Posted: 2/23/2006 8:51:53 PM EDT
| I'm in the hiring process to become a deputy with a sheriff's office and part of the process is to be interviewed by their psychologist. One of the questions he asked me was about firearms that I own and that I've previously owned. He asked how many rifles (my answer 4), shotguns (2), handguns (5), and then the big question he asked was how many Assault rifles--to which I answered 10. He looked at me kind of funny and lauged and was like "sooo, you like guns I see"....In my mind I said What the fuck, its none of your business, but what I said was yes sir I do. I don't think its any of their damn business about my firearms! Am I wrong? |
I consider them a rifle, but I guess the doc doesn't! |
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You have 10 FULL AUTOS? After all, to be an assault rifle it must qualify under all of the following: 1.Fire an intermediate sized cartridge(.223, 7.62x39, .30 carbine,.....) 2.Have a standard magazine capacity of 30 or more rounds in detachable box magazine. 3.Is presently used or previously use by some military around the world. And for the kicker: 4. It must have select fire( semi and burst, semi and full auto) Most people don't know this but I feel obligated to point it out. 
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Kudos to you for being honest. It is a BS question, and I could see how the shrink may have drawn the wrong conclusion from it. I hope he didn't decide that you were some kind of uber-tactical trigger happy mall ninga. He was probably more interested in seeing if you would become evasive or defensive. Let us know if you get the job. |
I hope to get this one, seeing how I turned down a conditional job offer from Atlanta Police to go with this Sheriff's Office!!! |
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I was just simply asked if i owned a firearm yes or no question they made a much bigger deal of my refrence from the mayor (this was county) basiclly they stated that I was using my friendship of a person in power to get a job yeah like noone else does that , Im betting if i knew the sherriff well i sure would have gotten the job I should have applied to the local PD but i just did not want to work there and felt that i would have been using that friendship inapporiately there bit oh well im probably happier where I am now besides i was alot younger then and had a diffent (read unrealistic) idea of what police work was |
I'm sure most LE applicants use the most powerful references they can...Hell my main reference happens to be the head of the local Masonic Lodge, which 90% of the Deputies are members including the Sheriff. |
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I sat through a similar interview for a much different position… If any of y’all run across the same question, ask him if his views tend to be more Freudian than Jungian… If he laughs, you are fine. If not, evade the question as best as possible.
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Unfortunatly most of what Freud "gave" us isn't really valid in modern psychology, he was one of the pioneers before there was such an official thing as Psychology. I beleive he was a physiologist. |
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You should have asked them to define "assault rifle". When they give you their defintion (which they certainly will get wrong) you just say "no, that's incorrect" and let them try again. If they ask you why it's incorrect tell them you'll let them know after your hired. |
Yes, but not for the reason you think. The shrink needed to get you "off balance" to see the "real you." They try to upset, surprise, or stress you in order to get a feel for your ability to deal with people. Don't read too much into it. ETA: I used to work background investigations, so I know what the process involves. |
You have 10 select fire rifles? You must be rich. |
He said assault rifle, not so-called "assault weapon". |
During a psychological test, I had to answer 20 questions, all worded a little different from each other, which basically had to do with "flowers". Example: "Have you ever thought about being a florist?" Another question: "Have you thought about delivering flowers for a living?" Yet another question: "Do you like flowers?" Wonder what they were trying to find out about me.  And yes, I did pass the test.
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Well, just what did passing the test entail?  Do you like flowers?
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General Introduction to Psychoanalysis Page 92 in the 10th printing ISBN: 067177140X Kthxbye |
Has it sunk in yet that "assault rifles" ARE "automatic weapons" in that they are select-fire semi/FA capable?  |
It's not like every other post has mentioned that fact.  You would think he would have caught on.
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