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Monday, January 18th, 2016

Growing number of police chiefs, sheriffs join call to arms

Author:     Cody Derespina
Source:     Fox News
Publication Date:     January 15, 2016
 Link: Growing number of police chiefs, sheriffs join call to arms
Stephan:   In my view the sheriffs should be eliminated as an office and a force. They are a remnant of British common law dating to medieval times. Anyone can run for sheriff, no particular experience is required, and it tends to be a job filled by right wing men because they tend to crave power and authority. This report, published in the Fox propaganda operation, which tells you a lot, is pro-gun of course. But that does not mean the issue addressed is not important. What I consider worrisome is that many sheriffs, and some police chiefs, are supporting the idea that citizens should go around armed. It makes me feel like I am in a movie of the fictionalized old west and anyone who looks the the actual data can see that where you have people going around armed all the time gun injuries and deaths go up, and the victims are usually the gun owner's family and friends.
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Florida Sheriff Grady Judd Credit:Polksheriff

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.

“I want as many law-abiding citizens to arm themselves in this county as we can get.”

– Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke

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 […]

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