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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade
Did you ever pull your gun out and hide it behind your leg or conceal it in any way during a traffic stop?
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Sure. And I know lots of other officers that did the same. Back in the day it was probably more common simply due to equipment. My guess the ratio of times I had my hand on the weapon to weapon out decreased dramatically after getting an Uncle Mike's "Pro-Duty holster." Basically with that holster having your hand on it (which you'll often see an officer do during a stop) is the same as having out, lowered and next to your leg. At a min. prior to up grades in equipment, if anything looked fishy I'd have my holster unsnapped. Being in the middle of bum fuck nowhere with no coms, on a dark rainy night approaching a vehicle that just looks wrong makes the hair on the back of your head stand up.
Monkies never seen my weapon. All my weapons are safety stored in Oregon. Now repeat after me...
"This my weapon, this is my gun. This one's for fighting, this one's for fun."
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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade
A cop pulling his gun out on an already freaked out driver who was speeding or had a tail light out is not reasonable. Police understand that the people they pull over are already scared and will show signs of being nervous, so do you think adding a gun to the mix will help the situation? If I see Johnny Law looking at me with his gun drawn, I'm gonna be scared shitless.
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See this is the mind set that creates our differing opinions I believe. You're making the assumption that everyone responds the same way to being stopped. They don't. I know of no stats on the topic but I'd guess you're describing about 30-40% of TS's. The other 60-70% are made up of all kinds of reactions. Many are not scared... they're pissed off. Everything from "Fuck you. Do you know who I am? I'll have your badge by this time tomorrow!" To "You can't pull me over, I mean I don't think you can, can you? My plates are out of state and you don't have jurisdiction in my state." And one of my personal favorites "You're making me late! Did you know you're making me late!?!"