To be honest, MWG scare the daylights out of me.Right2Carry wrote:As long as a person is legal they shouldn't fear MWG reports.TxRVer wrote:Sorry I didn't explain my thoughts. Today when you see that sign you ignore it, and others ignore you because they can't see the gun. Next year, you ignore the sign, others see the gun if you OC. They saw the sign or employees see the gun and know the sign is there. People that don't carry typically don't know the law. Everyone gets excited because they see a gun where guns are "not allowed".
Of course I could be wrong, but until people are either educated or get used to seeing firearms, there will be "man with gun" reports.
1. You have no idea what the caller said to the dispatcher. If the caller reports that the gun was not in a holster, even it was, the officers responding are going to have a different mindset
2. The training of the officers is important. DFW has its own police force and, unlike any of the surrounding towns, those responsible for hiring the officers in it have no population to which they are accountable. They may be doing a stellar job of hiring and training but I would be happier if I better understood the oversight of those processes. I've talked to local officers who believe that it is illegal for CHLs to carry in church and that change was made a long time ago. My concern is that the people who put the sign up at DFW are the same people (ultimately) with the responsibility for the LE groups that have to administer it.
3. There was a local situation in our town where black powder guns were in holsters at a local restaurant. Even when the police arrived and explained to the MWG reporters that everything was legal, a couple of the women were still in hysterics over the sight of the guns. Social media over the last several months suggests a small minority of people who classify guns with spiders and snakes - there is no such thing as a good one even on an LEO. Some of them are well connected politically and it is not outside that realm of possibilities that an officer takes action to appease them. The report of a CHL being arrested at a hospital that only had a "no guns" sign is enough for me to believe that it could happen again.
... I agree. Concealed is concealed.