Mays takes issue with this post, more particularly comments to the post, about a cop’s weapon accidentally discharging. The issue is not about cops carrying guns (in fact, I think they should carry bigger guns myself just because of the likelihood have a particularly nasty encounter). But I also think that citizens should carry guns and cops should not be granted special privileges for being cops.

The issue that I had is that the article stated that the gun went off, as if of its own free will. The gun did not go off by itself. Period. Officer friendly likely had it improperly holstered in a manner in which the trigger wasn’t covered.

Also, some commenters made remarks critical of gun-control zealots claims that only cops should have guns and how this incident proves that cops are human too and subject to accidents. Mays interpreted this as being anti-cop, which I am not. My dad is a prominent local law enforcement officer. I have lots of cop friends (who agree with my assessment of gun control and concealed carry, by the way).

I am not anti-police.

Posted in uncategorized on March 16th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |