a cookout one day. The guys decide they are going to need more burgers and hot dogs than originally thought. You and 3 of your friends jump in your car to run to the store real quick. Unbeknownest to you, one of your friends has a small baggie of pot in his jeans pocket. The cops therefore should be able to search your car and confiscate whatever weapons you may have in the trunk?

But, you're right. The reporter is so busy trying to sound "cool", as evidenced by all the profanity he seems to have picked up from the cops, that he leaves out a lot of important details. :shock:

 

[VA Lawyer]

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An SKS is considered an assault rifle now?

I've been thinking about trying mine at deer hunting.

 

[Sheriff]

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VA Lawyer wrote:

An SKS is considered an assault rifle now?

I've been thinking about trying mine at deer hunting.

According to an ATF agent, YES.

quote from article: “This is exactly the sh*t we’re talking about,” the ATF agent says to the driver, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, “an assault rifle in the projects.”

 

[wylde007]

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Just two different brands of thug.

One legitimized by punitive statutory law and the other created by the "war on [some] drugs".

 

[VA Lawyer]

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Sheriff wrote:

VA Lawyer wrote:

An SKS is considered an assault rifle now?

I've been thinking about trying mine at deer hunting.

According to an ATF agent, YES.

quote from article: “This is exactly the sh*t we’re talking about,” the ATF agent says to the driver, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, “an assault rifle in the projects.”

Better watch out then. I've got an old Mossberg bolt-action .22 as well. Must be a "sniper rifle."

 

[Sheriff]

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VA Lawyer wrote:

Better watch out then. I've got an old Mossberg bolt-action .22 as well. Must be a "sniper rifle."

Depend entirely on whether you're dealing with a veteran ATF agent, or one of these newfangled post 9-11 rookies. :lol: