Well, if I pull the trigger reeeeeally fast, I can shoot up to 60 rounds per minute! That, like, totally deems it as an "assault weapon", right? Oh yeah, and how about the shoulder thing that goes up?

 

I can't believe that POS is a cop. Unfriend him.

 

 

Oh and fugg Facebook. Without that this kind of misinformation wouldn't spread like wildfire.

 

Hence why as a Second Amendment supporter, it is our responsibility to spread correct information, and to, politely, explain their errors.

 

If they call BS, simply ask where they get their information from. IE- how many AR15s has he built. I find that google makes it fairly easy to find facts to back stuff up. Why, just go to wikipedia and look up AR15 to prove it stands for Armalite, that might shut him up.

 

And when antis talk about how easy it is to get guns, simply find legal text that describes the FPID process in NJ, or explains the NICS system, etc.

 

Usually they'll stop posting uninformed crap after a while, or unfriend you (both good) when they've been made to look like a dumbass enough.

Its not LEO vs Civvies....its informed vs misinformed...simple...

Its not LEO vs Civvies....its informed vs misinformed...simple...

 

In this case yup. The majority are uniformed. If they weren't they wouldnt all be parroting the same bs. Squawk... High capacity magazines, squawk, nobody needs an assault rifle, squawk squawk, close the gun show loophole, squawk squawk, you dont need a full auto gun to hunt. Squawk squawk.

 

bunch of friggin parrots repeating what they heard on tv.

Its not LEO vs Civvies....its informed vs misinformed...simple...

 

I think the irritation here is that in this case it's the LEO that's misinformed.

 

That should NEVER be the case.

I think the irritation here is that in this case it's the LEO that's misinformed.

 

That should NEVER be the case.

 

We've been down this road before in other threads. This only leads down one road with LEO's saying they can't possibly know all the laws and then the bashing starts.

 

I've been in my industry (not law enforcement) approaching 20 years. If you do some research there are studies that indicate that a person needs 10,000 hours of practice in anything to become TRULY proficient. By that standard, I've exceeded that several times with my 20 yrs of on the job experience. That said, I still run into situations I have never seen before which require investigation, introspection, and study to determine the cause/source/outcome etc.

 

My point simply is that no matter how much "experience" and "training" you have, you can not possibly have seen every possible situation in your life, you can not know "everything". The problem occurs when someone "thinks" they know everything. This is potentially dangerous.

Fair enough. I don't expect anyone to "know everything", LEO included.

 

I do expect, however, that someone in a position such as an LEO to take an "investigative" approach to unknown situations.....not a firm, incorrect stance based in misinformation. I don't think that's asking too much.

Its not like they can't just access the laws via the internet in a pinch. They can even use their cell phones if they really wanted to. The laws arent that confusing that leo should be completely misinformed.

 

The issue is they dont have to be held accountable if they are wrong. They still go home at the end of the shift and get paid. Regular people might be in jail and be out of a lot of money in fees even if in the right.

Its not like they can't just access the laws via the internet in a pinch. They can even use their cell phones if they really wanted to. The laws arent that confusing that leo should be completely misinformed.

 

The issue is they dont have to be held accountable if they are wrong. They still go home at the end of the shift and get paid. Regular people might be in jail and be out of a lot of money in fees even if in the right.

 

Actually not true..if I am wrong I could be sued. Not knowing is not an excuse. People sue cops all the time.

 

 

Actually not true..if I am wrong I could be sued. Not knowing is not an excuse. People sue cops all the time.

 

So if you arrested me for having an "assault weapon" because you thought I had a flash hider on my rifle but it turned out to be a muzzle break I could sue you personally for say, wrongful arrest?

In before the lock!

the fact is, whether this cop is informed or mis-informed, oridinary average non-gun people look at him and expect he has knowledge of these things. therein lies the problem- his qualifications of military service and LE mean nothing about his knowledge of the workings of civilian firearms, however ordinary people perceive him that way. WE know that not every cop knows firearms like BLF or Griz, but joe schmo doesn't, we need to inform them of that, just because someone is a vet or cop, doesn't mean they are correct on all firearm knowledge.

DONE.....