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PSTL*PAKR wrote:

handog wrote:

gringo pistolero wrote:

texanjoker wrote:There is a difference that many seem to forget. The LEO responds to the calls and seeks out the bad guy while the CHL holder carries for self defense.

Thank you for the reminder that the citizens are on the front line. In many cases the LEO responds to the calls after a citizen is attacked or victimized by criminals in some other way. A good reminder for us all. Thanks.

^^ CHLs are the first responders in most cases. Without pay I might add.

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Trying to be a hero will get you hurt/killed in most cases. Looks like a lot of CHL holders are going around looking for something to get into. WE ARE NOT LEO's and should stay out of places that dont concern us.

Is this from the gun control lobby handbook?

There are nearly two million defensive gun uses annually by law abiding gun owners who chose not to be a victim. They are on the front line. As the old saying goes, when seconds count the police are just minutes away. It's not about being a hero.


"Newsweek has reported that law-abiding American citizens using guns in self-defense shot and killed two and one-half times as many criminals as police did, and with fewer than one-fifth as many incidents as police where an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal (2% versus 11%)."

gringo pistolero wrote:

texanjoker wrote:There is a difference that many seem to forget. The LEO responds to the calls and seeks out the bad guy while the CHL holder carries for self defense.

Thank you for the reminder that the citizens are on the front line. In many cases the LEO responds to the calls after a citizen is attacked or victimized by criminals in some other way. A good reminder for us all. Thanks.

^^ CHLs are the first responders in most cases. Without pay I might add.

The bottom line is we are ALL under attack, that's why we acquired a CHL; Whether it be interaction with criminals at the check out counter, inflation, job security, North Korea, whatever. By the way, with what, twenty five million Americans out of work it's hard to sympathies with those drawing a pay check I will admit. Before you start typing, I know that LEOs are getting cut too in some jurisdictions. Certainly not Williamson County.

The problem with the OP is when we exaggerate the danger of Police work we give a green light to be trigger, baton, taser happy to those in uniform.

With all due respect and sympathies due to the recent events. "LEO'S under attack" seems a bit dramatic. I'd say LEOs are heroes for providing for their families like the rest of us. As far as putting their lives in "harms way", they are not in the top ten. How about these unsung heroes as well.


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