[goldstategop]

Yeah really. An elite cop who think he knows what's best for Joe Six Pack. I'm sick and tired of this condescending attitude to the Little People. He really needs to stuff it - and I'm not talking about turkey here!

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[brushcop]

You'd be amazed at how many of these idiots I've come across in my 31 yr. career in LE. They are sort of like a Democrat voting/supporting "veteran", watch 'em closely. They'd take away your lawfully owned firearms in a heartbeat I assure you.

[ghostmonkey]

I post as a long time lurker, and member of other Conservative Message boards. I post as a long time law enforcement officer, die-hard Conservative, who is extremely supportive of the RKBA.

To address the LEO from Wisconsin. First off, I am quite sure that the Liberal Newspaper quoted him and his view point while they ignored many more letters containing the opposite viewpoint from other officers. They do this because his view supports their agenda.

The vast majority of street officers support the rights of Citizens to Keep and Bear Arms. They do this because they realize that the police cannot be everywhere, and the criminals fear an armed citizen more than anything else.

Concealed Carry Laws do in fact reduce crime. In the age of terrorism, they can be a national security provision (kinda hard for a terrorist to shoot up a shopping mall if they are going to be getting lead slung back their way.)

At the same time, I can't help but wonder why so much hatred and invective posting comes from supposed conservative message boards for the Police. Many of the same stuff that can be read on hard-core anarchist webboards can be seen spewing from the mouths of supposed Conservatives on many of the boards on the web. (IE: Jackboots, Pigs, Fascists, Elitist, Ect...)

While perhaps much of the opposition to police on conservative boards comes from pseudo-conservative libertarians (who by default usually are very Anti-LEO), there are others who are simply mislead into thinking that the Police are out to get them and restrict their freedom.

The Police are not the enemy, as I said above, the vast majority of the Street Officers support the RKBA, for that matter, most Street Officers also tend to be very Conservative on most political issues.

Focus on the real enemies, those being the ACLU/Communist/Liberal types who also hate the Police and who want to restrict your freedom and RKBA.

[MediaMole]

An elite cop who think he knows what's best for Joe Six Pack.

Racine cops are "elite?" That isn't an adjective commonly used to describe Racine cops.

Then again Racine is a small town with all the amenities* of a big city -- like Compton.

*amenities is defined as gang members and crack houses per square mile.