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BaronChocula

(1,546 posts)
Thu May 26, 2022, 06:39 PM May 2022

Ya know who supports gun control???

COPS!
Police don't like going up against killers with AR-15s. Police groups have outlined what they see as sane policy regarding guns, but those opinions don't surface when it matters in times like these and why not? Here's one suspicion - cops don't want to fall out from the right-wing nutjobs. When cops are under the microscope for killing unarmed black people, they are comforted by the Tea Party, MAGA, Blue Lives Matter crowd. Sadly, cops think that alliance is worth more than the laws they support to keep them safe. Not like this is anything new. It's just another demographic so terrified of GQP hostility that they'd rather cave than look out for the best interest of themselves, not to mention the whole country.

Of course, this is not true of every single cop.

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Ya know who supports gun control??? (Original Post) BaronChocula May 2022 OP
so when are the police going on strike for assault weapons ban? lapfog_1 May 2022 #1
THIS SCOTUS would overturn an AWB WarGamer May 2022 #2

WarGamer

(12,436 posts)
2. THIS SCOTUS would overturn an AWB
Thu May 26, 2022, 06:48 PM
May 2022

Heller was a hint... the "common usage" line will certainly be applied to AR-15, etc...

Even if 100 Senators signed on... there's another problem.

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