Although this is designed for Law Enforcement, this may be a great idea to have for CCWers. How about a blue banner with the words CCW or Armed Citizen? Let me know what you think?
They do have a CCW banner. I think this is brilliant!
http://www.policestore.com/.aspx/pid=42039/Product/BROWNELLS_LE_QD_360_ID_IDENTIFICATION_BANNERS
I wouldn’t carry one of those. I would call 911, let them know I’m a CCW holder and I’m on the scene, let them know what I’m wearing. Carrying one of those homo looking flags around is like wearing a helmet in the off chance you trip on a beer bottle.
These things remind me of those dumb ass glow belts we had to wear in the Navy; for all the dip shit sailors that were too stupid to look both ways and walk on side walks. I think it’s something that started out as a good idea but just wont work.
Here is a thread with lots of comments that discusses identifying tools and such situations: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=68239
It is amazing to me the firearms related things that get made, that no one wants or needs, while there all kinds of things people actually want and clamour for and never get made.
This is right up there on my necessity list as one of those fake police badges that “identifies” you as CCW. No Thanks!
Von Clausewitz On War speaking of surprise. " When it is successful in a high degree, confusion and broken courage in the enemy’s ranks are the consequences;" I would rather decide to inform the correct people of my tools and intentions rather than announce to everyone in eye sight. Personal opinion.
Ehhhhhhhhhh…I don’t really dig things like this. Looking at it from a numbers standpoint…are there any stats on how many people have been dusted by the police while they had there CCW piece out?
They don’t have the one I want … “VIGILANTE.”
I would never carry something like that around…ever.
So much information is being put into the dispatch center during an active shooter situation your description might be passed along as the shooter in question, rather than an armed citizen. Their focus is on IDing the shooter. When you have an armed citizen on scene that adds to IDing problems. You are not their focus, the shooter is. Combine another armed unknown person into the situation and bad things can happen.
What if the perp decides to don such a banner in order to confuse responding officers?
That is another thing officers need to take into consideration. There is no clear cut answer to these situations.
Here is the book answer for Active Shooter:
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/active_shooter_booklet.pdf
Running around with a gun on an active crime scene will most likely get you shot no matter what you are wearing.
Keep your CCW concealed unless you must draw it for immediate self defense. Either shelter in place or escape. In most cases, Active Shooters are not expecting resistance. Surprise and violence of action will be your best bet.
We have a winner.
I will do what is necessary to protect immediate threats to innocent life, but I am not an LEO. It is not my job to go out and seek the bad guy.
The ONLY time I would be running around an active shooter area would be to get to my loved ones. And probably not with my gun out.
Exactly. My job is to get home at night.
Yeah, I’m with you but something inside me won’t let me stand idle while innocent people get killed. Half of me would stay and protect my immediate area, the other half would want to stop the shooter. Tough situation and I hope I never have to make that choice.
If the police misidentify you as a threat and shoot you… and you are indeed innocent… you are severely wounded and taken to the hospital… while being treated at the hospital you die on the table and are legally dead for a few minutes before being revived and fully recovering… could you then sue the city for the wrongful death of yourself…?
They’d probably prorate your judgement amount.
You watch too much TV.:lol: