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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:26 PM

79. Why would law enforcement need to carry?

Guns are useless for self-defense.

All they're doing by carrying is giving criminals a free gun since the moment the draw the criminal will simply snatch it away and use it on them.

Give cops a whistle.

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79 replies	Author	Time	Post
D.C. doesn't want anyone to defend themselves. [View all]	PavePusher	Oct 2012	OP
Don't trust everything you read in the Washington Times	dballance	Oct 2012	#1
Please feel free to cite to evidence refuting the linked articles.	PavePusher	Oct 2012	#24
It took all of 10 minutes	sarisataka	Oct 2012	#30
I think the government wants to...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Oct 2012	#2
The only solution is to	George Katona	Oct 2012	#3
So	rrneck	Oct 2012	#4
Yeah,	George Katona	Oct 2012	#9
A lot of people	rrneck	Oct 2012	#10
I kind of like #3s	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Oct 2012	#11
Yep. Love it or leave it.	rrneck	Oct 2012	#12
I'm not real big on love or leave it...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Oct 2012	#18
Not to mention they bark, poop, chew, and tear shit up.	ileus	Oct 2012	#13
It makes you wonder	rrneck	Oct 2012	#14
They shoot dogs, don't they? nt	Eleanors38	Oct 2012	#55
Rottweilers are often used by the military	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#78
Finally a voice of reason.	ileus	Oct 2012	#6
thank god! I am a celebrity! Pretty sure everyone else is a specially licensed bodyguard	Tuesday Afternoon	Oct 2012	#7
And this is something that you personally are working on?	oneshooter	Oct 2012	#8
It is working for me fine.	George Katona	Oct 2012	#15
"allowed" to keep	Tuesday Afternoon	Oct 2012	#16
Don't know what the	George Katona	Oct 2012	#20
you should give it back to them.	Tuesday Afternoon	Oct 2012	#21
No, I will not.	George Katona	Oct 2012	#32
For better or worse, we don't have to "earn" our Constitutional Rights in the U.S.	PavePusher	Oct 2012	#62
Also,	George Katona	Oct 2012	#22
The 4473 is not a registration form. It has no information about the gun being purchased...	PavePusher	Oct 2012	#31
Sorry to say it does...	George Katona	Oct 2012	#34
The 4473 stays on file in the FFL's bound book. The identifiying info for the firearm is not	rDigital	Oct 2012	#47
Whoops, you are correct. Looks like I'm the one confused.	PavePusher	Oct 2012	#61
but I have been trained and have practical skills and knowledge far above the average cowboy joe who	gejohnston	Oct 2012	#17
gejohnston it is not my	George Katona	Oct 2012	#27
"My point still is to remove all guns from the populace that don't need them." Wow, you really...	friendly_iconoclast	Oct 2012	#33
Yes I was,	George Katona	Oct 2012	#35
Yet El Paso has the lowest murder rate in North America	gejohnston	Oct 2012	#36
While similarly-sized Houston (in gun-friendly Texas) has about 1/3 the murder rate.	friendly_iconoclast	Oct 2012	#38
All done by the peaceful, lawful, respectably disarmed non-criminal Citizens, amirite? n/t	PavePusher	Oct 2012	#63
you made my point.	gejohnston	Oct 2012	#37
you bring up a good point.	George Katona	Oct 2012	#41
of course that doesn't count whatever personal weapons they may have.	gejohnston	Oct 2012	#46
lol	former-republican	Oct 2012	#23
Hilarious isn't it?	Clames	Oct 2012	#39
Sad thing is he sounds like he really believes it.	former-republican	Oct 2012	#40
You might want to write that down	SecularMotion	Oct 2012	#51
Sounds like SecularMotion finally found a friend on this forum	former-republican	Oct 2012	#52
Ah, one of the elites, here to teach us our station in life.	PavePusher	Oct 2012	#28
Why should you fall into a specially licensed category?	Marengo	Oct 2012	#53
I would not be so sure about your special license or superior skills	ProgressiveProfessor	Oct 2012	#57
What I was referring to was this :	oneshooter	Oct 2012	#58
No answer, typical of the gun banners.	oneshooter	Oct 2012	#70
Chicago PD?	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#59
"Average Cowboy Joe"...sung, no doubt, to the tune of	dumbledork	Oct 2012	#60
good for you	YllwFvr	Nov 2012	#74
This post was hidden by jury decision.	George Katona	Oct 2012	#44
PROVE IT. nt	rDigital	Oct 2012	#48
WTF is a CAR with ribbons? And why should I care?	oneshooter	Oct 2012	#64
Combat Action Ribbon	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#65
Never heard them called that. We called them "overseas campaign bars"	oneshooter	Oct 2012	#69
It was originally a Navy/Marine Corps ribbon but Army personell could also wear it	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#71
The Greenjeans just had to change the name.	oneshooter	Oct 2012	#72
Correct.	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#73
I guess we'll have to wait for another thread for that answer. nt	rDigital	Oct 2012	#66
As a courtesy ...	holdencaufield	Oct 2012	#19
He is good- had me going until post #15...	friendly_iconoclast	Oct 2012	#25
He didn't have me going... sure he carries a gun because Chicago Badge.....right!! nt	rDigital	Oct 2012	#45
If this guy is a Chicago cop ...	holdencaufield	Oct 2012	#50
Sorry, the post was not	George Katona	Oct 2012	#43
Gee ... ya think?	holdencaufield	Oct 2012	#49
Why did you not post this on a hand-powered-press-printed broad-sheet, and travel by horse...	PavePusher	Oct 2012	#26
The only solution is to	friendly_iconoclast	Oct 2012	#29
Do you also wish to repeal	Jenoch	Oct 2012	#42
How did your wooden "press" morph into the Web?	Eleanors38	Oct 2012	#54
So "celebrities and politicians" get protection, SOL for everybody else?	EX500rider	Oct 2012	#67
Chicago PD......	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#68
Victims make better stats...	ileus	Oct 2012	#5
Anyone who has studied D.C.'s history of hostility to self-defense	Eleanors38	Oct 2012	#56
Outside of law enforcement	freedomboogie	Nov 2012	#75
Why should law enforcement be exempt?	oneshooter	Nov 2012	#76
What guarantees or compensation do you offer in return?	PavePusher	Nov 2012	#77
Why would law enforcement need to carry?	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#79

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