Saw a cop with sidearm on wrong side

[eflatminor]

Yesterday I saw a right-handed cop having lunch with his partner. He wrote right handed and had his watch on the left wrist but his sidearm was on the left. I realize cops are not quick draw specialists but wearing your holster on the weak-hand side just seems weird. Anyone ever seen this?

 

[MakAttak]

Well, he may actually be one of those strange people with different dominance amongst hands.

I write/eat left handed.

I play baseball/basketball/football right handed.

I shoot with my right hand dominant, but my left hand isn't too far behind.

So, he may shoot left handed.

 

[armoredman]

You sure he's right handed? I did almost everything with my left hand except signing paperwork, when I worked armored, to keep my gun hand clear. I still do that.
Or was it crossdraw?
If he IS right handed, wearing it for draw from his weak hand, that is highly unusual. I would expect his Dept to mandate wear on the strong side, like mine does,

 

[ilbob]

maybe he is ambidextrous.

or has cross dominate eyes and follows the NRA's recommendation to learn to shoot from the side of your dominate eye.

 

[kd7nqb]

I am left handed, I right left handed, eat left handed and such. However I carry on my right hip. I do the cross dominate eye thing which I know is not kosher with a lot of guys but it works for me.

 

[MrRezister]

You could have just asked him about it....

As for me, I shoot pistols right handed, but I shoot rifles left handed. (Makes my dad's bolt-action 7mm a pain.)

 

[cuervo]

I'd agree with the second half of ilbob's statement. He is probably right-handed but left-eye dominant.

It is generally easier to shoot weak-hand/strong-eye than to shoot strong-hand/weak-eye.

 

[Impax]

I write left handed/ throw right
shoot pistol left/ rifles right

 

[RiflemanTripleEight]

I write left handed, shoot right handed, kick left foot.

 

[eflatminor]

It wasn't in a cross draw position. Maybe he's ambidextrous. I'm cross eye dominate (right handed, left eye dominate) but shooting left handed? Can't see doing that with the speed and efficiency of my right hand. When I shoot IPSC, I've learned to cock my head to the right allowing my left eye to focus on the front site. Either that or a piece of scotch tape over the left lense of my glasses, which forces right eye dominance.

I suppose I should have asked! I wondered if it was some twisted sense of political correctness here in California. Was the cop trying to demonstrate that he isn't quick to draw his weapon? I wouldn't like that if I were his partner! Anyway, I just found it odd.

 

[1 old 0311]

Sure it wasn't a Taser? When holstered they look like a Glock.

 

[highfive]

i throw a baseball right handed, bat on either side of the plate, i shoot with my right but play pool with my left. he probably has the cross eye dominance or just plain weird

 

[KBintheSLC]

It depends... my father is right handed, but carries his gun for a left draw. He is also a martial arts expert and feels that his right hand is more useful as a defense weapon than his left. Therefore, he boosts the deadliness of his weak hand with a gun and keeps his strong hand free for close-quarters duty.

Sure it wasn't a Taser? When holstered they look like a Glock.

This is the most likely reason.

 

[XDKingslayer]

There's only one way to find out. Unfortunetly, it involves you probably getting shot.

 

[Thylacine]

I wear mine left side, but I am right handed. Left eye dominant and I prefer to shoot left handed. It is just easier for me.

 

[ZeSpectre]

I'm pretty much ambi. I tend to prefer a left side rig but can (and have) worn on either side.

 

[armoredman]

I am left eye dominant, and right handed. I was told in the Academy I would shoot left handed. I refused, and scored Expert.

 

[AirplaneDoc]

I am left thanded, Used to shoot Left (30+ years) and was left eye dominant. Due to a uncorrectable left eye problem, I have now become right eye dominant, and therefore learned to shoot right. With Practice, it was not a huge issue, getting back to the same level of shooting ability.

Probably safe to say that most lefty's do much more with the nondominant hand that do naturally right handed people.

 

[SGW42]

Did you get a look at what was on his right side? Recent LEOs that I've gotten a good look at carry a Taser on one side with the firearm on the other.

 

[TX1911fan]

My wife does practically everything left handed, but shoots right handed.

 

[TennVOL]

Maybe it was a taser weak side cross draw. I've seen officers with their pistol strong side and taser weak side.

 

[oklahoma caveman]

im right handed and left eye dominant. i shoot pistols right handed and rifles left handed. iv found i am more accurate and can get faster folow up shots with a rthanded bolt action than can thr rt handed shooters i know. im not a great pistol shot but i am better than some guys i know who shoot dominate eye/dominant side. it just takes a lot of practice

 

[crankshop1000]

A lot of cops go both ways.

 

[BobbyQuickdraw]

I'm right handed all the way for everything.

In regards to cross-draw, are officers still allowed to do that? I read a few times that most organizations were saying "no cross-draw" for various reasons.

 

[Sage of Seattle]

Maybe it was a taser weak side cross draw. I've seen officers with their pistol strong side and taser weak side.

Me too. I made a comment in passing to a pair of police in one of the airports when I noticed one of them wearing like this. His buddy didn't appreciate my "interrupting" their conversation. But that's just me... people pleaser all the way!