Off-Duty Officer Denied Entry To Theme Park While Carrying Firearm

By Tom Knighton

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I was raised by a cop. Well, half-raised. My mother raised me as well, after all.

As a police officer, my father was often armed. He understood that bad things can happen at any moment and the police may want to prevent it, but realistically they can only show up in time to write the report. As such, he would what he could to make sure he and his family weren’t victims. I distinctly remember the Smith & Wesson .38 revolver on his hip.

The great thing for police officers is that they’re often permitted to carry places the rest of us can’t. While I tend to take issue with that from a legal standpoint, it’s not because I begrudge police officers being armed in these places. It’s the fact that I shouldn’t be disarmed.

Unfortunately for one off-duty sheriff’s deputy, an Oklahoma theme park didn’t care that he was an off-duty officer.

An off-duty law-enforcement officer, with a concealed carry firearm, was denied entry to an Oklahoma theme park when he went there to escort his family and others on a school outing.

The off-duty officer, a captain with a county Sheriff department, reacted with shock about having a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms