Ironic because I may be called to respond to a threat to my family, or self in the exact same place the OD officer might or between there and where I had to leave my gun. And since the courts have said he isn't obligated to protect us, I think that's a crap rule to make the OD officer a special person and me and my family- just a target.srothstein wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:59 pm
As a retired cop, I do know one possible answer, in Texas, why certain off duty officers must be allowed in with their guns. There is a Texas law that says any officer MUST take action when a crime occurs in his presence or view AND in his jurisdiction. It makes sense to me that you cannot disarm an officer who might be called on to respond to a crime. And as we all know, the crime might not be in your business but might be between your business and where he had to leave his firearm. I can understand officers in this one case. But the law doesn't apply to just off-duty officers in their jurisdiction and that is a problem. If a Dallas police officer is in San Antonio on vacation, he has no legal requirement to respond so the argument doesn't really apply.
I know you were just clarifying the rules as it pertains to this discussion, so please don't take any of that as directed to ward you.
