Equipment stolen from a Conneaut police officer’s home earlier this week, including a pistol and stun gun, were recovered during a search of a West 39th Street house in Ashtabula... [More]What, you mean he didn't keep his firearm "safely" stored, locked up in a safe and separated from its ammunition like the rest of us are cautioned to do--sometimes under penalty of law, especially if things go amiss as a result?
If we were to take the gun grabbers' tack on this, could we claim 100% of weapons seized from Ashtabula drug dealer homes on July 2 were traceable to an "Only One" supplier?
[Via JLB]
FWIW, I just left this post at the paper's website. Might raise some consciousness, might not:
ReplyDeleteSo let me get this straight -- the police officer in question had his duty weapon as well as a stun gun lying around loose in his home rather than securing them in a gun vault of the like? I'm shocked -- shocked, I tell you!
And as if leaving duty weapons lying about unprotected isn't bad enough, the article specifically states “They kicked in a door,” he said. “We’ve had a number of burglaries and vehicle (break-ins) in that area.”
Would any of you care to speculate on the outcome had the weapon in question been stolen from a private citizen vs. a police officer?
I thought what was more interesting was this sage advice given by an Ashtabula county deputy.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_172233530.html
I guess the Conneaut officer didn't read that article.
If we're engaged in hysteric hyperbole, one might note that the weapon in question makes a hole the size of a Mack truck due to the fact that the weapon itself is the size of a Mack truck.
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