Comments on: Like you and me, only better

By: _Jon

_Jon — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:59:39 +0000

I don’t think it will apply to retired (or active for that matter) military unless they could arrest in the course of their jobs.

*BUT*, clearly, if someone could get deputized by a small community with a friendly sherrif… well…

Interestingly, (I don’t know much about these laws), but it lists that a person has to be an employee of a government and able to investigate and arrest.

I am *sure* that there is some little town in each state that has a person willing to take on a bunch of deputies. If not, I think a bunch of people need to form a community.

By: Countertop

Countertop — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:56:02 +0000

I just read the text of the bill. Im somewhat surprised that this passed the Senate on a voice vote – haven’t heard about it here and would have expected it to lead to a larger AWB debate.

In any case, the text of the bill doesnt really describe Law Enforcement Officer in a narrow sense. I probably need to read it a couple of more times, but it seems to me that anyone who retired from the military might also be covered by it. Just a thought.

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:14:01 +0000

I’m agin it. This just divides gun owners into separate camps. Once cops and ex-cops get the right to CCW everywhere, do you think they’re going to fight for everyone else’s right to do the same?

By: Manish

Manish — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:59:38 +0000

Not sure if I like the idea that former police officers should have rights that the rest of us don’t, even if the rest of us should have them.

By: AlphaPatriot

AlphaPatriot — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 04:19:20 +0000

Say hello to the new caste system. You’re just not as good as the “trained public servants”. You can’t be trusted, but a sector that has a higher rate of suicide, domestic abuse and alchoholism than the general population is encouraged to take a gun with them everywhere. But not you. You can’t be trusted. They can.