Quote Originally Posted by vectorsc View Post
Im glad the both of you understand my position on this. No thats not sarcasm.

If you arent involved in a crime but merely witness it yes you should have some concern that calling the police to respond may have negative consequences for you.

Examples from this very situation:

"So you had a gun you said. Lets go collect that to make sure you werent the one firing."

"Do you mind if we search your entire house looking for a bullet hole?"

"Did you know that some random law among the 262,517 ordinances that apply to you is in violation here?"

And im glad for those of you who dont feel that inviting the police in and inviting in trouble are one in the same - it means you haven't had the bad experiences with that one guy on the force every good cop desparately wishes they could fire.
This is all avoided from calling the police non-emergent line and saying " I live in the xxxx block of xxxxx Street. I heard an argument and what sounded like a gunshot. here is a description of the car. i wish to remain anonymous." Cops get calls all the time from people who refuse to give their name or any further contact information. Example of how to call the cops and not have your life intruded on. You don't HAVE to mention that you have a gun for your self-protection.

Most police aren't out to punish the average Joe for BS small things. Every cop I've ever met wanted to get bad guys (people who hurt other people for no reason) off of the streets.