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Originally Posted by Bane
Let's just look at that statement from a rational point of view
There are approx 800,000 law enforcement officers employed in the united states between state, local and federal.
So you are saying that only about 4000 cops in the entire country really know what they are talking about?
Let's bring it down to an even more grave situation, there are about 40,000 sworn police officers in the state of Pennsylvania myself included. That would mean only a couple hundred of us have any idea what's going on..... across the entire state.
And you chumped a trained, experienced and PAID instructor with your vast knowledge of gun rights information? I've been to a lot of training and every once in a great while you can drop a little morsel of obscure info the teach might not have stored away in his cranium but for the most part these guys have forgotten more information then you the student know.
Let's all step back from generalizing assumptions about law enforcement after having a shot go across our 2nd amendment bow. A incorrect statement was made, noted and corrected and now the world can happily keep spinning.
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Originally Posted by rodder
Ya know, if that's all it was I would agree with you. But the fact is this type of thing happens with shocking regularity across the country. Considering the amount of lawsuits and court decisions that have already come up because of a misunderstanding of firearm law you'd think you guys would start being a little more accepting of the fact that it's possible you don't know every law there is.
The know-it-all attitude you've displayed in your response here isn't doing you any favors.
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^^^This pretty much sums up what I was going to respond with. Bane you might be one of the select few that does understand more of the gun laws compared to your brethren. I applaud you for that because as I stated you are one of the very few. Unfortunately there is an extremely vast minority of you out there. I am around LEO's on a daily basis (new & old) and I can't tell you how many of them have no idea when it comes to simple gun ownership laws/rights. I mean even the most basic knowledge of knowing that it is completely legal to OC in PA WITHOUT a LTCF (disregarding vehicles/certain buildings/areas (parks/school zones/etc.)) escapes many of these men & women.
It's a sad but true fact that departments all over aren't keeping their officers up to date on a more regular basis. Hell just look at some of the most recent occurances in Philadelphia. The vast majority of those officers were required to have the updated training and failed to do so. They claim time/availability/etc are their reasoning for not being updated. Well then it is a matter of their superiors/jurisdictions to make them available for it.