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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 1207488, member: 22004&quot;]I spoke with a cop in the &quot;live free or die&quot; state a couple of weeks ago about gun rights and open carry vs. concealed carry.&nbsp; I was not aware that the latter carries a higher burden of regulation.&nbsp; The cop said that someone got in big trouble for having a shotgun sideways on his chest when speaking with a woman who called him to account.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A coin dealer friend gave me this account of situations when he fired his gun:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The other incident was in a New York City subway platform against five, YES 5, thugs armed with elaborate weaponry who were not content with my just handing them over my valise filled with platinum bullion. Short and sweet….I fired a warning shot with my .44 Smith &amp; Wesson which caused everyone to hit the deck. Despite my licence to carry in NYC (which was not asked of me nor my rights read) I was also arrested there while those five guys WALKED. That did work out as I was also employed by U.S. Customs and the look on the police captain’s face when he did see my federal id was interesting. He was generous enough to also share my id with the hotshot officers who roughed me up and placed me under arrest. Those officers were suspended for a year without pay.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The first was... (at my) West Roxbury, MA apartment. I retreated to my cellar and lay in a prone position at the opposite end of the cellar. A light was on to illuminate the intruder on his end while I was in darkness. I had the advantage and knew it, yet the intruder still fired his gun three times in my direction when I called out a warning. I put a .45 calibre shot just past his ear to knock him down with the blast alone….which it did. I was arrested which I expected and arraigned in court. I reminded the public prosecutor that I had the advantage and withheld deadly force as it would have been murder (per the Fifth Commandment and morally for me), but he went on about the permanent damage to his client’s hearing. His client was a convicted felon twice over and also a physically violent man. The jury found me not guilty unanimously, but I had a few words with the police and pressed charges against Boston for having abused their authourity. My being a Western European Caucasian was not to my advantage. I received a written apology and the officers involved were suspended without pay for five months, I believe. However, I was harassed by them for months afterward through being pulled over while driving. Their little games ended when I began my stint as a civilian with U.S. Customs.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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