i'm guessing an offduty police chief will be more likely to have a gun safe installed in their car/truck than most.
regardless of clinic policy, there could be insurance and/or safety concerns that established that policy. in this case its not *just* if the bearer of the weapon might pose a danger, its if the weapon might pose an accidental risk that could have been avoided in the first place.
There is a difference between carrying around a long rifle to be a troll exercising their right, and an off-duty officer carrying a firearm. Especially if they are a Chief, its almost dumb for them not to carry. Maybe he should have done conceal carry instead of open carry, but people also shouldn't be so sheltered the very sight of a legal gun owner having a gun scares them. You might be surprised at some area's at how many people around you might be carrying.
I go to a hobby shop to play card/board/miniature games and at any time there can be up to 6 people in the shop(that I know of) that are conceal carrying, and the average person doesn't even know. Everyone else that knows either carrier themselves, former carrier, or just know them really well. Most are also either ex-military, ex-cop, or off duty, I feel safest when they are in the shop, especially on some later nights cause the area the store is in, is slowly having major issues with heroin/drugs.
Challenge Mode : Play WoW like my disability has me play:
You will need two people, Brian MUST use the mouse for movement/looking and John MUST use the keyboard for casting, attacking, healing etc.
Briand and John share the same goal, same intentions - but they can't talk to each other, however they can react to each other's in game activities.
Now see how far Brian and John get in WoW.
Is a Police Chief ever considered to be "off duty"?
They didn't tell him he couldn't come in nor did they keep an on duty officer from entering. As a patient he wasn't allowed to bring his gun in, which he isn't required to carry at all times. Rational reaction though, a guy can't bring in his gun now you suggest he forgoes his job or commits a crime himself, brilliant.
"Privilege is invisible to those who have it."
I miss read the original post I replied to but I still don't see a reason. You wouldn't be uneasy rather its some one trolling with a rifle or some one openly carrying a pistol there both a deadly weapon. It's conceal carry then you don't really have to be uneasy as something you don't know is there.
So not wanting to leave a gun, in a vehicle that you are most likely not going to be seeing for the next 45 minutes to 1 hour+, and if someone sees you leaving the gun in the car realizing it could be an easy steal is irresponsible? other than having a mini armored truck, a gun would be easy to steal in the time frame if someone really wanted to. Highly unlikely? Yeah, of course. But so is the chance of the cop doing anything malicious with it, most likely far more likely to be able to help in a situation if it randomly came up, but at this point we are just spit balling random, unlikely to happen situations.
Maybe if we stop being so god damn scared of every fucking thing, and just move on throughout our day, we would be happier.
I doubt they were trying to make any statement. Pretty much all hospitals and doctors offices are weapons free with the exception being on duty law enforcement, which this guy wasn't. There is no reason for the gun to be brought in there and for the people there it can easily cause unneeded stress.
"Privilege is invisible to those who have it."
People open carry and conceal carry knives that are very deadly, people don't think twice about that.
Part of the issue with a lot of this, is the cultural difference between those that generally live in cities/high populated area's that there isn't nearly the need. Versus those that live in more rural area's that can have extremely long response times. First group just aren't accustomed to guns outside of media of news and video games they only see a instrument to cause harm and violence. The others usually grow up seeing it as a tool for self protection, survival(hunting), and sport(also hunting or just sport shooting).
When I see someone open carrying a firearm in my state, the only time it puts me at unease, is when I notice others are at unease with it cause I live in one of the few urban area's of the state that is less accustomed to firearms. I recognize that people may feel at unease, but people feel unease at a lot of things. That doesn't mean we should make those people forced to comply with us. It is like the meme of Marge Simpson in regards to watching UFC, she feels since she doesn't like it, no one should be able to do it/watch it.
Challenge Mode : Play WoW like my disability has me play:
You will need two people, Brian MUST use the mouse for movement/looking and John MUST use the keyboard for casting, attacking, healing etc.
Briand and John share the same goal, same intentions - but they can't talk to each other, however they can react to each other's in game activities.
Now see how far Brian and John get in WoW.
i don't know where you live that people are openly walking around with knifes and no one cares. unless there like a gardener or working on some thing (car, wood work, ect) nothing like that has happend when i lived in a rural area or in a city.
and i don't think people should be forced to comply but i do think it makes sense for people to be uneasy.
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wait so i'm making an assumption because i said some one else assumption that the gun would/could get stolen and people would freak out is pointless?
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how would you know to be scared of some one who stole a gun from a car if you didn't see it happen?