tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post6751615584986348431..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead AgreesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-17342966559106674682013-02-07T17:04:41.235+01:002013-02-07T17:04:41.235+01:00Well, lets see. I've had these conversations i...Well, lets see. I've had these conversations in Oregon, California, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado. The areas ranged from small towns to some of the largest metro areas in the nation. As to how I had the conversations, I just went out and met people. Public meetings, service organizations, neighborhood block parties...the list just goes on and on. The number of people with whom you can speak is limited only by your willingness to go to where the people are and listen to them more than you talk.Retired Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699864696101977529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-6422417641610690482013-02-07T16:44:48.462+01:002013-02-07T16:44:48.462+01:00Where exactly are you meeting all these like-minde...Where exactly are you meeting all these like-minded individual police officers all across the nation? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-37220448146821362362013-02-06T16:08:02.495+01:002013-02-06T16:08:02.495+01:00Over the years I've spoken with a lot of law e...Over the years I've spoken with a lot of law enforcement officers (LEOs) across the nation. My experience is that while chiefs and organizations often tend toward support for greater gun control, most of the individual officers with whom I've spoken, those men and women who are out on the streets doing the jobs for which they are so often grossly underpaid, do not.<br />And, while that bastion of journalistic excellence that is Mother Jones would have us believe that an AR-15 is an assault rifle, the banning of which would prevent horrors like the one in CT, LEOs with whom I've spoken know otherwise. Retired Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699864696101977529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-57060283652105983372013-02-06T15:39:11.021+01:002013-02-06T15:39:11.021+01:00Huh? Sheriffs are elected, so they have to pay at...Huh? Sheriffs are elected, so they have to pay attention to public opinion. Chiefs of police typically are appointed, so they do what their bosses tell them. It's a sign that gun control is supported by politicians, but not by the people.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-56335442677424179172013-02-06T11:16:18.471+01:002013-02-06T11:16:18.471+01:00That's my argument, Greg. Because Sheriffs ar...That's my argument, Greg. Because Sheriffs are elected many of them in gun friendly states are towing the company line.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-48641713380540892302013-02-05T22:28:54.267+01:002013-02-05T22:28:54.267+01:00A convicted felon had a gun? But I thought that w...A convicted felon had a gun? But I thought that was against the law and therefore it would not happen right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-19902425793605065172013-02-05T22:03:02.213+01:002013-02-05T22:03:02.213+01:00Let's recall that chiefs of police are politic...Let's recall that chiefs of police are political appointees, while sheriffs are elected. Note which group supports gun control and while supports gun rights.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-21485580315128061812013-02-05T11:47:10.972+01:002013-02-05T11:47:10.972+01:00Yeah, that'll work in Texas...Yeah, that'll work in Texas...Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com