For the past few weeks I've been pretty sick... and we ain't talking "cold and flu season" sick. I took almost an entire week off and got called into the doctors office one hour into my shift last week for some tests. My bosses all knew that something was pretty wrong.
Last Friday I told my supervisor that I have to take Monday (today) off so I can get some more testing done. However he is pretty sick too (more along the lines of cold or flu). So today rolls around and neither of us show up.
The assistant supervisor never got word that I was taking today off. He tries to contact the supervisor but he is now home and high on whatever drugs he's taking to combat his illness and really doesn't remember much of Friday.
Next thing you know, the police are knocking on..... not my door.
The guys at work still have my old address on file (in spite of the countless times I've told them to change it to the new one). I get a call from the current residents (whom obviously know me) telling me that the fuzz showed up looking for me to see if I was still alive.
Which brings me to my question. If they had the right address, they wouldn’t have gotten a response to their knock because I was at the doctors office. Had they not gotten a response, could they have just gone in? One would think that my rights say the “check” stops at the door. However the whole purpose behind a well being check is for somebody who may not be able to answer a door. So what’s the protocol?
Secondly, if they can go right in, how does that affect me as a gun owner? I have all sorts of reloading equipment around. If they see what they think are live rounds all over the place (but are really empty casings) can that cause trouble for me?
Last Friday I told my supervisor that I have to take Monday (today) off so I can get some more testing done. However he is pretty sick too (more along the lines of cold or flu). So today rolls around and neither of us show up.
The assistant supervisor never got word that I was taking today off. He tries to contact the supervisor but he is now home and high on whatever drugs he's taking to combat his illness and really doesn't remember much of Friday.
Next thing you know, the police are knocking on..... not my door.
The guys at work still have my old address on file (in spite of the countless times I've told them to change it to the new one). I get a call from the current residents (whom obviously know me) telling me that the fuzz showed up looking for me to see if I was still alive.
Which brings me to my question. If they had the right address, they wouldn’t have gotten a response to their knock because I was at the doctors office. Had they not gotten a response, could they have just gone in? One would think that my rights say the “check” stops at the door. However the whole purpose behind a well being check is for somebody who may not be able to answer a door. So what’s the protocol?
Secondly, if they can go right in, how does that affect me as a gun owner? I have all sorts of reloading equipment around. If they see what they think are live rounds all over the place (but are really empty casings) can that cause trouble for me?