spat
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Concealed is concealed is all well and good unless you actually *need* the gun.I have watched several police encounters recently in an urban area..
First, a man ran off with a laptop computer from a repair shop, while owner was working on another box. I was there.
Cops called..no response..fool thief was seen close by, shortly thereafter, with stolen computer, and shop owner and friend chased the thief down and assaulted him, confined him and dragged him and computer back by the ear. Not me, my knees are too bad to run.
Cops came..released guy because computer was now back....no appearance tickets, cops winked at shop owner and left....no one patted down.
Another incident involving a car accident close by.....one party to hospital, other driver questioned, and left by other vehicle..no pat downs.
3rd incident in same area....madman with no shirt, carrying a 2 x 4 began slamming it down on pavement in anger at someone close by; cops came took 2 x 4 let him go...no pat downs.
I am not saying that pat downs may never happen, but you have to be very suspicious, and really nuts, to generate that kind of behavior from cops.
"Appearance tickets" are the norm today ,and as few of them that can be written/generated, is also the norm.
This paranoia sounds like the old "Narcs" paranoia from the 1970's.
No cop is going to find you, for normal behavior, for slipping a gun into your pocket to go out for a bottle of milk after dark....why would he stop you?
Ships passing in the night.........do not display the gun in any way, like 1ames bond....
Bar room carry, is an invitation to ail for sure.
If you can't actually use it to legally defend yourself, that becomes a major problem.
There is also a huge difference between "drunk and carrying" vs "carrying where they serve alcohol".
The 1st is utterly irresponsible. The second is utterly normal.