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TA120 got a reaction fromDeactivated Memberin Why does "sheriff" look like this?That was the issue, doing that worked perfectly! Thanks a bunch!
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TA120 reacted toDeactivated Memberin Why does "sheriff" look like this?If you're using NaturalVision it has a .rpf of a bunch of texture files somewhere including a sheriff.ytd, find and delete that ytd and you're set
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TA120 reacted to jb431 in Why does "sheriff" look like this?Did you change or add a livery? I have had a similar issue in the past when I have tried to import an additional livery, or labeled a replacement livery incorrectly. Are the correct ytd files installed, and there isn't an extra +hi file that doesn't belong to that file still in your directory?
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Texas police chief asked to leave doctor's office for carrying gunPlain clothes does not mean off-duty.
And American LEOs are always on duty. Some departments even require their officers to be armed 24/7 as per policy, even when out of service.
Sources: American LE
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Texas police chief asked to leave doctor's office for carrying gunNegative on your last, ghost rider.
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Again, that is false. Officers are always on duty even when not in uniform. The same way military are representing their respective branch and the armed forces when in civilian clothes, law enforcement are (expected) to be ready to assist when off duty as well. I'm not pulling that out of my ass, that's what I've been told by officers, otherwise I wouldn't be saying it. That's why they're allowed to carry their weapons off duty and their restrictions aren't as strict as regular citizens.
Hate to break it to you, but a doctors office can be shot up or bombed just as any other venue. Sure the owner has the right to know who and what comes into their property, but it wouldn't be very wise to ask the police to leave just because a few insecure patients feel nervous. Welcome to the real world and welcome to the US. We have guns and so do our police, time to accept that or move to Canada. Even if it's anyone, boo-hoo. If the business hasn't asked them to leave, they have every right to carry their weapon whether you're comfortable or not. You being comfortable is irrelevant. I will carry whether you feel safe or not because I'm carrying for myself and my family. And if it comes down to it, for you too whether you like it or not.
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I guess it's at the discretion of the business owner. Their loss, I personally wouldn't have any issue with an armed officer in my business place.
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Texas police chief asked to leave doctor's office for carrying gunWith all due respect, telling a plainclothes LEO he or she can't carry on your grounds is just as bad as what happened in the OP. As an RO, you should know that LEOs are always on duty. I'm not discrediting what you're saying about the badge part, but I'm pretty doubtful that the dude just chucked his shield at you like a fastball.
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Two police officers injured after terrorist activityStatistics aren't my thing, but you're more than welcome to compare that to the population and break it down into percents.
My point is this: we can argue numbers all we want. Crime will always persist, and when crime persists, the People require a first-line defense in order to prevent victimization. What scares the hell out of me isn't the three hundred some million firearms owned by other Americans, nor walking by other Americans carrying a firearm, concealed or open. What scares the hell out of me is not having a gun if and when I'm attacked, therefore being deprived of my basic human right to protect my own life and left at the mercy of an attacker who has full and complete power and control over me. When it comes to protection, it isn't a game of numbers. It's the fact that innocent Americans are raped, kidnapped, robbed, or murdered, and they have no means to defend themselves because "better for thee, not for me" politicians believe that they know what's best for the American People while sitting behind their desk in Washington, surrounded by armed security.
You have the right to not possess a firearm because of your beliefs. I whole heartedly respect that decision, and will go so far to disagree with those that say everyone should be forced to own a firearm. We have the freedom of choice in America, and that's a beautiful thing. However I, and millions of other fellow Americans, respectfully ask that you respect our right to own firearms, and the right to carry those firearms in the interest of life and liberty.
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Two police officers injured after terrorist activityYou're right, you can't live life full of what-ifs. For those of us that do carry or otherwise possess a firearm for use in a defensive posture, we aren't scared. We're comfortable because we know that we do have the means and ways to protect ourselves from anybody that wants to cause us harm; and trust me, there's plenty of those people out in the world, none the less in our country, state, and community. Before you were talking about how likely we are to be victimized in or outside of our home. Here's some interesting statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice from 1974 to 1985:
42% of Americans will be the victim of a completed violent crime (assault, robbery, rape) in the course of their lives.
83% of Americans will be the victim of an attempted or completed violent crime.
52% of Americans will be the victim of an attempted or completed violent crime more than once.
Source: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/104274.pdf
Those numbers are high as hell. 83% of Americans WILL be the victim of some sort of violent crime, attempted or completed, throughout the course of their life. Crimes that leave people mentally and emotionally traumatized for life, crimes that may severely disfigure someone physically, or may leave them face-down in a drainage ditch dead. And just to think, eight out of ten Americans will experience that terror at least once in their life.
More interesting stats from the DOJ:
5.9 million violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2014. These include simple/aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, and murders. A 1993 nationwide survey of 4,977 households found that over the previous five years, at least 3.5% of households had members who had used a gun “for self-protection or for the protection of property at home, work, or elsewhere.” A 1993 nationwide survey of 4,977 households found that over the previous five years, at least 0.5% of households had members who had used a gun for defense during a situation in which they thought someone “almost certainly would have been killed” if they “had not used a gun for protection.” This amounted to 162,000 such incidents per year. Source: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/104274.pdf
When you have a minute, please read over http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#general. There's surprising information on there as to where felons obtain firearms, violent crime statistics, defensive gun usage, and so forth.
