Owen Sparks
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I asked this question here four years ago and it got a huge response. Enough time has passed that I think it is time to ask again.
Should off duty cops be subject to the same gun laws as the rest of us?
Off duty military certainly are.
I have a friend who is a guard at a nuclear submarine base and his job all day every day is to carry a loaded, full-auto M-16 with a grenade launcher. Yet while he is home on leave he is forbidden anything except the civilian semi-auto AR-15 version that the rest of us use.
Some might say that cops are especially trained in the use of firearms and are more competent in their use than civilian. That might be true on average, yet we have some regulars on this forum that are competitive shooters who fire more rounds in a month than the average cop will in his career.
Others may say that the police know more about the law and when deadly force is justified. That may also be true on average, but we also have some professional lawyers who frequent this forum who know a whole lot more about the law than the typical police recruit can learn in a few short weeks at the academy.
What say you?
Should off duty cops be subject to the same gun laws as the rest of us?
Off duty military certainly are.
I have a friend who is a guard at a nuclear submarine base and his job all day every day is to carry a loaded, full-auto M-16 with a grenade launcher. Yet while he is home on leave he is forbidden anything except the civilian semi-auto AR-15 version that the rest of us use.
Some might say that cops are especially trained in the use of firearms and are more competent in their use than civilian. That might be true on average, yet we have some regulars on this forum that are competitive shooters who fire more rounds in a month than the average cop will in his career.
Others may say that the police know more about the law and when deadly force is justified. That may also be true on average, but we also have some professional lawyers who frequent this forum who know a whole lot more about the law than the typical police recruit can learn in a few short weeks at the academy.
What say you?