Didn’t work with this Deputy....RIP.
Before y’all pounce all over me, I get it that an ambush can happen to anyone, LEO or civilian, OC or CCW. I live in TX and have CCW. I have only seen open carry once and that was at a Home Depot. I don’t see the sense of OC in most circumstances, but that is my opinion and choice.
http://www.wthr.com/article/houston-police-officer-ambushed-at-gas-station-was-shot-15-times
Not a pounce. Understand your premise, but it is wrong in regards to open carry.
The guy that shot this deputy was looking to shoot a deputy. This officer could have been standing there without his duty belt/weapon, just his uniform and the perp would have seen him as the target still.
This deputy was a lil pre-occupied. He wasn't thinking of a possible ambush, he was thinking of meeting his mistress. That is the reason he was where he was. He became careless.