Well, I guess I would be honest and tell him it is because I did not trust him. But then, I don't usually disarm people, so there would be some specific reason and I could refer to it.nitrogen wrote:That's an excellent question.
I'd love some of the former or current LEO's in here to take a crack at this question:
How would you react if a citizen asked you, "Why are you disarming me?"
It seems like a perfectly valid question given THIS situation, but I could also see it backfiring.
What say you?
I think you will find that the officers who do not generally disarm would be unable to answer this question, and the ones that do will say because that it is their policy to disarm everyone they come in contact with that they find with a weapon. They probably will not admit to just not trusting people, but it is what it boils down to. They might add something like "You won't need a weapon while I am here" or some other bull, but we all know what it will still boil down to.