That reality happens to be that the rate of spouse-abuse / domestic abuse is frighteningly high in the law-enforcement community. The same is true of anger issues and depression, including tendencies toward suicide…. you know…. those “red flag” behaviors…. [More]Unintended consequences meet the best laid schemes. But don't tell Wyatt ERPO.
There was this guy named Lautenberg.
ReplyDeleteQuoting from DOJ's Criminal Resourced Manual, section 1117, "Restrictions on the Possession of Firearms by Individuals Convicted of a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence"
"There is no law enforcement exception: One of the provisions of this new statute removed the exemption that 18 U.S.C. § 925(a)(1) provided to police and military. Thus, as of the effective date, any member of the military or any police officer who has a qualifying misdemeanor conviction is no longer able to possess a firearm, even while on duty. We now have the anomalous situation that 18 U.S.C. § 925(a)(1) still exempts felony convictions for these two groups. Thus if a police officer is convicted of murdering his/her spouse or has a protection order placed against them, they may, under federal law, still be able to possess a service revolver while on duty, whereas if they are convicted of a qualifying misdemeanor they are prohibited from possessing any firearm or ammunition at any time. Currently pending before Congress are at least two bills that would substantially modify the impact of the amendment to this section."
Those seem to catch up a lot of politicians and so-called celebrities as well...
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