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And if you take the law into your own hands and get arrested for it, you have nobody to blame but yourself.




A chance I am fully prepared to take when I believe the safety of my family is at stake. Tell me Barry, is an uncorroborated statement from person A that person B threatened them considered to be actionable intelligence? What exactly could you do to ensure that person B did not carry out their threat?

In 1998 I worked out of state 6 weeks of every 8. During one of the 6 week periods I was away, the neighbors took to riding their 4 wheelers through my land, chasing livestock and generally tearing the place up. My wife confronted them and was threatened with bodily harm. She called the sheriff, who came out and eventually explained that unless we had incontrovertible evidence or they were caught in the act, there was nothing he could do. The sheriff had already been to see the neighbors and warned them what would happen if he did catch them in the act, but in the end advised that we work it our between ourselves because we have to live there.

What was the effect of the sheriff's visit to the neighbors? They were incensed that the law had been called, and proceeded to threaten my wife and children with violence in the night. Within minutes of my return home from the road, I was in their living room with a drawn .45... offering them the Josey Wales choice: We were either going to live together in peace or die together right then and there. The ensuing moments were pretty intense to say the least... eventually we came to an agreement concerning the virtues of peaceful coexistence. After which I invited them to ride on a couple of the uncleared acres which adjoined their property. Within the next few years we actually became friends.

Yes it could have turned out much differently, and yes I was scared... but no matter how it turned out my family would have been safe. Call it what you will from the safety of your keyboard couches, it worked and I did not leave my family living in fear when I next departed for an extended work period.


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Your comment is one that is typically made by a disgruntled person that has been on the wrong side of a set of jail bars a time or 2.




I'll play! Hey Barry, what is the general consensus in your department concerning the fine fellows at Internal Affairs? Aren't they the ultimate officers, doing the best and most respected work in all of law enforcement? Do rank and file officers like to hang out and pal around with them?

In light of your comments, I guess any answer other then affirmative is typically made by disgruntled officers who are corrupt and/or abusive and bullying in their dealings with certain sectors of the public.


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