ccw badge

[Mannlicher]

CCW Badge = Stupid, doubly so if you show it to anyone. lol

 

[XLMiguel]

CCW badge = Mickey Mouse

M - I - C - see, I'm a bad-assed dude, I got a real gun . .
K - E - Y- Why? Because I'm a self-important, immature wanker, who will likely fold in a real life/death situation anyway -
M - O - U - S - E- Small annoying rodent with no socially redeeming value

Any questions?
(meybe my meds wore off, I'm feeling rather intolerant at the moment)

 

[NorthernExtreme]

CCW badges make as much sense to me as Police (SWAT, SRT etc..) who wear camouflage.

An exception may be in a state like NC where there a CCW holder must announce they are carrying to ANY LEO if approached or addressed by an Officer that they are carrying. It does not have any exception for Undercover, Off Duty, or plain cloths officers. Of if the contact is official or social. The badge could be a great way of cover yourself and uphold your legal obligation at the same time.

I guess if (and I know it's a big if) a CCW holder was involved in a shooting, in progress when the police arrived, they (the Police) may be less likely to shoot the guy with the badge.

Either way, we can look at CCW badges, and LEO's who always have their badges displayed in the same light. WHO CARES!!!!!

 

[FNFiveSeven]

Part of me said, pop this guy for impersinating a cop...

"pop" him?! For what, wearing a CCW badge? Did the badge say he was a cop? Are you the fashion police?

 

[Meta4]

It seems like wearing a badge could look really bad in court after a justified shooting. I agree, nine times out of ten the wearer is probably a poser.

-James

 

[orangeninja]

"pop" him?! For what, wearing a CCW badge? Did the badge say he was a cop? Are you the fashion police?

Why....as a matter of fact yes...wait until you get your citation for that shirt.


Actually by "pop" I mean confront the moron....and not as a JBT...but as a CCH myself. The penal code gives the defense to impersination of an officer as......

"(3) the item was used or intended for use exclusively
for decorative purposes or in an artistic or dramatic presentation."

Which you could say...a CCW badge is pretty dramatic....as long as he doesn't present himself as a cop or say somthing like...."hey there, do I get a LEO discount?"

I know your take on cops Blackrazor so try not to get defensive.

 

[Jacobus Rex]

I just want to know if the CCW badge comes with a secret decoder ring. If it doesn't then I ain't buying one.

On the other hand, I'm thinking that I could take a CCW badge and then stuff my fat self into a black t-shirt with "security" on it. Add some cool shades, airborne boots and desert camo bdu pants. I'd be the very image of a real double nought ninja.

 

[JamisJockey]

The only pro I see is if you get made, and have a CCW badge right next to your piece, uneducated blissninnies will likely mistake you for a cop. You're sort of impersonating a cop by carrying one, but in a good way. Its just to calm and soothe the public.
If you're flashing it, wearing it in plain view, or otherwise displaying it, you need a swift kick to the nuts.

 

[dasmi]

They're idiotic posturing.

+1

 

[mattdus]

This has basically been said already that wearing a badge may make you a target but I want to make a serious addition to it. I work for the Virginia Department of Corrections, as a law enforcement officer (Corrections is L/E) I am a target of MS-13. If you do not know about MS-13 look it up, Any LEO is a target for these people and they are out there.The point here is that wearing that badge and allowing yourself to be mistaken as a LEO could be more deadly than you might think, that badge might just cause that proverbial SHTF situation.

just my 2 cents
Matt

 

[Johnny_Yuma]

forehead tattoos

I've got it...let's all get blue on gold tattoos on our foreheads! They could inscribe: "CCW Holder". Then, right beside that, they could tattoo the bulleye right between the eyes!

Great idea, Doc, but my highly concealable forehead holster would cover the tatt!

 

[Nitram68]

I remember seeing the badges for sale in a magazine somewhere. If I remember, the theory behind it was if you used your CCW in a self defense situation, the badge would give pause to anyone, LEO included, before identifying you as the bad guy with the gun and popping you. I'm sure there are people that bought these badges for this purpose . I'm also pretty sure there are those that bought it as the "jr.G-man badge", to impress as well. That being said, here's a civilian group that is wearing badges and acting like LE...

http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Oct2003/berkowitz1003.html

 

[roo_ster]

Uh, No Thanks

Ixnay on the adgebay.

Concealed means concealed.

Also, I am not a cop. As such I do not have certain powers and obligations. Some bad guy doing bad guy things? My first thought is to my family & getting them outta Dodge, not nabbing Mr BG. If BG gets in my way or threatens my family, OTOH...

During my 31 years in law enforcement, I had the PRIVELEGE of working with countless reserve police officers. Many of them, after "getting their feet wet", chose to go full-time! Those reserve police officers that I worked with came from all walks of life....an auto mechanic (who eventually became a full-time officer) all the way up to a bona fide multi-millionaire, who was a full-time corporate lawyer!

That is somewhat refreshing.

I enlisted in the Army to play foolish Ranger games with more than the usual enlisted credentials* and the attitude I saw in many NCOs was more resentful, jealous, and such. I considered volunteering as a reserve officer but expected a similar reception.



* No, I did not advertise. I did my best imitation of a fanatically motivated soldier.

 

[gunsmith]

I used to get the police discount & I'm not LE

When I was an armed security guard in SF I would get the police discount while in uniform ...even though my blue uniform said security all the sheeple saw was my gun belt, the badge said security but it looked like a cop badge.
I've even had police mistake me for being one of them

 

[harvester of sorrow]

Meh, I don't think they're any big deal. I think it's lame, but if people enjoy wearing them, I say go for it. True, it could cause bad guys to key on them, but at least 95% of us, law enforcement or not, will never be in the convenience store when someone comes in to rob it, and if we are, I think their problem when wearing the CCW badge is only marginally greater than mine without one. Additional overt actions, such as presenting themselves as a police officer, are a separate issue.

 

[The Drew]

For those of you with CCW permits....have you ever given any thought about becoming a REAL police officer? How about a "part-time" LEO, as a reserve police officer or reserve deputy sheriff? You'd be accomplishing two things...."enhancing" whatever limited training that you went through for your CCW permit by adding REAL police training, AND you'd be doing a service to your community on a part-time basis. You'd be issued a REAL police badge, a REAL police I.D. card, and probably even be issued a handgun! Sure, you would be required to work a few hours for very little pay, but even as a reserve, you would qualify for certain "police discounts" and benefits!

Umm... I would be willing to wager that the average CCW holder can shoot better, faster, and with greater discresion than the average LEO. Why do I say this? Because I shoot with dozens of CCW holders and only a few cops... Those few cops are the small percentage that take marksmanship seriously. And I constantly hear complaints that they wished more of their fellow officers would shoot more than just their qualification...

So in states where you qualify for a CCW on the firing range, it isn't much different than departments who qualify once or twice a year. So I don't buy the "better trained" argument. In my experience it is a much greater percentage of CCW holders that take their gun seriously and learn to use it to great effectiveness, than LEO's who think that passing the qualification magically makes them good with a handgun...

That said, I don't believe that ANYONE with a CCW should carry a badge. It is completely counterproductive... If you want to advertise "gun" then carry it open, or conceal it badly...

Those who do wear those badges are essentially impersonating LEO's and that shouldn't fly...

 

[TexasRifleman]

"hey there, do I get a LEO discount?"

Hey, I didn't think of that. Maybe I will order one after all.

The guy at the 7-11 won't notice the difference.