As some of you know i play SOCOM US NAVY SEALS online with some guys. Well i went on a trip to meet a few of them. We use nicknames there as we do here on CT.
Allright, long story short.
Kowboy was going thru the KC area and decided to meet Gacy and myself for some breakfast Thursday morning. When I got there, Kowboy was already there, and we started talking about how many cops were around the area. I then noticed two cops looking around in Kowboys truck, I informed him of this and he said that he should go out there and talk to them since he had a air-soft rifle in his truck. I stayed inside for the time being. About 30 seconds later, two additional cops walked over to the window where I was sitting and motioned for me to step outside. Once outside, I had to give them my drivers license and explain to them how I knew Kowboy and what we were doing. They had me stand outside with Kowboy while they searched his truck, then mine. It went from 2 cops to about 12 in a matter of 30 seconds. My immediate thought was "what the f*** is going on". The cops were cool about everything. I asked one of them what this is about, and he replied "basically, you guys picked the wrong place, at the wrong time, on the wrong day". I said, "what are you talking about, its not illeagal to have paint ball or air soft guns in your vehicle, is it?" He replied "lets see, one of you has what looks like a rifle in your truck, and you are located right across the street where the President of the United States is going to be in about an hour". My thoughts at that precise time was "oh shit, oh shit, oh shit". I started BSing with the cops, I knew some of them, just to lighten the mood. Then Gacy showed up, looking very confused as to what was going on. I told one of the cops that I knew that guy and if it was OK to go and talk to him. He said sure, no problem. I walk over, say hi to Gacy, when I was interupted by a police officer telling Gacy he needs to see his ID. I asked the cop if he were going to interigate anyone that I knew or talked to, he said "yep". I then asked if I could make a quick call to my mother-in-law? He said sure, do I want him to just hold her or to arrest her, I requested the latter. After about 45 minutes or so, I asked them how much longer we were going to be there, he said that they were all done, but we needed to be cleared by the Secret Service. My thoughts at that precise time was "oh shit, oh shit, oh shit". A little while later, a red town car arrives with two guys dressed in dark suits. Bingo, the show has started. They get out, and introduce themselves as "Agent so-and-so with the Secret Service". They ask the cops who is number one, they reply by pointing at Kowboy, #2 was me, and then pointed at Gacy and said "he is number 3". At that point, Gacy said "yep, I'm the 3rd shooter on the grassy knoll". I started laughing. Then quickly realized that probably wasn't the best thing to say to the Secret Service. I am quite sure that joking about an assasination of the President isn't high on their joke list. But it all went over with no problems. They told us we were able to leave, at that point, we went back into the diner, got our stuff, and got the hell out of there. Gacy had to go back to work, but Kowboy and myself went to another location and finished our breakfast.
The moral of this story is to stay the hell away from any place the President is going to be, especially if you have anything in your vehicle that might get you detained. I told Kowboy he was welcomed to come back anytime, and he replied "I'll think about it".
That was by far the wildest experience I have had. After looking back at it, the cops were very cool about everything and even joking around about the Secret Service. But you know one thing was bound to happen. While we were waiting outside, some man walked up to us and stopped and made a comment to one of the cops, "I didn't know you people liked waffles, I thought you guys only ate doughnuts". Which the cop replied "Yea, were all switching over now, but next time I here, I keep my eye out for you". And then kept starring at the gentleman as he walked up to the door. I asked the cop if he was going to get his licence number and wait for him, and he replied "Yep". Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time, and saying the wrong thing.
