- Location
- AB foothills
Nothing wrong with what you had posted, it is the truth, they do. Dealing with wildlife is almost an everyday event for a CO.
Conservation Officers Carry Sidearms!?!?
- Thread starter gyates93
- Start date
Nothing wrong with what you had posted, it is the truth, they do. Dealing with wildlife is almost an everyday event for a CO.
Last Thursday morning, on hwy 32, as we were heading home after working nights, there was a bull moose had got smoked. It had all its legs busted up but the damn thing didn't die, it was lying kicking in the roadway.
The cops had to come out and shoot it.
A gun is just a tool.
If you grew up in the time period that I did, in which every farm house in our area had a Cooey .22, invariably a M-94 Win in .30-30, a single shot Harrington-Richardson, maybe a .303... and all these were either standing in the corner or hangin on simple wooden rifle racks.
A gun is just a tool.
Nobody batted an eye. Nobody shot each other. All the ####ing homes were unlocked...
A gun is just a tool.
A handgun is just an under-powered, inaccurate, short range weapon. It shouldn't scare you.
A handgun is just a tool.
The cops had to come out and shoot it.
A gun is just a tool.
If you grew up in the time period that I did, in which every farm house in our area had a Cooey .22, invariably a M-94 Win in .30-30, a single shot Harrington-Richardson, maybe a .303... and all these were either standing in the corner or hangin on simple wooden rifle racks.
A gun is just a tool.
Nobody batted an eye. Nobody shot each other. All the ####ing homes were unlocked...
A gun is just a tool.
A handgun is just an under-powered, inaccurate, short range weapon. It shouldn't scare you.
A handgun is just a tool.
Here in BC I dont remember ever seeing a Conservation or Fisheries Officer WITHOUT a sidearm. Around here though they travel in numbers and have either a rifle or a shotgun in the truck (I've seen them thanks to knowing a few conservation officers around here on a first name basis).
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........... move along, nothing new to see here.
I certainly support them being armed. It was fun when they let me try out their baby Glocks at the range during their qualifiers too.
As for CO's being armed, I own an old Iver Johnson revolver that was once carried by engineers on the CNR. Big deal...
It would be nice if we could all legally carry a sidearm in the wilderness.
- Location
- Sudbury, On
I always wondered why they aren't given hard plates instead of pointless soft armour (as mentioned, seeing as they are likely to encounter a rifle).
- Location
- Peace River, Alberta
CO's with sidearms
No problem with them carrying out of this guy.
Greg
No problem with them carrying out of this guy.
Greg
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
Yes, yes they do.
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
It doesn't hurt the gun community to have LEO's interested in guns. Many CO's here had no interest in handguns until they got their own. Think about that one.
They carry G22's here in Manitoba.
They carry G22's here in Manitoba.
Buffalo Creek Law Dog
Regular
CO's encounter more armed people than the RCMP. In Alberta they initially carried a .357 mag as it was supposed to be able to handle both two legged and four legged animals. I now see that they are carrying semi autos but, I'm not sure what caliber.
I don't even know why this is a subject worthy of discussion? Why would someone feel fine about the CO's having a shotgun or rifle, but object to them carrying a handgun? Other than the handgun being far less powerful, I don't see the difference.
If I was a CO way out in the back country I would also be packing a shotgun or a high powered rifle like my modified 21" barreled 375RUM.
CO's wear vests in case they have their sidearms forcably removed and turned on them they know that no vest will stop a high powered hunting round that most hunters carry.
CO's wear vests in case they have their sidearms forcably removed and turned on them they know that no vest will stop a high powered hunting round that most hunters carry.
- Location
- In the Land of Lies Being Exposed!
