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Permitless carry laws raise new dilemmas for police officers

FILE - A police officer carrying a rifle exits the Mall of America following a shooting on Dec. 31, 2021, in Bloomington, Minn. Advocates say permitless carry makes people safer. Opponents say it makes it more dangerous for ordinary people, and for police officers. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File) This screenshot of a video provided by WDRB shows Carmon Tussey appearing in a Kentucky courtroom via livestream on June 5, 2021. Tussey was arrested after walking briskly toward a Louisville bar with an assault weapon. His attorney maintains that under Kentucky’s permitless carry law, approved by the legislature in 2019, Tussey had done nothing wrong. Permitless carry laws have created a new dilemma for officers working the streets: They now have to decide, sometimes in seconds, if someone with the right to carry a gun is a danger. (WDRB via AP) FILE - An attendee at a gun rights rally open-carries his gun in a holster that reads "We the People," from the Preamble to the United States Constitution on Jan. 18, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Advocates say permitless carry makes people safer. Opponents say it makes it more dangerous for ordinary people, and for police officers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) FILE - Michael Taylor, also known as "The Armed Fisherman", walks along Pier 60 in Clearwater Beach, Fla., with his 2-year-old daughter Ocean and his assault rifle and fishing gear, on July 3, 2021. Advocates say permitless carry makes people safer. Opponents say it makes it more dangerous for ordinary people, and for police officers. (Octavio Jones/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)