Cypress Sun Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I've seen the pictures from various sources of the guards blocking a door to the Capitol while a person peers through a hole in the door. Two of the guards had pistols that had red and white markings on the slides of their semi-auto pistols. The marking were only on one side of the slide. One pistol had the markings on the left side of the slide and the other had them on the right side of the slide while two others had no markings at all. Does anyone know what the markings indicate or mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc X Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Maybe the goofy "Laser" warning labels they want you to put on if you install a laser sight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Joaquin Shootist Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Here is a story saying the red & white stickers may be a way to identify friendlies: Link--> https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38590/why-plainclothes-police-had-striped-reflective-tape-on-their-glocks-during-the-capitol-siege Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 They're not Guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I read they were Secret Service and the tape is for helping identify friendlies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 16 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I read they were Secret Service and the tape is for helping identify friendlies. I figured they were either Secret Service or Capitol Police, in an attempt to describe them I called them guards as they wore no markings. I thought the tape would be for friendly id but the tape on only one side of the gun had me puzzled.....still does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 32 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: I figured they were either Secret Service or Capitol Police, in an attempt to describe them I called them guards as they wore no markings. I thought the tape would be for friendly id but the tape on only one side of the gun had me puzzled.....still does. I honestly think the statement that it’s to “recognize friendlies”is BS. I also wondered about why it’s only on one side as well. I think it’s to show what type of ammo they are carrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I honestly think the statement that it’s to “recognize friendlies”is BS. I also wondered about why it’s only on one side as well. I think it’s to show what type of ammo they are carrying. One article I read stated that it was implemented after a couple of occurrences of officers leaving their guns in the bathroom. It said policy is to lock down if they found a unattended weapon. This way they know it was a oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bob said: One article I read stated that it was implemented after a couple of occurrences of officers leaving their guns in the bathroom. It said policy is to lock down if they found a unattended weapon. This way they know it was a oops Gee, that makes me feel confident they know what they’re doing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: They're not Guards. No, they are not. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I honestly think the statement that it’s to “recognize friendlies”is BS. I also wondered about why it’s only on one side as well. I think it’s to show what type of ammo they are carrying. Better seen with night vision OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 21 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Gee, that makes me feel confident they know what they’re doing... well they did a pretty poor job of preventing an unarmed group of individuals from entering. what if there had been about 20 trained terrorists that had a plan ? maybe I’m thinking this way because I just started watching designated survivor on Netflix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: Better seen with night vision OLG For officers working day shift and tape only on one side?...Not sure I buy that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: For officers working day shift and tape only on one side?...Not sure I buy that either. The ones I've seen had the tape on both sides of the slide. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 59 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: The ones I've seen had the tape on both sides of the slide. OLG I wonder if their guns go into an Armory nightly and they have guns for duty and guns for training. Red/White = Duty, some other color for training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Maybe its to mark them as air soft or bb. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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