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Old 12-25-2021, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by YeOldeCurmudgeon View Post
I would not say she should not have been a cop, but she should not have been in a role that required a firearm. The problem in our society is that we have too many guns (more guns by 25 percent than people) and this has made the role of police officer much more stressful and dangerous. Consequently, as gun ownership goes up, there are more of these unnecessary and tragic shootings by police.
In this day and age how could she be a police officer and not be able to carry a weapon? Police departments in many jurisdictions are facing an exodus of officers, they are just not going to do what they asked to faced with with the current atmosphere, The second amendment was intended to protect the citizenry from an oppressive government, it never occurred to the framers that citizens would lose faith in the governments willingness/ability to protect them from other citizens and of course there are always those who abuse rights and privilege and now many are in fear of those persons