MidnightRider

So now you want to get personal, okay dude, that's usually what folks like you do when they are running out of argument points. Get personal hero, it's your world the rest of us cower in your shadow. I served on a SWAT team with former military personnel and none of them had the attitude you do. Congratulations on saving the world buddy. How did I make it personal? It's too bad you feel that way but If my identifying a certain mindset of a group of individuals is "making it personal" then I don't know what to tell you. Oh, and I'm no hero, just somebody calling b#llshit where it's due. You self-identified with a term that is reserved for a very select few units/men. You are not a member of those units or you would know better than to toss that term around so casually. Not sure where you were going with the whole "cower in your shadow" came from but that's just ridiculous. I don't think I'm some bad-assed super hero running around saving the day. Paint me as whatever you want to though so long as you can keep detracting from the fact the the militarization of the Police is out of control. Watch the vid lo country posted. It's a parody of all the "Operators" running around out there now. Maybe that will help you understand. Edit: Why didn't you just ID yourself as a SWAT dude and leave the Operator part out? OK, I just re-read muy post and I can see where you think I was getting personal. My apologies if you thought the terms applied to the fools in CA were meant for you. They were not. As for the operator part? That point still stands. Because that was the official title when I joined the SWAT team, entry operator, still is, don't care if you agree with that or not. None of the Navy Seals that were on the team gave a crap, none of the former special forces guys gave a crap, none of the Rangers gave a crap, none of the Marine Recon guys gave a crap. But, since you do I should change my terminology? Yeah, watch how quickly I do that, it ain't gonna happen. Now, if one of the guys I was on the team with wanted guys to not use that term I'd do that. Why? Because I share something with them I don't with you, loyalty. Nothing personal.........is what it is. And your holier than thou attitude and opinion comes across as cocky and arrogant. I call a spade a spade and it comes across in your posts. You have your opinion and you're not going to change it no matter what, cool congratulations on that, I have mine as well and I'm not going to change it for some dude on an internet message board. You prep in your bunker or whatever for the day that the militarization of the police force reaches its culmination. Until then all you have is your opinion................. Yup, and I'll call a spade a spade as well. I have four of a kind. What you got?

Show me where I ever claimed to be an Operator. Just once. Please? You can't, because I didn't. So... are you? Or were you? Not pertinent to this discussion. What is though, is my assertion that LEO is militarizing at an alarming rate. If you don't see it, I can't help you. And way to "moderate" with your smartass comments to my legitimate concerns, regardless of how they are conveyed. Stay awesome!

Again. I never said it was a problem. My issue with your statement is that you want to ridicule people for being afraid of seeing someone walk down the street with a weapon in their hands. Maybe that person is harmless and just expressing their rights. maybe they are psycho and looking to open fire on a crowded street. Since no one knows the intent. It's not wrong to pucker up a little. They don't need people like you calling them names while it happens. Damn. You did it again. BRI's scenario NEVER mentioned the weapon being carried in someone's hands. It was strapped across his back. But you already knew that because I called you on it previously. Yes, my reaction would absolutely be different if someone had a weapon at the ready and looked a bit sketchy but that was not how it was laid out originally. You seem to be stuck on that though... I use the term "in their hands" to define carrying it on their person in any capacity. Because in all reality if a sketchy person was walking down the street with the gun strapped to their back, I wouldn't feel any more comfortable than if it were physically in their hands. But whatever, you calling people cowardly sheeple was the area I had a problem with because it was an ignorant statement. Oh, my bad. I didn't know we were the adding the variable/qualifier of "sketchy person." Forgive me, I must have missed that initially (in reality, I'm too lazy to go look but I'm certain that you didn't). Or, conversely, maybe you just didn't state such in your previous posts. Why didn't you just do that in the first place? If I saw someone I ID'd as "sketchy" doing anything, that is a game changer. Completely. Problem is, I don't remember you doing that in any of your previous posts regarding someone open carrying. If you did, my apologies and please point me to that post becasue I damned sure missed it. Oh, and it sure did take you a lot of posts to define "in their hands" as "carrying it on their person in any capacity." Forgive me for not making that "simple" leap in logic.

