Draw to Help a Firefighter?

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Re: Draw to Help a Firefighter?

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Salty1 wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:41 pm Let me see, firefighters call in an emergency help request a civillian decides to draw his gun to "protect" them. The cops roll up and ...
This is no different than any situation where one legally draws a weapon in self-defense or defense of others, be they family, friends cops, firefighters, or strangers. Bad things happen sometimes but the vast majority of self-defense/defense of others situations are correctly sorted out by the police.
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Re: Draw to Help a Firefighter?

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ELB wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 10:07 am
Salty1 wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:41 pm Let me see, firefighters call in an emergency help request a civillian decides to draw his gun to "protect" them. The cops roll up and ...
This is no different than any situation where one legally draws a weapon in self-defense or defense of others, be they family, friends cops, firefighters, or strangers. Bad things happen sometimes but the vast majority of self-defense/defense of others situations are correctly sorted out by the police.
Dealing with the arrival of law enforcement during a defensive gun use is certainly a concern. Before the DGU starts, I'm also concerned about the unknowns: what is really going on, are there more bad guys, are they armed, etc.
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