lemaymiami
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I'm sure that most of the folks who frequent this site have rarely, if ever, hung out with bad actors (much less armed bad guys...) so I can forgive the general impression that criminals don't use holsters for their weapons.... In fact I actually arrested more than one guy involved in something nasty that had little or no explanation of why they had a holster belted on their person (after having tossed or dropped the weapon somewhere...). It was also amusing to find extra ammo in an arrestee's pocket (or even a spare clip for an automatic) after they'd already tossed the firearm... The best evidence (and something I actually saw more than once on the street...) was someone that we had in custody with a nice, neat cut on the inside of the thumb on their shooting hand. In all the general excitement of an armed confrontation more than one guy (including one I worked with who used a Walther PPK...) will grab an auto pistol with their hand too high on the grip and get a "slide cut" when they fire the weapon....
Note to young cops -any time you're handling someone that might have been involved in any conflict (armed or otherwise... make a point of examining their hands). Cuts, abrasions, bruises, stains... all tell a story....
Note to young cops -any time you're handling someone that might have been involved in any conflict (armed or otherwise... make a point of examining their hands). Cuts, abrasions, bruises, stains... all tell a story....