Ravenwood - 12/15/05 07:30 AM
In 2004, Congress passed a law allowing off-duty and retired cops to carry concealed firearms nation wide. But the City of Chicago doesn't think their retired cops are qualified to carry a gun.
...the city is worried about the liability of allowing retired cops to carry guns when they haven't gone through refresher training or undergone mental and physical fitness evaluations. The city also is concerned about the lack of a national database of retired officers authorized to carry guns.According to Chicago, cops who have spent the better part of their life thanklessly serving the public aren't mentally and physically fit enough to carry a gun. And since it is up to the City of Chicago to certify their retirees, they will be unable to carry guns until Chicago chooses to let them.
The Fraternal Order of Police is furious. They pushed hard for national concealed carry for police officers. Apparently they don't appreciate Chicago treating their members like ordinary citizens. (Here's hoping it will make the FOP more reluctant to support gun bans in the future.)
Of course there is nothing Chicago can do to prevent out-of-town cops and retirees from carrying guns in Chicago, since they would have been certified by agencies outside of the city.
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I don't remember seeing an * next to the second amendement requiring training, mental and fitness evaluations.
And we wonder why crime is so bad in Chicago. What a joke.
Posted by: Derek at December 15, 2005 8:40 AMI'm going to disagree for the block, Alex.
Not that I think Chicago is a bastion of good sense, but basically, they're part of the pioneers of the nuisance lawsuit against gun makers - they don't want to be on the wrong end of a lawsuit when one of their former cops draws/fires a weapon. They've seen how you play the game, and it's only when THEY'RE The ones harrassing do they want to play.
So it's not so much an insult to the former cops as it is "Hey, we do this to other people with lawyers, and damn if we want to play fair here".
Posted by: Addison at December 15, 2005 10:00 AMIn that case, I'll take what a bunch of pussies for the win ;-)
Posted by: SayUncle at December 15, 2005 11:24 AMIn that case....
Host: Ok, Uncle has picked Whoopi Goldberg!
Whoopi: BUSH IS A POOPIE HEAD!
Host: Ok, Whoopi. Now. Name the last great French military leader who WASN'T burned at the stake!
Whoopi: I'm going to say, Bush is evil, and the cause of everything.
Host: Ok, but we're talking France here.
Whoopi: Oh, I know, I Kid, I kid. Degaulle. Never lost a battle, regained Paris from the Germans.
Host: OK, Uncle, agree or disagree?
Until retired Chicago cops stand up for everyone's right to carry arms for self protection I am not going to cry for them.
Posted by: Marc at December 15, 2005 2:46 PMIt would be a interesting idea to make a database for cops as to who can and can't carry. It would put restrictions on them that us "civvies" don't have. And it does make sense since anyone with photoshop skills can make an official looking police department certification card. (Which is what is required to carry.) Of course introducing any kind of national registration database may be a step in the wrong direction.
Funny, Wichita PD allows an officer to come in at his expense with his firearms to carry and must pass the state qualification course with no instruction or advice within 2 tries. It might make sense to give refresher courses in self defense law and shooting maneuvres instead of relying on memory of law. But then that makes the officer more responsible for his actions than the dept.
Posted by: Rhett at December 15, 2005 3:14 PMAddison: I'll say Leclerc.
Degaulle nearly managed to get his Free French dropped out of Eisenhower's supply chain for being an arrogant ass.
Posted by: DaveP. at December 17, 2005 10:44 AMThere in the WINDY CITY run by RICHARD(JACKASS)DAILY they want to confiscate all guns what a bunch of wussies
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