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Originally Posted by Boomer
 Oh, but, I beg to differ — from experience — once having had to disarm a couple of friends who had too much to drink at a party at our house……..
They were off-duty cops. Most certainly law-abiding, and they were not mad at anybody — yet. Mr. Boomer did the disarming — in a charming, disarming way…..
No problem getting their guns — although they were a bit miffed when they sobered up, said they would never have used them — probably right, but not worth taking the chance.
Next morning, we gave them breakfast (no-hair-of-the dog though) — and gave them back their guns and their car keys. (Mr. Boomer had taken those, too.)
It was one helluva party. (a very long time ago) But, at least, we were responsible hosts, even in our much younger days, sort of.
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Originally Posted by dewilson58
Oh So Wrong.................If in Florida, and in most other states........it is against the law to be carrying and under the influence. They were not and are not law-abiding.
Florida law 790.151 prohibits carrying a firearm while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage.
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Originally Posted by dewilson58
Just read, it's a Federal Law that officers can not drink and carry their gun.
Have not found the HR reference, but it sounds like they are criminal dirt-bags, not law-abiding.
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Geez. What have we here, this morning?
All I did was tell a little story from the 1970s. And now those cops (who are still carrying, and living in a retirement community in the South) are being called dirt-bags. Even had chapter and verse Fed law looked up to quote at me….
wow
It was the
1970s. It was a little story. But, hey, it looks like it even turned out to have a point……
Ya know — like now — in this weird world of 2023 — hosting a big party could mean assuming that anybody and everybody could be armed…..
But, we all know that nobody ever drinks too much.
And nobody ever over-reacts on the subject of guns.
I don’t care if responsible people carry……
What I do care about is the potential for angry guys to take something totally out of context and react in a hair-trigger way.
I was not going to engage in this one. But I just had to defend my little story. (sigh) This is a microcosm of what is happening to us……The art of conversation can no longer be taken for granted. We now often have to approach even in-person discussions like walking on eggs — or like a minefield. Too many people are too easy to set off.
Boomer
I really need to stop looking at these threads.