Very well said!
The police here where I live(a virtually crime free small town) patrol the streets as if they’re some sort of occupying army or something. Most of them treat anyone that isn’t them with contempt and suspicion. If I saw one in need of help, I’d just pretend that I didn’t see anything.
Maybe it is crime free because of them?
My town is the smallest little white bread community in Massachusetts.
I have a chief of police who will only issue restricted LTCs. He will make you drop a couple hundred dollars on an ADDITIONAL class beyond the one required by the state to get a CC permit.
And the requirements are not posted anywhere. And when you ask, you are treated like a gun nut. And if you are request the requirements in writing, you will never get the license.
AND, if you carry openly (which is allowed in MA) you will be stopped the second you step out in public.
The police in the town nearest me don’t know the law, but instead enforce what they wish the law says. That makes it really hard/impossible to respect any of them any more.