Like you and me, only better
Looks like congress approved the bill allowing cops and former cops to pack heat:
Off-duty and retired police officers would have the right to carry concealed weapons in any state under legislation the Senate approved by voice vote Wednesday and sent to the president.
A right to bear arms? What about us other people? I guess I’ll become a reserve deputy or something so I can carry every where.
The bill, passed by the House last month, would override some states’ prohibitions on carrying concealed firearms. Many states do not recognize other states’ concealed weapons permits.
I support this legislation but I also support the rights of regular people to carry guns as well. On to Dubya for signature.
July 12th, 2004 at 12:19 am
Say hello to the new caste system. You’re just not as good as the “trained public servants”. You can’t be trusted, but a sector that has a higher rate of suicide, domestic abuse and alchoholism than the general population is encouraged to take a gun with them everywhere. But not you. You can’t be trusted. They can.
July 12th, 2004 at 1:59 am
Not sure if I like the idea that former police officers should have rights that the rest of us don’t, even if the rest of us should have them.
July 12th, 2004 at 8:14 am
I’m agin it. This just divides gun owners into separate camps. Once cops and ex-cops get the right to CCW everywhere, do you think they’re going to fight for everyone else’s right to do the same?
July 12th, 2004 at 10:56 am
I just read the text of the bill. Im somewhat surprised that this passed the Senate on a voice vote – haven’t heard about it here and would have expected it to lead to a larger AWB debate.
In any case, the text of the bill doesnt really describe Law Enforcement Officer in a narrow sense. I probably need to read it a couple of more times, but it seems to me that anyone who retired from the military might also be covered by it. Just a thought.
July 13th, 2004 at 3:59 pm
I don’t think it will apply to retired (or active for that matter) military unless they could arrest in the course of their jobs.
*BUT*, clearly, if someone could get deputized by a small community with a friendly sherrif… well…
Interestingly, (I don’t know much about these laws), but it lists that a person has to be an employee of a government and able to investigate and arrest.
I am *sure* that there is some little town in each state that has a person willing to take on a bunch of deputies. If not, I think a bunch of people need to form a community. 🙂