Concealed Cary Badges???

[Mainsail]

My carry badge is the little card I was issued that says "El Paso County Sheriff's Office Concealed Handgun Permit" across the top...

LoL! My badge is...well, nothing. I carry (openly) with no approval documents of any kind, or even ID for that matter.

 

[mcdonl]

You would look like a dork. I do not even wear the one that was issued to me by the fire department when I work because I just feel like badges are for PD...

 

[Hatterasguy]

Mall ninja gear.

 

[Old Shooter]

Just puts you one step closer to being charged with impersonating a police officer.

 

[Dnaltrop]

Narcissistic Hooey.

I put a CCW badge displayer slightly above someone deliberately stapling their groin for Youtube.

Just cut out the middleman and wear the gun OC, and carry any applicable laws on a Business card in your wallet

If you get a LEO called on you. give the card to the Freakout caller and the Officer.

 

[Russ Jackson]

Badges ...We don't need no Stinking Badges...Russ

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

You guys/gals are ALL wrong!!! These badges are GREAT!!! I want to buy one for every friend of mine who carries! They are the perfect gag gift. You guys are totally missing a great opportunity to mess with your friends with CCW badges

You can also tell all your friends who want to start carrying that they need to get a CCW badge first.

 

[dusty14u]

Everyone knows these badges are babe magnets. And to top it off you need your tactical CCW sash so you can be prepared for any event.

http://www.dsmsafety.com/ccw.html

 

[mcdonl]

I have one that says "Place attractive women, and buckets of cash at my feet...." best $30 I ever spent.

 

[NavyLCDR]

Just cut out the middleman and wear the gun OC, and carry any applicable laws on a Business card in your wallet

If you get a LEO called on you. give the card to the Freakout caller and the Officer.

You think cops get pi$$ed off when you wear a gun bigger than theirs? I'll be they get even more pi$$ed off when your badge is bigger than theirs too!

 

[Dnaltrop]

I must piss off a lot of cops....

But it's fun handing old West guns to Glock addicts

i DO have a badge in my house... It's my Deceased Great Uncles's badge, mounted to the Plaque commemorating his 22 years of service as a Special Officer. (and a good number of "ride along for funsies" years with his buddies after that)

 

[Dravur]

so, the consensus is to buy one and proudly wear it on your belt?



Yeah, if anyone ever flashed one of those at me, I would be sorely tempted to deride them mercilessly as being a mall ninja or a complete... not a partial... ignoramus

 

[Sauer Grapes]

I'm not sure I get it, are you guys for or against this idea???????? It would go nicely with my secret decoder ring!

 

[bikerdoc]

The only badge I have is my retired LEO badge, in the console of my truck, never have taken it out in 19 years, Better check it might be tarnished.

If I did run across a guy with one I would ask him " so how are things in moms basement, like your job wearing the smokey the bear hat at the mall, and what level are you on with your newest video game"

About time to put this one to sleep.

 

[raveneap]

At the risk of being redundant, Stay Away from these CCW badges - for all of the reasons already mentioned. What really scares me is how many people are carrying concealed for the same reason some want the CCW badges .....

 

[jimmyraythomason]

What really scares me is how many people are carrying concealed for the same reason some want the CCW badges .....

Whoa! That IS scary!

 

[Grey Morel]

WE have enough problems being conflated as 'posers' and 'want to be cops' in the public eye. These trinkets only hurt our causes and agenda.

I have no tolerance for people who display them.

 

[oldbanjo]

A badge can get you in more trouble than you can get out of. What if someone, an ex girlfriend accused you of something and said you showed her a badge. You won't be needing a CWP for a long time.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Here's a related question, worthy of some thought: If you are a retired cop, do you carry your "retired" badge, or something that identifies you as a retired police officer, along with your gun? Isn't that just about as misleading as carrying a CCW badge? You RETIRED, and really don't have any arrest powers anymore. Wouldn't you just be carrying it to get out of a speeding ticket, or impress someone over what you USED to do for living? I'm a retired cop, and I have accepted what I am now. I'm a regular citizen, no more special or privileged than anybody else. FWIW: I don't have a CCW badge OR a retired badge. Maybe I'll just get me a "regular guy" badge, as I am very regular........

 

[FourteenMiles]

Do cops really have many privelages that ordinary citizens do not? I always thought cops carried a weapon to protect themselves, just as regular citizens do.

I also think I read somewhere that if a citizen is able to stop a felon and does not that that citizen could be charged with a crime (not sure on this though). I don't think what I read was directed towards armed citizens but I thought it could apply. Does anyone know what I am talking about?

 

[W.E.G.]

badges???

 

[Russ Jackson]

Here are a few from 1890 to 1915 from Montana and Wyoming...Russ

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

These badges are a waste of money and they hold NO legal "weight" in court as a show of authority or as backing up any kind of powers of arrest.

What do you want to bet that most purchasers of these badges think they do? Or that they also don't read THR?

 

[Skylerbone]

 

[Skylerbone]

ALWAYS IDENTIFY YOURSELF! LET EVERYBODY KNOW!