I got an email from my brother. He is a licensed concealed weapon carrier in North Alabama. He sent me this email asking me to talk to a best friend of mine, who is a LEO, and ask him about the details below.
Read it all. It involves some rather brash talk from his local police department as to what they would do if they show up and someone is armed.
That was his reason to ask me this question.
Here is the email I got from my brother:
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Do you still talk to your police friend?
I was wondering what he thinks about someone like me carrying a badge. A “Concealed Permit badge that looks like a professional law enforcement badge.
The reason I ask is because I was listening to local talk radio and the topic was conceal carry and self defense. Some cops called in and said that they are told that if they show up at a scene, anyone holding a gun will be shot first and questions asked later.
They said if you are trying to be a good Samaritan in a store, or even if you catch a thief and hold him until the cops arrive, you might still get shot if you have a gun in your hand.
There is this place online that sells these legal badges:
435 Concealed Weapon Permit Badge Set
By the way, my answer to him was that the CCW Badge was stupid and did nothing but make him look like a Mall Ninja.
I told him that the best thing to do if he is involved in such a situation is to put his gun back in the holster and dont have it out when the police arrive. Be calm, tell them you are still armed and where the gun is. Let the police take it from there.