AP cant tell the hood from the trunk. What would they know about guns? Isnt Texas an open carry state?
Texas isn't currently an open carry state unless I missed something. What it really comes down to is the dumbasses shouldn't have been letting a civilian play with a police issue weapon and in public.
Actually it says Round Rock, Texas. I guess the article was written in Midland where the cops were from, but the events happened in Round Rock, where life shouldn't be too boring because it's so close to the capital of Texas weirdness - Austin.
But does he deserve to get fired over it. A bit of an over-reaction to me. A severe counselling would have been more in order to my mind.
Well we don't know know the track record for that particular deputy, who knows, this could just be one occurrence in a long list of bad decisions. If it was a first time f-up then I'd say give him the same treatment as the other deputies.
Something similar happened in Kansas City a few years ago. A firetruck and it's crew allowed a biniki clad woman post on top with the crew.
That photo hit the front page of the Kansas City Star...and caused a similar "stir." Heads rolled, hands slapped, but people never learn. It'll happen again, no doubt.
Scantily clad? She's got more covered than a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader does and I've never heard them referred to as "scantily clad". Think about this. An officer comes home and asks his teenage son to help him get his gear out of the car. The son is seen by a neighbor carrying the same type of weapon from the patrol car into the house and calls it in.
Does that officer deserve to be fired? It's an unauthorized person carrying a police-only issue weapon, after all.
How many of you have had an LEO friend let you hold, carry and perhaps even fire their issue weapons? Do they deserve to lose their job for that?
Scantily clad? She's got more covered than a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader does and I've never heard them referred to as "scantily clad". Think about this. An officer comes home and asks his teenage son to help him get his gear out of the car. The son is seen by a neighbor carrying the same type of weapon from the patrol car into the house and calls it in.
Does that officer deserve to be fired? It's an unauthorized person carrying a police-only issue weapon, after all.
How many of you have had an LEO friend let you hold, carry and perhaps even fire their issue weapons? Do they deserve to lose their job for that?
I'd say there's a large difference between a LEO having a son help him with his gear and a stranger who may have zero firearms knowledge or experience playing around with a rifle that was possibly condition one. I'm sure if someone called it in with his son helping him carry his gear in the department would think little of it once the story was known.
Scantily clad? She's got more covered than a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader does and I've never heard them referred to as "scantily clad". Think about this. An officer comes home and asks his teenage son to help him get his gear out of the car. The son is seen by a neighbor carrying the same type of weapon from the patrol car into the house and calls it in.
Does that officer deserve to be fired? It's an unauthorized person carrying a police-only issue weapon, after all.
How many of you have had an LEO friend let you hold, carry and perhaps even fire their issue weapons? Do they deserve to lose their job for that?
Well, I'd call the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders scantily clad....not that I'm complaining, mind you.
I don't think handing your rifle to a cocktail waitress outside a bar, and having her pose on your patrol car with it so you can take pictures, is particularly analogous to having your son help you carry your gear into the house.
That's like saying if someone who shoots an intruder breaking into his home isn't charged with a crime, they shouldn't charge the guy who shoots his neighbor during an argument.
Rule @1: Never put anything in writing, on tape or take photos. Talk about stoopid with a capital Stoop!!! Rule #2: She can hold my gun anytime. Rule #3: See rule #1.
i dont think he should have been fired for that alone.... but lets face it we dont know the whole story.... some sort of repromand is in order for sure though....
