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Why do people have the need to not comply with police?
oh muh rights blah blah. Ok yes you have rights, but why drag 3 officers into the situation that couldve been diffused if all you had to do was show you have a license to carry instead of ranting off about gun laws and rights, etc.
He isn't helping gun rights by inconveniencing the police who could be doing better things with their time, for instance, preventing more murders from happening on that corner as mentioned in the video.
Anyway, I actually picked up my first concealed carry pistol over the weekend at a gun show. Ruger LC9S Pro. Can't wait to take it to the range and get it broken in.
on the whole, the open carry movement stuff (IMO) is silly. however, the Philly instance is frankly quite different. it's a matter of the officers not knowing the law, assuming everyone who has a firearm is a "bad guy", and treating them as such without any legal basis to do so.
when they try to claim carrying a firearm is illegal period, there's issues there. at best, it risks serious lawsuits against the city/department for false arrest/imprisonment because the officers don't know the law. either teach them what is and isn't legal, or put them in a different role if they can't seem to get it.
i say the above with zero interest in open carrying or trying to start crap with police officers.