[servo1969]

Mike McDaniel - "My background is quite eclectic. I’m a classically trained musician--a first tenor--but am also skilled on the guitar and bass, compose and arrange music, and direct when the opportunity arises. These days, I’m a professional singer, performing with a well known chorale that performs with a fine symphony orchestra. I serve the chorale as a board member and the tenor and bass section leader. I also sing regularly with a metropolitan church choir, for which I am actually paid! As a sidebar, I was fortunate to have the opportunity in college to build a double manual harpsichord from a kit. Being a musician and carpenter helped a great deal, and I got college credit for the project. The instrument will outlive me by centuries, and no doubt, look better too!

I am a veteran of the Air Force, having served in SAC as a Security Policeman during the Cold War. I am also a veteran of a bit less than two decades of experience as a civilian police officer where I served as a patrolman, juvenile officer, detective, field training officer, taught at a state law enforcement academy, served as a shift supervisor, division commander, firearm trainer and SWAT officer. I’m also a firearm instructor certified by the NRA and the American Small Arms Academy (Chuck Taylor's school).

I’ve been an athlete all of my life, and have run several marathons, but these days, I mostly bicycle and lift weights for exercise and fun and ride the occasional century. I was the co-founder and first vice president of the Wyoming Division of the United States Fencing Association (essentially European fencing), and study Kendo (ken-dough, Japanese fencing) and Iaido (ee-eye-dough, Japanese sword drawing). I’m a history buff as well.

My day job is teaching high school English. I love it, and my students, with a passion. I’ve been married 33 years to a magnificent woman who deserves far better than me, and have a cat, Mushi, which is short for “mushin,” or “empty mind” in Japanese. I’ve always been a writer, and have written two plays that have been produced several times. I’m also published, from time to time, at Pajamas Media and at Gun Values Board."

[SMARTY]

I work at a University where the Police Academy is close to my office.

The young men and women who I see daily in their classroom, and in the halls are some of the most clean cut and courteous kids on campus.... as are the ROTC guys.

Many of the police cadets, men and women, are a former military... most are much younger than me and routinely address me as Ma’am...lots of Yes Sir's and Yes Ma’am’s around them!!

[SwankyC]

I ask because I’m familiar with ours, having been a PA State Trooper for twenty years. They get the job done, efficiently. They’re excellent marksman and highly trained. I’m curious why you’d make the SWAT team in your article sound like something out of a twisted Police Academy movie.

This asshole sounds like the only thing objects to, is that the SWAT team in the story used 100+ rounds. Stupid jack boot douche seems to have missed the part (or agrees with) where they murdered 2 people.

[MileHi]

bflr

[KeyLargo]

DELICIOUS IRONY: Gun guys permeate audience of anti-gun conference on how to “disrupt the gun lobby”

http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=11457

[KeyLargo]

Police Patrol Carbine or Assault Rifle, Well What Is It?
Published on Monday, March 10, 2014
Tags:Assault Weapons|Defense Training International|Gun Banners|Hypocrites|John Farnam

http://www.ammoland.com/2014/03/police-patrol-carbine-or-assault-rifle-well-what-is-it/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[NewCenturions]

As a retired Police Officer( using a family members sign on). This hits the nail on the head and is almost exactly
what I noticed in my years on the force.
What is getting more prevelant in hiring new officers is
the political correctness griping our nation.
The danger is in creating a police force that is enforcing
an ideal pushed by dept. supervisors and politicians and ignoring or minimizing the constitution.

[Travis T. OJustice]

A Branford cop “can’twait to kick your door in”.

http://www.branfordseven.com/news/local/article_b9001a90-a7eb-11e3-9579-001a4bcf6878.html

[fella]

Someone in the resistance in Connecticut should start a web site that lists the names, family members and addresses of all of Connecticut’s legislators, AGs and their staff (the ones who really write and enforce these laws), Oh and the LEOs too. It’s only fair because the government has that kind of list for their targets. You know, that level playing field that the RATs go on and on about.