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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2315329" data-attributes="member: 4235">If anyone wants my studied opinion on the matter, it is AW HELL NAH!And yes, that is effin legal advice.&nbsp; Don&#039;t say I never give anything to y&#039;all for free. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" data-shortname=";)" />Has anyone actually named the instructors who are advocating this yet?&nbsp; This needs to be public knowledge.&nbsp; Seriously, stop trying to protect them because they&#039;re your buddies or whatever... they are offering stupid advice that could get a well-meaning person in trouble.&nbsp; The advice essentially boils down to saying you should try to trick a cop when he first gets on the scene into thinking you are a cop.&nbsp; While this might work initially for the first several seconds, as soon as he realizes you&#039;re not a cop, his estimation of you is going to change from cautiously positive to decidedly negative.&nbsp; At that point he will likely lump you into the category of &quot;wannabe cop mall ninja weirdo,&quot; and that is not the mental category you want to be in with the first officer to respond who will likely be writing the report on the shooting.&nbsp; That is in addition to the possibility of being charged for false personation.Your best bet is to not have a gun in your hand, be polite and do what they say, and set the stage by saying something very simple that makes clear who the aggressor was and that you had legal justification to do what you did, like &quot;that man attacked me -- I was in fear for my life and I shot him.&quot;&nbsp; And then politely refuse to say any more until after you&#039;ve had a chance to talk to an attorney.&nbsp; You want the cop&#039;s initial impression of the situation to be that you are the good guy.&nbsp; Something that screams &quot;wannabe with itchy trigger finger&quot; like a CCW badge does not help in this regard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2315329, member: 4235"] If anyone wants my studied opinion on the matter, it is AW HELL NAH! And yes, that is effin legal advice. Don't say I never give anything to y'all for free. ;) Has anyone actually named the instructors who are advocating this yet? This needs to be public knowledge. Seriously, stop trying to protect them because they're your buddies or whatever... they are offering stupid advice that could get a well-meaning person in trouble. The advice essentially boils down to saying you should try to trick a cop when he first gets on the scene into thinking you are a cop. While this might work initially for the first several seconds, as soon as he realizes you're not a cop, his estimation of you is going to change from cautiously positive to decidedly negative. At that point he will likely lump you into the category of "wannabe cop mall ninja weirdo," and that is not the mental category you want to be in with the first officer to respond who will likely be writing the report on the shooting. That is in addition to the possibility of being charged for false personation. Your best bet is to not have a gun in your hand, be polite and do what they say, and set the stage by saying something very simple that makes clear who the aggressor was and that you had legal justification to do what you did, like "that man attacked me -- I was in fear for my life and I shot him." And then politely refuse to say any more until after you've had a chance to talk to an attorney. You want the cop's initial impression of the situation to be that you are the good guy. Something that screams "wannabe with itchy trigger finger" like a CCW badge does not help in this regard. [/QUOTE]

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