Opinion
John comments on the Thousand Oaks Bar Killer and the six unarmed police officers that faced the shooter.
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Talking about the Thousand Oaks Bar nightclub shooting in CA, Sheriff Geoff Dean of Ventura County CA stated during a press conference today that there was six LEOs present (that he knows of) among the guests attending the club at the moment the perpetrator starting shooting.
A reporter asked the Sheriff if any of the six officers present at the scene dutifully engaged the suspect with precision gunfire.
The Sheriff sheepishly answered: “None of them were armed!”
At least six unarmed police present when a madman starts shooting, and not a single one able to call upon his training and instantly stop the carnage!
The words “unarmed” and “police” should never be found in the same sentence. This situation is a sad testimony to CA law enforcement.
American police officers should be gallantly carrying concealed guns no matter where we are, day and night, every waking minute.
It is a point of honor!
The world of 2018 is no place for the unprepared, particularly among those of us who are paid to be prepared.
“Destiny doesn’t make appointments, nor does she waste her time with the naive and unready!” ~ Farnam, again
/John
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I’ve said this before and I’ll say it every time and being an American citizen, ex-military & believing & thinking the Constitution is the law of the land. I believe a Cop’s job is no different then any other job, once you take off that uniform you are no longer above the law or a step above anybody else. I used to carry an M16 & a colt .45 & have a secret security clearance in the military, now that I’m out I know longer get to have that although I do carry my Glock were ever I go now.… Read more »
Charles Moore, you just proved my point, you just lied again.
Actually most people commenting here are … but I understand why you, Charles Moore, would lie about it … because the position a majority of posters are taking is abhorrent…
The right to self defense (concealed carry) in California is a privilege granted to only a few at the county level. This is not without limits as evidenced by having unarmed off duty law enforcement denied their weapons in a gun free zone. It’s this asinine view decided by some idiot/s that somehow all are magically protected in these rainbow zones. It’s been said there’s never a cop when you need one, but after each carnage there’s seems to be plethora of them. Where are all the cops before any massacre has occurred? Law inforcement in most cases are reactionary… Read more »
The arguments made here, by most people are abhorrent.
They are suggesting that 12 people dead is OK, but that having six police officers armed is NOT OK.
To say that this makes ARGUMENT no sense and is beyond SICK is a gross understatement.
CA. COMMIE STATE…ANTI EVERYTHING. LIBERAL BULL.SHIT. ANTI, EXCEPT FOR ALL THE POLITICALLY CORRECT CRAP THAT IS STANDARD WAY OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE. LEO’S IN BAR WERE VICTIMS ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE SOCIAL PARTY GOERS. PDST SHOOTER ALSO VICTIM…
If dept and or county law required all six to be disarmed, they at the least should have had access to
less then lethal shotguns with LTL load to disable any attacker.
Yes, going up against an unknown armed maniac (who happened to be a trained former marine) is tough,
but doable.
In my state, no one can carry in a bar except working staff/owners, who must not drink on duty anyway. No patrons can legally. Iincident in the large rural part of the state some time back…… feller begins to patronise an establishment regularly, almost every night. Gets to know the other regulars, all is well. Known only by his first name… he’d sit at a table off near the back wall, not hiding, folks would come and chat, move on. One night a new guy walked in, went up the bar, pulled a gun on the Keep, waved it around… Read more »
It is not the coppers job to defend us.That has been ruled on.It`s that simple
American police officers should be gallantly carrying concealed guns no matter where we are, day and night, every waking minute. American CITIZENS should be gallantly carrying concealed guns no matter where we are, day and night, every waking minute. Sorry (NOT!!) had to fix that for ya John. Some states allow armed folks to be IN a bar, but they cannot consume alcohol whilst being there in that state. Not my original idea, but we’ve got “Designated Drivers” to increase the odds their pals get home safely when they leave the bar. How’s about “Designated Defenders”, same thing only they… Read more »