Comments on: GCO Sues over “Man with a Gun” Incident

By: Dan54

Dan54 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:52:52 +0000

“Why should anyone be asked to provide proof of purchase? ”

They shouldn’t. It is, and always has been, the burden of the state to prove guilt. Likewise, it is the burden of the state to prove something is stolen. There is no burden on the owner to prove an item is NOT stolen.

By: SigLarry

SigLarry — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:31:50 +0000

Wait until Obama gets elected

By: devo1123

devo1123 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:15:40 +0000

Comments section is open at http://keepandbeararms.com/news/nl/read_comments.asp?nl=2452112436167&tmpD=10%2F15%2F2008 .

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By: sti1911

sti1911 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:56:34 +0000

oh sorry bout that the way the site lists it it looks like a complaint aginst him where he was called into cort

By: Ed Stone

Ed Stone — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:23:11 +0000

Guys, those are subpoenas, not complaints. Police officers get subpoenaed as witnesses in court all the time.

By: Eviltwin

Eviltwin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:48:40 +0000

Would of been interesting if the guy who had his ammo taken turned around and told the deputy he was under arrest for armed robbery. Deputy is armed, law does not support his actions so he was not going about his lawful duties… should of at least asked him for a property receipt and told him his lawyer would be buy to collect his pound of flesh.

By: Claymore

Claymore — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:26:43 +0000

Sheriff Ronnie Strength might be continuing a “policy” that his predecessor Charlie Webster used to engage in. My brother in law was a RCSD deputy for many years and one of the unwritten policies Webster had was discouraging lawful carry, whether it was consealed or open. He had the opinion that no one but law enforcement needed to carry. One incident in particular comes to mind; While on duty at the Augusta Mall, a deputy noticed a guy in the food court was carrying…apparently the weapon printed well enough through the guy’s clothes that the deputy could tell he was packing. He confronted the guy, who produced his CCW. The deputy demanded he hand over the weapon anyway. The deputy removed the magazine from the weapon and emptied the ammo into his hand. He then dumped the ammo into his pocket, replaced the empty mag into the weapon and handed it back to the guy. The way the story goes, the deputy was bragging that he told the guy that his CCW allowed him to carry, but it didn’t say anything about carrying it loaded. He then went on to say something about how Sheriff Webster doesn’t like trouble makers looking to take the law into their own hands and if he wanted to carry a loaded pistol, he should join the force. This is just one of the stories he told me about this sort of thing. Doesn’t surprise me a bit that there might still be deputies at RCSD who believe in this kind of thing.

By: PauldingJustin

PauldingJustin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:45:43 +0000

Rustygray: It is NOT required by law during a traffic stop for you to provide your Georgia Firearms License or alert the police officer that you have a firearm on you.

By: TripleJackInGA

TripleJackInGA — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:15:04 +0000

He actually has three complaints. Here’s the 3rd one, from earlier this year.

http://www.augustaga.gov/departments/marshals_office/complaint_detail.asp?AdvSearch=82349

By: TBILL

TBILL — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:43:23 +0000

The militarization of the police force has turned a lot of youn men with ego trouble into self styled Rambos, who have no regard for the civil rights of the population they are sworn to serve. Look at all the “Tactical Gear” they strut around in that is oviously not necesssary to doing their job. The ones who have never served their country are the most responsible because they are trying to build their ego because they feel ashamed beside their fellow Officers who have a military background. The Sheriff’s Deputies are the worst, I guess they feel inferior the county and state forces and their boss is a politician not a real Officer. I must point out that most are nice young men, who just want to go home alive at the end of the day. I had a great experience with the City of Macon’s Officers while attending the GON show this year. I have nothing but praise for both the Officers I had dealings with that day. I must add neither one was dressed or equipped like they were in downtown Bagdad. City of Atlanta cops are the worst, if most of them weren’t wearing a badge someone with a badge would be chasing them. Give the Sheriff a good legal spanking and he’ll change his tune and so will his Deputies.