[takenoprisoner]

“Also proof that when it comes to the 2nd amendment, the police are NOT your friend.”

Raise your hands high, drop to your knees, announce you have a concealed carry permit, and you are carrying.

Erik may have been caught off guard, and in the confusion, may have not responded properly. But, he should have been alerted, especially after being confronted by the store clerk expressing that weapons were not allowed in the store.

We need to see those store cams. Then, all those people alerted, and not a single cell phone vid?

[Red in Blue PA]

Or simply OPEN CARRY. No secret to anyone what you are doing.

[conimbricenses]

None of what you say would've saved him if one cop was shouting "drop the gun, motherf___r" and the other was shouting "get your f___ing hands in the air." If he ignores one, the other shoots.

Based on the witness reports, it's very possible that different cops gave him different directions and all were apparently ready to shoot if he ignored them.

[ladyjane]

i’m not sure weapons are not allowed in Costco.

I have seen at least one person in Costco with a handgun quite visible in a holster. None were store employees although the store employees seemed to know one of them.

I asked a store employee if they allowed ‘open carry’ in the store and they replied that the man was a policeman. He was definitely not in uniform.