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Yes, the scene usually does go through the roof when the police arrive. Situations escalate when they or anyone has a weapon.

You take out a weapon to make people act accordingly? I see from your bio that your a LE trainer, that seems to fit.

You have a lot of faith in the law, good luck with that.

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Yes, the scene usually does go through the roof when the police arrive. Situations escalate when they or anyone has a weapon.

How many times have you actually seen this happen in your personal life? COPS episodes don't count. Exactly in your opinion what causes the "escalation" when a weapon is present?

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I am not anti-government, anti-laws or anti-police. These are all good things. There are also many abuses in these areas, but that is another topic.

If you want to look up statistics, look up how many complaints against the police department were made last year. How many of those complaints have been investigated.

The reality is weapons escalate problems. Civilians with weapons making people "act accordingly" just makes it worse.

Many abuses...really. How do you define many? Which department would you like me to look at? In my state each complaint is required by law to be investigated.Once again you say "the reality" is that weapons escalate things. My reality is based on being there and seeing the opposite. In 100,000 contacts between civilians and police less then 2% required any use of force. Doesn't do much for the escaltion "reality" does it?

A civilian who is threatened by a mugger with a baseball bat who pulls a gun resulting in the mugger running away is what I am talking about when I refer to "acting accordingly" perhaps I should have phrased it differently. Let's say deescalating the situation by being a position to make a predator re-evaluate his intended prey. I didn't mean people pulling weapons to get people to do what they want-that's a crime. Once again know the law and obey the law and in most cases you will be fine. In my experience people who don't have faith in the law either watch to much tv or feel they have gotten the shaft by the law so therefor it doesn't work for them. Visit a prison and you will find all kinds of people of people who have a problem with how the law is handled...most are innocent..just ask them.

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Weapons escalate problems because the stakes are raised. A simple brawl is turned into a deathmatch. A stupid drunk who wrestles with a cop gets shot because he was "reaching for my gun". (if he deserves what he gets isn't the point)

Anytime a weapon is present, the controller of it has to be prepared to use it. This is an escalation.

It wasn't the weapon that escalated the situation is was the choice made by the attacker. The presence of a weapon doesn't "make" make people do things.

So anyone who practices martial arts escalates situations because they have to be prepared to fight?

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that's a good way to get arrested if you ask me. at least...don't conceal the weapon. and, all i need is to accidently kill someone...not good.

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You people scare me.

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