Again. I never said it was a problem. My issue with your statement is that you want to ridicule people for being afraid of seeing someone walk down the street with a weapon in their hands. Maybe that person is harmless and just expressing their rights. maybe they are psycho and looking to open fire on a crowded street. Since no one knows the intent. It's not wrong to pucker up a little. They don't need people like you calling them names while it happens. Damn. You did it again. BRI's scenario NEVER mentioned the weapon being carried in someone's hands. It was strapped across his back. But you already knew that because I called you on it previously. Yes, my reaction would absolutely be different if someone had a weapon at the ready and looked a bit sketchy but that was not how it was laid out originally. You seem to be stuck on that though...

So now you want to get personal, okay dude, that's usually what folks like you do when they are running out of argument points. Get personal hero, it's your world the rest of us cower in your shadow. I served on a SWAT team with former military personnel and none of them had the attitude you do. Congratulations on saving the world buddy. How did I make it personal? It's too bad you feel that way but If my identifying a certain mindset of a group of individuals is "making it personal" then I don't know what to tell you. Oh, and I'm no hero, just somebody calling b#llshit where it's due. You self-identified with a term that is reserved for a very select few units/men. You are not a member of those units or you would know better than to toss that term around so casually. Not sure where you were going with the whole "cower in your shadow" came from but that's just ridiculous. I don't think I'm some bad-assed super hero running around saving the day. Paint me as whatever you want to though so long as you can keep detracting from the fact the the militarization of the Police is out of control. Watch the vid lo country posted. It's a parody of all the "Operators" running around out there now. Maybe that will help you understand. Edit: Why didn't you just ID yourself as a SWAT dude and leave the Operator part out? OK, I just re-read muy post and I can see where you think I was getting personal. My apologies if you thought the terms applied to the fools in CA were meant for you. They were not. As for the operator part? That point still stands.

Damnit, you beat me to it. All of his videos are hilarious.

Show me where I ever claimed to be an Operator. Just once. Please? You can't, because I didn't.

BRI, Dude, you can justify your ramping up of weaponry as vehicles all you want. Fact is, since 9/11, LEO all across the country at all levels have been in a frenzy of militarization. Do you deny that? And as far as your comments about MIL dudes f#cking up, of course they do. The HUGE difference is that we police our own. You all pull up the Blue Wall and never publically ridicule the jacked up actions of another officer. Other than the dude in TX whom posts his disciplinary actions on Facebook, I have never seen it. It's ironic in this case that you mention the actions of a few. In my experience, the silence from your side of the fence once Thin Blue Line is in effect, is deafening. Show me some cases where an officer publicly called bullsh#t on something a fellow officer did. Take the idiots in CA who lit up the two paper delivery ladies, mistakenly thinking it was Dorner. Oops, turns out it was two women in a pickup delivering newspapers. Those f#cktards got remedial training. What do you suppose the charges would be for me? Prison, that's what. Too many of your kind operate with impunity and citizens are injured, mamied and killed all the time becuase of it. All becasue of absolute fear, lack of training and the "I'm going home at night, no matter what" mindset (see example above). Until you (LEO at all levels) realize that you are a major componenet of the problem, we'll continue down this road. While we're on the military theme, I noticed in another thread that you were an "Operator." AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. You most certainly are, or were not an Operator. Just becasue you jocked up/played dress up, stacked up and kicked doors does NOT make you an Operator. Sure sounds like you want to be one though. Thanks for furthering my point.

My apologies, must have been Junior. Regardless, you thinking that legally carrying a gun down the street is still a problem. What is your solution?

