One of the arguments on the background check commercials is that it will make our officers safer, maybe. But what does our past tell us,
http://www.odmp.org/search/browse?state=WA
In the last 10 years there has been 10 officers killed, 5 in one year, and there were a couple of back to back years that no officers were killed.
Of the officers that were killed by guns, how many would have been saved by background checks. I say none. Prove me wrong.
http://www.odmp.org/search/browse?state=WA
In the last 10 years there has been 10 officers killed, 5 in one year, and there were a couple of back to back years that no officers were killed.
Of the officers that were killed by guns, how many would have been saved by background checks. I say none. Prove me wrong.