Secret Service and guns
Question:
Back when Slick went to Jackson Hole WY, the local boys took their scopes off their rifles to get a better look at the Prez. Secret Service went apeshit over this. Arrested them, threw them in the slammer etc. Back during the Flood of ‘93, Slick and company visited Arnold MO High School. They parked school buses 3 deep around the football field, where the choppers landed. Before you buy. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Response:
> Back when jimmy Carter was prez he was out west to do a river float or > some such. The head guide asked if it would be all right to bring a gun > along. The Secret Service agent aghast asked what he wanted a gun for? > The guide thought an extra gun would be good insurance since there were > bears in the area. The agent paused a moment then slapped the guy on the > back and told him to bring all the guns he wanted. NO PROBLEM!:-)))
Ralph – That may have been when Carter floated the middle fork of the Salmon in Idaho. One of my buddies was camp cook on that trip. A couple years later, the Carters came down the Rogue in SW Oregon and stayed at my folk’s fishing lodge. I just happened through on a weekend deer hunting trip … my first year of handgun hunting, and I accidentally came in from hunting at the same time the fishing group came in off the river. I had no idea who it was; half of the party was secret service. I pulled into the yard, parked, grabbed my 4-5-6 handguns I was messing with that season, and headed for my room to clean up before dinner. I went right through the secret service guys, who never batted an eye, BS-ed with the outfitter for a couple minutes about fishing, weather, etc., then went on inside. I figure the secret service had run background checks on family and employees of all of the lodges along the route; they’d already checked me out, and if I’d acted any different, THAT would have showed up as unnatural. Still … kinda wierd. After dinner, several of the secret service guys who were gun nuts came out to drool over my collection, swap yarns, etc. I didn’t get much chance to talk to Jimmy … he was the center of attention of course, but I got a chance to talk to Mrs Carter quite a bit … she seems like a real genuinely decent person. ’course, I guess the fact that she initially mistook me for her son didn’t hurt matters … gave us something to laugh about. :-) Tom Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Response:
Was this the trip where Carter whacked the poor defenseless swimming bunny rabbit with a canoe paddle? -Norm > Back when jimmy Carter was prez he was out west to do a river float or > some such. The head guide asked if it would be all right to bring a gun > along. The Secret Service agent aghast asked what he wanted a gun for? > The guide thought an extra gun would be good insurance since there were > bears in the area. The agent paused a moment then slapped the guy on the > back and told him to bring all the guns he wanted. NO PROBLEM!:-)))
Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Response:
Back when jimmy Carter was prez he was out west to do a river float or some such. The head guide asked if it would be all right to bring a gun along. The Secret Service agent aghast asked what he wanted a gun for? The guide thought an extra gun would be good insurance since there were bears in the area. The agent paused a moment then slapped the guy on the back and told him to bring all the guns he wanted. NO PROBLEM!:-))) Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
