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Countryside wrote:There is no such things as an "off duty" peace officer.
You and I as CHL carriers can protect ourselves. We are not legally obligated nor sworn to uphold the law. We are under no obligation to get involved (to interfere with or stop) in a crime that is being committed. If you see two guys pull knives on each other, you are not obligated to get involved. A peace officer is.
An officer may not be in his uniform and in his patrol car, but he is always on duty as far keeping the peace. He is sworn to interfere with crime and to protect people. His handgun is there to not just protect himself but those around him. It is a tool that is part of his job should he need it. To deprive him of it, and then if something happens, to expect him to fulfill his role if we have disarmed him is unfair and unreasonable.
Yes, they had the "right" to do it as far as it being their property.
But there is a right and a wrong way to exercise our rights. It was their right, but there was no wisdom in the way they did it.
If this is going to be permitted, then there needs to be a law that protects peace officers from any liability if something happens when they have been disarmed by a property owner. Liability is then passed on to the ones committing the crime and to the property owner who disarmed the peace officer. The presence of an armed peace officer, whether on or off duty, is free security for any establishment and the people there.