Most of those open carry guys are dicks and try very hard to be as difficult as possible. There are a few that are polite and respectful and they usually a much better response from the PD. Their videos are pointless if they don't get some horribly negative result like some police brutality. Those cops handled it very well. No reason both parties can't be polite, take care of business quick, and then move along.
My buddy is an officer and they visited his city recently while he was in charge for the day. The open carry guys called before they came so the PD had a meeting that morning about it. Once the guys showed up the officers on duty went by and introduced themselves and told them there would be no issues as long as they were polite with everyone. They had a friendly conversation for about 2min and all went on their way happy. The open carry cars walked around for several hours with zero issues and the 911 operators got flooded with calls with nervous people.
My buddy is an officer and they visited his city recently while he was in charge for the day. The open carry guys called before they came so the PD had a meeting that morning about it. Once the guys showed up the officers on duty went by and introduced themselves and told them there would be no issues as long as they were polite with everyone. They had a friendly conversation for about 2min and all went on their way happy. The open carry cars walked around for several hours with zero issues and the 911 operators got flooded with calls with nervous people.
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