Yes sir and no sir goes a long way. I would have kept the weapon to myself.
Yes sir and no sir goes a long way. I would have kept the weapon to myself.
If I can make a cops job easier by complying with his wishes on the subject of carrying a gun I will. Fighting with a cop over anything to do with a gun is just going to make things worse. And most likely end poorly. I could not watch the end of the video. I am sure I know how it ended. And I know how it started. Poor decisions on both sides.
How does it make his job easier?
You give him a gun, then he can rest because there's no way you can have another.
No. Even if you give him the gun, he's SUPPOSED to assume you are still armed. He should be treating EVERYONE as if they are armed.
When they assume people don't have guns, sooner or later they (officers) might get harmed.
Then, there's the fact that some officers are not "gun guys".
Pointing the weapon while trying to figure out how to "unload" it.
Field stripping the gun, and losing a part.
etc.
I want to go home at the end of my day too but I don't insist on holding everybody's gun that I talk to "for my safety". How would an officer feel if every citizen wanted to hold HIS gun while having a conversation (for their safety). Everybody gotta feel "safe", right? Safety is an illusion.