I Yelled At My TV Last Night

[tt11758]

Last night I settled down to watch some of the stuff that I had DVR'd over the weekend.  First up was a Saturday night episode of "Cops".  Let me preface by saying that I have a tendency to lean in the direction of the LEO's in most instances.  However, there was one stupid, arrogant LVPD officer whose attitude toward a concealed carry permit holder REALLY pissed me off!

The CCW holder, a man who appeared to be in his late 50's to early 60's, had been playing ping-pong in the recreation room of his apartment building with some younger men that he had, apparently, not met prior to that evening.  There was an altercation that arose out of this game, and the younger man began to strike the older gentleman about his head and face, at which point the older gentleman (CCW holder) drew his 9 mm handgun and fired two rounds, striking the aggressor in the abdomen and the arm.

While the LVPD officer was interviewing the CCW holder, who made it very clear to the officer that he was in fact a CCW holder, this uniformed numbnuts had the gaul to ask this man, "Why were you carrying a gun?  Were you looking for trouble?"

it was at that point that I found myself shouting at the TV, "Why are YOU carrying a gun, a$$hole?  Are YOU looking for trouble?!?"  Why is it that those of us who are licensed to carry a concealed weapon are expected to justify ourselves for exercising our 2nd Amendment rights?!?  Why am I carrying a gun, Officer Douchebag?  Because this is America, and I CAN!!!

Makes me wonder how many times a day that scenes like that play out across this great country.

[shooter32]

I've heard we, "CCW" holders are a bunch of "Make my day want a Be's"    Just looking to pull our gun on someone.

Sad.. but I bet this happens more often than not!!

[MikeBjerum]

I've heard we, "CCW" holders are a bunch of "Make my day want a Be's"    Just looking to pull our gun on someone.

Sad.. but I bet this happens more often than not!!

The sad thing is that we don't get credit for the millions of places or situations we are in where we don't draw, but one case where the gun is used and we are whackos 

[cooptire]

I had a customer in yesterday from Wichita. He saw my sign advertising our local Friends of the NRA dinner and auction this week and mentioned it, asking if I was an NRA member. After I told him yes, all 6 of us in my family, he mentioned that he and his son were as well. We got to chatting and somewhere along the line we got to CCW and I said if I could find a CCW welcome sign instead of one of those d@mn red circle slash ones, I might put it up.

Anyhoo, he mentioned one time that he was attacked with a brick by a guy once. After it was all said and done the responding officers both said to him that he would have been well within his rights to shoot him. He didn't have to, as his grandson jumped the perp and beat him down for the police to pick up. I thought it was interesting to hear that from the police in Wichita who I have always felt were less than happy about CCW. Of course that could be a feeling that comes from higher up and the street level officers are more pragmatic.

[tt11758]

I had a customer in yesterday from Wichita. He saw my sign advertising our local Friends of the NRA dinner and auction this week and mentioned it, asking if I was an NRA member. After I told him yes, all 6 of us in my family, he mentioned that he and his son were as well. We got to chatting and somewhere along the line we got to CCW and I said if I could find a CCW welcome sign instead of one of those d@mn red circle slash ones, I might put it up.

Anyhoo, he mentioned one time that he was attacked with a brick by a guy once. After it was all said and done the responding officers both said to him that he would have been well within his rights to shoot him. He didn't have to, as his grandson jumped the perp and beat him down for the police to pick up. I thought it was interesting to hear that from the police in Wichita who I have always felt were less than happy about CCW. Of course that could be a feeling that comes from higher up and the street level officers are more pragmatic.

Most street level officers (apparently with the exception of the aforementioned asshat in Nevada), are FAR more pragmatic than the paper-pushers in the corner offices at headquarters.  Probably because they deal with the dirtbags of society on a daily basis and know what the rest of us are up against, unlike their superiors, whose biggest job risk is a paper cut.

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[Hazcat]

So far all regular LEOs I have dealt with have been very pro CCW.

[PegLeg45]

Most street level officers (apparently with the exception of the aforementioned asshat in Nevada), are FAR more pragmatic than the paper-pushers in the corner offices at headquarters.  Probably because they deal with the dirtbags of society on a daily basis and know what the rest of us are up against, unlike their superiors, whose biggest job risk is a paper cut.

Based on the LEO's that I know, from several agencies and levels, that is an apt summation, TT.