Anderson IN
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I think Blazing Saddles said it best!
"Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!"
I think Blazing Saddles said it best!
"Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!"
BTW
Poll at top doesn't show LEO's ?
so they would almost have to answer badges all the time.
inNV wrote:In EVER situation I've seen where Police come across a man pointing a gun at another person, they'll draw (for their defense) and order you to put the gun down first BEFORE they open fire. This is whether you're the good guy OR the bad guy, doesn't really matter.The idea behind them is that of you have to draw and/or use your gun in self defense, and the cops show up..you show your badge so they don't shoot you..not so they don't investigate what happened. Imagine you have a man at gunpoint, and a cop shows up, how does he know who is the BG? Flashing a badge might stop him from putting a few rounds through your chest. I see the logic behind them, but I still wouldn't get one, waste of money.
Having a badge isn't going to change the matter. In everything I've seen, Police don't open fire unless the person with a gun ESCALATES their threat level...ie take the gun from the low ready to pointing it at someone, taking the gun out of their holster, etc. As long as you reduce your threat level as soon as they arrive, you'll be put in cuffs (safety till they figure out wtf is going on), but you'll not be shot.
Badges = bad idea, false logic, and false advertisment. Also, I hope ANY cop who says he'd shoot anyone they see with a gun as soon as he arrives on scene gets fired or repremanded, and if he ever actually pulls such a stunt, charged and locked up with the Bubba he caught the week before.
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS THREAD IS STILL GOING ON!I can't believe that this thread is still going.....