I Was Pulled Over By Cops for carrying an UMBRELLA!

[WOPR]

Maybe the person who reported you to the police thought you had one of the Penguin umbrella.

Qucik question where did you buy that umbrella? (Yeah I know you're in the U.S. but I would still like to know) The handle make it look so cool!

I bought it at http://www.thinkgeek.com
along with my soundtrack shirt, and butterfly-pen

 

[WOPR]

I can understand if you were carrying one of these:

I can also understand if they thought you were wielding a katana but that umbrella doesn't look much like a military-grade rifle. How were you carrying it? Ya know what, nevermind, I can't see anyone looking at that umbrella and saying to themselves, 'he's got a gun!' unless it was sarcastically.

Sucks that you got held up by police though.

I was holding it in my left hand, down at my side, with the handle towards the ground
(I was holding it by the middle)

 

[minus_273c]

okay this just happened and I want peoples opinions on this

I was carrying an umbrella with a katana handle
obviously an umbrella

I had 3 cop cars pull me over (which I'm pretty sure is out whole police force... sadly) and they yelled at me that they received reports of me carrying an ASSAULT RIFLE!

Can anyone justify being more or less detained by cops for carrying THAT?!
on the statement "IT'S AN ASSAULT RIFLE"

I was going to say that you could understand if they were concerned you were carrying a concealed blade. Then it occured to me that makeing look like one of the most famous blades of all time is hardly a good tactic in that case.

 

[Zarmi]

I understand them. That's one very dangerous and obviously a rocket launcher you got there! /sarcasm

On the note, you can't count on cops being smart. At least that's my subjective experience.

 

[rancher of monsters]

Next time they pull you over start off your "Innocent speech" with:

Looooonnnggg ago, I, [your name here] road forth to face Aku Shapeshifting Master of Evil, who had unleashed an UNSPEAKABLE EViL... but before the final blow was struck he tore open a portal and threw me into the future where his evil is law. No I seek to get back to the past and undo the future that is Aku..And that Officers is why I carry this umbrella...

P.S. I couldn't resist.

Actually, depending on how long he was walking prior to the Police coming, he could propably have a full episode of Samurai Jack with the two minute fight scene that would be his encounter with the cops. Also, AAAAKUUUUUUUUUUU!

OT: It would have been awesome if they fought it was a Katana, I keep picturing Setsuka from Soul Calibur.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

-snip-
I was holding it in my left hand, down at my side, with the handle towards the ground
(I was holding it by the middle)

That must be how all of the terrorists hold their ARs.

 

[Fooz]

Funny story, true, but it's nice hearing cops doing thier job and responding in fashionable time to what could be a serious situation.

Not sure why but this reminds me of a story from high school. A bunch of my friends and I were at one person's house and decided we wanted to go to another's house for whatever reason. So we all piled into two of our vehicles and started racing there. Well, the vehicle I was in just happen to be winning when a cop pulled us over. We were kind of freaking out cause there was a machete on the dash (don't ask me why, wasn't my truck) and also a pair of pellet handguns sitting out in the open which looked real. But as the officer was asking for my friend's license and registration, our friends drove by us pointing and laughing. The cop assumed they were laughing at him so he just told us to slow down and then ran to his car to go pull them over. We not only didn't get in trouble, but also won the race! Our friends luckily didn't get a ticket either, but what a day we all had.

hahaha, that made me laugh pretty loud, what a stroke of luck eh?

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

okay this just happened and I want peoples opinions on this

I was carrying an umbrella with a katana handle
obviously an umbrella

I had 3 cop cars pull me over (which I'm pretty sure is out whole police force... sadly) and they yelled at me that they received reports of me carrying an ASSAULT RIFLE!

Can anyone justify being more or less detained by cops for carrying THAT?!
on the statement "IT'S AN ASSAULT RIFLE"

EDIT: I wasn't detained it just felt like it because I had the throw it down, put my hands on my head, turn my back to them, and not move a muscle until they were done inspecting the umbrella

Well, I could understand looking at the hilt and saying "OMG! It's a sword/knife" but assault rifle? REALLY?

 

[Joshimodo]

Should I be worried? I have a scoped umbrella.

 

[Legion]

To be honest it's better the cops did what they did rather than ignore a call of someone carrying around an assault rifle.

The people who called the cops on the other hand...

 

[Wintermoot]

maybe the police officers should get their eyes examined

 

[Kasper Gundersen]

I would get it if they said "DROP THE SWORD" or something, but "IT'S AN ASSAULT RIFLE" is just mindblowingly dumb...
*facepalm

 

[manaman]

Can anyone justify being more or less detained by cops for carrying THAT?!
on the statement "IT'S AN ASSAULT RIFLE"

I don't think it "just" happened. I hate that phrase. It's and indefinite period of time that can be perceived differently by each person. Did it happen yesterday? An hour ago?

