'Only Ones' Not Knowing the Law Enough....

A local prominent individual has the habit of walking his not insignificant property at least once a month to make sure everything's on the up 'n up. When he does, he carries a handgun w/ him in-case of wild dogs, coyotes, or other unforseen problems that may occur.

On this particular day, a passerby on the highway nearly crapped themselves seeing someone walking w/ a gun out in the country and called 911. Local rookie cop shows up and arrests the individual. Said prominent calmly informs rookie cop that he is on his private property and that it would be a good idea to call his supervisor (name given).

Rookie apparently had a bit of sense because he did so and was promptly told to release said individual immediately.

So two issues I see here.

One. Police officer having no idea about the law. While stopping and detaining someone for carrying a firearm in a no carry state may be legit, the second that proof was shown that he was on his property, the cop should have released him and left.

Two. The only reason this didn't escalate to being brought down to the station was that the individual was able to drop names. Not only do we need to get carry laws in this state, we need to make sure the authorities are properly trained in their jobs.