I have talked about this before: every police officer should carry at least one firearm off-duty. There are many specific reasons for carrying a handgun when you are not on the job, but they all boil down to one reason: you may need it. There have been plenty of instances where armed, off-duty officers were able to take action to stop a violent crime and defend themselves … [Read more...]
No Guns for Police Officers at Disney World
Disney World appears to have a strict no gun policy. No law-abiding citizen, including an off-duty police officer, is allowed to carry a firearm, concealed or otherwise, to protect their family from violent predators while at Disney World. I searched Disney's web site looking for clarification on this policy, but was unable to locate anything. On non-Disney websites, I … [Read more...]
Teaching Our Citizens to Protect Themselves
If it wasn't so sad, I would laugh every time I heard someone say that a police officer's job is to protect them. Perhaps I should explain... Although we wish it to be otherwise, I doubt there is any police officer who believes that he or she can protect any individual citizen from being harmed by criminals. Well, maybe the chief might, but I think that … [Read more...]