No. What is simple minded is you thinking you can infringe upon my (and millions of other law abiding gun owners) rights to solve an unsolveable problem. That's the problem with acting on emotion, instead of logic. Simple minded, indeed. Crazy people are gonna do crazy sh#t. Period. How do you propose we fix that? By taking MY rights as a law abiding, tax paying gun owning citizen, away? Just admit it, you gun control people have NO idea how to fix the problem but damnit, "we have to DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING! Do it for the kids." What a joke. Edit: I would love to take this conversation back to the Gun Control thread and hear how your ideas are going to fix the issue. Problem is, I asked people some very pointed questions in that thread that nobody seems to want to answer. You wanna give it a shot?

Then why ask me to explain? Because I was curious as to what your answer would be. Once you went off on that tangent with a completey different scenario than what BRI presented, you lost me. The whole "If you were standing in line at a movie theatre minding your own business and you see someone walking through the parking lot with an AR-15 in their hands" presents a vastly different scenario than what BRI posited, which was "open carry with a rifle" and was a disingenuous attempt to slant things to your view. That is why. Explain to me in today's society and recent history of violence where any type of open public carry of a weapon wouldn't or shouldn't cause alarm in these "sheeple" as you call them. Try to stay away from "walking into a gun show", "walking into a shooting range", "walking into a sporting goods store to buy ammo", etc... The whole point of my comment, regardless of scenario, is that your belief in shaming people because of how they feel is highly inappropriate and does nothing to make the topic of conversation better. You seem like an intelligent person. You have strong opinions about the government and other topics. I'm just not sure why you felt the need to make the statement that you did. LOL. Recent history of violence? Mankind has been violent his entire existence. We simply have different weapons with which to visit violence upon one another, as technology advances through time. Humans can be brutal, savage and downright barbaric. I've seen it, many times. That will never, ever change no matter what you or anyone else thinks or does. Besides, aren't we currently at something like a 50 year low for violent crime? You assume to know what I'm thinking. I can assure you, you do not. And you're pretty bad at assumptions (see second paragraph above, akin to the "walking out of the woods" comment you posted earlier). Anything to fit your narrative though, right? I most certainly wasn't attempting to shame anyone with my posts (see? you went and did it again, really badly too). I equate an irrational fear of an inanimate object (one which eventually leads to someone making a run at my Constitutional rights), cowardice. That should clear up your questioning why I said what I said. And as for being highly inappropriate? That's your opinion but that really doesn't matter to me. What matters to me are my rights. Wait. In an earlier post of yours I was simple minded, now I seem intelligent? HOT DAMN! The Gingko Biloba and Lumosity are working!

Then why ask me to explain? Because I was curious as to what your answer would be. Once you went off on that tangent with a completey different scenario than what BRI presented, you lost me. The whole "If you were standing in line at a movie theatre minding your own business and you see someone walking through the parking lot with an AR-15 in their hands" presents a vastly different scenario than what BRI posited, which was "open carry with a rifle" and was a disingenuous attempt to slant things to your view. That is why.

Better add paranoia to that list. This anti-cop thing you're pushing here is swell and all, and hooray! you're an island and you don't need cops to do anything for you, and we're all terribly impressed. So kudos for all that. Me? I'm kinda glad we have the police around. They've done a couple of good things, like the dramatic decrease in violent crime over the past few decades and saving the occasional kitten from a tree. I suppose it's a good and vigilant thing to go through life expecting trouble. But it's seemed to me, in my clearly anecdotal experience, that the people who expect to find trouble are the ones most likely to have trouble. Those who expect not, tend to not. I'm not anti-cop. I'm anti-militarization of the police and I'm anti-dumb asses whom don't know the Constitution. Big difference. Society would quickly descend into madness with no police and I don't want that. I just want the headlong rush to paramilitary to stop. And the trampling of rights. I'm not trying to impress anyone, not sure where you got that.

No, we aren't. Ummm...ok.

