Edwyn Gorrell, San Antonio PD, Jul 1988, while working as a plainclothes officer, attempted an arrest and died after his gun was taken from him and used against him.carlson1 wrote:929 to enemy gunfire, but it does not tell you if their own weapon was used or not. I only looked at the first 100 or so and found none of them was killed with their on weapon.
Gary Williams, San Antonio PD, March 1989, while working patrol in uniform, answered a call for a suspicious person, and died after his gun was takn from him and used against him.
Fabian Dominguez, San Antonio PD, Jan. 1995, stopped on his way home from work when he saw a burglary in progress, and died after his gun was taken from him during the arrest attempt.
These three I happened to remember being killed while I was on SAPD. But to put it in comparison, there were more killed in car accidents during the same time period (my tenure). I believe it happens during about 10-15% of the officers killed by gunfire each year.
The reason you cannot use this as a comparison or argument for or against citizen open carry and gun snatches is the other important characteristic of these deaths. They each occurred during an arrest attempt. As a citizen instead of an officer, you should not be putting yourself in that situation.
My personal opinion is that we should allow open carry but not require it. If you think it is safer, you get to make the decision to carry. If you think it is dangerous, you get to make the decision to carry concealed. After all, isn't the freedom to make our own decisions what we all are really trying for?