Article: Police Commit More Gun Crimes Than Concealed Carry Permit Holders

Well, I see this thread going nowhere good, and probably fast.

Are the police crimes resultant from bad uses of force (either poor judgement, poor training or plain stupidity) and officers getting subsequently indicted for such? Or does Lott show statistics about cops committing actual crimes, unrelated to the performance of their duties?

Something about this doesn't seem quite right to me. I wish they had gone into detail about the nature of these crimes supposedly being committed by cops.

A penetrating glimpse into the obvious if you ask me. An armed individual whose job requires him to routinely insert himself in volatile social situations will be orders of magnitude more exposed to scrutiny and second-guessing by legions of others will be far more at risk of having committed a "crime" than someone whose only need is to protect himself with deadly force, an event that most of us will have the good fortune to never experience.

Agreed though, the purpose of the article is to show that concealed carry permit holders pose far less of a threat to campus security than armed security or police, and it accomplishes that.

Someone ought to also point out that the anti's constant hysterical forecasts of "blood in the streets" has never came to pass, anywhere, anyplace on Earth in which legally armed citizens are permitted to just go about their business. If anything, the opposite has been true. "Gun-free" schools and campuses have only been target-rich environments for evildoers.

The Left would also disarm civilian police forces. The Pro-Government Left would much prefer an armed Federal Police Force in every community. They could control the law and weapons from Washington D.C.

I can only offer this link? It has been in the news for years. In my opinion attacking local police and private ownership of arms are enjoined. It seems you differ regarding this question? May I offer this link.
I am only speculating. It is my personal opinion?
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usne...oses-six-cities-to-test-federal-police-scheme

The Federalization of Police has been in the news for many years.I posted a link regarding the experimenting of Federal interloping into civil authority. The word "Speculation" does not imply a personal commitment or believe. Speculation a noun.which may stand until pertinent facts are presented?
What are the facts. Shall we assume there is no intent by the Federal Government to intrude on state and local jurisdictions? Your thoughts?

The article cited is someone's commentary on a study someone else did. There is no discussion of the experimental methodology, validity of the comparability of data sets, consistency in the time periods covered or the definitions used for the amgibuous terms employed.

From the article, it is not possible to reach any meaningful conclusions on the study itself. It is, however, easy to conclude that the article itself falls within a category that could be termed "junk reporting".

Dog Soldier said:

The Left would also disarm civilian police forces. The Pro-Government Left would much prefer an armed Federal Police Force in every community. They could control the law and weapons from Washington D.C.

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Most wouldn't.

You don't expect them to break their own eggs to create their Marxist omelette, do you?

Without pliant police, they'd have to endanger THEMSELVES to suppress their opponents.

Perhaps you missed the recent amusing spectacle of violent, black clad Maoists at Berkley demanding to be protected from their intended victims by the same police they condemned...

Google "Chicago Police Department" + "SOS" + "Jerome Finnegan".

When cops decide to engage in organized criminal activity, their capacity for harm is virtually limitless.

In some cases there aren't just "bad apples". There are bad orchards too.

Deanimator said:

You don't expect them to break their own eggs to create their Marxist omelette, do you?

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Yes, I do.

Police Commit More Gun Crimes Than Concealed Carry Permit Holders

I tend to call B*LLSH*T on articles that make these assertions. They are generally inflammatory and lack factual basis.