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So, do you also carry a backup gun?
Did you do so at the time you discovered that others engaged in the practice?
-blackmind
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I carry my Beretta 21A either in my hip pocket or in an ankle holster. And yes I carried at the time I found out others did. I knew some did, because we qualify with every gun we carry, on or off duty, and I knew some guys qualified with several weapons. I was just amazed I had never spotted them. There are a couple guys carrying Glock 19's in ankle holsters that I hadn't noticed. I know another that carries a Beretta 92 in a holster that attaches to the straps of his body armor for a weak hand draw, incase his gun hand is incapacitated and he can't get his duty gun out of the level III holster.
The main reason I carry my Beretta is to have something small for dispatching injured animals and such, without using more bullet/power than necessary. It's also a lot quieter in town. It's less paperwork if I use my gun and my bullet. If I use my duty weapon to put down a deer that's been hit by a car, I have to write a report AND fill out a 'use of force form'.