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KeepAndBearArms.com Polls
on Cops-Only CCW-related Issues

The following polls were done on KeepAndBearArms.com as part of the discovery process relating to H.R. 218 -- the Cops-Only National CCW legislation before Congress. With each poll are a few thoughts relating to the information contained therein. Bear in mind that our polls tend to vary widely in response numbers, usually due to either the length of time the poll was open or whether or not the issue is charged with the kind of passion that makes people move.

We NEVER stuff, alter or edit our polls. The only exception to that rule has been an occasional misspelling or punctuational goof.

Local Law Enforcement and The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Many law enforcement officers not only respect the right of the people to keep and bear arms, they are gun rights activists and true patriots who'd disobey a confiscation order and arrest the Chief that handed it down. These strong, Principle-guided men and women are not only our allies, they are a front line defense against tyranny who deserve a great deal of respect and admiration. These are the people who despise the lies being pumped out by the anti-RKBA cops and cop groups. These are the cops you want as neighbors and as friends -- Real Americans who happen to work in law enforcement.

Unfortunately, there is another breed of law enforcement officer -- one who believes he is superior to you and therefore deserves more rights than you do, and certainly more access to the right of the people to keep and bear arms than you do. This is the cop who will throw a 90-pound woman in jail for carrying a gun because she doesn't want to get raped again -- the kind of cop who opposes handgun possession by lawful, decent people and who endorses and supports today's tyrants.

KeepAndBearArms.com is a national organization. In fact, we've got people visiting our site from dozens of other countries, many of them hoping America pulls through the attacks on our liberties knowing they don't have a prayer unless we do. Being a national organization, we have people from every state in the Union joining us here on any given day. Some are from cities and states where law enforcement officers are the kind of people you'd put your life on the line to protect if they were in a pinch. Others, on the other hand, live behind one of America's Gun Rights Iron Curtains.

If you are fortunate enough to have answered "Exceptionally supportive" to the above question, before you support giving local Executive Branch law enforcers greater access to arms for self-defense than you possess, you might consider the fact that many of your countrymen, if "caught" carrying a concealed firearm -- even if never so much as a parking ticket is on their record -- may:

be arrested and possibly mistreated in additional unfriendly ways during the process;
be thrown in jail for a while;
be slapped with a felony he or she must defend in a court that is possibly extremely biased against the right of the people to keep and bear arms;
and, if convicted, be stripped of his or her firearms and firearms rights, possibly forever.

If you are one of those people who doesn't care about the pains under which your "Behind an American Gun Rights Iron Curtain" brethren and sisters toil, you can click off of this website and disappear into your own selfishness until you wake up and self-correct. The seepage of gun prohibition needs to be stopped in every town, borough, city and state in America -- spiritually abandoning our less fortunate but active and aggressive gun rights allies living under rabid anti-gun conditions is utter foolishness. LISTEN to what you hear from "over there," before it comes to your neighborhood.

WE STAND FOR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA.

Gun Owners Speak on Cops-Only National CCW

When pondering whether or not to support a piece of legislation, several critical factors must be considered. Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws, Co-Founded by KeepAndBearArms.com's Co-Founder, Angel Shamaya, created a very wise template to use when addressing the sensibility -- or lack thereof -- of gun laws. Several leading members of DSGL invested quality time and deep thought to come up with the following:

A sensible gun law must save more lives than it costs.
A sensible law must make the best use of scarce public resources.
A proposed gun law must be backed up by good quality, peer reviewed research showing that it meets the above criteria.
A sensible law is one that does not weaken our society by inflaming anti-government sentiment.
A proposed law should be reviewed by a legislative committee equally represented by both sides of the issue to determine the unintended consequences of that law before it is presented for a final vote.
A sensible law must be constitutional.

You might say that H.R. 218 has failed to draw more than marginal support from gun owners -- especially those who are activists and well-versed in the gun rights issues we face today.

One can only hope that the pro-RKBA organizations pushing Cops-Only National CCW will stop and take note of the fact that they are inflaming gun owners. Fortunately, they are few.

Does Carrying Concealed Get You Arrested?

One needn't ponder deeply on why Cops-Only National CCW isn't supported by a high percentage of politically-aware gun owners -- many cops will throw local, peaceable, decent citizens in jail if they "catch them" exercising their right to keep and bear arms.

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