Alex9661
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What's the SOP when you encounter an armed suspect? Do you command him to drop his weapon ? When I see that on TV I always think that I wouldn't want to be in the vicinity of a loaded firearm being thrown on a hard surface.
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ME: "Um... Can I set it down nicely? This thing cost me $XXXX.XX!!!"
Is it okay for the guy to gently put his gun down?
If it were me, I wouldn't want to scratch the gun
LEO: "Put the weapon down NOW!"
ME: "Um... Can I set it down nicely? This thing cost me $XXXX.XX!!!"
Is it okay for the guy to gently put his gun down?
If it were me, I wouldn't want to scratch the gun
LEO: "Put the weapon down NOW!"
ME: "Um... Can I set it down nicely? This thing cost me $XXXX.XX!!!"
Is it okay for the guy to gently put his gun down?
If it were me, I wouldn't want to scratch the gun
LEO: "Put the weapon down NOW!"
ME: "Um... Can I set it down nicely? This thing cost me $XXXX.XX!!!"
If I was the officer I'd probably plug you just for being so anal.
you will only have to do that once Obama bans all guns, and they do waves of confiscation attacks
+1
This happened to a friend of mine who was pulled over for a traffic violation, i guess he was asked to step out wherein he told the LEO he had a gun, the officer asked him to pull it out slowly and drop it out the window... apparently my buddy asked if he could just hand it to him... as far as i know the LEO complied.
Officer : "Drop your gun out the window"
ME: "Oh stop it"
Once he/she drops the weapon, order them down to the ground, hands out to the side.
In such situations, if you are lucky the police will give you about 10 seconds to comply before they start shooting. Trying to engage a police officer in a debate, when he has his gun pointed at you and is repeatedly screaming "DROP THE GUN!" is unlikely to be successful.haha no way I would throw or drop my gun to the ground. I would hope no LEO would command do this. Just because most guns will not fire when dropped doesn't mean they all won't
Like Hanwei said, guns are expensive I would not want to scratch it either
In such situations, if you are lucky the police will give you about 10 seconds to comply before they start shooting. Trying to engage a police officer in a debate, when he has his gun pointed at you and is repeatedly screaming "DROP THE GUN!" is unlikely to be successful.
Here is a bigger question. Why is a LEO asking a law abiding citizen with a valid license (assumption there) to drop their weapon and get on the ground????
OK.
You stop an armed intruder in your home with a firearm. You call the police. The police arrive and you're standing over him with a firearm in your hand.
Do you really expect the officer to call a time out to check your license?
Frankly, I would rather throw my gun out the window instead of having him pull his gun on me, order me to the ground, cuff me and then remove the gun himself.
I'm going to guess that 100 times out of 100, if you're ordered to throw a gun out the window, the LEO's gun is already pointed in your direction and he/she intends for you to end up on the ground.
Well, I'm talking about a normal traffic stop here (not swirving, driving to endanger, etc.).
What the police SOP should or should not be is an interesting internet debate. But not very relevant if you find yourself in that situation.I am just saying if any LEO orders someone to literally "drop" a gun on the ground is not only endangering the lives of the person they are asking to drop the gun, themselves, and anyone around.
SOP should be hands in the air and place the gun on the ground. If they have reason to believe the person is that much of a threat then just start shooting I guess.