Its not special treatment. Do you deal with the scum of the earth in a daily basis? Do you lock people up who then threaten to kill you or your family when they get out? Do you constantly have to look over your shoulder, are you on duty 24/7. Are you held to a higher standard and obligated to act if you find yourself in a situation off duty. Prob not....
Dude I've got diet coke all over my keyboard and coming out my nose after reading that.
"Higher standard?" With all respect due to people who actually hold themselves up to this "higher standard"
**** YOU. The "brotherhood of the thin blue line" pretty much guarantees that the REST of the brotherhood will cover up, lie, and, well, generally screw over everyone else if they have to, to protect their "brothers" regardless of what they actually do, much of which isn't exactly on the up-and-up. I witness you one Christopher Dorner.
It's a (sad?) fact that licensed, law-abiding gun owners are, as a whole (nation wide), MORE law-abiding than you policemen. Maybe if YOUR gun rights were based on subjective suitability, you'd live up to the same sense of morality as we do. If there's a bad situation, you should either engage (or not) based on an innate sense of morality, and trying to do the right thing, more-so than "Oh, shit, I've got this badge on I should look like I'm helping out."
And, you have NO (none, zero, zilch, nada) "obligation" to do a
****ing thing, even when you ARE on duty, never mind when you're off-duty, and out of your jurisdiction.
OfficerObie59 has the right answer and attitude. I don't know you KissPik002, but if you think your charges are the scum of the earth, then that attitude carries a shitload of Karma with it. If an ex-con has it out for you such that you're looking over your shoulder 24x7, it's probably for a damned good reason.
So unless you're for "same gun rights for everyone" take your high and mighty elitist
****ing attitude, and shove it where the sun don't shine. Everyone else is sick and goddamned tired of it. Seriously -
**** you.