Abbrevations

[Big Dave]

Abbreviations
2A - Second Amendment
ACP - A cartridge designation, Automatic Colt Pistol
AD - Accidental DischargeAIC- Agent in Charge
AO- Area of Operation
AOP- Attack on Principal
ARSO- Assistant Regional Security Officer
BG - Bad guy
BG- Bad Guy
BG*- Body Guard
BUG - Back up gun
C & R - A category of firearms license, Curio and Relic
C&E- Cover & Evacuate
CAT- Counter Assualt Team
CCW - Concealed Carry Weapon
CHL - Concealed handgun license
CI- Counter Intelligence
CID- US Army Criminal Investigation Command
CMT- Crisis Management Team
CONUS- Continental United States
CP- Command Post
CPL - Concealed Pistol License
CWP - Concealed Weapon Permit
DA or DA/SA - A trigger mechanism, Double Action and Single Action, pull of the trigger cocks and releases the hammer or trigger may be locked manually and released with a short trigger pull.
DAK - A trigger mechanism, Double Action Kellerman, Sigs new light double action
DAO - A trigger mechanism, Double Action Only, pull of the trigger cocks and releases hammer with a short pull.
DOD- Department of Defense
DS- Bureau of Diplomatic Security
EDC-Every Day Carry
EOD- Explosive Ordinance Disposal
FTE - Failure to Eject
FTF - Failure to Feed/Failure to Fire
FWIW - For What It's Worth
GAP - A cartridge designation, Glock Automatic PistolGOA - Gun Owners of America
HCN- Host Country National
HCP - Handgun Carry Permit
Immediate Action Drills
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IC- Independent Contractor
IED- Improvised Explosive Device
IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly
IMHO - In my humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
INTEL- Intelligence
IR- Incident Report
IWB (holsters) - Inside the waist band
JPFO - Jews For The Preservation Of Firearms Ownership
LE - Law Enforcement
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTC - License To Carry
MO- Modus Operandi
MOS- Military Occupational Speciality
NCIS- Naval Criminal Investigative Service
ND - Negligent Discharge
NRA - National Rifle Association
OPSEC- Operational Security
OSI- Office of Special Investigations
OWB (holsters) - Outside the waist band
PI- Private Investigator
PIT- Precision/Pursuit/Police-Intervention/ Interception-Technique
PMC- Para-Military Company
POC- Point of Contact
POTUS- President of The United States
PT- Physical Training
RKBA - Right to Keep and Bear Arms
ROE- Rules of Engagement
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
SA - A trigger mechanism, Single Action Only, Hammer must first be cocked, trigger releases
SD - Self Defense
Safe Action - A trigger mechanism used in striker fired guns, ie. Glock, XD, etc.
SCOTUS - Supreme Court Of The United States
SF- Special ForcesSL- Shift Leader
SOB - Small Of the Back holster
SOP- Standard/Standing Operating Procedures
SP- Suspecious Person
USSS- United States Secret Service
VIP- Very Important Person