Like I said, FedDC.... Molon Labe
You have NO RIGHT to disarm a law abiding citizen. If you feel you do, then you are among the enemies, foreign and domestic, that I have sword to defend the constitution against.
When you sign up, you forfiet your right to safety. Where in your oath does it say that you have a right to feel safe at the expense of others?
If you say you have an oath to "defend" the constitution, then the officers who disarm an innocent man are violating that oath.
As a soldier in the US military, I recognize and accept that I lose a great deal of my rights by taking that oath. One of which is the "right" to be safe.
The problem with LE is that they assume that they DON'T lose that right.
If LEOs want to consider themselves less "civilian", then maybe they should start accepting the sacrifice and danger that comes with the job. You sir, with the "attitude" that you have, are a disgrace to the letter and spirit of law enforcement. Disarming a citizen who complies with the law is criminal, and I will never feel differently.
The "serve and protect" slogan shouldn't be a slogan. It should be your code that you live by. Enforcing unjust law is contradictory to that idea. In addition, don't preach about the "crap" you have to put up with. If you don't like it, leave law enforcement. You have no place as an officer if you fail to recognize that your first and foremost duty is to serve the public. As members of the military, many of us on this board have to put up with a lot of "crap," and that STILL gives us no right to diminish the rights of citizens.
Once you fail to do that, you become the enemy. And trust me, when the time comes, many of your ilk will be on the recieving end of a vast public who has become tired of your superiority complex.
James