Concealed Carry Badge, what is your opinion?

[SMS]

But to each their own, just make sure its for ID ONLY, not trying to be a Leo.

That's the problem. A CCW badge is not a valid, issued, recognized, or otherwise official form of ID, so how can it be used for ID purposes?

 

[bettingpython]

I worked hard on that design... thats like a $170 badge. If you're gonna carry one it might as well truly identify you.

 

[BadgeBunny]

I am gonna go buy the badge and get my picture taken with badgebunny!

You don't need no stinking badge to get your picture taken with me ...

 

[TwoForFlinching]

I worked hard on that design... thats like a $170 badge. If you're gonna carry one it might as well truly identify you.

No mas bro... There's gonna be some lurking oklahoma rino see this and think "that's what they want, let's give it to em"

 

[BadgeBunny]

I propose this as the official CCW badge for the state of Oklahoma.

Hey ... can I get one in pink?? Maybe with little daisies where those open spaces are on the outside edge? Oh ... and another one in the middle of the star??

 

[criticalbass]

Looking at the Amazon seller, it seems to me that Amazon, while apparently anti-gun, is pro serial killer. If I were their management, I would be most reluctant to sell a badge that could so easily be misused.

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

I honestly cannot believe that we have members who are advocating the use of CCW badges. Your trolling efforts are fantastic.

 

[Blitzfike]

I'm also a former LEO.

The instructor is wrong.

I will tell you, if I had encountered someone displaying one of these badges while working a shooting, I would have arrested him on the spot for impersonation, and let the DA and his attorney sort it out later.

LEO's are human, and you will find a variety of opinions and stances. I'm not sure there is a "right" answer, only opinion, but in my opinion, there is very little upside to carrying one of those and a whole lot of downside.

+1.. As a CCL holder, I would never even consider a badge for that. As a former LEO, I would look at it as an attempt at impersonation. The guys who buy old LEO cruisers and try to imitate LEO's are also a problem. I caught one who had installed a working radar in his old cruiser, still hat the light bar and was working private security (unarmed) with it. I let one of my OHP brothers drop the hammer on him.. Illegal in Oklahoma to have red or blue lights visible from the front of the vehicle unless the vehicle is owned by a government agency, except for those highway maintenance vehicles now equipped with them. I see them as a problem as well because they desensitize the public to the meaning of the emergency vehicle lights.

 

[tRidiot]

+1.. As a CCL holder, I would never even consider a badge for that. As a former LEO, I would look at it as an attempt at impersonation. The guys who buy old LEO cruisers and try to imitate LEO's are also a problem. I caught one who had installed a working radar in his old cruiser, still hat the light bar and was working private security (unarmed) with it. I let one of my OHP brothers drop the hammer on him.. Illegal in Oklahoma to have red or blue lights visible from the front of the vehicle unless the vehicle is owned by a government agency, except for those highway maintenance vehicles now equipped with them. I see them as a problem as well because they desensitize the public to the meaning of the emergency vehicle lights.

I'll make sure to pass that along to all those privately-owned EMS services out there.... good information for them to know.

 

[SoonerP226]

Looking at the Amazon seller, it seems to me that Amazon, while apparently anti-gun...

I'm not sure why you'd say that--they sell quite a few gun parts. I bought several parts for my AR there.