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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 432414" data-attributes="member: 12257">My thoughts, and purely just thoughts...100 foot rule for concealed carriers?&nbsp; BS.&nbsp; We don't need to discuss that.&nbsp; Let's focus on the photography side of things.WHY would you want to be closer than 25 feet to an officer conducting his duties?&nbsp; If things get crazy, and adrenaline starts flying, why would you want to be close enough to be put in harms way?&nbsp; If you want pics, go get a $150 point and shoot with built in zoom, and you're getting decent pics from 25 feet away.&nbsp; Heck, you can even pinch/zoom/crop with the camera in a cell phone and get decent images from 25 feet.&nbsp; If you want to get closer, unless it's to help in some way, you're nuts.&nbsp; Bad guy goes nuts?&nbsp; You're a potential hostage or distraction, or a news story titled &quot;Innocent Bystander Shot During Struggle.&quot;But there are folks saying, &quot;We're just out there to get the bad cops&quot;.&nbsp; GOOD FOR YOU!&nbsp; Most of 'em aren't, but let's say you DO get in the face of one of the &quot;bad&quot; ones...&nbsp; another bad move, IMO.&nbsp; It's a fairly safe bet that if you invade the personal space of someone in an aggressive situation, part of their aggression will soon involve you.Our law enforcement officers have a hard job, and it requires them to constantly assess threats and respond to them.&nbsp; 99.9% of them are doing that job for the right reason, and I shouldn't be doing anything to complicate any situation they're involved in at any time.&nbsp; IMO, if you're close enough to be a distraction, your close enough to be considered &quot;interference.&quot;If it were me, I'd want to be even farther back with my 70-300.&nbsp; In fact, I'm not one to photograph such things, so I'd be even farther away not getting involved.I didn't read it all in detail, FWIW, just going based on the comments here so far.My .02, which is worth far less to anyone else but me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 432414, member: 12257"] My thoughts, and purely just thoughts... 100 foot rule for concealed carriers? BS. We don't need to discuss that. Let's focus on the photography side of things. WHY would you want to be closer than 25 feet to an officer conducting his duties? If things get crazy, and adrenaline starts flying, why would you want to be close enough to be put in harms way? If you want pics, go get a $150 point and shoot with built in zoom, and you're getting decent pics from 25 feet away. Heck, you can even pinch/zoom/crop with the camera in a cell phone and get decent images from 25 feet. If you want to get closer, unless it's to help in some way, you're nuts. Bad guy goes nuts? You're a potential hostage or distraction, or a news story titled "Innocent Bystander Shot During Struggle." But there are folks saying, "We're just out there to get the bad cops". GOOD FOR YOU! Most of 'em aren't, but let's say you DO get in the face of one of the "bad" ones... another bad move, IMO. It's a fairly safe bet that if you invade the personal space of someone in an aggressive situation, part of their aggression will soon involve you. Our law enforcement officers have a hard job, and it requires them to constantly assess threats and respond to them. 99.9% of them are doing that job for the right reason, and I shouldn't be doing anything to complicate any situation they're involved in at any time. IMO, if you're close enough to be a distraction, your close enough to be considered "interference." If it were me, I'd want to be even farther back with my 70-300. In fact, I'm not one to photograph such things, so I'd be even farther away not getting involved. I didn't read it all in detail, FWIW, just going based on the comments here so far. My .02, which is worth far less to anyone else but me. [/QUOTE]

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