Most Police Oppose Gun Control, Support Armed Citizens (poll, regular, suspect)

[lionking]

Overwhelming in a poll police disagree that gun control prevents crime. While politicians like to tout chief of police views (who are often beholden to a mayor) most rank and file police don't believe gun control helps and some believe it hurts.

This thread is in part a response to the anti gun posters jamming up stupid remarks that NRA is to blame in the Mississippi officers fatally shot thread.

PoliceOne's Gun Control Survey: 11 key lessons from officers' perspectives

[SpencerMtn]

While I agree that most cops say that they oppose gun control, they are THE gun grabbers in the U.S.

[notmeofficer]

Most of us didn't enforce the awb by Clinton
We didn't support making felons out of citizens.

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by SpencerMtn

While I agree that most cops say that they oppose gun control, they are THE gun grabbers in the U.S.

Politicians are the gun grabbers.

[SpencerMtn]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

Politicians are the gun grabbers.

Yes they are but when was the last time you heard of a politician physically taking a firearm from anybody? Their henchmen, cops, take the guns!

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by SpencerMtn

Yes they are but when was the last time you heard of a politician physically taking a firearm from anybody? Their henchmen, cops, take the guns!

The gun control happens with the laws that prevent dealers from selling certain problems.

[wutitiz]

I was surprised when police overwhelmingly opposed a gun control initiative here in WA, and it went down to defeat by 71-29.
Local News | Initiative 676 -- Handgun Proposal Is Trounced -- Voters Reject Measure By More Than 2 To 1 After Lopsided Campaign | Seattle Times Newspaper

Police also opposed a background check law last year but this time billionaires like Gates, Allen, and Bloomberg carried the day.
Billionaires contribute big bucks to Initiative 594 | HeraldNet.com - Local news

There is little doubt that the average police officer is pro-gun-rights.

[Luke Notaras]

I've always suspect that it's more a matter of the segment of the population that police are drawn from rather than a philosophy built in their work life.

[alphamale]

Originally Posted by lionking

Overwhelming in a poll police disagree that gun control prevents crime. While politicians like to tout chief of police views (who are often beholden to a mayor) most rank and file police don't believe gun control helps and some believe it hurts.

This thread is in part a response to the anti gun posters jamming up stupid remarks that NRA is to blame in the Mississippi officers fatally shot thread.

PoliceOne's Gun Control Survey: 11 key lessons from officers' perspectives

Every police officer that I've ever known had personal firearms at home and families that know how to use them.

[SpencerMtn]

Originally Posted by alphamale

Every police officer that I've ever known had personal firearms at home and families that know how to use them.

Did you ever wonder how many of those were "confiscated" from citizens? A friend of one of my tenants regularly receives firearms from a relative in another state that is a cop. The firearms are stolen from citizens! Disgusting. I'm sure this goes on much more than we know of! It's what cops do!