[VIDEO] Uniformed Cop Nearly Gunned Down by Security Guard in Gun-Free Zone

By John Falkenberg

TOLEDO, OH — A sheriff’s deputy very nearly was shot by an IRS building security officer for the imagined threat he presented in entering the building in full uniform, including his sidearm, WTVG reports.

Lucas County Sheriff’s deputy Alan Gaston entered a Toledo, Ohio IRS building to follow up on a letter he received in the mail. According to WTVG, he needed a phone number to resolve whatever issue had arisen.

Gaston was on-duty at the time, and as such was in full uniform, including badge and gun.

The security guard didn’t like that.

The guard, Seth Eklund, told Gaston that he would need to leave his firearm in his car. As an on-duty, uniformed law enforcement officer, Gaston said he had to leave it on his person, and turned to leave the building.

That didn’t sit right with Eklund, for some reason. Inexplicably, he drew on Gaston, pointing his firearm at the deputy’s back with his finger reportedly very close to the trigger.

“There’s really no way to know how you’re going to act when there’s a gun pointed at you and when you think you’re going to …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation