Federal court rules no probable cause in arrest for openly carried firearm

This is an interesting read for anyone who has an interest in our Constitution and the 2nd Amendment.

All too often our laws are being enforced by people who have just enough training to be "afraid" when they are on the street; and not enough common sense to understand the difference between a crime and a basic American right. Their attitude is that no one else should carry a gun because if no one else has a gun then they are "safe." Time and again I've seen police trainers do an excellent job of trying to instill the need for caution but some officers turn that trained caution into an unreasonable fear. When you couple that with an attitude that only they can be trusted and only they should have guns, then the result is not the suppression of crime but the suppression of a basic American right and the basic human right of self defense.  No law enforcement officer can ever honestly say that they will always be where they can protect the citizenry because they know they can't be everywhere.  Accordingly, no police officer should ever fear an honest man with a gun.

The judge in this case opted to protect the Sheriff's deputies from their own stupidity but he should not have. There is no reason to fear guns and if you do, law enforcement is not the profession for you. A gun carried by an honest man is much less dangerous than a car driven by anyone else. The proof of this is in the number of deaths caused by drivers vs. the number of deaths caused by guns. They aren't even close.

By way of disclosure, I spent 31 years in law enforcement. I never feared an honest man with a gun.

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