Residents carrying weapons on bike patrols (ct)

[Titan6]

I got it. How a criminal can easily disarm a law abiding citizen in CT:

''Hey that is my gun, Give it to me now and you won't get hurt.''

(Since he claimed it was his property and told him he would not be hurt if he turned it over to him there is no reason not to give it up now is there?)

 

[ravencon]

So an armed man can stand by passively and watch a woman being raped and not face charges? What a world you guys live in up there...

What to you mean "up there". I doubt if any state in the U.S. has a law obligating a private citizen to intervene during the commission of a crime. Those private citizens who choose to so intervene do so at their own risk.

 

[Autolycus]

I thought LE was our friends?

It is nice to see citizens taking back the streets. It is sad that they have told the administration about these problems for years and the administration has done nothing. I wish more and more people would start to do this kind of thing. Does anyone remeber the article about the offduty cops, civilians, and other guys doing this kind of thing in Brazil or some other South American country?

When people get sick of the crime on the streets and the crime in the bereaucracy it is perfectly ok to take things into their own hands in my opinion.

 

[Titan6]

Ravencon- You are probably right. Maybe I have been in the military too long...

 

[obxned]

There is no evil intent in wanting to live in peace. In order to secure such peace, citizens may need to patrol their streets to witness and report criminal activity. Some of those people might happen to be legally carrying a firearm. It is possible that in witnessing and reporting a crime, the witness might be force to use that firearm if attacked by a criminal who is engaged in an activity he does not want witnessed or reported to the police. I’m not seeing anything illegal in that by Connecticut law.

Mayor DeStefano knows that there is a problem with crime in their area, but seems unwilling or unable to do anything about it. Has he tried bike patrols, beat cops, or just the same old ‘drive-by’ policing that has not been working? Maybe he needs to get his lazy butt out there and help.

 

[romma]

I’m not seeing anything illegal in that by Connecticut law.

It doesn't take much for them to make stuff up around here... Public Nuisance, obstruction of justice, threatening,,, who knows?

You may beat the wrap, but you won't beat the ride! As it has been said many times here before.

BTW, I am all for people having backbone and standing up and doing this, I just believe some in the justice field prefer to have a monopoly on justice...

 

[Aguila Blanca]

wonder how the cops will react to pistol permit review board's "ruling" on no open carry.

Care to elaborate, 30 cal?

Not 30 cal, but my brother lives in CT and I have a CT permit. The CT permit is simply a "License to carry a pistol or revolver." It says nothing about having to carry concealed, and neither does CT statute. But CT has this ... entity ... called the Firearms Review Board (or something like that) that has promulgated a FAQ brochure that pretty much implies that open carry is verbotten and will be cause for, if not arrest, at least loss of license to carry.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

An armed man not only can stand idly by and watch a woman be raped, but he is legally obligated to not interfere! He'd only face charges if he came to her defense.

Maybe in Oklahoma, but not in Connecticut. CT statute allows the use of deadly force in defense of third parties. Most states do so ... are you certain OK doesn't?

 

[Devonai]

Thank you very much. I have maintained a CT non-res permit for several years, and I always assumed it was for concealed carry only. I wouldn't want to be a test case for it.