| James_the_cripple |
| (member) |
| 20/02/2008 13:10 |
Re: licence help -police stop check
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Beratta there is no need to worry - Besides I'm sure by now you have your licence...
Funny Story for you though...
I was driving back home on Christmas eve with a car full of friends when I drove through a set of traffic lights just as they went to amber.
Little did I know but as I crossed the actual junction - the lights changed to red. Unluckily for me the junction was being watched by the local Police area car - which justly started following me.
Anyway - to cut a long story short they pulled me over, and checked all my details.
While the WPC was explaining why I had been pulled over, her male colleague was checking my details with the Contol Room.
I suddenly remember hearing over the radio;
Contol Room 'Yes, Confirmed, Robert Jones, Age 20, erm, says here he has firearms history'
My heart literally skipped a beat while both policemen just looked in disbelief at me. I thought for a second that I had been reported for some firearms offence and that I hadn't been informed about. Anyway, the woman in the control room soon corrected herself saying 'Oh, sorry, he has a firearms LICENCE....'
I will never forget those few seconds of confusion, when the three of us literally s#*t ourselves!
Good job the person on the other end checked exactly what your firearm history was or you would have been cuffed after 'falling down the stairs'(allegedly) and the vehicle searched. I've been stopped by an armed response vehicle, very scary, for having a brand new gunslip stood in between the seats of a van. Just bought it and got reported for having a weapon, or someone seeing a weapon as I drove through a town.
Hopefully the police will train their staff to read the details before mentioning firearms to the police on the beat.