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OK GC STORY


I was at the shooting range in Dauphin County, this past January on NEW YEARS EVE. It was about Noon and i was taking the hi-point out to get some trigger time, I was shooting for about 20 min i see a GC officers truck pull up at the bottom of hill by the gate. I think, Well here it goes......he sat down there for another 10 min then finally walks up the hill, and says SIR i need to speak with you down here....ok kool. ALSO I WAS THE OLNY PERSON THERE TOO. He asked me if that was my car parked by the gate i said yes sir it is, and he said did you know your parked in a handicapped spot, I said No the hanidcapped sign is over there, pointing to a half assed made wooden sign thats 2 ft tall, i said Im parked past the sign. He said that that sign designates a handicapped area....i said Oh well every handicapped sign i have ever seen designates a individual parking spot, but not a problem I will move my car. (It snowed the days before and i didnt want to park down in the regular parking lot across the road in fear i wouldnt be able to get my car out after i went down there, my car is really low and the regular parking lot has a big hill entrance to it) He says no thats a 128.00 fine, you will stay right there while i write a citation, I said Sir no one is even here its not a big deal i can move the car real quick, he once again said no, so after about 45MIN of sitting there watching him start at me from the inside of his truck he comes back with a camera which he took a picutre of my car and the citation which i signed. He wrote me up for "Control of Property" which basically says they dont have to use state issued signs and markings to control their property, basically its their land they do what they want with it and enforce what they deem fit, Kind like another mini state!

Sec. 721. Control of property.

(a) General rule. - The administration of all lands or waters owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the commission shall be under the sole control of the director, and the commission shall promulgate regulations consistent with the purpose of this title for its use and protection as necessary to properly manage these lands or waters. The acquisition, use and management of such lands or waters owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the commission, including timber cutting and crop cultivation, shall not be subject to regulation by counties or municipalities.


Anyhow i paid my fine, i thought if it as a donation to the state.
On another separate incident at that same gun range, the Same officer DOGHERTY (if you see him, beware hes a dickhead). THe range was pretty full there were several of us shooting handguns and a man and a small boy arrived a few min later, and said he wanted to let his son who was like 6 or 7 start shooting the .22, but he didnt wants to shoot out to 100 yards becasue the kid can even see that far, and he didnt want to use the 25 yard range bc alot of people were shooting handguns, so it made a target our of what looked like two small steel rods that he taped a target to and then stuck them in the ground like 3 feet off the ground about 35 yards out, kool. So DOGHERTY come up like 15 min later and starts grilling this guy on how they are having problems with ricochets and his target is CAUSING them because its so low to the ground BS, so the Officer calls clear walks down and retrieves the target and told the man he cannot shoot any longer, and the look on the little boys face was so sad, and he said right in front of the officer, "dad why did that man take my target, i cant shoot anymore today?" Officer DOGHERTY turns and exits left. He then returned to give the man a 120+ dollar ticket for using an ILLEGAL target.

So if you go to the Dauhpin County Range beware of this guy, hes an ass!