Perfect response by Carlfense. Perfect? In what way, exactly? That it's crazy to be scared of a dude with a gun walking down the street, minding his own business? I agree. I believe calling someone a crazy, cowardly, sheeple for being scared, concerned, or worried about seeing some dude walking down the street with a gun is one of the simple minded comments I have read on here. And that says something. And don't try to justify your comment by using a scenario about a guy going hunting and he is walking out of a Cabela's with his shotgun in his hand. Let's keep it real. If you were standing in line at a movie theatre minding your own business and you see someone walking through the parking lot with an AR-15 in their hands, neither you nor anyone in that line is sticking around to find out what that person is up to. That's not cowardly sheep. That's being smart and aware of your surroundings. The scenario you presented isn't anywhere close to what BRI posted. The rest of what you posted? Meh, your opinion means nothing to me.

My apologies for the delay, spent the weekend doing some training. Lots of rounds, good times. I'm fully aware of what SA is, pretty sure the MIL coined the term. Here are a few examples as to why there is a growing divide in this country: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/05/06...ises-concerns/ http://www.guns.com/2014/05/09/one-sided-police-shootout-with-377-rounds-fired-raises-questions-video/ LOL, an "O" shaped ambush? Amateur hour. Only dumb luck kepy anyone else from being killed. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152008743725213&set=o.114238542215&type=3&theater Really? WTF? Get on with your bad self Mr. Coperator. I don't give a s#it what your mission is, that's plain dumb. Gotta play dress up though to look the part, I suppose. https://statelymcdanielmanor.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/swat-manufacturing-the-justification-to-kill/ This was written by a former LEO https://pjmedia.com/blog/seventy-one-rounds-in-tucson-the-swat-shooting-of-jose-guerena/ Murdered an innocent man. These guys should be standing trial for murder. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-armed-war-returning-veterans/ Because, VETERANS! ZOMG! Oh, and IEDs. ZOMG! Since when did building IEDs become military training? Rhetorical. It doesn’t happen. Gotta love this one from SGT Downing: "..and all the guys go home at night, that's the most important thing after all..." He is a perfect example of the “us vs. them” mentality. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/16/napolitano-stands-rightwing-extremism/?page=all And it extends all the way up the Fed level. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2643344/Horror-SWAT-team-throw-stun-grenade-toddlers-CRIB-drugs-raid-leaving-coma-severe-burns.html A 2 year old baby who will now be disfigured for life. All over some f#cking drugs that some POS informant told them he bought there? Why didn’t they sit on the house and observe? They would have known there were children present. Bet he’s gonna have a great opinion of cops when he grows up. a$$hole$. I don’t need to hear the “well, they shouldn’t have been in a drug house” defense either. http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Stanford-lockdown-drill-leads-to-controversy-254808221.html They didn’t even notify the school. School was in session. Clown shoes. http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/PoliceStaff/Unsorted/OATH%20&%20ETHICS.pdf 72% said yes they would enforce an unconstitutional law. 28% said they would not enforce an unconstitutional law. Question 13: Asked if he were ordered to enforce an unconstitutional law would he? 88% answered yes. 12% answered no. Wow. This country is f#cked. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ZkFZkejv8 She pulled his punk card and he over reacted. Yes, she was an obnoxious b#tch but that doesn’t change anything. He got punked and pulled a dick move.

