[marktwain]

You don’t need to. You are a public employee hired to keep the peace, show up after a crime has been committed and make out a report. Its not your job to philosophize about why the constitution says the general population has the right to bear arms. Its not your job to ascertain what kind of weapon is appropriate for citizens to own and its not your job to wonder why they want to open carry. Just be glad you have a job and that these good folks would be the ones backing you up if you got into a situation you could not handle.

I respectfully disagree. This officer took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It appears to me that he should be using his forum to defend the Constitution, rather than denigrate it.

[Georgia Girl 2]

My point is that the LEO’s are hired to do a specific job. They have no higher level of authority or moral certitude to be speculating on our 2nd ammendment rights just because they carry a weapon in the course of their everyday duties.

Its just a personal peeve of mine because if the SHTF at the Waffle House I would much rather be with my fiancee’ a shooter and weapons expert who turns down offers from Front Sight every other day than the sweet 23 year old cop who wrote up the robbery report for my Mom’s break in. We personally only CC but if people want to open carry thats their business.

And you are right if anybody should be defending our right to carry its the cops. In fairness a lot of them do.