Bouncer OCing in New Orleans

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Bouncer OCing in New Orleans

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I had to visit New Orleans last week for work and was a little surprised to see a bouncer OCing at the Voodoo 2 Lounge. It is in the central business district, which tends to be a little seedier than Bourbon.

Not sure what the laws are on this, but I wouldn't want to OC if my job included going hand to hand on a daily basis, with multiple people at a time in some cases.
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Re: Bouncer OCing in New Orleans

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steveincowtown wrote:I had to visit New Orleans last week for work and was a little surprised to see a bouncer OCing at the Voodoo 2 Lounge. It is in the central business district, which tends to be a little seedier than Bourbon.

Not sure what the laws are on this, but I wouldn't want to OC if my job included going hand to hand on a daily basis, with multiple people at a time in some cases.
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Re: Bouncer OCing in New Orleans

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steveincowtown wrote:I had to visit New Orleans last week for work and was a little surprised to see a bouncer OCing at the Voodoo 2 Lounge. It is in the central business district, which tends to be a little seedier than Bourbon.

Not sure what the laws are on this, but I wouldn't want to OC if my job included going hand to hand on a daily basis, with multiple people at a time in some cases.
Playing devil's advocate here...
Would you say the same about an on-duty police officer?

I'm not saying that the bouncer's decision was right, but I'd probably use different criteria to judge his decision. Either way, I do hope that this bouncer has a good retention holster, and has had significant training in weapon retention as well. It could be a bad situation for all if he were to become unexpectedly disarmed during an encounter.
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Re: Bouncer OCing in New Orleans

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Vol Texan wrote:
steveincowtown wrote:I had to visit New Orleans last week for work and was a little surprised to see a bouncer OCing at the Voodoo 2 Lounge. It is in the central business district, which tends to be a little seedier than Bourbon.

Not sure what the laws are on this, but I wouldn't want to OC if my job included going hand to hand on a daily basis, with multiple people at a time in some cases.
Playing devil's advocate here...
Would you say the same about an on-duty police officer?

I'm not saying that the bouncer's decision was right, but I'd probably use different criteria to judge his decision. Either way, I do hope that this bouncer has a good retention holster, and has had significant training in weapon retention as well. It could be a bad situation for all if he were to become unexpectedly disarmed during an encounter.
Agreed.

A bouncer really has only 2 jobs. #1> Check ID's and #2> Remove (go hand to hand) with people who are causing a problem.

LEO's have a wide variety of jobs throughout any given day, which may or may not involve going hand to hand. They also typically have have multiple other tools on hand to prevent going hand to hand (baton, Taser, etc.) Presumably all LEO's have weapons retention training and are carrying in a level 3 holster. Not saying this fine gentleman/bouncer did not, but I somehow doubt it.
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Re: Bouncer OCing in New Orleans

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I've heard my fair share of stories of shootings outside a nightclub because a patron a) was evicted (ie, hand to hand), and b) returned, disgruntled, to start shooting.

So, I get it, wanting to be armed. The OC part is a personal judgment call.
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Re: Bouncer OCing in New Orleans

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OC without a permit is legal in LA. I've done it in NOLA, had to take my jacket off because of the heat and exposed my CC (I have the license of course). I'm not sure I would want to OC on a confrontational type job, however.
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