[DCBryan1]

OK RKBA Freepers, lets get to work!

There are five (5) simple and quick things you can to to help us here in Arkansas to change this assinine policy.

First: Forward this article to Angel Shamya at www.keepandbeararms.com and the NRA (my aol is down-thanks for taking up the slack)

Second: Leave FEEDBACK at Alltel Arena at:
(Alltel Arena Feedback Forum) or email them at: arena@alltelarena.com

Third:Contact the Arena BOARD where this crap policy came up by mail or phone at:

ALLTEL Arena
One Alltel Arena Way
North LIttle Rock, AR 72114
Phone: (501) 340-5660
Fax: 501-340-5668
email: arena@alltelarena.com

These are the the culprits:

ALLTEL Arena Staff
General Manager Michael Marion - antigunner
Office Manager Tami Warmington
Box Office Manager Ellen Yehling
Assistant Director Jason Fowler (he took my complaint) and was VERY, very nice and supportive of my position.
Director of Operations Wesley Holmes

Forth: Contact the NLR City ATTY Paul Suskie who is pro-gun, and ask him to quietly lean on the board to change their policy for off-duty cops.

City Attorney: Paul Suskie
City Attorney's Office
P. O. Box 5757
North Little Rock, AR 72119
Phone: 501-340-5336
Email: psuskie@alltel.net

Last thing you can do is contact Terry Hastings at Little Rock Police Department Media/Press Relations at: 501-371-4626 and give him praise for standing up to this assinine policy. I left a short message on his answering machine.

Thanks pro-gun, RKBA Freepers, and forward this to all your battle-buddies!

DCBryan1
Little Rock, AR

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[MrB]

I have noticed a truism in my lifetime.

The only way to get oppressive, onerous rules repealed is for those same rules to apply to the rule makers/enforcers.

Absolutely - if citizens cannot carry firearms into a public place, neither can off-duty police officers. Policemen are not "special" citizens who are above the rules for other citizens.

[Larry Lucido]

The policy is stupid, but it's going to be hard to generate sympathy for the police officers if their union has ever taken a stand against RKBA for their fellow citizens.

[FreeTally]

Awww, poor wittle police officers don't like being treated like the rest of us peasants.

[Triple]

Please refresh me on the hierchy of citizens. I'm a little rusty.

Lets see:

1 -federal government elected official
2 -federal leo
3 -appointed federal official (judges)
4 - State elected officials
5 - state and local leo's
members of the bar
7-99 - yada yada yada
100- white, law-abiding privately employed males

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My point- Off duty cops have no more rights than any other citizen.

[FreePaul]

Mixed feelings. Sounds like the action of a typical gun ban advocate. On the other hand why should police officers be different? If I read the AG opinion correctly a citizen of Arkansas can ban police officers from carrying guns into his home.

[OPS4]

The more law enforcement officers that are disarmed in crowd
situations the more powerful criminals can become.

Lets see, if peasants as one poster cited cant carry Guns then why should off duty cops.

Well the more badges and Guns in the crowd situations after 9-11 the better, is my take. If it was'nt for alot of Off Duty Cops and Fireman giving up their lives in New York and Oklahoma City, many lives would not be saved.

I would rather trust a licensed Gun in the Crowd than otherwise.

God Bless the Peace Officers and God Bless America!
Ops4

[Alpha One]

They can't allow crazed psychos intent on blowing a large crowd away to be shot by an armed citizen, even if that citizen is a police officer. Seems like they are cooking up another Jonesboro, albeit in a auditorium this time.

[copycat]

"I am just not interested in having guns laying around," Marion said.

You will be the day some crooks tries to kill you for your purse.

[EBUCK]

The hypocrisy.....

"I’m not going anywhere without my weapon, personally," he I said. "If something happens, I want to do something about it because I’m a police officer citizen."

[antaresequity]

"I’m not going anywhere without my weapon, personally," he said. "If something happens, I want to do something about it because I’m a police officer."

Ya...never know when he might have to shoot somones dog.

[DonPaulJonesII]

One general rule that I live by: if my weapons are not welcome, then neither am I.

[Just another Joe]

I tend to say that the idiotic policy is not letting citizens go armed.

OTOH, as long as it is being enforced against citizens and off duty LEO citizens alike I don't see where anybody has anything to say about it.
The off duty LEOs may not like it, but tough.

[CCWoody]

What a gem this is:

With a weapon, "even if you’re off duty, you can respond to a crisis and protect yourself," Polk said. ~ Article


Obviously, the police in Arkansas view themselves as better than the common Joe. Perhaps you need to add re-education of police to your list.

[mrustow]

Although Marion won’t budge on the weapon policy, he said he’ll try to attract Pulaski County deputies back to his security force by offering them more hours.

We'll see what wins out: money or "principle."

I wrote principle in scare quotes, because this is really about privilege and professional loyalty. If it were about principle, the officers would oppose ANY licensed gunowner from being forbidden to carry his firearm in the arena. But since the deputies are only upset about their "rights" and those of their brother officers being violated, I say to them, "Get a taste of your own medicine, gentlemen, a good, long swig of it."

[Clinging Bitterly]

Don't live in Arkansas (haven't since 1962), but if I did, I wouldn't be interested in arguing for a policy to grant special rights to off duty cops. To dump the no weapons policy for everyone, I would support, but not just for some.

Dave in Eugene