Posted on 09/08/2013 6:17:52 AM PDT by benasawin
“You put more guns on the street expect more shootings. I don’t care if they’re licensed legal firearms, people who are not highly trained… putting guns in their hands is a recipe for disaster. So I’ll train our officers that there is a concealed carry law, but when somebody turns with a firearm in their hand the officer does not have an obligation to wait to get shot to return fire and we’re going to have tragedies as a result of that. I’m telling you right up front.”
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“That is entirely consistent with the way I have always understood the universe. I have 34-state CCW but I make it a practice not to point guns at police officers.
THAT can ruin your day.”
The problem is that cops have been intruding on innocent people’s property. They aren’t always so easy to identify as a cop.
There was one a few weeks ago where a citizen and a cop met on the citizen’s property. The citizen held his fire, not wanting to shoot at an unverified threat. The cop didn’t hesitate.
For me, lesson learned. Just shoot. If it was a cop, hey, tough luck there buddy. If cops are under no obligation to show restraint even on another person’s property, then why should I show restraint? Either it is a criminal who’s life is worthless, or it is a cop who IS going to kill me if I don’t kill him first.
“And, a law abiding, licensed to carry civilian should respond how when they meet a cop?
You reap what you sow.”
As I said to another
There was one a few weeks ago where a citizen and a cop met on the citizen’s property. The citizen held his fire, not wanting to shoot at an unverified threat. The cop didn’t hesitate.
For me, lesson learned. Just shoot. If it was a cop, hey, tough luck there buddy. If cops are under no obligation to show restraint even on another person’s property, then why should I show restraint? Either it is a criminal who’s life is worthless, or it is a cop who IS going to kill me if I don’t kill him first.
If your comments are made in general I’m not going to argue with them. If they were a specific response to my post, all I was doing was pointing out what the article actually said.
So what happens when the police officer kick in your door in the wee hours and you have *seconds* to decide whether a Common Criminal or a Government Employee is the intruder?
You shoot, obviously. Duh.
People are dumping on me for stuff I never said. The headline misquotes the Chicago PD. They did not say that if you were carrying legally that they would shoot you down. What they said was, if, on the street, you turned on a cop with a gun in your hand you might get shot.
Whatever other bad things the cops in Chicago do is not my concern. My only point was, IF you point a gun at a police officer, the ensuing events could ruin your day.
Just remember: Americans have died shooting police officers while defending their own homes.
And yes, the Chicago PD *is* corrupt enough to refuse to differentiate between legal and illegal gun owners. Innocent people will continue to be killed, in their own homes, in Chicago and elsewhere.
To suggest otherwise is naive at best.
Take care,
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