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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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Well shopping with my wife at the general Army Navy Store. What happens four TVPD officers show up ID Me ask me to conceal my firearm. I tell them no it is legal for me to carry my firearm. I told them I would leave the store instead. I got in my car called the Taylorsville Police Chief Del Craig and had him tell their officers it was okay for me to do so I handed my phone to LT Roise Rivera they chatted for a min handed my phone back to me. told me to have a nice day and that I will not be concealing my firearm. And told them to have a nice day. I will be filling a complaint against the officers involved. all four of them including Roise Rivera I have to say the staff at the store was in support of me open carrying and shoppers as well had a fellow OC'er there who was very supportive hope to see his post as well. Went very well no handcuffs this time. Hope for some better results next time from TVPD who still remains anti gun. |
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SGT Jensen State Researcher 
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Sheesh man! Do the police in Salt Lake County have "wanted posters" of you or something? What's with all of the attention? |
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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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Having a bad week not sure. Maybe it was my dennim shorts and sandals. Trying to just stay low key maybe should go back to black pants and black shirt. |
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mqondo Regular Member 
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That sucks that you are being sought after.  |
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b1ack5mith Regular Member 
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So what number did you call in this incident? All I do is tell them to show me the law where it FORCES me to conceal, or where it shows that it's illegal for someone under 21 to carry. I'm glad you called about that! We should go from county to county, informing all the police dept's |
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thx997303 Regular Member 
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Holy crap man, I OCed for about a year and only had two police encounters. And I started before the PDs were becoming "informed" |
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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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I had the cell-phone number for the Chief from a previous experience. Once I stuck to my guns about not concealing my firearm the police backed down. BTW LT Roise Rivera the media lady may appear nice on TV but kind of bitter and not a friend of law abiding citizens |
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Francis Marion Regular Member 
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I pulled into the parking lot on my bike and noticed a police officer it the parking lot to the south just standing around. Shortly after I entered General Army Navy Surplus he entered the store with another officer and they began a coordinated search of the store. They were soon joined by two other officers. I first though someone robbed the store next door and they were looking for the perp in GANS. I began paying for my purchase at the cash register by the front door when someone at the cashier in the center of the store mentioned something like, "He had a gun." The cashier ringing me up said, "There's nothing wrong with that." It was about this time that the police found gunsfreak. When I had finished paying for my stuff I walked over to provide some moral support but the issue seemed to have been resolved. I figured that anyone who openly carried a gun and resolved the issue so quickly must be a frequent visitor here. We introduced ourselves and walked out of the store together while the store employees kept saying that they didn't call the police and had no problem with him carrying. I suspect the call came from a couple that were sitting in their car in front of the store. Meanwhile, I'm concerned that T-ville PD has enough officers just sitting around with nothing better to do than harass people who are doing nothing wrong. Either they are over staffed or miss managed; either way, the problem needs to be corrected. |
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b1ack5mith Regular Member
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if i become a cop (which i really want to do) ill straighten all the utah cops out  |
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PavePusher Regular Member
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Sounds like time for an FOIA request on any and all police communications on the incident, and the filing of a formal complaint for waste of police resources and a request for additional training. Francis Marion wrote: I pulled into the parking lot on my bike and noticed a police officer it the parking lot to the south just standing around. Shortly after I entered General Army Navy Surplus he entered the store with another officer and they began a coordinated search of the store. They were soon joined by two other officers. I first though someone robbed the store next door and they were looking for the perp in GANS. I began paying for my purchase at the cash register by the front door when someone at the cashier in the center of the store mentioned something like, "He had a gun." The cashier ringing me up said, "There's nothing wrong with that." It was about this time that the police found gunsfreak. |
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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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It is being done I have a meeting with the chief of police monday. |
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mqondo Regular Member
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That's awesome! Let us know how it goes. |
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SGT Jensen State Researcher
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b1ack5mith wrote: if i become a cop (which i really want to do) ill straighten all the utah cops out If you become a cop, then "I will kick you in the nuts!"  |
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Francis Marion Regular Member
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BTW, I have OC'd into the Taylorsville PD on at least 2 occasions and it wasn't exactly inconspicuous because I was there to get my finger prints taken. |
