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Maybe I am missing something here.
Why should a cop need to check out a"man with a gun" call at all, in a state that allows open carry?
It is surely no different to a guy walking along Main Street dressed in a top hat and tail coat. Unusual, maybe, but lawful.
Despatchers need only ascertain whether the gun is being brandished, or whether the packer is acting in a suspicious or threatening manner.
Bunch of nonsense, IMHO. All the more reason for all of us to encourage more and more open carry, so that the practice may become perceived as normal once again.
Why man with a gun, any more than man with a car, golf club, hockey stick, or anything else that MIGHT be abused?
We carry handguns for purely defensive purposes, and we cannot be held responsible for the fact that criminals abuse these tools for offensive purposes.
It is surely reprehensible that criminals are allowed to set the tone for society.
Maybe the cops will eventually get fed up with responding to these calls? They surely have better things to do?