Survey of 15,000 LEOs Thoughts on Gun Control

[KevDen2005]

I liked the responses from the police officers, except the question about whether or not training should be required before owning a gun. Obviously half of police officers don't understand "shall not be infringed". Infringed meaning "interfered with in any way".

yeah, I understand how it makes sense that training would help prevent accidents. But that's not what the 2nd amendment says.

it tells me that half the police officers want to interpret the 2nd amendment in some other way than it was written.

Good thing it's just a survey about their opinions

[hatidua]

"When asked whether citizens should be required to complete a safety training class before being allowed to buy a gun, about 43 percent of officers say it should not be required. About 42 percent say it should be required for all weapons"

I'm not seeing that in an overall positive light...

[brutal]

"When asked whether citizens should be required to complete a safety training class before being allowed to buy a fully automatic weapon, about 43 percent of officers say it should not be required. About 42 percent say it should be required for all formerly NFA weapons"

I'm not seeing that in an overall positive light...

FIF(Them)

I might support that if NFA went away.

[merl]

If you look through all of the survey results then you find that:

56.7% of officers support some form of mandatory safety training before being able to purchase all or some types of firearms
59.0% think that open carry is misguided in practice or believe that the concept and practice is a bad idea

Do you still like this survey?

Some good parts, some bad parts. If the focus of gun control shifts from bans to training it is a huge win.