Why does this keep coming up?
oh, because they keep trying to sell those badges, I guess.
No firearms instructor or law enforcement officer I know of has
ever recommended a civilian carry concealed weapons badge.
The state handgun carry permit law does not require it.
There was one incident, where a shopowner chased robbers out
of his shop with a handgun; officers responding to robbery with
shots fired encountered an armed man in the parking lot who
did not obey their command to drop his weapon; shopkeeper
shot dead. Bad all the way around. Would a civilian CCW badge
have prevented it? Probably not. Would NOT chasing the robbers
after they had left the shop have prevented it? Probably so.
The robbers had left; he had successfully defended himself,
his employees and his shop. Chasing the robbers turned a good
outcome bad.
I have a Handgun Carry Permit in my wallet. I have been walked
through what to do, what not to do, in a self-defense situation.
I donn need no stinking badge.