-----Original Message----- From: Drsolly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:31 AM To: Brian Loe Cc: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec); funsec@linuxbox.org Subject: Re: [funsec] Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Brian Loe wrote: > On 11/2/06, Drsolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, brandishing is along the lines of "showing in a threateningly > > > manor". Leaves an awful lot to interpretation.... > > > > If "threatening manner" is the criterion, then I'd say that anyone openly > > carrying a gun is showing it in a threatening manner. Isn't that the whole > > point of openly carrying? > > To you it might be threatening, but a reasonable adult wouldn't be > threatened at all. Considering every cop in the states carries openly > it is pretty common, I thought we were talking about citizens, not cops. > besides the fact that those aforementioned > rational adults would understand the difference between a gun in a > holster and gun in your face.... I would find it very threatening, and I would vote accordingly on a jury. The entire point of carrying a gun openly, is to show that you're armed. ---> as I mentioned before, in some states, that is the ONLY way you're legally allowed to carry a handgun. I agree that it's odd, I personally would much rather have concealed carry, there are many people that simply see a handgun and think that the person is a bad guy unless they're in a police uniform. Or not somuch as think the guy is a bad guy but feel uneasy due to the sight of the handgun. I'd rather avoid that whole "uneasyness" and carry concealed. Many people I meet have no idea I'm armed, that's the way I like it, no questions asked, no funny looks. If you're forced to openly carry, you get all kinds of funny looks, etc.. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
