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Growing number of police chiefs, sheriffs join call to arms




It’s Florida Sheriff Grady Judd’s duty to protect the citizens of Polk County — but he figures it’s their job, too.

One of a growing number of rural and big-city law enforcement officials who openly encourages responsible gun ownership, Judd believes guns allow citizens to defend themselves when police cannot.

“If you are foolish enough to break into someone’s home, you can expect to be shot in Polk County,” Judd said in a statement after a homeowner shot a would-be home invader earlier this month. “It’s more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone.”

Such full-throated embrace of the Second Amendment as a crime-fighting tool isn’t confined to red states like Florida.

One California police chief is backing teachers in his district packing heat. Detroit Police Chief James Craig has been a leader in urging his community to arm itself. A Maryland sheriff is working with the state’s general assembly to try to make it easier for citizens to obtain handgun permits.

In the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s most recent ranking of states with the strongest gun laws, California (1), Maryland (4) and Michigan (15) ranked near the top of the pack.

Some gun rights advocates say terror attacks at home and abroad have contributed to a change in attitudes about gun ownership among community members and authorities, even in locales historically hostile towards the Second Amendment.

“That has helped play into it, and there’s no doubt the active shooter scenario has, too,” said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. “You’re seeing people say, ‘How do you respond?’”

The answer varies based on where you live, and how your law enforcement leaders are selected.

Police chiefs are typically appointed by mayors, and their politics tend to line up with whoever chose them. Sheriffs, in contrast, are voted into office and in some cases espouse values of a constituency that is growing ever-more pro-gun.

“Historically, sheriffs have been very pro-gun rights,” Gottlieb told FoxNews.com. “But they’ve stepped out of the box and they’re now publicly making it known that firearms are good for self-defense.”


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/15/growing-number-police-chiefs-sheriffs-join-call-to-arms.html

Yes, let's return to the pre-gun age of humankind, infinitely more genocide every day!

In the USA, IIRC, there is less crime in areas where the concealed carry is allowed.

To put it the other way, the absolute worst areas, with the most shootings, are in areas where guns are illegal.

Lots of statistics on this.

Citations needed.

The only reason America has more gun crimes is, America has more guns.

Without the guns in the hands of Americans, the governments of the world would turn their people into slaves. Why? They won't do it until Americans have no guns, because they realize that their people would see the freedom with guns, and take down their governments... if they tried it while Americans still had guns.

Up with freedom. More and bigger guns are the only way to remain free.

This. It's just statistically proven that countries with more gun control have less fatal crime, America is the only country with so much mass shootings and you're straight up delusional if you think gun control wouldnt actually reduce that.

Ok, got it.  Thanks.

Well, I doubt that women in germany are going to be carrying Glocks....

But it's important to recognize that the nature of the criminal activity in an area is a reaction to the structure of the law and culture.  By it's nature criminal activity is adaptive.

there was a slightly joking tone in my head as i typed it out, kind of like someone saying: 'yeah, 20 pounds of c4 is probably enough to damage a car.' i thought thatd carry over a bit with the humorous description of a 'gorilla' woman, but whatever.
of course, i dont know enough about the laws in germany pertaining to firearm permits and purchase for civilians, so its no guarantee that a fair number of women will carry firearms in the streets anytime soon.
on a side note though, it seems german gangs are going around beating up immigrants, if the government doesnt step in soon, germany might turn into something straight out of a purge movie.

I'm not sure what you mean, but I meant what I said.

One single attempt at mob rape, countered by a single case of a woman using a firearm to protect herself, followed by media pictures of dead morons lying around on the street, would stop all of this.

In areas where the morons knew the woman might be carrying.

What kind of a test would that be? 

Control of the use of weapons is a good thing. A person who is permitted to use weapons pshicology should be tested to see if he is worth using weapons.

While this in its simple form might be true, in government documents and governmental officials' speeches, especially U.N. related stuff, the idea is to identify where all the guns are located so that they can come and get them.

You can find this info if you check out various areas of http://www.prisonplanet.com/ and http://www.infowars.com/.

Background checks are not a bad idea, but the second amendement can't and will never be touched

tone doesnt carry over in text, dont take it 100% literally.

"Probably?"

Six or eight dead morons after one attack and there would simply be no more of these attacks.

These attacks were and are entirely premeditated, and plausible ONLY in the absence of firearms in the population.

The problem is that the people are not used to this kind of gun usage. If we had 5 years to implement this kind of thing, a little bit at a time, so that people got used to it, it would be good. As it is, if this were implemented right now, all at once, there would be a lot of people that would get killed or hurt from friendly fire.

Watch The George Washington Of Gun Rights Speaks Out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqx93bmACfQ.

i hate to use a fucked up event as a sort of argument for this, but the events in germany with the taharrush (?) stuff is just a great case of why concealed firearms should be available for citizens should they feel the need for personal protection. whats going to stop a bunch of arabs from raping a lone woman? not the woman's own arm strength, thats for sure. unless that woman happens to be some gorilla - strength weightlifting UFC fighter or something. in most cases, a gun will probably do the job of deterring any attackers.

Armed guards protect anti-gun celebrities at Golden Globe Awards







The Golden Globes were held on Sunday and the award show was filled with celebrities spending countless hours praising each other.

While the stars had to worry about hair and makeup, they didn’t have to worry about personal protection — because many of these gun control advocates were protected by armed security guards, snipers on the roof, armored cars, and bomb sniffing dogs walking up and down the red carpet.

Several celebrities who were nominees and presenters at the award show signed a letter thanking President Obama for his Executive Action on gun control.

Amy Schumer, Quentin Tarantino, and Matt Damon believe the average American shouldn’t be armed, but when it comes to their own personal security — no expense should be spared.

    Increased security presence at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/YxPEnZQfrM
    — Allen Schaben (@alschaben) January 10, 2016

    First time I've ever seen security with machine guns walking #GoldenGlobes (@ScottFeinberg) https://t.co/E3Q76hkOkv pic.twitter.com/fVnBi933Q8
    — Janice Min (@janicemin) January 11, 2016

    Security with machine guns patrol red carpet before 73rd Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/FSRlmmcBnN
    — Allen Schaben (@alschaben) January 10, 2016

    Beverly Hills PD armored vehicle in position. At 4, a look at prep and security going into tonight's #goldenglobes pic.twitter.com/jLMANNRWgy
    — Ashley Kewish (@ashleykewish) January 10, 2016

    @SantaMonicaPD K-9 Rambo pawz'd for a moment on red carpet while aiding in security check at the #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/cTYiEdWLbt
    — Jacqueline Seabrooks (@SantaMonicaCoP) January 10, 2016


http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/01/11/armed-guards-protect-anti-gun-celebrities-golden-globe-awards/#exVkVa01eVEbPgCA.99

"When you are for gun control you are not against guns. Because the guns will be needed to disarm the people.
So it's not that you're anti-gun, because you need the guns of the police to take away other people's guns.
There is no such thing as gun control. There is only centralizing gun ownership in the hands of a small political elite and their minions."
- Stefan Molyneux (freedomainradio.com)