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This**** LEOSA. It should be killed, not expanded.
**** LEOSA. It should be killed, not expanded.
Or just allow everyone to carry everywhere no matter what state you reside in or what profession you have, what makes LEOs special?
**** LEOSA. It should be killed, not expanded.
I favor expansion...to everyone.
That said, CO's face more off-duty dangers than most police officers do.
Way to encourage more special treatment. Less not more regulation is the answer here.
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I favor expansion...to everyone.
That said, CO's face more off-duty dangers than most police officers do.
Thanks on the first point. How so on the second?
a LEO sees a perp a couple of times, CO sees them daily
Thanks on the first point. How so on the second?
a LEO sees a perp a couple of times, CO sees them daily
I would agree with you all you need to do to make a criminal in America nowadays is "just add water", but if you don't think at least some of the people in state and federal prison actually deserve to be there, I suggest you take a tour of your local prison."Between 2.3m and 2.4m Americans are behind bars, roughly one in every 100 adults. If those on parole or probation are included, one adult in 31 is under “correctional” supervision"
- from the Economist
Thank your friendly state and federal AGs
While I agree that everyone should be able to carry freely in all 50 states, if the law is based on the premise that law enforcement officers somehow face risks that necessitate such a law, corrections officers are at the forefront of that need.
My father-in-law has worked for the MA DOC for years, and some of the run-ins with prior guests of his facility while off duty have ranged from awkward to downright dangerous. Everyone he has dealt with inside is, by definition, a convicted felon. Yeah, police officers run into people they arrest on occasion, but I don't arrest people everyday, and when I do, they're not always bad people or people inclined to commit violence against me, and our interaction might last an hour or two, tops. He deals with dozens of violent criminals all day, every day, he knows their faces, and they know his.
The off-duty risks to the average CO is far more serious than to the average police officer, such that I favor expanding LEOSA for their inclusion notwithstanding the reservations I have about the lack of similar coverage universally. CO's need that protection now, and if it is somehow a political possibility in the way that universal CCW permits will not be any time soon, than I'd favor an amendment.
Great postMost of us could probably agree on a few things: (1) There are people in prison who deserve to be there, (2) there are people in prison who do not deserve to be there, (3) anyone who decides to take a job overseeing prisoners is likely at risk from both groups, (4) any man should be free to arm himself, and (5) making laws to dole out privileges to special classes of citizens is an act against liberty.
But instead this furthers the us vs they attitude. Special priveleges blah blah, leosa should be disbanded and a unified voice of police and non badge wearers pushing for constitutional carry everywhere. As long as leosa stands most cops do not care about the rest of us. Take that away and we have a stronger voice with the backing of leos.
While I agree that everyone should be able to carry freely in all 50 states, if the law is based on the premise that law enforcement officers somehow face risks that necessitate such a law, corrections officers are at the forefront of that need.
My father-in-law has worked for the MA DOC for years, and some of the run-ins with prior guests of his facility while off duty have ranged from awkward to downright dangerous. Everyone he has dealt with inside is, by definition, a convicted felon. Yeah, police officers run into people they arrest on occasion, but I don't arrest people everyday, and when I do, they're not always bad people or people inclined to commit violence against me, and our interaction might last an hour or two, tops. He deals with dozens of violent criminals all day, every day, he knows their faces, and they know his.
The off-duty risks to the average CO is far more serious than to the average police officer, such that I favor expanding LEOSA for their inclusion notwithstanding the reservations I have about the lack of similar coverage universally. CO's need that protection now, and if it is somehow a political possibility in the way that universal CCW permits will not be any time soon, than I'd favor an amendment.