01-23-2004, 04:20 PM
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Location: Sweden
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Originally posted by Tala
Couple of minutes ago, I hear both of my dogs going nuts and the sound of a large-type engine. figuring it's either someone who's lost or a delivery, I go to the door to see my dogs barking at the UPS truck.
Now, both of my dogs are on their tie-outs. They can't reach the driveway from there, but they can certainly make enough noise to get my attention, which is the idea. No lie, the guy driving the UPS truck is in the truck with a fucking handgun pointed at my dogs!
He sees me and tells me to call off my dogs before he shoots them. So I holler back "wait a minute", go grab my phone and call UPS's local office, give them the truck number and the license plate number and tell them what I see. The woman on the other end of the line is absolutely shocked and asks if I'm sure. I say yes, I'm sure, and she thanks me and gives me a complaint number to verify later if I want to know the outcome of this, but says she bets her own job that this guy is fired for this, because UPS drivers are not to be armed.
I set the phone down and tuck the .38 in my jacket pocket and go back outside and demand my parcel. He gives me the parcel and tells me I shouldn't have dangerous dogs and that next time he has to deal with them, he's going to shoot them.
I go off. I tell him he doesn't have to deal with them, they're tethered quite securely, they're doing their job, and the next time he threatens to shoot someone's tethered up dogs, he'll be lucky if he's not shot himself and to get the fuck out of my driveway. He stares at me a second, and I ask him if he's gonna threaten to shoot me next.
He leaves, I'm pissed, and the sadly funny part is this isn't even my damn package. It belongs next door.
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Here is the "typical" US fundamentals. Ohh..I need a gun for security resaons-- I need dogs for security reasons..I need Alarms for security reasons.
It ends up with deaths of inoccent people because everyone is "afraid"..
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