being stopped by the police

[M99]

Although not actually "stopped by the police" on the way home tonight from a little venison collecting :-P - I came across a car stranded in the middle of a very busy junction, with a PC trying to control traffic and arrange to get the car moved ASAP - I doubt his focus was up to the job - I offered my services to drag said vehicle out of the junction, without thinking that in the back of the PU were two dead bambi - right in front of the drawers with the tow rope in!

Ah too late - reversed PU to sick car - opened back to bemused looks from town/city folk - hooiked Bambi on to tailgate - grabbed tow rope, put bambi away and promptly moved sick car out of junction and in to a shop car park.

Good old PC simply said "Venison for dinner then?" and thanked me for my time. I drove off with nothing else said. I was expecting a knock at the door this evening, but it never came (Our business name and number/logo are all over the PU)

Mike

[Doz]

A good turn, a decent chap and a bit of common sense by the sounds of it. It's not quite extinct!

[meles meles]

Not so long ago, whilst travelling in partibus infidelis, we were stopped by the local police for speeding. 'Twas on a long stretch of road in the middle of nowhere. We hadn't seen another car for almost an hour.

The constabubble, realising we were thoroughbred English badgers, decided to work off some ex colonial grievance on us.

"You can't," he said, "carry on treating us as though this is a tin pot banana republic you own."

We looked at each other, then at the miles and miles of banana plantations stretching away in every direction as far as the eye could see.



He laughed first, and let us go...

[Chuck]

All interesting, I sense a general mistrust or wariness of the authorities when it comes to what we legally own and have in our possession...and a serious paranoia on their behalf too.

Was in council offices yesterday with the missus, she was chatting with a female cop and her male buddy. "What were they saying" says i "They wanted to know why we haven't been shooting with them for a while". That is shooting with them when they train And they still want us to apply for a hunting rifle for some reason.

if only the UK would lighten up.

[Scotsgun]

Being a deer stalker and wildfowler, i'm regularly driving up and down country lanes in the early hours. I've been stopped by the police in quite a few occassions and never had a problem.

I always declare if i have firearms/shotguns in the car. Usually i explain where i'm going, what type of shooting/hunting i'm about to do, declare the guns and then let them decide the next step. Usually they request to see the cert and are then perfectly happy.

In my experience, the general copper is loathe to get involved in guns so i've only had to get them out for viewing a few times. Its always been a request. Once was obviously curiousity as i had to wrestle them off him and his mate as they swung the about like numpties, saying "corr" and "how much does is this one worth?". Another time a mentor asked me to take his probationer through the guns, how to tell if unloaded, where to find the serial numbers, etc.

The only time it was less than pleasant was when my mate was stopped, i was a passenger and he decided to be an arse. He escalated the issue by failing the attitude test; being awkward, so the copper responded in kind.

I was repeatedly stopped on a motorbike journey from Oxford to Essex. That did get tiring. I gather the other motorists took exception to the rifle slip strapped to my back and another alongside the bike.

[ovenpaa]

The legendary Massad Ayoob's tips for when being stopped by the police (The USA take on it)

http://www.gunsandammo.com/2011/05/27/t ... by-police/

[Porcupine]

I wouldn't say a word unless it gets to the point where they're going to look in the boot. Why tell them something potentially alarming that they don't need to know before it becomes relevant?

[etprescottuk]

I think in any country when stopped by the police and saying, "hey I got a gun" is probably not wise. If not doing any wrong, why worry, if they ask well then say of course I have gun.

[Christel]

I was repeatedly stopped on a motorbike journey from Oxford to Essex. That did get tiring. I gather the other motorists took exception to the rifle slip strapped to my back and another alongside the bike.

Priceless :lol:

[Chuck]

Excellent clip, Ayoob is THE man when it comes to civvies and police interaction where firearms are concerned.