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<blockquote data-quote="Roy14" data-source="post: 3677943" data-attributes="member: 41855"><p>I used to pickup anybody in need or stop and help anyone who looked like they could use a hand. Then I had one late night experience spiral from a simple phone call, to a jump, to a tow, to driving two very rough individuals into a backwoods dead end with multiple trailer houses without any power, but plenty of signs of life. My now wife was with me, to the point of tears from being afraid of who was in the seat behind her, and my hand was cradling my J frame down at my side the whole time. Two things changed that night: I don’t pick up strangers that aren’t in need of immediate medical attention, and I carry a higher capacity sidearm in my vehicle.</p><p></p><p>Not long after that encounter I started my now career, and it’s changed my whole viewpoint of who and how much I’m willing to help when I’m not in uniform. Id still stop for who/what I’d consider the innocent: a kid, a dog, a hurt animal; but my list is quite short after that, and I figure somebody is a phone call away on shift earning tax payer dollars to intercede (as I also am on other days).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roy14, post: 3677943, member: 41855"] I used to pickup anybody in need or stop and help anyone who looked like they could use a hand. Then I had one late night experience spiral from a simple phone call, to a jump, to a tow, to driving two very rough individuals into a backwoods dead end with multiple trailer houses without any power, but plenty of signs of life. My now wife was with me, to the point of tears from being afraid of who was in the seat behind her, and my hand was cradling my J frame down at my side the whole time. Two things changed that night: I don’t pick up strangers that aren’t in need of immediate medical attention, and I carry a higher capacity sidearm in my vehicle. Not long after that encounter I started my now career, and it’s changed my whole viewpoint of who and how much I’m willing to help when I’m not in uniform. Id still stop for who/what I’d consider the innocent: a kid, a dog, a hurt animal; but my list is quite short after that, and I figure somebody is a phone call away on shift earning tax payer dollars to intercede (as I also am on other days). [/QUOTE]
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