Do you think it's okay to give/loan police deparments ammo?

My local PD was completely silent while 7 anti gun bills marched their way through our state legislature. No, they don't get anything from me.

My local Sheriff was quite vocal in support of the 2nd Amendment. Even so, I don't think it's wise to loan such items. If they really needed the help they can deputize me and I'll lend them a hand. It takes hardly any ammo to enforce the law, they can train with Airsoft, paintball and Wii if it's necessary. We used laser tag (MILES) in the Army. It's all good.

mac66 said:

I guess you could look at it two ways...One is that you don't want to arm the police who are the ones who are likely to come and take your guns when the time comes. Two is that you are helping your community and those police officers will remember you and the gun community favorably if you help them. I don't think however giving them a few thousand rounds is really going to do them much good.

In regard to the "the cops should have planned better" comments. No one could have predicted that the public would go on an ammo buying frenzy because of talk about gun control. It didn't happen during the AWB the last time and the only ones to blame is ourselves.

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I fell bad for you if you live in such a place where you local LEOs are bad people. I know lots of local cops. They are good guys, they will never "come for our guns"

I don't have a problem with someone loaning them ammo. I personally would never give them one round from my supply.

they will never "come for our guns"

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Really? Never? Did they promise not to?

I think most of the LEO's are good guys; but "never" turn on us... Not so sure.

I wouldn't loan them a thing.....just like schools the police departments play a shell game with public funds. How many times have you heard about school teachers buying teaching supplies out of their own pocket, (begging donations from the public), only to discover they have benefit packages that are 2-to-3 times that in the private sector. Many Police departments (and their Unions) have retirement and benefit packages that have driven city budgets into the red with tax payers on the hook. If there's an ammo shortage in the department it's due to bad planning and mismanagement. The departments I'm familiar with have the latest and greatest in equipment and gear.....but didn't plan for ammo?....sorry, no sympathy here.

We recently got a city ordinance restricting FFL's in home residences....the local police (several I know quite well) sat on their rumps and wouldn't take a stand because it might affect their career advancements. Now we know where they stand and who to support....

JVaughn said:

Really? Never? Did they promise not to?

I think most of the LEO's are good guys; but "never" turn on us... Not so sure.

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The ones I know personally yes. And I know a lot. Maybe things are different here Mississippi but our LEOs are 99% good people. IF things got so crazy that cops were asked to go door to door, do you really think most of them will just shrug their shoulders and figure it is part of the job. They are humans not robots. They are regular local citizens, not Washington scumbags

Jedd, they already do things like pull people over for minor traffic violations and write them tickets which really doesn't teach anybody a lesson or keep them from repeat offending. It's just a money hustle like the mj laws the cops enforce for whatever reason. ?So yes, they will come for your guns when their job tells them to. What makes you think they aren't doing it now?

TennJed said:

The ones I know personally yes. And I know a lot. Maybe things are different here Mississippi but our LEOs are 99% good people. IF things got so crazy that cops were asked to go door to door, do you really think most of them will just shrug their shoulders and figure it is part of the job. They are humans not robots. They are regular local citizens, not Washington scumbags

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Same here. Geography has a lot to do with this. Many of the officers from the Northeast that I've spoken to had a more authoritative demeanor than the guys we have in the Southeast. I really don't like to lump every officer up there in the same group, but I find more "I enforce the law" in the South, and "I am the law" up north.

Bruno2 said:

Jedd, they already do things like pull people over for minor traffic violations and write them tickets which really doesn't teach anybody a lesson or keep them from repeat offending. It's just a money hustle like the mj laws the cops enforce for whatever reason. ?So yes, they will come for your guns when their job tells them to. What makes you think they aren't doing it now?

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Well a traffic violation is a traffic violation. You might not like getting caught, but I hope you realize they are their for a legitimate reason. Also it is absurd to think it doesn't "teach a lesson". I got a ticket last year for ignoring a "local traffic only" sign and cutting through a residential area that was having road work done. I will never do that again. My wife got a ticket for not using her blinker a few years ago. She does now.

People that complain about cops writing them tickets when they get caught breaking the law remind me of my children saying rules are not fair. We need police patrolling the roads and if you get caught it is your own fault. It you continue to do it, it is still your own fault.

Now that being said, it is quite a reach to compare issuing traffic tickets and ignoring the constitution. Big difference.

How do I know they are not doing it now? Well I work for home a lot. I have not left the house all day today and they didn't come knocking

ETA, that came across harsher than intended. I did not mean you in particular, but people in general

I know a lot of my counties law enforcement officers, so I wouldn't have a problem loaning them ammo. There are a few officers that however would not get a single round from me if they ask...

I wouldn't do it. The police are not my friends, and you can bet they wouldn't loan me any ammo. They could have stockpiled ammo a lot easier than it was for me to do it, and they chose not to.

You can give yours away if you want.

In reading about it in Proctor I got to thinking...

So, for the folks offering the ammo as a loan - just how does a police department go about repaying the loan given potential liability issues?

Give it to them? Sure, If I've got extra and they have none and they are a department worthy of support.

Loan it? Not seeing that one working out.

How about paying traffic tickets with ammo factored to current prices?

LOL. I might just try to bribed the cop with ammo next time I am pulled over.

TennJed said:

LOL. I might just try to bribed the cop with ammo next time I am pulled over.

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"Driver's license, registration and proof of insurance, please sir"

"Sir, do you know why I pulled y... Please take your license out of the wallet. Sir, why is your wallet stuffed with .40 caliber ammunition?

Oh, never answered the OP's question in my post. It would be a yes, for me. I've met many city, county, and a few asp cops that would get my ammo in a pinch. Some of them are acquaintances. I've not come across a single officer that had a complex, and if I did, he wouldn't get any ammo; "No Soup for You"!

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"Driver's license, registration and proof of insurance, please sir"

"Sir, do you know why I pulled y... Please take your license out of the wallet. Sir, why is your wallet stuffed with .40 caliber ammunition?

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I was expecting a .40 cal. ammo belt or two. You must have missed the memo?

I'd need a notarized "get out of jail" card.

I find it a little ironic that in a career where getting caught with your pants down could be a very bad thing, this department definitely got caught with their pants down.

I wouldn't give them any, but that's just me.

No good deed goes unpunished..

Be Safe!

NosaM

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I'm not going to claim that every "homeless" man out there is actually raking in $400 each day and going to a nice air conditioned paid off house at the end of his shift, but they are out there and loaning or giving ammo to police is akin to giving these career bums money. (note: I am NOT calling police bums!) Police are government, and the government has billions of rounds stockpiled, always has. If the police need ammo, the government - state or federal, doesn't matter, is responsible for providing it. None of this "Oh, we can't get any because the bullet store is out." nonsense. Maybe if Uncle Sam would quit buying up every damn round out there and wasting it....

if it wasn't for their multi million dollar pensions maybe they would have some money for ammo. I am sure police would give you ammo if you were short hahah. some guys say police keep their community safe what a joke safe from what? my grandmother never would say that

"That's kind of like letting the gov. know that you have guns and maybe you're stockpiling ammo. I'm just a little unease about this."

You're kidding, right? You post on a gun board with a name that includes sharpshooter and you're worried the government might find out you have guns? Um, they already know who you are and where you are.

John

I've already helped to pay their salaries and expenses with my taxes.

I'm supposed to supply their ammo now also? I don't think so.
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If you want to, I'm not going to stop you. I'm probably not going to.

I'm not going to "loan" ammo to anyone. I might give or sell some surplus, but loaning implies they're going to give it back.