I know he was chief in Bedford, a green town. I am planning on going in to talk to him about a machine gun permit. Is he a friendly?
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O good, I was planning on going in to talk to him face to face, to see if he was willing to give them out. Good to know chances are I wont get thrown out of the station.
Just don't bring one of these anti-cop guys with you who feels the need to spout off constantly about how evil police are and paint every working cop as a "jack booted thug." They might not take kindly...
LOL I tend to assume the police are on my side and deal with them as such, I have met a few bad apples but most have been professional in my experience. I am a bit nervous to do this but I figure it can't hurt.
So should all cops treat all of them the same way in return?
I have noticed the natick police dept or at least the ones I have talked to are VERY pro 2nd.Detective Arena was great when I applied for my LTC-A. Although Natick is listed here as a red town, I've found the officer's I've dealt with to be good folks and haven't felt any tension or unwelcome concerning gun rights.
It seems so many people on this forum have the attitude that all cops are anti-gun owner, and really believe they're all lying, cheating, power tripping thugs. So should all cops treat all of them the same way in return? Of course not, but they paint them that way anyway.
It seems so many people on this forum have the attitude that all cops are anti-gun owner, and really believe they're all lying, cheating, power tripping thugs. So should all cops treat all of them the same way in return? Of course not, but they paint them that way anyway.
It seems so many people on this forum have the attitude that all cops are anti-gun owner, and really believe they're all lying, cheating, power tripping thugs. So should all cops treat all of them the same way in return? Of course not, but they paint them that way anyway.
+1When you are forced to witness CLEOs engaging in petty personal vendettas via civil penalties (removing people's rights) and worse yet, criminal charges, get back to me and try to argue with a straight face that all cops and all PDs are 100% right all of the time. If they were always in the right, we wouldn't need a court system.
In the meantime, I will continue to maintain there are some real good people in this world and some real cock suckers. PDs and the people that staff them are no exception to this rule. I like some, I dislike others and it's got nothing to do with them having a badge.
When you are forced to witness CLEOs engaging in petty personal vendettas via civil penalties (removing people's rights) and worse yet, criminal charges, get back to me and try to argue with a straight face that all cops and all PDs are 100% right all of the time. If they were always in the right, we wouldn't need a court system.
In the meantime, I will continue to maintain there are some real good people in this world and some real cock suckers. PDs and the people that staff them are no exception to this rule. I like some, I dislike others and it's got nothing to do with them having a badge.
I agree but you have to admit the job does seem to attract a disproportionate amount of the bad ones, either that or because of the job they become jaded against the general public much worse than say the mailman does
I agree but you have to admit the job does seem to attract a disproportionate amount of the bad ones, either that or because of the job they become jaded against the general public much worse than say the mailman does
This.I agree but you have to admit the job does seem to attract a disproportionate amount of the bad ones, either that or because of the job they become jaded against the general public much worse than say the mailman does
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I think its the nature of the job in that they only see the dregs of society and normal people at their worst. After a while it drags you down and you get the slanted opinion and "us vs them" mentality. I know a bunch of great cops and have a lot of respect for them and their jobs... Just as as I know a bunch of jerks with badges.. Its the same in other public service professions (Firefighters/EMT's, but not so bad).
In general I have a "be nice to everyone until its time to not be nice" attitude.
Of course you could always look him in the eye, light up a Newport and dare him to turn you down.
Maybe you're confusing people commenting on posted articles where LEO's are in the wrong. Or maybe people are tired of begging the police department to exercise a god given right.
Are trying to justify the way the police in this state decide who can and can not utilize their rights?
I remember the sheriff's test in Washoe, NV... once you passed an intelligence exam you got to have a full on background check, and then a mental/social/emotional workup. Do they do the same type of screening here?
It seems so many people on this forum have the attitude that all cops are anti-gun owner, and really believe they're all lying, cheating, power tripping thugs.
Detective Arena was great when I applied for my LTC-A. Although Natick is listed here as a red town, .
I admit no such thing. It is not clear that there is any worse or better class of individual in that job. I would like to hope with background screening, etc that it is the opposite of what you say, but I have no proof of this.
It is? Last time I looked it was green. When/why did it go red? No issues on my end personally.
Again, you're generalizing. You think ANY rank and file patrolman thinks one second a day about your right to carry? Nope. It's not their job to decide if you can use your right to carry. You seem to think there's a big Pow wow where the cops hang out with the chief and discuss the second ammendment and how to infringe on it. It's just not the case.