Remember, we KNOW why we are tooling around in vehicles originally designed
to give their crews an advantage on the battlefield. In our hearts we are
100% positive that we mean no harm to anyone, and we spend our days talking
to other folks who are just as committed to the peaceful pursuit of
collecting, restoring, and educating about our big green beasties.
The police, on the other hand, spend their time "in the trenches", and are
focused on the fact that they are out gunned and outnumbered. Their lives
depend on being able to gain the upper hand in any situation. Obviously
they cannot be confidant that they will be able to do so against an armored
MV, and this injects that nasty "get him before he gets me" instinct.
Hence, while that North Carolina State Troopoer may pull you over simply
because he wants to check out this neat looking piece of hardware, that
California Highway Patrolman may remember when some fool stole an M60 MBT
from a National Guard Armory, and drove it through a couple of moterhomes
before high centering it on a highway divider.
We can "soothe" and "reassure" our law enforcement officers by being
responsible, trailing our guns, and putting forth as benign a posture as
possible until we get to a site where it is understood that big green
beasties are going to show their fangs.
My .02.
Bill
(By the by, to whom it may concern: I spent too much time putting my butt
on the line for God, Corps, Country, Mom, and Apple Pie... If you are
going to administer to an organization that brings to life the equipment
that myself and my fellow vets rode, fought, lived and died on, you'd DAMN
WELL better be allowing for the swift and democratic redress of
grievances.)
SBJohnston@aol.com on 07/13/99 06:13:01 PM
Please respond to SBJohnston@aol.com
To: Mil-Veh@skylee.com
cc: (bcc: William R. Benson/PLG)
Subject: Re: [MV] Moron Alert!
Bill wrote:
>dismount or lock down in trail (transport)
>configuration our supplementary weapons systems
That's a good idea just for the preservation of the expensive hardware! No
use having it banging around...
>He assures me that there could possibly be a
>"shoot first, ask questions later scenario"
I find this worrisome... are the law-enforcement personnel you describe so
afraid that they would start firing their weapon at someone who (A) is not
threatening them and (B) has something mounted on their vehicle that merely
looks like a weapon? If they are that insecure they should be in another
line of work.
Steve Johnston
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