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gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
17. actually no
Mon May 27, 2013, 08:00 PM
May 2013

they are not more law abiding.
http://www.copblock.org/1595/making-the-case-for-more-police-accountability/

You would really rather let every eligible person in new york who wants to have an assault rifle be able to have one, yet here you argue on a whim that retired new york cops, some having spent careers in LE, be denied because the general law disallows other new yorkers from having one. What you deem a double standard really isn't, since the law disallows youthful boozers or immature hotheads who want an ak47 cause it's 'neat to shoot so fast', from getting one, and just about any other dimwitted wannabe gunnut, while allowing a small previously tested group of excops to have them.
No, not all NY cops are fair & square, but they're more fair & square than the large majority of the american public.
(And personally I don't really care whether excops could have them or not)
Where did I say I supported repealing the National Firearms Act? Assault rifles are machine guns under the act.
I won't waste my time with the rest of your banal nonsense. Suffice to say that if your thinking is that binary, nothing I can do for you. You referenced it, but were more interested in playing 20 questions rather than discussing it.
In my ideal world, NO private citizen EXCEPT city/state/fed law enforcer ONLY while on duty graham4anything May 2013 #1
I understand that. gejohnston May 2013 #2
They keep changing this law... bobclark86 May 2013 #3
pop quiz jimmy the one May 2013 #4
my reply gejohnston May 2013 #5
pop quiz results jimmy the one May 2013 #6
my "teacher" feedback gejohnston May 2013 #7
eagerly awaiting the whole truth, & nothing but jimmy the one May 2013 #8
last time gejohnston May 2013 #10
guncontrol & firearm suicide rates jimmy the one May 2013 #9
I was hoping gejohnston May 2013 #11
devil's advocate outed jimmy the one May 2013 #12
Why am I here? gejohnston May 2013 #13
Nice try, but you billh58 May 2013 #14
let me get this straight gejohnston May 2013 #15
Well the first billh58 May 2013 #18
+1 CreekDog May 2013 #25
fair & square jimmy the one May 2013 #16
actually no gejohnston May 2013 #17
copblock, such the reputable source jimmy the one May 2013 #19
which reminds me gejohnston May 2013 #20
Ahh, gejohnston. Long time, man. DanTex May 2013 #21
When I saw this gejohnston May 2013 #22
A common theme among anti gun control posters is that the laws should apply to law enforcement CreekDog May 2013 #23
perhaps, but gejohnston May 2013 #24
spinning the same top on M/T jimmy the one May 2013 #26
without an FFL in your own state gejohnston May 2013 #27
suddenly jimmy the one May 2013 #28
Thanks for the billh58 May 2013 #29
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