>>>>>>>>>>Don't know about all cops, but a bunch of police chiefs have spoken out in favor of gun control since Newtown.
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>>>>>>>>>>Really? You must have missed this then:
>>>>>>>>>>http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/number-nations-sheriffs-refusing-enforce-unconstitutional-gun-laws
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>>>>>>>>>No, I'm aware of that, too. It doesn't change the fact that a bunch of police chiefs (and I'll point out that, unlike sheriffs, police chiefs are generally not elected officials) spoke up saying changes were needed.
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>>>>>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>>>>>Seriously?? You side with police chiefs but ignore the sherrif''s opinions. Selective reasoning.
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>>>>>>>I think she has a valid point though - the sheriff's are elected so they're subject to political pressures. Plus I don't put much stock in a sheriff who's publicly stated that they intend to violate their oath of office.
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>>>>>>In most urban areas the Police Chief is appointed by the mayor or city council, making it a political appointment. That could, and frequently does, skew their public opinions and views if they don't already profess to share the same views when hired.
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>>>>>Police Chiefs are usually in urban areas and appointed - sheriffs are usually responsible for more rural areas and are elected officials. Police chiefs seems to be for gun control, whereas the sheriffs are not. Lot of this has come to the attention of the news media over the weekend.
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>>>>What was it you've been saying about numbers of people being mowed down in the US each year by assault weapons (not knowing what they are)? 50000?
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>>>>http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-11
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>>>>And, gosh - even CNN is starting to wonder what your point is..
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>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/us/handguns-and-federal-legislation/index.html?npt=NP1
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>>>I don't agree with all this fuss about the technical difference between assault weapons and semi-automatics. One fires repeatedly with just a hand held to the trigger while the other needs a finger pressed again and again. That's a distinction without a difference IMO. The purpose of both of them is to kill a lot of people in a hurry.
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>>Sporting rifles can be semi-automatic but they don't have the 10.00 plastic pistol grip. Are they assault weapons? Pistols can be semi-automatic. Are they assault weapons? Double action revolver pistols can fire with each pull of the trigger (almost as fast as a semi-automatic). Are they assault weapons?
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>Hey I got an idea! - lets nitpick it all to death & make a dog & pony show out of it so that NOTHING gets done....or wait we have the NRA for that...hahahahaha

Better yet, lets do something just because it feels good but has NO chance of making a difference.