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Hell no I am a Mathematician, you could not pay me enough to be a cop. I only carry when I have to go to hell holes like New Orleans. Occasionally I used to have large sums of my employee's money, and then I would carry. I have been attacked by thugs and was badly hurt, so this is personal for me. I don't like the soft treatment of criminals in this country. My home was broken into when I was 13, and if I was not armed who knows what they would have done. I fired a warning shot and they ran. I picked my current home for its location, there is very little crime in this region. I do not want to kill anyone, my guns are tools, only a bad person can turn it into a weapon. My idiot brother is a cop, he has shot himself twice. There are two types of bad cops, the ones who react to a situation badly out of fear, and the cops that are bad to the bone. The cop in the video acted out of fear, you could see it in his eyes. I am not ashamed to admit my fear of criminals, it makes me cautious. I have also been in three fires that scared the hell out of me. So I tend to really respect our cops and firefighters. Now I have kids, grand kids, my dad, and my wife living with me. I will not hesitate to kill anyone who brakes into my home. I have a responsibility to protect my family. I do not want to hurt anyone, but I will not let anyone hurt my family.

“I am not ashamed to admit my fear of criminals, it makes me cautious.”

Nothing wrong with being cautious and since you’re not a cop then it’s appropriate that you don’t deal with the public the same way as a cop should.

I just think escalating a situation like this where there are a lot of scared teenagers who were being rousted from a pool party was not the actions of a trained professional.

You mentioned an altercation when you were 13, these kids were 14-16 and being that it’s suburbia and the fact that they weren’t rioting, no throwing rocks no weapons, i’m not surprised they acted like they did when the cop started running back and forth screaming obscenities at them. I’m sure they were terrified.

I think the cop got over the line. I know I wouldnt want to be manhandled maced or shot because some idiot cop was pissed off and lost his temper but I’m not a teenager either so experience tells me to be calm myself.