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2. Cops do and should retain an RKBA in their personal lives. However, right also mandates the freedom for employers to dictate the behavior of their employees. As the employer of police, we would be eminently within our rights to require that police be unarmed on the job.
The citizenry is the employer; the officer is a citizen; therefore the officer is to a degree self-employed.
A right is only surrendered by choice or made void by death. If your employer says no firearms on the premises, that is the right of the employer. It is the right of the employee to say no and either dispute it legally or find alternative employment. Now if the officer is a citizen, and the citizenry employs the officer (officer pays taxes also, making him or her a partner in this service), how shall his or her right to bear arms be infringed? Is he a second class citizen because of the occupation?
If the individual right to bear arms can be negated by being in public employment, then the officer will be solely at the mercy of the violent offender or good citizen who durst to sticketh his neck out. This obviously works well just for the average citizen who is targeted by the criminal. Now lets introduce the element of apprehension of said violent felon with a nightstick, some pepper spray, hot tea and crumpets!
I forgot Taser. Sorry.
Its wrong for anyone to be deprived of the right to defend himself from an assailant. Period.
How about we work at restoring the right to bear arms that have been yielded by previous generations? How about we fight government corruption at all levels? How about we deal with these politicians who MAKE these laws that infringe upon our rights?
The right to bear arms is not a police power. It is a natural right not ensconced by the powers vested in an office. We must take back a right that has been yielded by our forefathers and taken by the political thuggery.
A bad cop is the tip of the iceberg. The powers of the office allow bad people to do bad things. This holds true for all offices where power is vested but not monitored.
I encourage you to get involved with your local police department. Do a ride along, join the citizens police academy, or find other things to make inroads. Be the change you want in an organization that provides a public service.