heliopolissolutions
Regular Member
This question almost seems like its better left unasked.
Many OCer's have come-- literally, within a finger's breadth of being shot to death, with their hands on their head.
We all know we aren't here to fight police, take their jobs or cause harm to anyone outside of our justified actions of defense.
Imagine if you were told by an officer of the law to stop, put your hands on your head and don't make any sudden moves while he e-checked you.
Then pretend that while on approach he started shooting at you from a distance.
Do you go for cover and wail on with the same indignant mantras we've all repeated while being e-checked, hoping he'll stop? Call the police and sit tight? Or do you draw down and return fire, with every intent to end the threat that is being presented?
I think that this question might get misread as inflammatory, but we all know the cards read differently as soon as an officer gets involved, and the laws don't work quite the same, and theres this big, blue wall of silence when some things go wrong.
I know we've probably thought about it, when theres a gun pointed straight at my COM, the cop looks confused and threatened and I know all he has to do is flinch at a loud noise and its all kaputz, nothing I say will calm him, interest him, distract him, or have any authority to order him to stand down, its pretty scary.
I think aside from being stabbed, my life has been threatened more by police than by any criminal or accident. Which makes me wonder..."what would I do if things go awry?"
Many OCer's have come-- literally, within a finger's breadth of being shot to death, with their hands on their head.
We all know we aren't here to fight police, take their jobs or cause harm to anyone outside of our justified actions of defense.
Imagine if you were told by an officer of the law to stop, put your hands on your head and don't make any sudden moves while he e-checked you.
Then pretend that while on approach he started shooting at you from a distance.
Do you go for cover and wail on with the same indignant mantras we've all repeated while being e-checked, hoping he'll stop? Call the police and sit tight? Or do you draw down and return fire, with every intent to end the threat that is being presented?
I think that this question might get misread as inflammatory, but we all know the cards read differently as soon as an officer gets involved, and the laws don't work quite the same, and theres this big, blue wall of silence when some things go wrong.
I know we've probably thought about it, when theres a gun pointed straight at my COM, the cop looks confused and threatened and I know all he has to do is flinch at a loud noise and its all kaputz, nothing I say will calm him, interest him, distract him, or have any authority to order him to stand down, its pretty scary.
I think aside from being stabbed, my life has been threatened more by police than by any criminal or accident. Which makes me wonder..."what would I do if things go awry?"
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