Recent content by ttpete

There's a series running on A&E called "The First 48" that deals with murder investigations. What's interesting is the use of actual interrogation footage and the techniques involved. After seeing that, it reinforces my decision to never be interrogated without my attorney present. Did you know...

Sarcasm aside, I watched both parts 1 and 2. It was an excellent presentation to a law class that took the better part of an hour. The attorney talked for half the time, and absolutely made the case for not saying anything at all without one's attorney present. The detective then spoke for an...

Thank God all cops aren't as paranoid as you. You sound like someone who has just spent the last year running convoys through Baghdad. You are just reciting a litany of what you think the ideal citizen should do when you pull him over for a "burned out license plate light", which we all know is...

I've done my own restitching for years. It's not difficult at all, and the equipment required is minimal.

Ambi safetys on 1911s are just another piece of "tactical" crap. They get bumped off all too easily. Before they appeared, the lefties disengaged the safety with their trigger fingers and did very well. I've removed mine and tossed them.

When I rode years ago, I did most of it out in the country on 2 lane blacktop. Farm dogs were the biggest problem, but there was always the occasional drunk redneck white-trash trailer dweller in a rusty pickup to contend with. If you ride, you'll know about them. I carried an M37 with a Speer...

But suppose your attorney obtains a habeas writ? Don't the police then have to bring you to court forthwith and show cause to hold you without having charged you? My understanding is that this can be done at any time, and that it is a constitutional right.

User, thanks for your observations regarding police stops. They've gone a long way towards clearing the air. I have a few questions, though. First, would it be wise to ask the officer what one's status is, in other words, whether one is free to leave or not? Second, if one is detained, what is...

Actually, it boils down to one thing: "Don't let your mouth get your ass in trouble".

To begin with, I never implied that anybody had to get me counsel other than myself. I only said that there would be time to do that in due course. Whether I was under arrest or not, I'd want to meet with my lawyer and discuss what happened and then have him present for any further discussion. I...

And I think that if it was me, my reply to that would have been: "OK, I understand that. But I'm not going to comment any further unless and until I'm properly represented and advised by counsel, which I'll have opportunity to arrange for in due course should you arrest me. There's no need to do...

Our old lunch truck (roach coach) driver had a 250 lb. Ghetto Dweller get in the passenger side at a stoplight and try to rob her, so she put one of those "64 ft/lb" rounds in the middle of his forehead. It dropped him like a pole-axed steer in a slaughterhouse, and he wound up DRT (Dead Right...

You probably badged him before you mentioned you were armed. That makes it a whole lot different. The average citizen would probably have been taken down had he mentioned being armed. And as far as secret service agents being able to magically detect a weapon goes, the last I heard was that...

MI recognizes resident permits from ALL states.

I am a Senior Citizen. That gives me a lot more latitude when it comes to self defense than the young guys do. Somebody here had a sig line that said: "Don't mess with an old man. If he can't fight, he'll just kill you." And that's exactly what will happen. I don't go looking for problems, and...