And, AU is located across the street from the Department of Homeland Security. They automatically have to take these things more seriously when there’s a huge target 300 feet away.
Open and concealed carry are both prohibited in DC. As off-duty police officers typically have their weapons holstered and well-concealed, seeing someone with a poorly concealed gun in two different no carry zones (the district itself, and the university) is more than unusual in the district. If AU was in a state where concealed carry were legal, I’d completely agree with you, but considering the gun prohibitions in DC and the fact that the gun was poorly concealed (where a good cop would have a properly concealed weapon) and the “off-duty” cop was in plain clothes and on an American University shuttle bus (not to mention the guy looked about 14 years old and sketchy as can be,) I think you can’t blame the university and MetroPD for having to take it seriously.
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And, AU is located across the street from the Department of Homeland Security. They automatically have to take these things more seriously when there’s a huge target 300 feet away.
Open and concealed carry are both prohibited in DC. As off-duty police officers typically have their weapons holstered and well-concealed, seeing someone with a poorly concealed gun in two different no carry zones (the district itself, and the university) is more than unusual in the district. If AU was in a state where concealed carry were legal, I’d completely agree with you, but considering the gun prohibitions in DC and the fact that the gun was poorly concealed (where a good cop would have a properly concealed weapon) and the “off-duty” cop was in plain clothes and on an American University shuttle bus (not to mention the guy looked about 14 years old and sketchy as can be,) I think you can’t blame the university and MetroPD for having to take it seriously.