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NFL Bans Off-Duty Officers from Carrying Guns into Games
Breitbart.com ^ | 10/07/2013 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 10/08/2013 7:55:14 AM PDT by logi_cal869

A new NFL security policy bars off-duty police officers from carrying their guns into football games. Although it is normal for police officers to carry a gun 24/7--in case they come face to face with a criminal whom they had arrested and who may have revenge on his mind--the NFL says police who are not specifically assigned to work the game are not allowed to carry their guns.

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KEYWORDS: ban; banglist; guncontrol; guns; nfl; secondamendment
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61 posted on 10/08/2013 10:12:18 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: logi_cal869
More effeminate nonsense from the NFL!

Take off the pink ribbons!

62 posted on 10/08/2013 10:13:10 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: logi_cal869

NFL getting politically correct? Stupid move.


63 posted on 10/08/2013 10:25:15 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: logi_cal869

I was just pointing out the fallacy in their plan

If they don’t want guns, and they ban police officers from bringing guns, then they also should ban criminals from bringing guns

They need to ban criminals too

We need to confront liberals with this so-called ‘logic’ over and over and over until you get them to say it out loud: “but the criminals wont obey the law...”

Then we shout BINGO! and do the victory dance in their face (complete with turbo-mooning)


64 posted on 10/08/2013 10:48:13 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: logi_cal869

Well this is fully understandable as the National Felon League would not want fans more heavily armed that the players.


65 posted on 10/08/2013 11:40:18 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
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To: Mr. Quarterpanel
When they are off duty, they are regular people, N'est Pas?

Police is one of those professions where they're never completely "off", they're always on standby to some degree or another.
Look, the left is trying to take away our guns little by little, and places we can carry one by one.
If they can take away the right to carry from off-duty cops, that's a huge victory for the anti-gun crowd and does absolutely nothing to make people safer.
I'm not willing to give them that.

66 posted on 10/08/2013 11:48:16 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Pecos

Nevertheless it’d be the lesser of two evils to be in a stadium where at least cops are armed vs. no one but the criminals being armed.

I can’t imagine if they took a poll that most of their attendees would want the cops to be disarmed. Of course if they asked if they wanted a “gun-free zone,” a lot of fools would probably answer yes to that.


67 posted on 10/08/2013 11:55:04 AM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: logi_cal869

Sounds good to me. Until the laws that affect the rest of us affect the police as well, nothing will change.


68 posted on 10/08/2013 12:23:06 PM PDT by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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Who is the NFL? It’s the team owners and their hired doofusses like Roger Goodell.
And was there not an owners meeting within the last week? This sounds like it came from somebody like Kraft or Schneider or maybe Sultan Hussein’s Ambassador to Ireland.


69 posted on 10/08/2013 12:46:43 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: Wurlitzer
National Felon League

Friggin' awesome!

70 posted on 10/08/2013 1:12:54 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: logi_cal869

With cops these days like the ones involved in attacking Alex Lien in Manhattan, it’s hard to blame them. Clean up your own yard, cops. And I know there’s more to this than that, but it bears stating.


71 posted on 10/08/2013 2:41:32 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: BitWielder1
If they can take away the right to carry from off-duty cops, that's a huge victory for the anti-gun crowd and does absolutely nothing to make people safer...

I agree with you for the most part. I am not troubled with off duty LEO carrying. I have no problem with anyone properly licensed carrying. In fact, I think it is a good idea in a public setting. When going to a game, the place is crawling with LEO and other armed personnel. All there to protect.

IMO, there is no need for other, non-uniformed and not actively engaged personnel running around when those charged with security are already in place. It makes sense to restrict weapons to those that are there to man them. This would include off duty LEO. I would have little problem with anyone properly licensed to carry at games, but I don't make the rules.

Going to a Professional Football game is not something that I put myself through, as the restrictions and personal space infringements are that I want to endure. Not wanting to break rules and endure that mess, I steer clear.

72 posted on 10/09/2013 7:45:11 AM PDT by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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To: Mr. Quarterpanel
IMO, there is no need for other, non-uniformed and not actively engaged personnel running around when those charged with security are already in place.

We're not talking about NEED, we're talking about preserving our RIGHTS.
That's the real issue here.

73 posted on 10/09/2013 7:59:25 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: BitWielder1
we're talking about preserving our RIGHTS.

I hear you. I am with you. I am just commenting on the fact that if an organization is going to ban firearms in a venue where Security is engaged, then it should apply to ALL, even off duty LEO. They are NOT special. They take off the uniform, they are subject to the rules, just like the rest of us.

The only way people "Get It" is when they have to "Live It".

I never patronize a business or organization that wants to take away my rights.

74 posted on 10/10/2013 5:10:13 AM PDT by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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