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Hawaii rules against public carrying of guns without permit citing ‘aloha spirit’
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Saw another post and thought of your response here... I think the difference is those of us who know what it takes absolutely feel more comfortable around people who have something to lose, because they do not conflate their position with expertise granting blanket immunity from consequences for their mistakes.
(cop startled by falling acorn, empties gun into occupied building) https://old.reddit.com/r/Idiotswithguns/comments/1aq4jjr/a_bit_excessive/kqaj4kh/
You seem to keep coming back to some belief that I hold cops in some esteem. I don't.
For all the warts of the profession, they're still a known quantity. You know why the cop has the gun. You know they completed their minimum of one semester of training and bare minimum psychological evaluation. You know they have a high school diploma.
Anyone else, you know that they could ... Afford a gun. If it's concealed, you know that they took an eight hour course in safety. You know rather little about their stability or anything else. You don't know why they brought the gun.
In both cases, you also know that they likely exceed those minimums by a fair margin.
As mentioned, cpl holders tend to be enthusiastic and proficient, law abiding citizens. Where I live cops tends to have four year degrees on top of a full year of dedicated police training and supplementary medical training and continuing education requirements.
Again, don't particularly want to have either around me, but one has less question marks.
Also, linking to idiots with guns isn't a great way to testify to the responsibility of gun owners.