Time was up until the 70’s all a cop needed to do was flash a badge (star) and that was it. When the courts with their lib lienient sentencing changed this. The gun became is the intimidator and many in law enforcement view it that way. That’s where this guy is comming from .
"We deal with gun violence on a daily basis and we are just asking and have been asking for reasonable regulations, not that will impact the legal gun owner but to help keep our officers and communities safe."
He made his statements in the context of regulatory control of firearms, which don't impact the legal gun owners. Regulations impact legal gun owners, they don't impact criminals. When life and death are a matter of seconds, regulations meant to keep our officers and communities safe are useless, and the police are only minutes away.