I support the Police... [View all]
...by supporting common sense gun restrictions. I want the police to have protection on the job from armed assailants. I don't want them outgunned by mentally unstable crazies who can purchase weapons of war. I don't think there is any need for a civilian to be able to purchase or obtain body armor. Gun registration and licensing, stringent background checks, as well as making it more difficult to carry weapons outside of a person's home are restrictions I favor. I want our police to not be afraid to enter a facility, fearing that the culprit is better armed then they are.
The problem is that I support this effort more than the police do, themselves. You would think that wanting to be safer at a dangerous job would be issue one in their minds. Yet, police unions and officers, individually, support elected officials and candidates for office who make them less safe.
It's another example of some Americans voting against their own best interest.
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