My thoughts on D.C.

[.357SIG]

Last spring I went on a week long school trip to Washington D.C.. It was a great trip and a very informative learning experience. I would recommend anyone who hasn't been should make the trip some time.

 

One experience that I took away from the trip is just how liberal EVERYONE is!!! I was amazed at how ridiculous general mindset is. One time in particular at the old post office building (which is now a food court/shopping area). I was stopped by a security guard at the door and was asked if I had anything on me, and I informed him I did have a pocket knife. He said that he would have to confiscate it and I gave it to him. He asked me why I needed a knife and I don't think he liked when I responded with "because I can't carry my gun".

 

It was hard to feel safe when there were SRT teams in full gear walking the streets and helicopters with gunners flying just above buildings. I understand if they felt the need for that level of security, but 95% of the places I couldn't even have a knife, much less my ccw?

 

In light of all that is going on politically up there I think about the average mindset and how oblivious people are. For example, how shocked they are to learn that other areas of the country like TN the 2nd Amendment actually means something.

 

One last fun fact about D.C., if you ever notice all of the big tents on top of the buildings every couple of blocks, they aren't for receptions or parties, they are anti-aircraft artillery.

 

Just wanted to share my thoughts and experience.

[Guest bkelm18]

So you gave up your knife to a rent-a-cop at a food court? Pretty sure I would have told him to pound sand and walked away to find someplace else to eat/shop.

Edited January 15, 2013 by bkelm18

[UncleJak]

He said that he would have to confiscate it and I gave it to him.

You should have at least traded it for a ham samitch...

[.357SIG]

It was a cheap one that I had in case of that exact situation. In the end they gave it back as I was leaving, so I wasn't that worried about it.

[.357SIG]

So you gave up your knife to a rent-a-cop at a food court? Pretty sure I would have told him to pound sand and walked away to find someplace else to eat/shop.

BTW the weren't the rent-a-cops we have here, i think they were technically LEOs, but there only job was security. And it was a school trip and that was where the professor wanted to eat so........ya know how that goes.

[10-Ring]

The confiscation of things like knives makes those liberal sheep feel safe. 

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I was kept out of the Holocaust Museum because of the blade length. I refused to surrender it. It complied with their current

regs., at the time. I guess the sheep in DC must have clamped down in the last two years. I was rather ticked about it, also.

I wanted to see that museum. At that time it was only that one guard, because I got in everywhere else with my Buck.

[Raoul]

I was last downtown when they opened the WW2 memorial. It was like an armed camp. I swore I'd never go back and haven't.

Shame really, I used to love downtown DC and spent time there every year since about 1980.

[Sam1]

If you hang out on capitol hill, there are a mass of undercovers you never even seen walking around . Last visit in 2009 iirc, we were leaving the Rayburn building and someone left a backpack on a bench in front of SCOTUS. Not sure when they noticed it, but not even 30 seconds after we heard yelling, there were at least 2 dozen armed people in suits with police coming up behind clearing the grounds. Less than 5 minutes into it, they already had their bomb squad on-site.

 

That place is like a military base in the middle of a warzone and rightfully so

[mcurrier]

99% of the country's problems would be solved if D.C., NYC, Chicago, and Kalifornia slipped into a sinkhole.

[.357SIG]

99% of the country's problems would be solved if D.C., NYC, Chicago, and Kalifornia slipped into a sinkhole.

I can't agree more!