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But if you restrict guns, they'll obtain them regardless through the black market that Hystery and I discussed. Which at that point, you've taken guns from the law abiding citizens and now the criminals are still obtaining them.
(Also note that Thomas Jefferson did not actually make this quote, but he included it into his writing).
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TA120 got a reaction from Hastings in Two police officers injured after terrorist activityI did bro. What you're talking about (the restriction of where you may or may not possess a handgun) is the entire premise of Heller (the above case). Washington D.C. municipal code required handguns be kept in a non-functional state, and they had to remain in the home. That law was struck down as extremely unconstitutional. Therefore, exactly what you're proposing is also extremely unconstitutional. You're talking about not having a reason to carry a gun in civilized society. There's two points to that:
1. You do not require a "need" to exercise any Constitutional or god-given right.
2. I wish we lived in a world where we didn't need guns. That is far from the case.
I welcome you to tell every would-be rape victim, would-be kidnapping victim, would-be murder victim, that they didn't need the gun they utilized to defend themselves; that they shouldn't have had that gun to protect themselves. Better yet, why not read a first-hand account from a guy that DID use a gun to defend himself in a home invasion?
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/_ARCHIVED_THREAD____Ask_a_guy_who_defended_himself_in_a_home_invasion_anything__Well__almost_anything_/5-1638294/?page=1
We can play the "what if" game for a long time man. The chances of having a car accident are slim, but we still wear seat belts every time we drive (or I hope we do). The chances of our house catching fire are slim, but we still have smoke alarms and fire extinguishers. The chances of our house being invaded while we sleep are slim, but we still secure all entry ways before we go to sleep.
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Two police officers injured after terrorist activityI did bro. What you're talking about (the restriction of where you may or may not possess a handgun) is the entire premise of Heller (the above case). Washington D.C. municipal code required handguns be kept in a non-functional state, and they had to remain in the home. That law was struck down as extremely unconstitutional. Therefore, exactly what you're proposing is also extremely unconstitutional. You're talking about not having a reason to carry a gun in civilized society. There's two points to that:
1. You do not require a "need" to exercise any Constitutional or god-given right.
2. I wish we lived in a world where we didn't need guns. That is far from the case.
I welcome you to tell every would-be rape victim, would-be kidnapping victim, would-be murder victim, that they didn't need the gun they utilized to defend themselves; that they shouldn't have had that gun to protect themselves. Better yet, why not read a first-hand account from a guy that DID use a gun to defend himself in a home invasion?
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/_ARCHIVED_THREAD____Ask_a_guy_who_defended_himself_in_a_home_invasion_anything__Well__almost_anything_/5-1638294/?page=1
We can play the "what if" game for a long time man. The chances of having a car accident are slim, but we still wear seat belts every time we drive (or I hope we do). The chances of our house catching fire are slim, but we still have smoke alarms and fire extinguishers. The chances of our house being invaded while we sleep are slim, but we still secure all entry ways before we go to sleep.
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Not allowing Americans to carry weapons for self-defense is the implication of an outright ban, because they can't be used for anything other than recreation...
You don't need to carry a gun, but you have no right to tell me what I need to carry. If you want to remain unarmed, you have every right to do so, but I'm going to carry, and I do carry, and there's nothing that anyone can do about it.
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Two police officers injured after terrorist activitySome of y'all need to read up on D.C. v. Heller.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290
In DC v Heller, Justice Scalia plainly states that banning a certain class of firearms (handguns in this instance) is extremely unconstitutional. In the full Heller decision, it also addresses the argument of "well, AR15s weren't around when the 2nd Amendment was ratified, so they should be banned / restricted / whatever". The Court addresses that by stating that just because a type of firearm was not in existence at the time of inception of the 2nd Amendment, does not mean that the firearm doesn't fall under the 2nd's protection.
If you want gun control, move to Chicago or use two hands. But please don't impose ridiculous legislation and beliefs upon other Americans that hold the right to protect themselves very close to their heart. These rights were plainly addressed in our Constitution, and in our Republic the Constitution is the law of the land.
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Two police officers injured after terrorist activityPlease refer to my above post of DC v. Heller, as the Militia point was directly addressed by Scalia. From the above link;
"Additionally, the term “militia” should not be confined to those serving in the military, because at the time the term referred to all able-bodied men who were capable of being called to such service. To read the Amendment as limiting the right to bear arms only to those in a governed military force would be to create exactly the type of state-sponsored force against which the Amendment was meant to protect people."
The last words of the Amendment state "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed".
I don't want to break shit down barney style as to what "the People" means.
