As to the CCW "badges," I think they're uselessly stupid and look forward to the day when the company that stamps them out goes out of business due to lack of interest.
Noted, but those same compaines generally make badges for oodles of other things, including (gasp!) real police.
The badge, if you decide to use it, is just another tool in the tool box and has to be used properly to be good for anything. Just like the gun, just like the pepper spray, just like the flashlight, and so forth.
This cracks me up: I realize it's the apparent style at the moment to scoff at CCW badges as "unneccessary" and, arguably, they very well may be. But I notice that members on this board (I won't name names, it doesn't matter) use precisely the same sort of derisive language and condescending attitude for badges as plenty of anti-gunners use on us for our
guns. I have to ask you: If it's not illegal wherever someone has one, what's it do you if they do? We're not saying
you need to have one. If you don't like it, vote with your feet (or with your wallet).
Still others on this board deride badges for whatever reason, but these others are people who launch into chapter and
verse on topics such as maintaining awareness (important) and associated details like not frequenting bad areas if avoidable, not making yourself look like a victim, portraying yourself as someone criminals won't want to mess with. Doesn't an "I have a gun" badge fall into the category of something that might portray you as someone who would be a poor choice of victim...?
