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Charles L. Cotton wrote:As I said in the post, we do not want to discourage discussion and debate on specific incidents, whether those incidents involve good or bad treatment by law enforcement and/or government policies. The facts are what they are and such discussions are legitimate.

It's also entirely proper to discuss certain statutes or government regulations and policies, such as the illogical restriction on purchasing handguns outside your home state, or the BATFE's absurd enforcement tactics designed to drive FFL's out of business.

What we are going to stop are threads or responses to specific incidents that turn into a global condemnation of LEO's, their agencies or the government; i.e. something to the effect of "What do you expect, all COPS are bad and the government is out to get us."

I hope this explanation helps.

Chas.

ahhh, yes. Quite.

sounds good to me.

+1 on this.

I know some of my posts could be construed as anti-leo and if that has been perceived in any way please understand that is in NO way the case.

I've given becoming a leo myself a lot of thought and I have nothing but the utmost respect for the leo community. If the $ was better I would probably do it.

My posts on the topic are generally intended to educate folks that there is no legal responsibility for the "the cops to come save you" even though they make their best efforts to do so. The intent is to get folks to be responsible for their own safety and security and having leo there as a backup.

When you are threatened and it requires immediate action your instinct should not be "call the cops". It should be "defend yourself, then call the cops." IMO

Feel free to delete and/or edit ANY posts I've made that you feel portray LEO in an unfairly negative light. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the vast majority of public servants.