Mr. Kavanaugh,

First off, nice to make your (virtual) acquaintance. I really enjoy and appreciate the work you and the other Mods put in to keep this board going. Now, about your post...hmmm, O.K., I'll bite. The city of Pasadena has a population somewhere around 150,000, my employer has about 15,000 people on their payroll, if I was paranoid (and i'm not, just ask that guy who's always following me around!), I wouldn't have listed either my location or used that particular username, in fact I probably wouldn't be a member of this or any other forum. I'm not trying to hide my profession at all, in fact as strange as it may seem in this day and age, I'm proud of the job I do and will happily share any insight into SoCal LE that would benefit this board.

As far as the "first rule", I'm not sure I see your point, if you're saying that prior to a potentially violent encounter It's unwise to advertise to your assailant the type of weapon you have before you brandish it, I couldn't agree more. But if on the other hand, you're saying that by posting pictures of it here on this site, I'm somehow compromising it's future usefulness, then I guess I don't follow you. <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />