Thread: Armed Police buying lunch

Originally Posted by A330driver

QuoteYou need that gun out. No use tied to your hip at close quarters.

We train for those very same scenarios ......I’m not going to get into the semantics of your opinion,your statement regarding not being able to defend yourself with a gun is a fallacy.Law enforcement ,security all types train for those situations,your statement makes a mockery of the reason to be armed.

Nothing personal,I’m in the business,I see it differently........I favour my odds

My intention was to mock people of being armed. I was not joking, as I have all the equipment.

I was flagged at the airport for explosives after leaving a mine site. Had to wait standing in a tiny cubicle till a Federal police officer of some sort came and signed me out. Holster on his right, he leans into the cubicle which is too small for both of us from the left side, then twists round and leans his weight with his left arm on the bench, writes with his right hand. I am 50cm from him.

Where was his gun? If he had just held it out to me I would have had less access to it, and he did that for every suspect, every time, because there was no other way to use the space.

I'm not saying you are not sharp. But if I tricked you? If I knew what I was doing as well, and I was a good actor?

You are being dishonest if you imply there is no risk each way from bringing a gun to every party.

I stand by my statement about defense. Defense is a word used by the political correct because "offense" is offensive. It is an offensive weapon. I'm not the one mincing words. It is an offensive weapon designed for blowing holes in things. You can go on the offensive and eliminate a threat. You can threaten. You can't defend yourself. You can defend a building or you can fight. Fighting is going on the offensive. A bullet proof vest is defensive. I can guard my head, this is defense, or I can hit with my elbow which is offense.

Try being a bouncer and see if the difference between offensive and defensive is not important. Be honest. Don't mince words for political correctness. I'm not the one who garbled the language.

Imagine if Police and Politicians were honest and admitted they had guns for offense