Originally Posted by
tn1911
When I was a patrol officer we encountered armed folks routinely. Traffic stops were the most common thing but from time to time we did answer burglary/prowler calls where we just assumed the homeowner who calls us was going to be armed for their protection.
And many were.
Our dispatch was great at keeping them on the line and telling them, ok the police are at you location. Stay inside and wait on them to come to you.
We never shot a homeowner in the many hundreds of those calls I answered. A lot of times once the property was cleared we would end up answering their questions about use of force in defense of property or life under current Georgia law.
They were grateful and so were we.
As it should be. I've also seen the other side. I remember when a plain clothes officer responded to an "armed suspect" call, despite the badge on his belt and that he was wearing business attire (shirt and tie) he was shot killed by another uniformed officer simply because he was holding a gun.
Lots of people really have no business being LEOs.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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