Ignoring the fact that no police department in the modern world would allow an officer to stick a gun in their waist-band, but it just isn't possible!
I'm pretty sure that the gun was a .44 magnum judging by the diameter of the barrel plus the length. If so, it would weigh close 4 pounds when loaded. It would simply fall out every time he sat down or he'd end up with a barrel digging into his thigh.
You're ignoring another fact, namely that he did sit down with the gun several times, and it didn't fall out.
Besides, I kinda doubt that you're knowing the rules and regulations of each police department in the modern world.
It didn't fall out because it was obviously a fake, but my point is that if it were real, the weight of it would cause it to topple over the top of his pants. But what was the point in having him tuck his pistol in the waist of his pants in the first place? Why not a shoulder holster which most plain clothes use? I realize some belief must be suspended when watching a movie, but when the director makes zero attempts to be authentic, then it smacks of either laziness or willful ignorance.
And yes, I come from a long line of cops and I'm certain that it is against policy in Chicago and I'd venture to guess everywhere else in the U.S., including New Orleans. It's a safety issue more than anything else. When arresting a suspect, you don't want your firearm to be within easy reach which is why a conventional holster usually has snaps to keep it firmly in place.
The only conclusion I can come up with is that this was supposed to be a comedy. And if that is what it was meant to be, then Herzog succeeded.
It is comedy.
Not only how he's carrying the gun but also the gun itself, obviously. Because in the modern world, I guess few cops apart from Dirty Harry would be equipped with a .44 magnum. Add to that his line that "a man without a gun is no man", and the picture is pretty much complete. Together with the fact that he never shoots anybody.
Besides, we already had a discussion about the gun, and one poster said he himself owned two of that model and that the gun looked as real as anything, including the red tip on the barrel front sight. I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
Yeah obviously parodying the noble cop with gun at his side or the corrupt cop with big gun. (Training Day)
Terence's gun is huge, with far too much recoil to be of any real use in a real gunfight and is purely worn for intimidation purposes. It's basically his big metal 'dick' which he uses to intimidate everyone else.
He fires his gun only once and thats in the air and only for intimidation purposes cause he's too busy getting a handjob/sex with some promiscuous girl.
And how he has to *steal* his gun back from the police locker room to enact his plan. Reveal he is so incompetent or attached to his gun he doesn't even have a backup or replacement. He practically waves his big gun/dick to everyone he can, old ladies, black guys, drug dealers, white old guys, young men and women etcetera. Pretty hilarious if you think about it.
Also a custom holster made out of kydex would have easily been able to hold the weight of the gun, of course someone snatching the gun from him would have been easy.
Yeah.
The drug store is in fact kind of my favorite. How the whole sequence is set up. And how it culminates, with the security guard showing up, Terence exposing his badge and saying "police emergency", the guard responding "you're not a cop" and Terence pushing forward his waist with the prominent gun sticking out there shouting "what's that look like?"
Hahaha, as if that gun was more proof of him being a cop than his badge. That's just so sweet.
"It didn't fall out because it was obviously a fake" - It's a movie prop...
"the weight of it would cause it to topple over the top of his pants." - depends on how well it was tucked in
"But what was the point in having him tuck his pistol in the waist of his pants in the first place? Why not a shoulder holster which most plain clothes use?" - The start of the movie tells you he's in constant pain with his back, with a gun as heavy as that one it would not be helpful to have it on a holster supported by his back, hence he has it tucked in his pants.
With a gun that big prominently sticking out of his pants where his badge should be it means either two thing.
1. Crazy ass cop
2. Crazy ass guy with gun.
Both not good.
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I am a law enforcement officer, and I would like to address your issues.
1-Each police department in the world has it's own list of approved firearms, both for on-duty and off-duty use. The duty weapons are meant for just that, being on duty. They maximize, if not power, then ammunition capacity. The off-duty weaons emphasize light-weightedness (I know that is NOT a word, lol), and concealability.
2- As for the way he carries his firearm, I have seen every possible way of carrying a firearm, including (True story, I saw this, this is NOT hearsay) a cop who use a bent clothes-hangar, where one end went into the barrel of the weapon , and the other end went over the waistband of his pants!
I had a much longer original post, but I thought about it, and I really din't want to put out too much information to the public. There are certain things that only a police officer should have easy access to, but I hoped this help to answer the issues you had with the way Cage carried his firearm and also his choice of weapon.
I'm a retired (unarmed) police officer, but my best friend (now, sadly, no longer with us) was an armed detective in Dublin. I went to visit him once and arranged to meet him near the pub. When we sat down he plonked the brown paper bag he was carrying down on the bar with a metallic clonk......
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His gun´s indeed beyond dumb - it´s hilarious.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
Yeah, I agree it looked completely wrong to wear it like that, pointed in the vicinity of his johnson...
but it was comedic, with its...luscious size... compared to everyones else's, him waving it everywhere. Really fits the movie I reckon.
That was for comical effect. the gun was ridiculous. How can so few people see this film as a comedy? Herzog said so himself.
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it was totally ridiculous. plainclothes officers have their weapons concealed. no department would let cops carry a weapon without a holster. for one thing it makes it too easy for someone to grab the gun. you would have to take it out everytime you drove a car or sat down, and it would likely fall out if you had to run or move quickly.
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