Cops are on Our Side

[crusader rabbit]

Just received this as an email from my local favorite gun shop.  I wonder of the DC morons understand what the thin blue line is saying about arming citizens.

In a poll conducted by PoliceOne*, a majority of law enforcement personnel said universal background checks, "assault weapons" bans, and "high capacity" magazine bans do not make police safer and will not lower violent crime. Armed citizens, on the other hand, do make a positive difference.
In the poll of 15,000 law enforcement professionals, 71% of respondents said an "assault weapons" ban would have zero impact on violent crime. Of those surveyed, 95.7% said the same of a "high capacity" magazine ban, and 79.7% said the same in response to a question on universal background checks.
Over 90% of these law enforcement professionals said "mandatory sentences with no plea bargains" for those who use a gun in perpetrating a crime would reduce violent crime.
When asked if they supported concealed carry laws for citizens without a felony in their past, 91.3% of respondents answered "yes" on "without question and without further restrictions."
Additionally, 80% of these law enforcement professionals also agreed that casualties at Sandy Hook Elementary would "have likely been reduced" if "legally-armed citizens" had been in the school.

* http://ddq74coujkv1i.cloudfront.net/p1_gunsurveysummary_2013.pdf

FWIW
Crusader Rabbit

[jnevis]

I've said it about a 1000 times, rank and file aren't the problem, it's the administrators.  They are usually political appointees and withholden to the whims of the Mayor/Govenor.  Even the ones that are voted in, not appointed, are still pressured to go a certain way by the political machine that got them there in the first place.


...and no, DC isn't listening.

[TAB]

Cops are on thier own side.   while many say they are on ours,( a few are) at the end of the day they do whats best for them.  Your rights be damned.

[Strider]

I responded to that poll. I have no question with the results. Anecdotal evidence has long suggested that rank and file officers don't think much of more restrictive gun laws. However, Once an officer moves up the ladder (Asst. Chief, Chief, Commissioner, etc,), they become more political as a matter of survival and job security. So I can see why the results are different for them.