NY Times: Police departments lament loosening of gun laws

[Gman106]

I think Sheriff Dave Clark would disagree as would most elected police officials, No doubt the NY Slimes cherry-picked urban metro politically appointed police chief lapdogs in order to fit the desired narrative. Besides, fuck em. Government exists to preserve our natural rights, not act in their own self-interest in opposition of them.

GULFPORT, Miss. — Guns in bars. Guns in airports. Guns in day care centers and sports arenas. Conservative state lawmakers around the country are pressing to weaken an array of gun regulations, in some cases greatly expanding where owners can carry their weapons.

But the legislators are encountering stiff opposition from what has been a trusted ally: law enforcement.

In more than a dozen states with long traditions of robust support for gun ownership rights, and where legislatures have moved to relax gun laws during the past year, the local police have become increasingly vocal in denouncing the measures. They say the new laws expose officers to greater danger and prevent them from doing their jobs effectively.

“We are a gun society and we recognize that, but we should be writing gun laws that make us safer,” said Leonard Papania, the police chief in Gulfport, Miss., who opposes part of a new state law that creates exceptions to the rules for concealed-carry permits. “Do you want every incident on your street to escalate to acts of gun violence?” Full store here...

[RockIsland]

“Do you want every incident on your street to escalate to acts of gun violence?”

No, but it will be really nice to see violent crime decreased by acts of gun peace.

Dick.

[Sgt.K]

“Do you want every incident on your street to escalate to acts of gun violence?”

No, but it will be really nice to see violent crime decreased by acts of gun peace.

Dick.

This x10

[ungawa]

100% bullshit. Send them the PoliceOne survey and ask them if they have the balls to publish it..

Just like Gman106 said, these "police" are actually politicians.

[gghbi]

An armed society is a polite society!

It is that simple...

[Kabloosh]

99.9% of altercations by sensible people aren't going to involve any sort of violence. It's that .1% of the population we gotta carry weapons for though.

[stainless]

The bad guys always come out of the ghetto when gun laws are relaxed, doncha know?...

[raxar]

Remember when they said the exact same bullshit about Georgia? How many random gunfights have they had?

“Do you want every incident on your street to escalate to acts of gun violence?”

I don't know, do you want us to stop calling armed police every time there is an incident on the street?

[Bang]

Dummies. More and more they are in the soup for using their firearms. You'd think they would welcome the chance to make a citizen the fall guy.