And what good did it do him?CleverNickname wrote:Uniformed officers open carry because they're in uniform, and police officers in the US are all armed. Police officers in plainclothes seem to conceal most of the time. If a criminal sees a uniformed cop, since the criminal knows the officer is carrying, then concealing the officer's gun doesn't help nearly as much. But as an LTC licensee, it's much, much easier to blend in with the general public who isn't carrying by concealing.OlBill wrote:Why do police officers open carry?
To go off on a bit of a tangent, during the 1980 Iran embassy siege in London, there was a UK cop who was assigned to guard the embassy who was taken hostage. He was able to keep possession of his concealed handgun because the terrorists holding him hostage thought he was unarmed (as most UK cops were and are), so they didn't bother searching him. That wouldn't be the case in the US; they'd assume any cop was armed.
If you can't take some mild criticism, maybe you should reflect on your amount of respect for the first amendment.anygunanywhere wrote:When they do decide to OC those who have great respect for the 2A shouldn’t denigrate and criticize to the nth degree. We get enough of that from our enemies.CleverNickname wrote:It's not incompatible to think that the right to OC should exist and also think that it's a bad idea for the vast majority of people the vast majority of the time.anygunanywhere wrote: Isn’t that special. Your sharing your contempt for those who decide to exercise their freedom in a different manner as yourself.
People have the right to wear a neon green Borat-style over-the-shoulder banana-hammock in public too, but just because they can doesn't mean they should.
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. They searched him despite knowing he was unarmed because English cops are unarmed?Lock was later frisked, but the gunman conducting the search did not find the constable's weapon.
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Maybe he should have been open carrying. Of course he probably would have died.but was unable to draw it before he was overpowered, although he did manage to press the "panic button" on his radio.
Lock' s contribution was apparently his ability to lie well, covering up the Intel gathering. Not his firearm. Was the SAS concealed carrying when they rescued him?
Why do cops open carry?