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Here is food for thought,
In all seriousness gentlemen let us not forget why we open carry in the first place.
Keep in mind Guys this IS ONLY MY OPINION and I am in no way trying to force my opinion down ANYONE'S throat.
It seems to me that if you are rude and basically an ass every time an uneducated officer or check out girl gives you grief eventually you will be percieved as a trouble maker, now, what if you have to use your fire arm to defend your life or the life of a loved one and some one dies (GOD FORBID IT COMES TO THAT)
Court ,as I have learned as have some of you I'm sure , isn't all ways afair fight,right doesn't all ways prevail. Sometimes sadly it comes down to who has the better lawyer,most money,(to miss work for multiple court dates)and when put to a jury your integrity as well as character among other things are most certainly brought into question. If I have to end a threat with my side arm and wind up in court I do most certainly not want to be percieved as a loud mouth trouble maker looking for a fight. I posted my situation "Detained in Home Depot" and how I handled it. Politely, FIRMLY, but without drawing unnessary attention to myself. I did not by any means let it go,I brought the laws to the attention of those who were uneducated to the law (in written form)and left with a feeling of justness. Job done , mission complete. Now if I end up in court I can call the 2 officers involvedif I need to , to attest to my demeanor, I was neither rude or uncooperative. Both of which would speak well of me in court. Now keep in mind that worked for me , I was not raped and my daughter didn't watch Swat shove guns in my face .I wasn't cuffed and thrown in jail. If that happened to Me I would probably be the biggest ass on this forum,but it didn't. Also (I know I'm gonna catch it for this) All law enforcement arent the devil.Many of them are actually decent honest men who want to help.After all the police accademy teaches them offensive driving, basic hand to hand , proper paperwork technics, etc. if they knew allthe laws they would have to have gone to law school for many years instaed of a couple weeks of accademy.,there are Jerks in every walk of life ,a jerk with a gun and a superior attitude (little mans disease) as well as an amount of authority, I'll admitis a particular pain for people like us.But I have had officers admire my XDM and evenask to see it. After all, lets be honest, if your wife orloved onewerethe victim of violent crime as mine were (With all my heart I hope it never happens to any ofyou) who woulkd you call? Right, the poilice and they would do every thing in their power to punish those responsible. If you can get the facts out, your point across, and law brought to light without being seen as an ass, why not? If you are pushed, by all means push back. Who has ever heard , "you catch more flies with sugar than vinegar" If someone you detest is right, you will not consider his side no matter how right he is.
Any way most of us don't open carry to make a statement, get attention or piss off the powers that be and I don't think most of us leave the house hoping some uneducated cop will harass us so we can cause a scene.
Any way , lets remember gentlemen, we open carry , bring deadly force for a reason.If you end up in court , and if you use deadly force you most certainly will. How will you be percieved? What will the prosecuter tell the jury about you? Law abiding citizen or trouble maker allways up for a fight?
Just somthing to think about the next time Barney Fife wants to feel big and make you feel small.
TAKE IT EASY ON ME GUYS, JUST VOICEING THE VIEW FROM MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD.