Weapons are tools. Use them for good.

[Oleg Volk]

Any comments or suggestions?

I don't have pics of this guy in police uniform. The on/off-duty and non-LEO equality aspects would be covered in another poster.

 

[Malone LaVeigh]

What's the message?

I see a firefighter with a shotgun. The implication is that he's both a firefighter and some sort of LEO. I don't see the propaganda value here. Is it aimed at emergency personnel to use their tools safely? The situation doesn't apply to many others. Are you saying it's "just a tool" when used by authorities? I don't see how that would promote less regulation.

 

[Oleg Volk]

I was trying to show that items often acossiate with murders (axes, guns, and the like) have more common, salubrious uses. Maybe this isn't the picture to use...

 

[Brian Dale]

Alternate caption for this pic (the turnout gear already shows that he's a firefighter; that he's a rapid response officer is (just) extra information — leave that out?):


You trust me to break down your door in the middle of the night and get you out when you're in trouble.
Do you trust me with the weapons I need to protect myself at my house?

Possibly add:
Fire axes, fire hoses, defibrillators and guns are all tools. Their purpose is to save lives.

{Re-word this however you wish, of course}

 

[jes1994]

How about putting a fire ax in the guy's right hand (while keeping the shottie in his left)?

Might give a better equating of the two tools.

 

[Gewehr98]

Malone's right.

Very little, if any, propaganda value in it's current form, and it's somewhat confusing.

Not a problem that a little wordsmithing wouldn't take care of.

 

[Oleg Volk]

jes1994,

I have no access to this subject anymore. I'll place his picture into my portrait gallery instead. Will re-shoot the idea and plan it better later his Spring.