After the mass shootings in Roseburg, Ore., last week, the national media gave a lot of attention to the fact that the local sheriff, John Hanlin, is an ardent supporter of gun rights. He'd written a letter to Vice President Joe Biden shortly after the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre of schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., saying gun control was not the answer. In the letter, Hanlin pledged not to enforce gun regulations he believed to be unconstitutional.
What wasn't widely reported was how common views like Hanlin's have become in law enforcement.
"Talking about firearms now is like talking about race," says Richard Beary, chief of police for the University of Central Florida and president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. "These are difficult conversations, and people get very polarized on each side of it."
It's not unusual to see law enforcement executives arguing with each other about guns in public.
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Any law made will only affect those who obey the law...there are laws about stealing, killing, rape, using drugs....guess what, IT ALL HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. ON A DAILY BASIS!!!
This man's background, actions and beliefs coupled with the photos of that grief stricken brunette at four different mass shootings, now including his district, gives me great cause for suspicion about these shootings. As with all government 'hits' it could never be proven however, some of us are questioning our government's involvement.
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