Anyway, are rifles with the distinguishing features that they determine earn the rifle the label of assault rifle illegal where you are at? Because if so they have every right to detain you after they received reports you where carrying one. At least until they csn determine you where in fact not carrying, nor had you been carrying one.

Sorry but your one little over reaction to a brush with the law isn't coming off as more then a minor inconvenience to you that you are blowing way out of proportion.

10 minutes before I got home and typed this up

So they just stopped you? Seems even more minor in that case.

I was once stopped because I came out of a state lands area with a chainsaw. The officer wanted to see my permit to cut firewood. I told him I wasn't. Trees fall all the time, and you don't head up a forest service road without a saw unless you want to risk getting stuck certain parts of the year. The deputy decided for some reason he needed to search my vehicle, even after I told him he couldn't. He found my pistol and decided to arrest me, even after I notified him that I have a carry permit and he need only snuff me or pull it out of my wallet and I would show it to him. I spent half a equipment locked up in that excuse for a sheriffs station. Then I had to involve my lawyer to even get my pistol back. They still wouldn't give me my ammo, understandably they wouldn't give it to mr at the same time as the pistol, but they wouldn't even let me come back for it. Said it was going to be desteoyed. I really should have sued that jackass deputy.

 

[ryai458]

Just don't blame the police. They did what they should have done. After all, they received reports that you carried an assault rifle.

And remember that story about the russian agent who was killed by means of an umbrella with a poisoned tip, huh? Umbrellas are clearly dangerous weapons.

Actually it was an umbrella with a air gun which injected him with a tiny amount of radioactive material that slowly killed him.

Hmm, it appears the poison was indeed injected by means of compressed air, but the wikipedia entry doesn't say anything about ricin being radioactive...

Oh must've been thinknig of another assassination well I was half right atleast.

 

[Double A]

What a bunch of idiots...

Basically, people are dumb. This is something that can be really fun to exploit, especially at conventions.

Story time?

 

[Jamous]

okay this just happened and I want peoples opinions on this

I was carrying an umbrella with a katana handle
obviously an umbrella

I had 3 cop cars pull me over (which I'm pretty sure is out whole police force... sadly) and they yelled at me that they received reports of me carrying an ASSAULT RIFLE!

Can anyone justify being more or less detained by cops for carrying THAT?!
on the statement "IT'S AN ASSAULT RIFLE"

EDIT: I wasn't detained it just felt like it because I had the throw it down, put my hands on my head, turn my back to them, and not move a muscle until they were done inspecting the umbrella

EDIT 2: I'm not mad at the cops (okay I'm half mad, because of the approach and overkill they took) I'm mad at the idiot that called me in as carrying an assault rifle

EDIT 3: Also when I say "Pulled Over" I just don't know how to explain "Stopped while walking down the sidewalk home (It was supposed to rain today... hence the umbrella... it was a present too)

I saw that umbrella at the anime Expo. I wanted one, but didn't quite have enough cash.
OT: Silly silly prick who phoned the police.

 

[lostzombies.com]

Most places don't allow people to walk around with a sword. If you were stupid enough to think that this would not happen then you deserve this. Seriously, why did you buy an umberella that looks as if it contains a sword if you didn't want people to think it was a sword?

Dumb much?

It's like carrying around a lunchbox shaped like an Uzi then complaining that someone called the cops because someone was walking around with a gun.

Seriously you and only you are at fault here. Man up.

 

[Headsprouter]

I want that umbrella sooo bad!

I seriously don't understand how that could be mistaken for an assault rifle....damn old people and their short-sightedness...

Actually i'm gonna undo that stroke i did above:

I want that umbrella sooo bad! Seriously! It's awesome!

 

[ReservoirAngel]

You can't really fault the police for this. Think of it from their point of view: they get a call that someone's carrying a fucking assult rifle around, they HAVE to go and investigate it.

And of course, someone carrying a gun like that would be serious, so obviously they bring a lot of guys to handle it incase the situation turns nasty. THEY don't know it's an umbrella until they've gotten a look at it.

The fault here is with the nutbag who reported the umbrella as a high-grade military weapon.

 

[Jonluw]

Just don't blame the police. They did what they should have done. After all, they received reports that you carried an assault rifle.

And remember that story about the russian agent who was killed by means of an umbrella with a poisoned tip, huh? Umbrellas are clearly dangerous weapons.

Actually it was an umbrella with a air gun which injected him with a tiny amount of radioactive material that slowly killed him.

Hmm, it appears the poison was indeed injected by means of compressed air, but the wikipedia entry doesn't say anything about ricin being radioactive...

Oh must've been thinknig of another assassination well I was half right atleast.

Hmm. That was what I was going to say before I looked further into it, and found that the murderer might have used compressed air.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov#Later_investigation_and_aftermath

Well, umbrellas are dangerous in any case.