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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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lol thats how I met Chief Del-Craig was OC when I was speaking to him about my last run in with his officer at summers wood Apt complex Charges were dropped The only thing he said was you can't bring that into court. Other then that it was never brought up Wish his officers would understand this I am making it very clear I will be at taylorsville days on the 26th and I want no problems with his officers while I am their And will request more training and senstivity training for their officers. I hope to have a productive meeting and will post the results soon |
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Nuttycomputer Regular Member
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gunsfreak4791 wrote: lol thats how I met Chief Del-Craig was OC when I was speaking to him about my last run in with his officer at summers wood Apt complex Charges were dropped Hey! I'm going to be attending Taylorsville Dayz as well. Hope to see you there. I'll be OC my 9mm S&W in a Serpa Holster while with my Wife and In-Laws probably. |
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Francis Marion Regular Member
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I plan to be in the Taylorsville Dayz parade OCing... wearing this...  and driving this...  |
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thx997303 Regular Member
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Where did you get that beautiful GPW? |
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Francis Marion Regular Member
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First, it's a MUTT and not a GPW, and I got it from a team mate in Iraq who lives at Twentynine Palms, CA. |
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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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Awsome uniform and vechicle. |
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Francis Marion Regular Member
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gunsfreak4791 wrote: Awsome uniform and vechicle.I was picking up the sleeve rank during your incident described above. |
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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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Nice I spoke with the Chief of police Del-Craig today by cellphone I informed him of the incident at the GANS. He stated he would look into it and call me back by the first of July. I asked for compliance with his officers when approching a person carrying a firearm out in the open. I stated that when his officers approch us to verify we are legaly able to open carry. After we are verified leave us alone. No more 15 to 20 Min talks about why we should not open carry. I told him it is not the officers job to tell me to conceal my firearm. It is not their job to harass me or tell me why I am wrong. or to keep me any longer then it is needed to verify I am legal. I informed him that I would be a taylorsville days. And asked for his officers to more or less leave me alone and others open carrying. I plan on attending both days and would encourage other to attend this free event. I would like to let Taylorsville Know we can not be bullied or threatend. I plan on attending a city council meeting and voicing my opinion. Also I will be contacting Lora Miller to inform her that It is not appropriate for officers to force their oppinion on others. It is not appropriate to keep people longer then need be. I hope the message is clear do not violate our civil rights |
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rpyne Regular Member
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gunsfreak4791 wrote: I asked for compliance with his officers when approching a person carrying a firearm out in the open. I stated that when his officers approch us to verify we are legaly able to open carry. After we are verified leave us alone. No, unless they have reasonable articulable suspicion that someone is committing a crime, they have no right to approach and verify anything. The courts have held that there is no exception to Terry for firearms and that mere possession of a firearm is not RAS for a stop (see Lund v Salt Lake City and JL v Florida). Lund v Salt Lake City (2008) US District Court Civil No. 2:07-CV-0226BSJ MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER (Fed. R. Civ. P. 56) Edit: added quote from Lund v Salt Lake City Last edited on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 03:04 am by rpyne |
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Francis Marion Regular Member
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I can't see why this went past the operator answering the call. This is what should have happened. "911 what is the nature of your emergency?" "There's a man here with a gun." "Is he committing a crime?" "No, he just walked into a store wearing a gun." "In Utah it is perfectly legal to carry a gun openly." |
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colormered Regular Member 
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Nuttycomputer wrote:
Holy crap! Exactly how much room is there in a Serpa holster?!?!?!?  |
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Nuttycomputer Regular Member
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colormered wrote: Nuttycomputer wrote: Lol... I think you missed a word when reading it Anyway I had no issues at the parade or Taylorsville Dayz. I did run into some old high school friends who were somewhat suprised. One encounter went like this: Friend: Hey man what's up... what the... (suprised look when he bumped my ride side giving a friendly hug) Me: Sorry bout that... just my firearm. Friend: Why do you have a holstered gun. Me: Because I'm told it's not safe to just be waving it around the place. We proceeded to talk about reasons I carry etc. Good experience... I did see Francis Marion in the parade. Nice vehicle you have there. I was on the opposite side of the road otherwise I probably would have said Hi. |
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gunsfreak4791 Regular Member
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I also went to Taylorsville Dayzz right before the big rain storm On Friday. I walked by two Taylorsville Police officers. They looked over at me made eye contact. The other officer said somthing and they walked away. Sorry all day thurs and Friday my message and PM were disabled so I could not post when I was going to be at Taylorsville Dayzz |
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