State cops defend shooting

First Freedom, while there are indeed SOME instances where police DO abuse their authority, and do badger you with 'technically' illegal questions and practices, if you are ignorant of your rights and laws (as most people are) and go along with them, its your own fault. While I believe this does happen, I cannot believe that THIS instance was one of those times.

A potential crime was commited. Someone made a false 911 call. Finding no emergency, but finding a drunken, irate guy with a chainsaw, I think it gave police enough cause to investigate the situation a little further.

And if I were shooting on my property, which is PERFECTLY LEGAL, and the police came and asked me to answer some questions, and please put down my gun, to NOT DO SO is truely moronic. I would put down the gun, step away, and politely inform them that I do not wish to answer any questions, without my attorney present (if I were so inclined), and did they have a warrant to be on my property? NO? Well, I politely inform them that I am going to return to my shooting, and they need to leave my property immediately until they get one.

Contrary to alot of peoples belief, the cops aren't OUT TO GET YOU automatically. And if you are polite and well informed of your rights, most of them will be polite with you. And I could understand them not wanting to speak with a person holding a loaded firearm, no matter WHO he WAS. I wouldn't.

I think common sense and a certain repect have to prevail in these situations. don't you?
 
Actually the ratio of hits to misses is pretty good at that distance for cops. Think of the duress of facing a guy with a chain saw or other deadly weapon. Accuracy under stress is never good because there is no way to practice for it.

They should have shot the guy before he even got close though. I vote for shotguns.
 
Wait for the chainsaw to run out of gas? Seriously? Someone suggested that?

I work trail crew for the Forest Service during the summer. My job basically involves hiking and cutting stuff with a chainsaw so four days out of the week during the summer I am operating a chainsaw. For those of you who have no experience with them, let me tell you, they are powerful machines. I've seen people who have failed to give them the respect they deserve for a millisecond and almost been crippled for life. In this respect, they are much like firearms. By simply virture of their power and potential for destruction, they demand respect. When the guy says they can kill or maim you in a fraction of a second, he's not joking. That said, like firearms, if you give them the respect they deserve, they are just machines and can actually be quite fun to operate.
Anyways, the chainsaws I use can go about an hour on full throttle and one tank of gas--that is peddle-to-the-mettle so-to-speak, maximum rpms with the engine screaming. You wait for a chainsaw to run out of gas on idle, and you're going to be there a while.
The cop is very lucky to be alive. If he was wearing a vest, it likely saved his life. We are required to wear Kevlar chaps when we operate a chainsaw. They are very effective and several people on my crew have had their legs saved by them. The Kevlar fibers jam the sprockets that turn the chain and bring the chain to a nearly instant stop. This is obviously hard on the saw, but better than gashing open your calf or your thigh.

As for whether or not the cops did anything wrong, I don't think anyone has a right to say either way without knowing the whole story. I still remain skeptical of police because the ones around here are total anal retentive *******s, if you'll excuse the French.
 
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