BRI, My method of communication is straight forward honesty. Some here take that as condescending, arrogant, what have you. I assure you that I am none of the above and I ask that you not perceive my comments as such. I’m just not big on flowery prose for the sake of sparing someone’s misperceived notions. I tried quote boxes in my reply but there were too many and it would not allow me to post with that format so my responses will be the italic sections of this post. Part of an officers job is to investigate things, being suspicious is part of that, being snoopy is part of that, most people don't do these things, so it sends up a yellow/red flag to us and causes us to ask questions. Cops are inherently inquisitive and suspicious, that won't change cause if we were naive to things people would get away with A LOT of crimes. Police are there to protect lives and property, we'll investigate things as far as we can and dig as much as we can to make sure we uphold that expectation from the public we serve. If I understand you correctly, you’re suspicious of anyone you encounter in the general public while acting in the capacity of an LEO, correct? It appears as though you place a lot of value on the word “respect.” I place respect very highly on my personal character assessment scale as well but I see the value differently. You then go on to use the word “suspicious” more than once in your response. which thoroughly confuses me. The definitions of “respect” and “suspicious” are as follows: Suspicious: having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something. Respect: a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. I fail to see how one can be suspicious of another yet respect them at the same time. To me, the two are mutually exclusive and simply could never coexist. How does one reconcile that? To do so is beyond my understanding. The general public is afraid in this day and age of someone open carrying a weapon, let alone a rifle, with all the active-shooter situation we have blazing across this country at this very moment. So if I pull over a car and the driver's messing around a lot under the seat, his jugular vein is popping out the side of his neck while I'm speaking to him, his sweating profusely, his stuttering, etc., I'm going to start asking some more questions as to what's truly going on here. That's not normal behavior compared to stopping someone and they are just simply irritated with the fact that they were pulled over. So since this isn't normal behavior and since 99% of the cars I pull over roll their window down all the way and speak with me like a normal person, when a situation arises where someone barely rolls their window down it's going to send the wrong message. If anything that could be considered a normal human reaction by the police officer. That’s a broad brush. I, and most people I know have no qualms with a responsible gun owner. Granted, we live in States with vastly differing gun rights but still, that is not the case from my experience. It may pique my curiosity but I damned sure won’t be running for the phone to dial 911. Intentionally or not, the rest of what you followed with above isn’t anywhere near what I described of my actions when dealing with LEO and unfairly depicts who I am. I don’t know how you made that leap but, quite honestly, it’s offensive and manipulative of the conversation at hand. Am I abnormal because I take precautions? If so, I’m cool with that because the proclivity to do so has saved my life more than once. You do need a permit in Iowa to open carry any firearms, there are two types of permits, non-professional and professional. Professional is typically only issued to law enforcement which allows them to carry anywhere, although federal buildings create some challenges with this from time-to-time. Non-professional permits don't allow those folks to carry in schools, gov't buildings, state parks, etc. How does that officer know what your intentions are? To expect them to know without making contact with you that you are lawfully carrying that weapon is unrealistic. For all we know you're a convicted felon that just decided to go walk around the streets and dare people to stop you and mess with you. You may think Terry Stops are too easily abused, but if we have a legit call to check something else that's what we're there for. We'll go to it, check it out, probably ask for you to identify yourself so we can make sure you aren't a felon and can carry a weapon and then thank you for your time and talk with you briefly about how you support the 2nd amendment. I know, I know, "I don't have to identify myself!" "What crime am I committing?" "Are you arresting me?" It would be in your best interest to identify yourself so we know you are lawfully carrying which, if you truly support the 2nd amendment, should make you proud to be able to prove that. Rock on patriot, I support the 2nd amendment fully! We don't know if you're committing a crime or not, if you're a felon, then you are committing a crime and now you ARE under arrest. Up until that point you're simply being detained because we received a call. We find out you're good-to-go you have a great day and congrats on having the ability to open carry. We have a duty in this situation to ensure that you can carry that weapon and not simply walk away because you don't want to identify yourself. We can agree to disagree on that, I just don't see how refusing to identify yourself truly helps the situation and shows you support the 2nd amendment. Not speaking specifically towards you just generally speaking. In your AO, I’m cool with this and am encouraged to hear that you enforce your state’s laws fairly. In mine? Not so much but, again, differing states. Because good stories don't sell newspapers, magazines, generate "hits" on their websites and create negative discussion that will generate further hits rather than positive discussion. It's really as simple as why companies advertise their products the way they do. All it is is a way to advertise and market their product. Take our local news station for example, they are bashing some gubernatorial candidates for speeding on the highways. They bash local cops for some decisions that they've made, decisions that officers have seconds to make and people like them have hours, days and months to tear apart. Two of their news anchors got arrested for OWI within 24 hours of one another. Nothing on ANY of the news stations about that! There truly aren't many "journalists" out there anymore that report the news without their opinions slanting people's opinions or how people should react and that's sad. I'm not saying they have an agenda towards the police, but it behooves them to generate revenue for their business by advertising in this way. If it bleeds, it leads! I suspect there’s more to it though. I'm saying why should I have to earn your respect right when I show up? This is the change in this country that is concerning. What ever happened with showing people respect in general? I almost always say "Yes sir, no sir, yes ma'am, no ma'am" to folks on a daily basis. I don't have to like my Chief, but he gets my respect because of his position. It appears you were in the military. Did you not show your superiors respect because of their position alone? Then if they showed you more than just that position did you give them further respect? Because we might as well not even discuss this part if you just simply don't respect people. If folks raise their kids to not respect people they are directly contributing to the problem we're seeing now. I'm saying the divide between police and citizens is getting to a concerning level. Citizens all the time talk about "police state this and police state that" give me a break! I'm not concerned with someone from a government agency coming to my home and kicking my front door down just because. I'm not going to violate someone's rights and oppress them because I wear a badge. That badge doesn't make me the person I am, that badge doesn't get to change the values I was raised on, my parents raised me to be a respectful man with integrity...........period. And I’m asking; why shouldn’t you or anyone else, for that matter? You’re confusing my not immediately respecting an individual vs. position/rank/etc. upon first contact (or any time for that matter) as disrespect. That’s not the case. In my world, if one is to be given any amount of respect, one must first earn it. There is an enormous difference between showing one respect and showing one courtesy, civility and professionalism. I, too, regularly use the terms Mister and Misses. It’s very common in my locale and it was how I was raised. In doing so, I am showing a courtesy. That does not mean I respect one as a person, it simply means that I am acknowledging one in a courteous fashion and a very distinct difference exists between the two. To me, respect is earned by living one’s life daily with honor, integrity, honesty, bravery, courage, and selflessness. Based upon my definition of respect, how could I possibly give it to you if I’ve never met you? Yes, I served but anyone in the military whom had my respect, earned it. That’s just the way it is. Just because an individual may have attained a certain rank or position, does not guarantee that they are not a truly worthless individual whom posed a risk to me and my men. My fear is I'll come across some guy, no offense, somewhat like you that has more extreme views than you. He'll immediately see the badge and think of me as someone who is going to violate his rights or wrong him in some way and he'll force me to make a life or death decision. You actually actively fear this? All the time? Explain to me my “extreme” views, as you incorrectly (I’m beginning to wonder) characterize. I am not extreme; I live by the rights provided by the United States Constitution and the laws of my state. I know one thing, I'm going home to my boys, if Joe Patriot wants to force me to make that decision that's what I'll do. That sounds harsh, but it's reality, lets not sugar coat it. And there it is. You just answered why there is a growing divide in this country. There’s much more to it but this is a main contributor. I’m curious; does your department own an MRAP? Thank you for taking the time to entertain my questions.