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That is a terrible idea that'd never work or be allowed to work. Most Americans wouldn't stand for it, nor most politicians. Intelligence isn't exactly relevant when it comes to something as simple as the 2nd amendment because it's so clearly written. Most Americans actually see the value of the Constitution, and that doesn't (shouldn't) require any level of intelligence, just some basic knowledge of American fundamentals and history. Most Americans aren't even against banning assault weapons, and that's something that I didn't know. What you describe will never happen because it won't solve anything, and most Americans see that (thankfully).
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TA120 reacted to Mags in Police Body Camera Videos!Officers are going to laugh and joke in those serious situations to cope with stress of it all. I'm not saying that they are laughing at the situation at hand, but what I am saying they are going to make jokes about something that happened the night before or an inside joke to help with the stresses of seeing something extreme.
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TA120 got a reaction from CHR1570PH3R in Quick question for LEO'sIt depends. If they carry themselves out in a manner in compliance with the law, they won't be bothered despite their pants on head retarded beliefs. But they go so far as to make homemade license plates, homemade drivers licenses & other documents, etc. Basically anything associated with the U.S. government (or state or local), they refuse. It's pretty common for an officer to arrest a sovereign, and then the sovereign places a multi-million dollar lien on the officer's house. The issue with sovereigns is that they truly believe what they preach, and they're willing (and have before) to use deadly force against officers. Cop blockers on the other hand are just dickheads that enjoy fucking with cops, when in reality they more than likely do not "know their rights" and end up in cuffs anyway.
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TA120 got a reaction from Reddington in Texas police chief asked to leave doctor's office for carrying gunword. the incompetence and totality of the circumstances is just dumbfounding though.
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This is my take with my experience in law enforcement...
If he was off duty I would never wear any "POLICE stuff" out in the open. I personally don't open carry when off duty. I don't like anyone knowing I have a firearm. 2nd point If he is on duty the doctors office should accommodate him I have gone to the doctors plenty of times in uniform never had an issue. The first time I ever had an issue that would be the last time I visited that practice Period.
People fail to realize we (law enforcement) are human beings too! We are not robots!
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Texas police chief asked to leave doctor's office for carrying gunSauce: https://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/articles/393451006-Texas-police-chief-asked-to-leave-doctors-office-for-carrying-gun/
"CONROE, Texas — A police chief said he was told to leave a doctor’s office because he was carrying his gun.
Police Chief Philip Dupuis told The Courier that he went to see the ENT specialist Tuesday while wearing his badge on his belt next to his gun and his ID on a lanyard around his neck.
He was checking in when the receptionist asked him about his firearm. She requested he store his firearm in his car, but Dupuis refused. He reiterated that he was an officer and he carried his weapon for his safety and the safety of others. He said he was then asked to leave.
Texas law allows licensed police officers to legally open carry anywhere in the state. But private business or property owners can create “weapons-free zones.” According to the Courier, the owner must post a sign referring to the penal code, prohibiting open and concealed carry.
"It's just bad," Dupuis said. "My badge is clearly displayed. I have my lanyard on with 'police' on my ID card hanging around my neck. I had handcuffs. The lobby was full of people, and they asked me to leave because of who I am."
Office Manager Ryan Johnson called Dupuis to apologize and said the office has the same signs posted as other doctors’ offices regarding firearms. It’s unclear whether the signs prohibit both open and concealed carry.
"This was a mistake," Johnson said. "All we can do is sincerely apologize for it and will use it to teach our employees how to better handle these situations when they arise."
The fact that both uniformed and plainclothes (but with credentials displayed) officers are being asked to leave establishments / refused entry due to the fact they're armed is fucking ridiculous. That happened not too long ago in my state, where a uniformed color guard was refused entry to a stadium for a presentation of the colors. I guess some people don't understand that in America your firearm is apart of your uniform, and when in uniform or acting in any sort of official capacity you're never disarmed (with the exception of jails and federal courthouses).
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TA120 got a reaction from DivineHustle in Texas police chief asked to leave doctor's office for carrying gunFar from it. There's a good amount of liberal areas in Texas (Houston, Dallas). It's largely because it's a border state plus metropolitan areas. There's better images of gun loving conservative states.
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TA120 reacted to Black Jesus in Kennesaw Gun LawThere are exemptions from the law, including an exemption for simply not believing in keeping firearms. The law was intentionally made unenforceable and the city openly admitted this. It was a political response to some other town in the US banning guns in city limits.
http://www.snopes.com/kennesaw-gun-law/
An actual mandate would be ridiculous. But the way Kennesaw did it is fine, because it's not really a mandate at all.
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TA120 reacted to Hastings in Konstanz Disco Shooting and Erfurt Two Teenagers with Soft Air Guns in a Car Parklike ten years ago, when I was a kid and we played Vietnam War in one of our southern towns, none of our airsofts even had orange tips to begin with :D I was the only proud M16 owner, so I was representing the Marines while others chimed in as Soviets or locals. There were some civilian casualties... A window or two shattered... UN (my grandma) was not pleased.
Detaining and interrogating insurgents was the fun part as well.
Geez, you made me remember the good times :D