Gun Control & RKBA

George Katona

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22. Also,

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 11:42 PM

Oct 2012

my pistol was issued to me as a detective in the '80s. In the '90s, CPD started to require police officers to buy their own guns using a BATF form 4473 (they were reimbursed for the cost) so that the gun was registered in their name and not CPD. The reasons for this is long and complex and boil down to liability and the city's risk management department. For more info, google "Second City Cop", my friends blog and go to the archives.

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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

Post removed Post removed 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