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Thursday, February 03, 2011

How to spot a hidden handgun - Robert T. Gallagher's two-minute gun-spotting school

By Jack Brummet
Social Mores Editor

A cop once told me that I would be surprised at the number of people who carry guns around with them wherever they go. He also said that virtually every leather fanny pack he had ever searched contained a handgun (of course, just the fact that he selected them to search probably widened the odds of finding a gun astronomically). A former NYPD detective from the Anti Robbery Tactical Unit--Robert T. Gallagher-- created this sheet showing how to spot a concealed weapon.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Spotting a concealed weapon: how to tell if someone is packing a heater

Thanks to Jeff Clinton for sending along another great tidbit. This fascinating page from an NYC police training document. A couple years ago, a Seattle cop told me that he thought the majority of those leather fanny/front packs you see contain a heater of some sort.

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