Zackmeister
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I read about this yesterday in the paper. I read the whole article and could not tell why the officers were fired and what the hissy fit was about. Everyone was supposed to see the evil M4 and assume something bad had happened.
isn't the ratio of the ownership of guns more like 10 guns for every resident?
Thats 1 for every 100 residents. Yes the only had 2 officers at the end but if it was like most government purchases it was first put in the works when it was closer to 5.In 1990 the population of Bartlett Texas was 1,439.
Did they really need 1 new gun for every 10 residents?
You've been listening to the national FOP too long. Polls of law enforcement have shown that the GREAT majority favor gun rights for law abiding citizens. I believe it was 68% that favored right to carry laws. They felt, rightly so, that armed citizens are an excellent source of backup and that each person should have the right to defend themselves before the police arrive.
The question that comes to mind is...Did they even need one(1) new gun? Didn't they have guns already? Maybe they only needed to replace/upgrade a couple of their weapons, but decided to burn the budget to the ground and buy, buy, buy.
For a normal town that small, especially with another department just next door, five officers would have too much time on their hands.
A quetion for LEOs
If the sheriffs dept takes over they charge the town for the service right?
Would a street cop have the right to refuse that particular beat or would it just be assigned?
The National Association of Chiefs of Police recently released its 16th Annual Survey of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs and, according to Vice President and Public Affairs Specialist Jim Kouri, some of the survey findings are surprising and compelling.
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"When police chiefs and sheriffs are allowed to respond to poll questions anonymously, the politics may be removed from their answers," claims Kouri.
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Gun Control: With regard to private citizens owning firearms for sport or self-defense, 94 percent of the respondents supported civilian gun-ownership rights. Ninety-six percent of the police chiefs and sheriffs believe criminals obtain firearms from illegal sources and 91 percent revealed they hadn't arrested anyone for violation of the so-called "waiting period" laws. When asked if they opposed citizens obtaining concealed-weapons permits, only 34 percent said yes [66 percent support CCW].