Judge RIchard Schoenstedt ruled earlier this month that prosecutors had failed to prove Peterson's semiautomatic rifle wasn't protected under a federal law that gives police officers general immunity to own weapons that are illegal under state law. [More]What more do you need to know?
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Half an inch of steel, a quarter of an inch of wood, and a HUGE double standard. The difference between live ex-cop and dead "felon." Randy Weaver knows.
ReplyDeleteI remember the Reagan assassination attempt, and how all those Secret Service short-barreled full-auto Uzi carbines came out from under the London Fog raincoats. We'd be UNDER the jail.
I'll stick with "shall not be infringed."
'Some Pigs Are More Equal Than Others.'
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see book, chapter, and verse that allows individual LEOs to own firearms that are illegal under a state or federal law.
ReplyDeleteTo my knowledge, departments are allowed ownership of otherwise "illegal" firearms, but not individual officers.
Departments should not be allowed to own firearms forbidden to individual citizens. LEOs should be required to fight criminals with the same weapons they limit us to since they seem to want to ignore "shall not be infringed".
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