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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> For purposes of clarity, I must ask:
>
> Are you criticizing the fact that guns were (1) in plain sight, (2)
> assumed to be concealed, or (3) used at all by police officers?
>
> In other words, should officers conceal the guns, not conceal them, or
> not carry them at all? (In your esteemed opinions - Tim, Steve, Holle,
> anyone else.)
tim wrote, in his message
>
> i saw
> a tall man dressed in black jeans, a black tank top, a
> tattoo on his left bicep, carrying a black canvas bag,
> with a handgun and holster strapped to his waistband
> crossing NSP(Excel)Plaza headed toward fifth street... I presume that he
> was an off
> duty officer on his way into work. I also presume he
> has a carry permit as is generally the case with many
> police officers. I have no reason to suspect
> otherwise.
Beyond criticizing tim for being understandably surprised by seeing
what may or may not have been an off duty officer carrying his weapon as
though he just might need it walking downtown, off duty, you've even
missed the point that this was a man dressed in no way showing that he had
the right, training, or reason to carry his weapon in public. You are
arguing for a return to the old west.
Even if this was indeed an officer that assumed since he was a police
officer with a permit that he could carry his weapon, off duty, in plain
clothing, I would expect anyone that has been given the right to to
conceal his weapon. I personally am working as a cook, and when I am off
duty, I have my knives in a bag where they will not hurt anyone
accidentally, or provoke reactions from anyone that isn't used to seeing
weapons carried openly.
Are you personally so used to seeing people carrying weapons where you
live that this would pass by you unnoticed? I believe that there are a
lot of bank robbers that would love for there to be more people who would
defend someone dressed completely in black, carrying a duffle bag as
having rights to carry their weapons plainly, without suspicion.
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