A retention holster would help to prevent him from taking your weapon. There are 4 levels of retention holsters:
Normally LEOs carry with a Level 4 (Definition A) retention holster.
Posted on 01/20/2023 3:58:41 AM PST by COBOL2Java
One of several stories at the link:
So I am on my way home and have to stop at the store to pickup dinner for myself. The store I go to has employees that wear a blue polo and tan pants. My uniform is black pants and red polo with company name on it. And as I had just got off work I still have my name badge on and side arm in its holster on my hip.
Cue crazy lady. I’m browsing the freezer aisle and she stops me and starts to ask where product x is. She stops dead in her tracks as she sees my gun in it holster. Stops talking and fast walks out of the aisle. I just assume she realized I don’t work there and left to find someone who does.
I go about my business and proceed up to the cashier line. As I’m waiting to get up to check out in comes a swarm of about 8 police officers. They come straight to me with crazy lady behind shouting “that’s him, that’s the guy with the gun.” They point their guns at me and order my hands up. I drop what I have and comply. I state that I work for company z and that I have a permit for my weapon.
They lower and holster their guns after the commotion and apologize for the confusion but say they got a call about a guy walking around the store waving a gun around. I say I’m sorry, but since I have been here my gun has been holstered. Never left the holster.
They turn to the lady and ask if it’s true that I never took my gun out of the holster. She yells that I’m lying and that I can’t have a gun in the store anyway. They of course go and check the security footage and see that I did nothing wrong and let me go on about my business and apologize again for the misunderstanding.
They then turn around and handcuff the lady who called and told her she is being arrested for misusing the 911 system and inciting panic.
Sweet. I hope this is a genuine story.
Sweet!
I used to think like that too. But now, I think open carry can be more educational and if more of us carried openly, the irrational fears stoked by the anti’s could be mitigated when Karen’s see guns on law abiding citizens hips every where they look.
In my state, we’re nearing 1 million CCW’s. That means 1 in 7 could be armed today. An armed society is a polite society.
I’m in Illinois, open carry is not legal here, except on one’s own property.
Even if it was legal, I would probably carry concealed. Why advertise, and put a target on my back for a bad guy to see and possibly try to take my weapon.
I would rather surprise HIM if there was a confrontation.
the element of surprise is a most valuable weapon ...
A retention holster would help to prevent him from taking your weapon. There are 4 levels of retention holsters:
Normally LEOs carry with a Level 4 (Definition A) retention holster.
Thanks for the chart.
Very.
Cops doing the right thing!
ANY permit or registration requirement is a clear infringement upon the second amendment.
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