Many years ago and in what now seems almost like another life I carried a badge and and the required firearm....I was 21 years old when I was hired as a small town police officer. It has been rare over the last 40 years or so that I have not been armed. It may have not been on my person but at least in the trunk of the car. Generally it has been when I traveled to states that did not trust their citizens to own and carry firearms. When Texas started issuing CHLs I got one the first year.
It is interesting to study the history of gun control laws. Most in the North came into existence after the Civil War to keep firearms out of the hands of those out of political power that you disagreed with. In the South it was to make it unlawfull for blacks and Mexicans to have firearms. At the same time it was expected that a "Gentleman" was probably armed. This also was the case for many "Gentle Ladies" also. My grandmother here in Texas carried a Colt 1903 Model under her dress for some 20 years in the early part of the 20th Century.
At the time I became a police officer my father sat me down and had a good old father and son chat about if was I ready to use the .357 Magnum Colt I had to carry at all times. My chief said that even if I was off duty I was still a police officer and he expected me to be armed at all times. My father said he had 5 confirmed kills while in the Pacific as commanding officer of a bomb disposal squad...4 with firearms and 1 with a machete. He said that he could remember the face of every enemy soldier he had to end the life of.
Not everyone is ready to deal with the personal and legal ramifications of having to use deadly force...however if a deadly force situation presents itself and you do not act...you or someone close to you may be the one that is dead. You may have to live with that also. There is plenty of training available and I recomend it.
I also support having a topic of security on the forum.
We do not live in a safe society and yet many people go around being blissfully ignorant of their surroundings...I do not choose to be one of them.
Texan
It is interesting to study the history of gun control laws. Most in the North came into existence after the Civil War to keep firearms out of the hands of those out of political power that you disagreed with. In the South it was to make it unlawfull for blacks and Mexicans to have firearms. At the same time it was expected that a "Gentleman" was probably armed. This also was the case for many "Gentle Ladies" also. My grandmother here in Texas carried a Colt 1903 Model under her dress for some 20 years in the early part of the 20th Century.
At the time I became a police officer my father sat me down and had a good old father and son chat about if was I ready to use the .357 Magnum Colt I had to carry at all times. My chief said that even if I was off duty I was still a police officer and he expected me to be armed at all times. My father said he had 5 confirmed kills while in the Pacific as commanding officer of a bomb disposal squad...4 with firearms and 1 with a machete. He said that he could remember the face of every enemy soldier he had to end the life of.
Not everyone is ready to deal with the personal and legal ramifications of having to use deadly force...however if a deadly force situation presents itself and you do not act...you or someone close to you may be the one that is dead. You may have to live with that also. There is plenty of training available and I recomend it.
I also support having a topic of security on the forum.
We do not live in a safe society and yet many people go around being blissfully ignorant of their surroundings...I do not choose to be one of them.
Texan