Perfect response by Carlfense. Perfect? In what way, exactly? That it's crazy to be scared of a dude with a gun walking down the street, minding his own business? I agree.

Completely agree, that's basically what we all carry in our hands with these smartphones. It was a no brainer and the way you described it is perfect. Yup. That's pretty much what they wrote in their opinion:

BRI, Thank you for your time and well thought response. I would like to add a few comments and questions: I agree that there are times when those idiots do 2A supporters no amount of good. But, if they are within the law, there really isn’t much to be done. Do you need a permit in IA to walk down the street with a rifle? I don’t here and I wouldn’t expect to be stopped and questioned for doing so. I would never consider such a dumbass move but, rights are rights. Just because something is dumb and lacks common sense, does not make it illegal nor should it warrant me being stopped and questioned. Terry stops are too easily abused. We’ve become a society of cowardly sheeple if you’re scared of some dude walking down the street with a gun. Are you saying that you’re paid to be suspicious of me, just because? Is that truly what you’re paid to do? I think not. Me cracking my window may not make sense to you but it certainly does, to me. It’s a two way street. Why does it send the wrong message? More importantly, what message does it send? Concur. Concur, as it should. Actually, I do read about those stories too. Just not on MSM sites. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the bad outweigh the good. If the good far outweigh the bad, why don’t we hear more about it? Does the media have an agenda against the police? If so, why is that? I see it too but not the way you do. Just to be clear, are you saying that this growing divide between the citizenry and LEO is driven strictly by non-LEO citizens? Are you saying that anyone, anywhere by virtue of their employment position or station in life should receive default respect? In this case, the police? Again, thank you for your perspective. It's interesting seeing how things work in different states/regions of America as opposed to my AO.

