Florida Deputy Threatens to Shoot Concealed Carry Permit Holder

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[45semi]

Citrus County Florida Deputy Andy Cox threatens to shoot concealed carry licensee for lawfully carried handgun & then arrests him for accidental exposure.

[45semi]

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[yarddog]

This is the reason I support open carry laws.

I have no desire to carry openly in public but also think a person who is carrying a concealed weapon should not have to worry about accidentally exposing his weapon.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Gee, I wonder why cops get such a bad wrap?

[Sir Napsalot]

Where is the guy's boss, does he support his deputy? Is it going to be his department's policy too?

The threat is a reckless endangerment to the public, to himself, and his colleague.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Good thing the guy wasn’t walking his dog.

[Chipper]

Everyone involved acted stupidly. The holder should have informed the cop he was carrying, and the cop should have not snapped like he did. Not sure when this happened, but I’m betting we will see more like this as lawful 2A supporters get painted as “dangerous”.

[rawcatslyentist]

Good thing he wasn’t out walking his dog!

[Roos_Girl]

Story previously posted on Free Republic about the recently passed Florida law that covers incidents of accidental exposure of concealed weapon. This guy should not have had a problem.

[ScottfromNJ]

“The holder should have informed the cop he was carrying, and the cop should have not snapped like he did.”

Had the holder informed the cop he was carrying, the cop would’ve just snapped sooner along with his chest thumping.

[cripplecreek]

This is the reason I support open carry laws.

Same here for educational purposes.

Over the past 30 years, liberal statists have pretty effectively convinced the population that open carry was illegal when the reality is that only a handful of states ever banned open carry through legislative means.

Michigan Open Carry, Inc.

MOC was formed as a Michigan non-profit organization in March of 2009. MOC was formed out of the Michigan Forum on opencarry.org (OCDO). OCDO was started by John Pierce and Mike Stollenwerk in 2004. These men are responsible for revitalizing the growing practice of the open carry of a handgun. Michigan is one of the fastest growing states in regards to the practice of open carrying a handgun. 44 States allow some type of Open Carry of a handgun. 6 States ban open carry. Most bans were enacted during or after reformation, to bar freed slaves from carrying weapons. Four states have petitions to rescind this ban. The open carry movement is growing in the U.S., much like the Concealed carry movement has in the last 10 years. Time and time again citizens have shown to be responsible when carrying a firearm. Studies by John Lott and Howard Nemerov and others have shown that lawful firearm owners are less likely to commit any kind of crime let alone a violent one.

[353FMG]

What else is a Florida Deputy who is also an Obama voter to do in this case?

[navysealdad]

The Prosecutor in the end dropped all charges.

[BerryDingle]

Everyone involved acted stupidly. The holder should have informed the cop he was carrying, and the cop should have not snapped like he did. Not sure when this happened, but I’m betting we will see more like this as lawful 2A supporters get painted as “dangerous”.

This is exactly what the 2nd Amendment is for, for protection against tyrannical a__holes enforcing absolute self perceived stupidity of laws.

[cripplecreek]

[Enten]

One of just many reasons.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Major overreaction by the policeman. The citizen kept his cool and his voice under control the entire time. Excellent behavior on his part.

Sounded almost like "Roid Rage" from the LEO. And yes, it was almost all on video. The man was trying to comply with the officer's requests and his holster accidentally showed. The only debate should be required notification of carry, but the reaction was in excess. After having asked the man to place his hands on the van, no need existed for the comment about shooting the man in the back and the use of an expletive in the process -- very unprofessional.

Something else is attached to this story that we are not being told for the officer to act like that. Perhaps a personal conflict between the two men's families or something like that had been going on. The LEOs with whom I attend church would never have treated that man that way even when placing him under control.

Was this resolved in court and what was the outcome?

[Slambat]

“Everyone involved acted stupidly.”

Na, just the cop was a jerk. Like all jerk/cops, they can’t
resist the chance to act like maniacal power freaks. The
jerk/cop got caught lying about why he pulled the guy over
and acted way out of line to teach the citizen a lesson.
You don’t prove a jerk/cop wrong without paying the price.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

The Prosecutor in the end dropped all charges.

Do you have a link to that story?

[John Leland 1789]

Thank you, Indiana, for having a Carry license, not a conceal carry license.

Okay to open carry in Indiana. VERY rarely see anyone carrying openly. Probably have not seen anyone open carrying in the last year. So carry permit holders are not show-offs.

[Logical me]

Before we can be secure in our freedom we have to take a careful look at the police. Seems like we sure have a rash of rogue cops.