
Originally Posted by
hollohas
I think the police handled themselves very professionally and politely. I agree he wasn't doing anything illegal. While technically the guy open carrying is correct, if a police officer walks up to me while I am open carrying, I'm not going to give him a hard time unless he gives me a hard time and these officers were clearly not giving him a hard time. After all, I am on the side of the good guys and I want them on my side. If someone calls the police about someone with a gun, they have to go check it out...why give them a hard time if your one of the good guys?
The officers in this audio gave the guy no reason to believe they planned on doing anything but writing their report, which they are required to do when sent out to a call. Why not work with them? Give them your ID, they run it and they say "Cool buddy, thanks for working with us, we'll see you around."
He wasn't ever really detained, they were just having a friendly conversation.