I am sick of police officers being touted as gun experts...most of them have less range time than the average gun enthusiast ... barring tactical
Yep. Lots of cops shoot at my range and they are very average range shooters. As a group they are really no better and no worse than the average shooter who spends time at the range. And these are the ones that actually go to the range and practice. I can only imagine about the others.
I am surprised no one really brought his “career” in law enforcement. How long was it? Why did he leave it? What were the terms of his separation? If you tout your credentials as a cop, you should be questioned.
Agreed. I observe folks continuously when outin public. Saw a guy putting chnge into a change counter at Walmart yesterday. Wearinga dark t shirt untucked, muzzle of a large caliber handgun protruding while he leaned over. Duty type trousers, spare mag hanging out of a mag pocket, unlaced tac boots. completely oblivious that I was examining him in minute detail. When he was done, I smiled and told him is sidearm was sowing and he responded that he was alocal cop. I smiled and we chatted a bit. He asked if I was LE, I said no, just a private citizen. He said you must know firearms ( I had told him his 1911 was showing) but i was wrong- he was wearing a SIG P220 ( dust cover and muzzle looks much like a 1911 front end).
He asked if I carry and I responded “are you asking as a police officer or a casual passerby?” He said casual passerby-I responded “ then its none of your business if I am or not”. He smiled and said “good answer”.
He looked like a middle aged, overweight out of shape guy who probably did a decent job of LE, but he looked like a target to me. He asked me if I was active duty military ( I look that young, and fit, but the gray beard should have given him a clue), I said “no, just retired type of guy. He said he was carrying his SIG because he had to qualify with it soon, that he had not shot it in some time and he missed his compact 9mm.
I thought “what a guy, carry a firearm he had not shot in some time, with a long DA 1st trigger pull and all”. I asked what his compact 9mm was- he said a Springfield XD- which has a striker fired mechanism, so much different than his SIG to be in another dimension. I was glad we did not need to use our sidearms.
They indeed walk among us, and have the full force of a badge and government behind them.