NFL bans off-duty law enforcement from carrying guns inside stadiums

[Swarner793]

This should piss off the "special" people.

The NFL has banned all off-duty law enforcement officers from carrying their weapons inside NFL stadiums.

According to a Cleveland Fox affiliate, police received an internal memo from the NFL on Sept. 11 explaining that state, local and federal law enforcement were prohibited from carrying inside the stadiums.

A spokesman of the NFL said that after examining the league’s best practices, they decided the new policy would enhance the gameday experience, though no comment was made on how specifically that would happen, Cleveland.com reported.

Uniformed officers will still be permitted to carry their firearms inside NFL stadiums.

President of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association, Jeff Follmer, said police officers are never truly off-duty, and doesn’t know why anybody would want to part them from their weapon.

“A police officer is never happy to give up his service weapon, especially when we have the right to carry it, you know, 24-hours, 7-days a week and we’re upheld by our oath too, to protect and serve the public on or off-duty,” Follmer said.

“We are police officers 24/7,” he added. “I don’t know why anyone would want to disarm a police officer.”

The NFL also bans average citizens from bringing a weapon into stadiums.

- See more at: http://www.guns.com/2013/10/07/nfl-d....Vg2cWreb.dpuf

[zlaya]

Good. I wish that off-duty meant off-duty in more places.

[G19]

Uniformed officers will still be permitted to carry their firearms inside NFL stadiums.

That's mighty big of them.

[Pilot321]

“A police officer is never happy to give up his service weapon, especially when we have the right to carry it,

Well, I and other law abiding, private citizens have as just as much a "right" to carry a firearm also, yet I've been banned from carrying in stadiums for a long time.

Great, yet another virtual gun free zone. How many uniform police officers do they really have at games? Can they protect everyone? The NFL has become a Nancy league.

[Shodan]

At least they won't have to worry about falling on their guns while street stunting on the way to the game.

[Swarner793]

At least they won't have to worry about falling on their guns while street stunting on the way to the game.

Funny thing is I actually wondered if it did have anything to do with this incident.

Be safe (and one, or many, bad apple(s) ruin it).

Scott

[ATBackpackin]

“A police officer is never happy to give up his service weapon, especially when we have the right to carry it, you know, 24-hours, 7-days a week and we’re upheld by our oath too, to protect and serve the public on or off-duty,” Follmer said.

Law enforcement has no "right" to carry a firearm any greater than everybody else. We grant them certain powers that we deem necessary to do their job. The problem has become who encompasses the "we".

That being said, I don't think two wrongs make a right and this logically doesn't make much sense. Perhaps that is why they did it.

[Bang]

If you don't like police, next time you have a problem and need help, call a Hippy.

[Yellowfin]

This should piss off the "special" people.

It's about time they started being just people.

President of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association, Jeff Follmer, said police officers are never truly off-duty, and doesn’t know why anybody would want to part them from their weapon.

“A police officer is never happy to give up his service weapon, especially when we have the right to carry it, you know, 24-hours, 7-days a week ..."

Yeah, about about ALL OF US, jerkweed. Start sticking up for ALL OF US, regular citizens. And make that all of us ANYWHERE, including Boston, Baltimore, L.A., and Chicago. None of this "as a police officer" crap. As a responsible man or woman living on planet Earth is why we don't deserve or like to be disarmed.

[sprrdhawk44]

And now they're beginning to understand what it's like to be a part of the rest of the great unwashed.