I bet police will continue to violate our rights anyways. Only if you let them. Education is the key in ANY interaction with the police. Know the laws and know your rights. Me? I only roll the window down enough to slide my proof of ins and registration through the window. I hold up my license to display to the officer that I have one. I never roll the window down enough for them to even think about gaining control of anything that is mine, that I don't want them to have. Also; encrypt, encrypt, encrypt! Can't emphasize that enough. Oh, and record every interaction. It may be your right, but that behavior is laughable at best. And knowing the law and "thinking" you know the law are two completely separate things. Go ahead and record, every police car has a camera these days and every cop has a microphone these days. Nevermind that cops now have wearable cameras as well. The people that act like this and record this same behavior are the same ones that look foolish on youtube.com. Could care less how they rule in this situation, doesn't change much IMO. LOL. Because I'm exercising my rights its laughable? I post nothing on Youtube, I am never a dick to cops and I have no vendetta. I will record any interaction with LEO and stream it to a secure location for my own safety, nothing more. I read too many stories about abuse (and have witnessed it, more than once) to trust anyone. Before you begin making assumptions, I live a very calm life. I am not a criminal and I do not participate in illegal activities that would warrant regular contact with LEO. In fact, until I got the ticket mentioned above, I have not had any interaction with the police for many, many years but that doesn't change the fact that one should remain vigilant. Your last sentence states that it doesn't change much. Please expound upon this, I'm curious as to what an LEO thinks of this ruling. One question; you're stating that EVERY cop car in America has a camera and EVERY cop is mic'd up? Even the Podunk, KY ones? Even the one horse town ones? I have several acquaintances whom are LEO and I know this is not true. I find that to be "laughable, at best." Regardless, am I to trust every cop in America who is mic'd up and has a camera, just becuase he's wearing a badge? This isn't a cop thing, I'm just generally not a very trusting person when it comes to people in positions of "authority." You also stated "The people that act like this and record this same behavior are the same ones that look foolish on youtube.com." Are you referring to anyone in America whom records interaction with LEO or just the a#sholes (and they are) who jam cameras in cop's faces while acting like an ass? BTW, there are ways to clandestinely record these interactions without being a dick about it, that's how I roll.

What am I encrypting? I don't think this is the link I had on my machine at home but it does a pretty good job of explaining the process for Android. I don't own any Apple devices and am not a mobile guru so I'm unsure as to their process. http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-encrypt-android-device-326700/

What am I encrypting? Your entire phone. I have a few things going on right now but when I get some time I will try to dig up a link (I think the link is on another machine at the house and I don't have access to that right now) that shows you how to do it. Once encrypted and powered down, they're not getting into your phone. I will post that up as soon as I can.

Do you get pulled over often? HAHA. No, I try to obey the rules of the road. I did get a ticket about 3 months ago though, first one in probably 20 years. That particular ticket was rather expensive, I was shocked at how much one costs today.

http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/70298-va-system/?view=findpost&p=1368690 Regarding the bold, that's pretty damn common in civilian medicine AND in VA medicine. I could share some horror stories from some very well respected private hospital systems . . . but I probably shouldn't. Haha. I'm sure you can and I'm sure they appreciate you keeping it to yourself. I generally try to avoid the doc but, if I do have a need to go, I'll stick with my private health care and avoid the VA in my area. They did get a new one funded here and will be breaking ground soon so, who knows, maybe things will improve along with the new facilities.