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To: B4Ranch
I agree. The difference between a concealed carry permit and a police badge is a sworn duty to “protect and serve.”

Involvement in an active shooting situation is optional. I would try to defend others as well as myself, but unless confronted by the shooter or saw something that made me change my mind, I would retreat. Maybe if brave and safe, I might cause a diversion (firing a safe shot from a distance and cover with no one behind) in the shooter's direction.

MY CPL is not a commitment to protect and serve anyone besides myself and those I love. If people want to be safe they need to take responsibility for their own safety an get their own CPL

12 posted on 10/22/2016 10:11:05 AM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: Robert357
I agree. The difference between a concealed carry permit and a police badge is a sworn duty to “protect and serve.”

There is no "sworn duty to protect and serve". The SCOTUS has ruled police are under no obligation to stop a crime.

See: Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone

Cops today are really nothing more than crime scene investigators - by design. If it were otherwise they would be engaged in high crime areas not looking for people talking on cell phones in their cars.

32 posted on 10/22/2016 11:42:53 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Robert357
MY CPL is not a commitment to protect and serve anyone besides myself and those I love. If people want to be safe they need to take responsibility for their own safety an get their own CPL.

Simple, clear, correct.

67 posted on 10/22/2016 8:55:37 PM PDT by gogeo (Black Lives Matter to Donald Trump.)
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