Maybe so. But after my little speech he went on the radio and said it just the way I told him to.TxMedic wrote: Honestly, it doesn't matter how you want him to say it. The EMT figures it'll all get sorted out at the ER by PD.
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- Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:31 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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I actually lived through this back in Providence, RI in 1995.
I was carrying legally on my RI Pistol Permit when I had a heart attack while walking down a city street one evening. I did not lose consciousness. I walked into a store and told the clerk at the counter that I thought I was having a heart attack and to call an ambulance.
In a few minutes an ambulance shows up and they load me in the back. As they start loosening my clothing I stopped them and informed them that I had a pistol permit and that I was carrying a pistol at the time. They asked me whare it was and I told them (an IWB at 3 o'clock).
Then I told them that I was removing the gun and holster and placing it temporarily between my legs, where they were not to touch it.
As I was doing so, one of the EMT's called out to the driver, "You need to call ahead and have a cop meet us at the ER. This guy we just picked up is carrying a gun."
I did not like the way that had sounded. So I lifted the oxygen mask off my face and said (loudly), "Excuse me! Tell the guy to call ahead to the ER and tell them to have a cop meet us there because the gentleman you just picked up was licensed to carry a gun and that he needed a cop to take custody of it while he was temporarily incapacitated. And I want you to say it just like that."
The EMT said, "Sure buddy." Then to the guy up front, "Did you get that?"
And the driver then called it in just as I had told them to.
When I got to the ER, the cop looked at my permit, took the gun, and said, "Don't worry about anything, guy. You've got all the right stuff here. When you get out, stop by the station and pick the gun up. No problem."
And that was that.
I was carrying legally on my RI Pistol Permit when I had a heart attack while walking down a city street one evening. I did not lose consciousness. I walked into a store and told the clerk at the counter that I thought I was having a heart attack and to call an ambulance.
In a few minutes an ambulance shows up and they load me in the back. As they start loosening my clothing I stopped them and informed them that I had a pistol permit and that I was carrying a pistol at the time. They asked me whare it was and I told them (an IWB at 3 o'clock).
Then I told them that I was removing the gun and holster and placing it temporarily between my legs, where they were not to touch it.
As I was doing so, one of the EMT's called out to the driver, "You need to call ahead and have a cop meet us at the ER. This guy we just picked up is carrying a gun."
I did not like the way that had sounded. So I lifted the oxygen mask off my face and said (loudly), "Excuse me! Tell the guy to call ahead to the ER and tell them to have a cop meet us there because the gentleman you just picked up was licensed to carry a gun and that he needed a cop to take custody of it while he was temporarily incapacitated. And I want you to say it just like that."
The EMT said, "Sure buddy." Then to the guy up front, "Did you get that?"
And the driver then called it in just as I had told them to.
When I got to the ER, the cop looked at my permit, took the gun, and said, "Don't worry about anything, guy. You've got all the right stuff here. When you get out, stop by the station and pick the gun up. No problem."
And that was that.