Posted April 23, 2017 2:48 pm by Comments

By G. Halek

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA — Ask any First Responder and he’ll have at least one nightmare story to recall where he or she arrived at a scene where someone needed urgent medical care and the scene hadn’t been cleared by police. Now, we all know that standard procedure is to have police secure an area before First Responders come in to provide critical, timely medical assistance to those in need. But, in reality, sometimes First Responders arrive first. Sometimes the situations are very hazy in terms of who’s trying to help and who’s trying to hurt. In the middle are brave men and women who go into these situations often unarmed and without support.

Louisiana legislators are looking to change that.

via KSLA

“If something were to happen I’d like for them to be able to protect themselves. It’s as simple as that,” explained Rep. Bagley.

I’m more concerned with the ones that go into areas where they’re possibly attacked for no good reason. Or they’re trying to get in or out and someone else decides that they don’t want that to happen,” added Bagley.

But the bill comes with a catch. If passed and signed into law, it would require those same …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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