Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. suZI HuNTINGTON INsIDER rumInATIonS ur forefathers and help quell crime — really knew especially if they were how to speak using their rightfully eloquently — owned gun to do it! if only they We should aprealized how plaud the people their beautiful words who confront and would become twisted claim victory over Amendment II in modern society. The bad guys. Shake the A well regulated debate over their meanhand and thank the Militia, being necessary ing rages on and you storeowner or clerk to the security of a free and I must continue to who nails the wouldState, the right of the navigate the minefield be robber. Yeah, what people to keep and bear of new gun laws created they did is dangerous, Arms, shall not be every year. Depending but it’s their right to infringed. upon who’s controlling protect themselves the House and Senate, and others. They the laws ebb and flow don’t have to wait in much like the ocean tide the equally dangerous on a sandy beach. Can I situation for one of us carry today, tomorrow, to show up and save next Tuesday or when I’m retired? Who’s on first? Why has them. Think about it, they’re taking action. Good vs. evil, this become such a confusing subject? and right and wrong must be important to them. Cops are minutes away — when seconds count. O Cops And The 2 AmendmenT nd Constitution For Beginners Although there are a total of 27 amendments, the first ten are what we’re most familiar with and referred to as The Bill of Rights. These ten amendments were proposed March 4, 1789 and ratified December 15, 1791. All laws, new and old, have their roots in the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution and should not be taken lightly. The Second Amendment has been interpreted so much and by so many it makes my head spin. Each time it’s reinterpreted it seems to have about a dozen extra special interest groups adding their two cents-worth because one person was tragically killed by some turd who should have been exterminated years ago. I’m not heartless, I’m just tired of seeing the special “So-and-so Act of Whenever” being passed with much fanfare as a feel-good, this is gonna solve our society’s problems legislation. These laws generally only add extra penalties onto the sentences of those same turds who don’t respect anything or anybody already — they have no effect on their mindset when deciding to victimize innocents. I think of the Second Amendment as a means for society not only being able to fend for itself, but as one more way of helping you and I on the street. Society has the right and should be expected to take care of themselves. We’ve made too many people dependent on government to do everything for them. I hated all that responsibility when I was on the street and resented it when the community blamed me (the government) for their victimization. I loved it when someone would step in 70 Good For The Goose Every citizen living in and wanting to keep their state free should be allowed to keep and bear arms, plain and simple. No elitist attitude in that statement. Remember, you and I are citizens first, cops second. There should be none of this “I can carry a gun whenever I want because I’m a cop, but you can’t” mentality. What’s good for us is good for The People too. Society is just as responsible for knowing what’s right and wrong; the only difference between them and us is we’ve got a little more training on the subject and have chosen to be in this profession. Since moving to a much smaller community than San Diego, I put myself in the boots of the local cops here and think if I were patrolling this vast rural area, I’d feel a comfort in knowing the community was well armed (and they are). My cover unit might have to respond from a neighboring county. If Mr. Smith happened to hear the commotion and showed up with his lever action .30-30 to help my sorry butt, I’d be most appreciative. It’s a simple idea and one I think our founding fathers meant to keep simple. It’s those who don’t want to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty who want to disarm society. They’ve convinced themselves they’ll be taken care of by someone or something else, but I can tell you we simply can’t take care of everybody and everything. I want people to be empowered to take back their lives, to stand up and be responsible for every aspect of their lives — including their safety. INsIDERrumInATIonS INsIDERrumInATIonS Continued on page 69 WWW.AMERICANCOPMAGAZINE.COM • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009