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Court upholds police pointing gun at lawful carrier
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiyot" data-source="post: 946076" data-attributes="member: 627"><p>To be honest if the case was honestly about what the title of the article says it was a ridiculous case to bring. The issue that should have been taken up was the accidental flashing of a legally carried CCW gun and the resulting confiscation. </p><p></p><p>If you think that you aren't going to get a gun screwed in your ear just because you are legally carrying a gun you are mistaken. An officer has the right to his own safety, and I do not fault him for the initial pointing of his firearm. He initiated contact on what he thought could possibly be someone carrying a firearm illegally. Some might say that an open carry state this kind of ruling could be bad for all who carry but I don't think so. If an officer going down the street jumps out and points his gun at everyone carrying in the open then yes that is wrong. But once he decides to make contact with an individual, who is open carrying, based on him being possibly involved in a crime then yes if he feels as though he needs to have his gun out for his safety then so be it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiyot, post: 946076, member: 627"] To be honest if the case was honestly about what the title of the article says it was a ridiculous case to bring. The issue that should have been taken up was the accidental flashing of a legally carried CCW gun and the resulting confiscation. If you think that you aren't going to get a gun screwed in your ear just because you are legally carrying a gun you are mistaken. An officer has the right to his own safety, and I do not fault him for the initial pointing of his firearm. He initiated contact on what he thought could possibly be someone carrying a firearm illegally. Some might say that an open carry state this kind of ruling could be bad for all who carry but I don't think so. If an officer going down the street jumps out and points his gun at everyone carrying in the open then yes that is wrong. But once he decides to make contact with an individual, who is open carrying, based on him being possibly involved in a crime then yes if he feels as though he needs to have his gun out for his safety then so be it. [/QUOTE]
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