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To: epicure who wrote (116683)	7/27/2009 1:04:54 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543061

"public" order isn't threatened by a guy in his house or yard So shooting guns in the yard is not an issue? Of course it can be "threatened" - the trouble is a cop is not a judge they simply carry out what they think is the law and let the judge decide. You can object to a search by police, and they can be doing it wrongly or even illegally - but if you interfere it's obstruction and if you touch them it's bordering on assault.

To: epicure who wrote (116683)	7/27/2009 3:20:37 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543061

{"public" order isn't threatened by a guy in his house or yard} It "depends" doesn't it? On the circumstances, facts, participants etc. And for the police they always have to plan for the worst---their lives depend on such foresight. If they're veterans they've been there enough to have seen a lot of off the wall stuff come down so they'v been conditioned to expect the worst. If they're rookies they have their imaginations to contend with and the war stories they've heard. If one has ever been shot at unexpectedly (expectantly is bad enough) that makes one have a certain cautious skeptical attitude about what can and might develop. So this is why, I think, it is better for us as a society as a whole to have to suck it up a little when questioned by PO's even if we feel a little bit put upon.