Purplehood wrote:packa45 wrote:Being a CHL holder and personal protection officer/ commissioned security officer this is outrageous because he is blatantly showing that I do own a weapon... But it is not on my person... Attack me or wait until I retrieve it from my vehicle and sucker punch me... And use my personal protection device for nefarious deeds...
Just my 2 cents...
Is that an argument against CHL badges or Open-carry?
Neither personally I'm a constitutional carry minded person I'm just pointing out the mysterious things that run through the criminal mind because it helps with risk assessment(Part of my job as personal protection officer)..
1 the guy plastered a target on his back at that specific time should there be an individual looking to steal a firearm, or find a target that could possibly grant access to a firearm
2 if the guy was anywhere near my town... After the events of the last few days... He would have several local authorities with guns drawn telling him to keep his hands I the air... Get down on your knees etc... To find out where his gun was...
3 I'm also of the idea that CONCEALED MEANS CONCEALED!!!
If I'm at a range I expect to see civilians with holsters with weapons in them... Now at the grocery store, the gym,etc. the only people I should see with a holstered firearm is a LEO or other person authorized by law. Granted his holster was empty at the time it was visible...
Say I'm working as armed/unarmed security at an establishment... I get a complaint about a guy that was running from his vehicle into the back door/front door/any entry or exit of the building ...possibly has a gun... What would you do...
however some of the "crazies" are just people that don't look as closely as they should sometimes... Or they think they saw this when it was really that... An empty holster that is seen can just as easily be seen as a holster with a firearm... It is just based on perspective.