🚀 go-pugleaf

Kevin Youngberg wrote in message <3510BD8F.27D7@utah.uswest.net>...
>>An open letter to California Law Enforcement
>
>>Please end the bigotry, corruption, bias, incompetence and cronyism in
>>the Concealed Weapons Permit system.
>
>Nice Try!! Call the  corrupt, biased incompentent and bigots and then ask
>them to do something about a situation.  Not to mention the length of the
>article.
>
>You get more flies with sugar.

Kevin, not enough people know both the history and the current enforcement
problems in Calif's CCW system.  The problems are so extreme that I would
hope that people besides "gun enthusiast" would be concerned.

It's about embarrassment, if anything...and I would hope I didn't give the
impression that all cops are part of the problem.

Example: 5 years ago my brother was a cabby in San Mateo.  Another driver
from his company was executed on the job, one shot to the back of the head
after he'd surrendered, killed him instantly.  A few days later he ran into
a cop, San Mateo PD who noticed his company and asked him if he was armed
with a gun.  When my brother said "no" (failing to mention the .357 under
the front seat!) the cop strongly and seriously advised him to GET ONE.

Street cops ain't stupid; the ones who aren't power-tripping on their job
(and that's most) are fully in favor of CCW reform, it's the brass who need
convincing.  And if most street cops know that the people they deal with are
aware of the serious injustice inherent in CA CCW, they'll push all the
harder for reform on both a state and PD/Sheriff dept. level.

Jim March