At 09:20 AM 9/21/2000 -0500, Constance 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.)
We don't allow ordinary citizens to carry weapons openly, do we?
A plainclothes police officer is supposed to look like an ordinary
citizen. So when we see someone not in uniform carrying an unconcealed
sidearm, we ought to know something is wrong, not have to guess if
that person is a police officer.
If they're out of uniform, I say they ought to conceal their weapons.
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