Optical Serenity said:
Actually, your congressmen did in fact believe that retired officers should have the priviledge to carry. Its funny how HR218 is a step towards more gun rights for everyone, and yet all you so-called Pro-2nd Amendment people here are so blind by your hatred for governement and law enforcement, you forget what the end result is.
Not so. Law enforcement rights, very rarely if ever = Citizen rights.
Notice once 218 passed the Police Unions, Police Chiefs goups, and FOP got pretty quiet on the issue(they had theirs) .. The same groups that we (Government hating gun nuts) supported on 218 have been shooting us down for years. Police advocacy groups are known to stand up for (just to name a few)
the 94 Assualt Weapons Ban and it's renewal
The .50 Ban in California
The 1989 sporting purpose ban.
The 1934 NFA.
Quite frankly, Police have been on the other side of the fence in regards to civilian disarmament since the dawn of time..
The Idea that we thought they would help us, even though we have helped them, is IMO stupid, and blatantly ignores past instances.
Optical Serenity said:
So you are saying, "If I can't do it, no one can" ? Thats absurd...First lets get folks used to all LEOs, current and prior, carrying...then we can move on to all law abiding citizens.
Actually yes. And thats the point. If I can't carry than no one should.. Especially not Police.
The have been several places where citizens(subjects) cannot carry arms, but the police can.
Some examples are (but are not limited to) Fuedal Japan---Samurai--Who could and did kill subjects at will
Old England--The Knights (ie. Royals) who could and would do as they pleased to subjects of the crown.
Nazi Germany--The Brown Shirts, SS, who killed with inpunity. 6 Million Jews?
Russia-- 20,000,000 unarmed disidents were killed by the Armed Political elites.
100,000,000 Subjects have been slaughtered by thier own governments in the 20th century alone..
Having no one carry is bad....
Having only the Police carry is with out a doubt worse.
Not that I'm calling you a JBT, Brown Shirt, thug, or Nazi. Please don't take this as an attack..
But history proves time and time again that gun control is
always fatal to one group or another.
One should always be leery of another who tries to take away ones means of protecting oneself.
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