I went to Starbucks this afternoon and wasn't wearing my gun. it was on the car seat and I left it there. It was hot and that little navy blue car gets hot as the fires of hell in the sun, so I left the windows cracked..about 4 inches.
Anyway, I was sitting up front where I could see it just outside the door and a plain black car with a spotlight and the telltale antennas pulled up beside it. The cop got out and started walking around my car looking in. I had my Zoom 6 recorder on and was prepping it for an interview so I hit record and went out.
Another marked car pulled up and a young female Deputy whom I'd talked to before and has always (Including today) been pleasant.
The male deputy said "is this your car"?
"yes, is there a problem"
"I'm, here about the gun on the seat"
Anyway, the usual got ID, not going to show it to you.
At one point he kept saying a child could reach in and grab it......which wasn't true.
I told him that wasn't his job and he said "My job is what I say it is"
Oh really...."That's not true" "Your Job is to uphold the constitution of Virginia and enforce the code of Virginia".
He kept looking at the Zoom 6 which is a large professional recorder, like it was a snake.
Toward the last of the conversation, I said "Am I free to leave (although despite Users counseling I had no intention of going anywhere).
His answer was a little amusing ...."Yes you are free to leave, that would be awesome".
I rolled up the windows to about 2 inches and they went away.
I'll file the FOIA in person tomorrow to see how this was logged.
While Hanover has improved by leaps and bounds over the last few years....it has a lot of baggage.
Anyway, I was sitting up front where I could see it just outside the door and a plain black car with a spotlight and the telltale antennas pulled up beside it. The cop got out and started walking around my car looking in. I had my Zoom 6 recorder on and was prepping it for an interview so I hit record and went out.
Another marked car pulled up and a young female Deputy whom I'd talked to before and has always (Including today) been pleasant.
The male deputy said "is this your car"?
"yes, is there a problem"
"I'm, here about the gun on the seat"
Anyway, the usual got ID, not going to show it to you.
At one point he kept saying a child could reach in and grab it......which wasn't true.
I told him that wasn't his job and he said "My job is what I say it is"
Oh really...."That's not true" "Your Job is to uphold the constitution of Virginia and enforce the code of Virginia".
He kept looking at the Zoom 6 which is a large professional recorder, like it was a snake.
Toward the last of the conversation, I said "Am I free to leave (although despite Users counseling I had no intention of going anywhere).
His answer was a little amusing ...."Yes you are free to leave, that would be awesome".
I rolled up the windows to about 2 inches and they went away.
I'll file the FOIA in person tomorrow to see how this was logged.
While Hanover has improved by leaps and bounds over the last few years....it has a lot of baggage.