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XD-GEM wrote:
Thanks for the welcome!
I can understand Mark's distrust for Law Enforcement. If I don't get on Mark's good side, so be it. I joined this forum because I believe that we all share a common goal and I also want to let everyone know that there are cops out there that appreciate whatyall are doing. During my time in LE I have had numerous attempts by the bad guy to pull a gun on me and have had shots fired at me, but I don't hold this against the majority of the gun owners out there,andIdon't believe that situations like Marks's should be held against all cops out there either.
I read this forum for a while before I finally decided to join and post and picked up on many anti-LE members. As I mentioned earlier, I could have easily not mentioned that I am LE and noone would have known. However, I felt that it needed to be pointed out that not all cops are like the ones that some of yall have experienced. I have never encountered anyone OCing, but I would treat them just like anyone I have encountered that are legally CCing. I have had one incident where an armed citizen helped me out one night. I had initiated a trafic stop on a vehicle travelling 90 in a 30 and they tried to get away. They attempted to make a turn onto a side road at a high rate of speed and crashed into a ditch. A guy passing buy witnessed the accident and stopped to watch. I, along with my partner,was attempting to get the driver in cuffs when a crowd came from around the corner and attempted to take the driver away from us. While trying to keep control of the driver, the armed citizen advised me that he was armed and asked if there was anything that he could do. At this point I had members of the crowd coming at me with everything from bare hands to large sticks. I told the citizen that if anyone attempted to hit me with a stick to shoot them if he had to. Between him and I and the other officer with me, we managed to get the driver back to my unit and hold them off until back up arrived. I was hoping to get the chance to thank this guy, but after we had control of the situation, he went to his car and left. I feel that if he wouldn't have been there, things would have probably went downhill pretty quick.
XD-GEM wrote:
Thanks for the welcome!
I can understand Mark's distrust for Law Enforcement. If I don't get on Mark's good side, so be it. I joined this forum because I believe that we all share a common goal and I also want to let everyone know that there are cops out there that appreciate whatyall are doing. During my time in LE I have had numerous attempts by the bad guy to pull a gun on me and have had shots fired at me, but I don't hold this against the majority of the gun owners out there,andIdon't believe that situations like Marks's should be held against all cops out there either.
I read this forum for a while before I finally decided to join and post and picked up on many anti-LE members. As I mentioned earlier, I could have easily not mentioned that I am LE and noone would have known. However, I felt that it needed to be pointed out that not all cops are like the ones that some of yall have experienced. I have never encountered anyone OCing, but I would treat them just like anyone I have encountered that are legally CCing. I have had one incident where an armed citizen helped me out one night. I had initiated a trafic stop on a vehicle travelling 90 in a 30 and they tried to get away. They attempted to make a turn onto a side road at a high rate of speed and crashed into a ditch. A guy passing buy witnessed the accident and stopped to watch. I, along with my partner,was attempting to get the driver in cuffs when a crowd came from around the corner and attempted to take the driver away from us. While trying to keep control of the driver, the armed citizen advised me that he was armed and asked if there was anything that he could do. At this point I had members of the crowd coming at me with everything from bare hands to large sticks. I told the citizen that if anyone attempted to hit me with a stick to shoot them if he had to. Between him and I and the other officer with me, we managed to get the driver back to my unit and hold them off until back up arrived. I was hoping to get the chance to thank this guy, but after we had control of the situation, he went to his car and left. I feel that if he wouldn't have been there, things would have probably went downhill pretty quick.
