Police Support Gun Rights over Gun Control by 3 to 1
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A Pew Research Center survey released January 11 shows that police officers support protecting citizens’ gun rights over passing more gun control by a margin of 3 to 1.
The survey also shows that two out of three officers oppose an “assault weapons” ban.
According to Pew, 74 percent of officers believe it most important to “protect the right of Americans to own guns,” while 25 percent want greater efforts to “control gun ownership.”
Among the public at large, 53 percent believe it most important to “protect the right of American to own guns,” and 46 percent want greater efforts to “control gun ownership.”
This means the law enforcement officers, who put their lives on the line daily, have an even greater appreciation for citizens’ Second Amendment rights than do the citizens themselves.
Pew also points out that 67 percent of officers oppose a ban on “assault weapons.”
This is crucial information, considering the Obama administration appealed to police safety when pushing bans on “assault weapons” and certain types of ammunition for those weapons.
Breitbart News reported that members of law enforcement, such as Kern County California Sheriff Donny Youngblood, came out against Obama’s ammo ban, saying it seemed like an attempt “to create a problem that doesn’t actually exist.”
And now, according to Pew, only 32 percent of police officers support an “assault weapons” ban.
The Pew survey was drawn from “the attitudes and experiences of nearly 8,000 policemen and women from departments with at least 100 officers.”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...ol-3-1-margin/
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/...-public-views/
Re: Police Support Gun Rights over Gun Control by 3 to 1
A local officer was murdered by an ankle-bracelet wearing convict out on house arrest.
He was shot in his car upon arrival to a 911 call where the shooter had just shot another person. (drug deal crap)
An AK47 was used.
His family (to my knowledge) never once cried out against "guns". In fact, they placed blame fully on a system that allows violent, repeat criminals out of prison to be "monitored" by an ankle bracelet.
All of my discussions with law enforcement have essentially boiled down to "get a gun and learn how to use it" and only once was one critical of a homeowner having a gun.
This "study" isn't all that surprising unless it's not the truth you wanted to hear.
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The problem is that those for whom this is "not the truth you wanted to hear" don't care if it is the truth. They only care about the opinions of a small percentage of the minority of those polled: the Chiefs of Police. They believe those Chiefs know what's 'best' for all of those other officers in the exact same way they, themselves, "know what's best" for all of us.
They clearly aren't folding their tents or taking their ball and going home any time soon, so we just need to pass (or remove as needed) the laws and seat the judges that will make all of their views meaningless for a very long time.
Re: Police Support Gun Rights over Gun Control by 3 to 1
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It should not be surprising considering in the last two weeks there were at least two incidents where concealed carry licensees saved cops from death. One was in Florida and yesterday an Arizona trooper was saved when a passing motorist killed his assailant.
Re: Police Support Gun Rights over Gun Control by 3 to 1
Wow! I wonder what's the real number across the country, given the majority of PDs are probably under 100.
