![]() The only people who will suffer are law-abiding citizens with a legitimate concern about protecting themselves and their families, especially in this current climate of “defunding” the police. Many steal their guns or utilize “straw purchases.” What makes a portion of our population believe that people that do not respect the existing laws, will suddenly sit up and take notice of new, more restrictive gun laws? We need vigorous enforcement of the laws already on the books. Most are not concerned with checks conducted during legal firearm purchases. Dennis Eberly (ret.) from East Hempfield Township in Lancaster Co., PA shares:Īs I have always said, “It’s about criminal control, not gun control!”Ĭriminals are not concerned with gun laws. I believe that officers will go out on a limb and take the risks if they are going to be supported by those they serve. Is that a risk worth taking? They say they want gun control, but only at the expense of the law-abiding gun owner, not the thug on the street with a wanton disregard for life. The media and the left will condemn the officers, try them in court and ruin their career and family. ![]() It does not seem to matter if the person has harmed people in the past, if the person is under the influence of a mind-altering substance or even has the weapon out but not pointing at the officers. I feel that if law enforcement takes the aggressive proactive approach and a suspect gets hurt or killed in the process, the police officers are immediately on trial. The president himself says he supports us, but his actions say otherwise. While it is easy to want to blame law enforcement for this problem, I think we must address the current political climate in which the police have been demonized by the left. Hopefully, we can get together with community and work as a team to deter this violence. Unfortunately, we experienced a lot of frustration from the community when we have done this in the past. Secondly, when law enforcement takes such an aggressive action in the communities they are trying to protect, it has to be done with the understanding that there a plenty of innocent people that may be impacted by the number of stops and searches. Officers need to be properly trained when you have a mission that has the highest potential to become deadly during each interaction. I think the two concerns that come to mind are officer safety and community impact. writes:Īs a current LAPD sergeant, we have had similar issues during my 28 years. Jody Stiger from the Los Angeles Police Dept. It is a sad time for the good people in our country. This causes officers to feel helpless and hopeless in protecting their community. They have told me they used to respect us but they do not any longer as they know we can’t do anything to them. ![]() All of these combined give the perpetrator the feeling of invincibility from the police and they have no fear of any consequences for their actions.Īs a 37-year officer I can tell you that felons have no fear of the police any longer. I have heard our prosecutor state repeatedly that we cannot arrest our way out of this gun problem. We have many instances where the same perpetrator has been arrested multiple times within a few months and they continue to be released immediately on their signature. We have the current trend where they are released on their signature with no bond required. ![]() We arrest the armed individual and the prosecutors drop the charges. In my opinion, one of the major differences between now and 2003 is the attitude of the prosecutors offices across the country. Kintz with the City of Blue Springs (MO)’s Community and Youth Outreach Unit writes: Somebody’s Got to Pull the Trigger: Enforcing current gun law would reduce deaths, but massive new gun control probably won’tĬheck out the more than 15,000 officer responses to this Read a related article by Calibre Press’s Jim Glennon Below are some of the responses we received. We heard from officers from around the country who wanted to weigh in on the topic. Chief David Magnusson’s recent article, “ How Do We Stop the Gun Violence” definitely struck a chord with our readers. ![]()
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