When being interviewed about an undercover operation to get exeutives out of occupied Kuait just prior to the first Gulf War, an operative describes choosing not to carry.
“If you somehow get stopped uh by a security person as an example and you’ve got a weapon, immediately there is the implication that there is something wrong.
The one time in Beruit (referring to an earlier operation) that we had weapons with us, they were silent weapons, ironically… uh, we pulled them. And uh fortunately it was an instance where we didn’t have to use them, but it just highlighted once again that if you have a weapon what you might do in a normal situation if it gets dicey and you don’t have a weapon you think of a way to get out and if you do have a weapon you’ll pull your weapon and uh right away you’ve raised your profile.”*
Here's to creativity over lowest common denominators.
*From Silent Warriors: 2 Escape from Saddam on the Discovery Channel
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