It all started at 2:30 a.m. when I hear loud shouting and foul language out in the street in front of the house. I immediately racked one into the chamber of the 12 guage, and 911'd the Mounties. The brawl in the street apparently wore itself out and they drove off together.
I ended up watching tv all nite since I couldn't get back to sleep, but at 7:00 a.m. the po-po are back at the neighbor's house. Apparently she found a stash of what appeared to be stolen goods in a bush in her front yard. Sigh.
Then about 10:00 a.m. I look out front and there are two cop cars parked on the block with no one in them. I hear sirens in all directions and they go silent when they get close. In all, about 10 black and whites roll in and disgorge highly excited badges with guns drawn. Two ambulances roll to a stop up the street and remain running with their lights on. Safety comes off on the Benelli and I add a few magnum turkey load shells to the shirt pocket. I look out in the backyard and across the alley a house is now under seige.
The seige lasts about an hour and at the end there is a bullhorn explaining their last chance to come out unarmed has passed and they are now sending in the dogs and "YOU WILL BE BITTEN." Ten minutes go by and the lights go off on the ambulances. They slowly drive off. I'll take that as a good sign. One by one the black and whites drive off and things return to normal.
Of course the wonderful Rapid City Journal daily newspaper has absolutely nothing in it's pages except wonderful hard hitting reporting on how both lanes of North Sheridan Lake Drive will be closed off for several weeks while repairs are being done. Monumental waste of my $2.00!
But I'm pulling the trigger. I've been talking about picking up a 1911 .45 ACP, this tips the scales. Mark at First Stop Guns, I'll be there tomorrow morning.
