What's in YOUR holster?
One of the most ridiculous things I hear from time to time is when a gun-rights supporter says "I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy".
Yeah... no.
That's like saying I eat food because plutonium is too expensive.
Even if gravity were not an issue, I wouldn't carry a cop. I don't want to have a cop around. Ever.
His self-interests are not going to align with my own. Even if he were one of those mythical "good cops" he's still going to be more concerned with his own survival than with mine. Even if he somehow weren't, he's not going to value my survival to the same extent that I would. He's not going to see what I see. He isn't going to act or react as I would. He wouldn't be me.
I carry a gun because only I can be trusted to always have my own best interests at heart. I may make mistakes but I still trust myself over someone "protecting" me for pay. Someone who could be bought off, could change loyalties, or might have his own issues and distractions.
Even if I could carry a cop, I wouldn't. Who would really choose that ridiculous option?
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FTP! In my yesteryear days I carried a .25 ACP discreetly in my back pocket.. My lifestyle and place of residence no longer warrants carrying a firearm..
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I have made an effort to carry. Alas, open carry is not really an option, but I prefer to be discreet anyway. And unlike cops, my gun isn't likely to shoot me or arrest me for non-crimes.
I've lived in places where I open carried every day-- and also carried concealed at the same time. Now I live in the police state of Texas where open carry without a permit is a death sentence-- if the cop who sees you decides to make it one.
And people think of Texas as favoring firearm freedom. Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming are far friendlier to firearms.