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bdickens wrote:"It was the brass...."

Well there you go. So we punish the officer on the street who is trying his best to do the right thing and protect people while getting paid peanuts by denying him the tools he needs to do that very difficult and under appreciated job.

There is always the concept of collateral damage and what is acceptable. But, you will note that my proposal would not have denied the officer anything he truly needed. It would merely have raised the cost for some items by making the government buy them through a regular retail outlet instead of from the manufacturer. It might have denied the officer a few options he desired since he would then be limited to just what the civilians could also buy, Any patrol officer could get the tools he needs to do his job, as could detectives and even SWAT. He might not get all of the neat toys he wants, but he could get what he needs.

It was the brass, which makes the organization gun banning. Of course, I am fairly sure the average street cop does not support their position.

LAPD was confirmed as a gun banning organization when they went to the city council and asked for and supported the ban on .50BMG rifles. They are the ones who irritated Barrett by using his rifle for political reasons, especially ones he disagreed with.

I propose a slightly different answer. The companies should just not deal with the governmental agencies in California but still sell to the public. This would mean that there would still be distributors at the wholesale and retail levels in CA. If the government wants a gun, they can go to the same retail dealer as the public and get the same weapons as they allow the citizens to own.

There are two different groups to be considered in this, and the smaller group will be hurt less than the larger. The large cities and the state will have to pay quite a bit more for their weapons and will not be able to obtain all of the super weapons they want. They will still be able to get what is needed to do their job. They will eventually cause the public to look at this as taxes are raised due to the higher costs.

The smaller agencies will not be hurt nearly as much since they very rarely get to deal with the manufacturers anyway. They have to go through the police distributors anyway. They will see a small increase in prices, but they will not be affected as much.

The tie in between the legislative and executive branch is that all laws should apply equally to the citizens and the governmental agencies. Even if the people do not put the pressure on the legislators, the police will when they get hurt financially by this tactic.