I came across a couple of Canadian police officers enjoying a motorcycle trip down the west coast. When they saw my OC sidearm they asked if I was an officer. They were blown away that I could carry a firearm, openly and lawfully, and was "just" a citizen. They said they couldn't even take their weapons home with them, had to leave them locked up at the precinct. They asked if they could get a picture of me OC to show their boss. I gladly obliged.
Not sure how it is now but when I lived in the DC area, off duty LEO couldn't even have their weapons, same as the Canadians, they had to lock it up at the precinct. There were several officers murdered as they sat at traffic lights on their way home and/or about their off duty personal business.
I'm not for disarming cops when they are off duty BUT.....if the "regular" citizens can't be armed at will, well then the cops shouldn't be either when they are off duty. Might change the way they look at the issue. For that reason, any and every gun control bill that is presented needs to be amended to strip out ANY LEO exceptions. If we can't have an AR-15 then they can't have one. If we can't carry, they can't carry, if we can only have a 10 round mag, they can only have a 10 round mag....etc at nauseum.
They wouldn't stand for that, thus making such amendments a "poison pill" if they can be inserted and kept in.
