Snowflakes exist, even in Oklahoma.

[aarondhgraham]

Several months ago I was hanging out with my best friend,,,
We get together once a week for a few hours of beer and BS.

He has a Daughter who just turned 16 years old,,,
The age when her parents agreed she could start dating.

Well, my Bud has a sense of humor,,,
When her date showed up to their door,,,
He was invited in to meet my friend/her father.

So there he was in the den,,,
Purposefully displaying/cleaning several of his guns.

The Daughter groaned, the Mom sighed, the Boy recognized the joke,,,
Unfortunately the Boy's parents did not.

The next day he got a call at work from his wife,,,
Two uniformed officers were at their home wanting to speak with him.

The Boy's parents were so freaked out that they called the cops,,,
And tried to get them to arrest my Bud on "menacing with a firearm" charge.

The cops had no choice but to investigate the situation,,,
Apparently the Boys parents greatly exaggerated the whole thing to them.

So, he takes off from work to clear this up,,,
According to him one cop was reasonable and sympathetic,,,
But the other cop was more on the Boy's parents side rather than theirs.

Fortunately for them the Mom had taken several pictures of the Young couple and the Dad,,,
The guns in the pictures were visible on the table but none were in his hand,,,
The Boy was grinning/smiling with my Bud and in no distress at all.

The cops eventually wrote it up as a non-threatening event and left.

Later on he found out that the Boy's parents would not allow him to talk to the cops,,,
They made the complaint themselves and claimed the Boy was "too traumatized" to make a statement.

In a sane society my Bud would be able to sue them for making a false charge.

Aarond

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[sherrick13]

Id sue the **** otta them

 

[rc508pir]

As long as people area allowed to get away with ****, they will

 

[joegrizzy]

soooooo the next time some jets fly overhead at a sporting event, airshow, or just in general am i allowed to claim it's intimidation?

a cop driving by?

was the police visit intimidation?

the threat of jail?

i mean.....what exactly *is* intimidation in a "free" society?

 

[hunter966]

Well at least the boy had the right frame of mind and may not pass that kind of b.s. behavior off to his kids.

Those parents oughta be bit_ _ slapped!!

 

[boocat71]

wouldn't the parents have made a false statement to the police when they said their son was to traumatized to talk to the police.

 

[Hawgman]

Wait till red flag laws are at fed level. Your friends 2nd, 4th and 14th amendment rights will go right out the window.

 

[trekrok]

Wait till red flag laws are at fed level. Your friends 2nd, 4th and 14th amendment rights will go right out the window.

Yep, judge will order the guns out based on an 'abundance of caution'. And fear of being wrong and facing the media firestorm.

Friend can then start trying to prove he's not a threat to society and maybe, eventually, get his guns back. Assuming he has the money to pursue it.

 

[John6185]

Although the Father was well within his rights in his own home to clean and display his guns, it is not a good idea to be brought to the attention of the authorities that one has guns at all due to the current political climate. Even thought they may be registered. He is on someone's radar now more than likely,

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Maybe it is just me, but after I had finished investigating, I would have hauled the boyfriend's parents off for false official reports. Did it a nuber of times in Jacksonville.