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bkoenig:

--- Quote from: depserv on November 01, 2013, 08:53:19 AM ---
If I remember right our last Lincoln police chief was an anti-gun bigot, and I know our current mayor is a hard core bigot; it's often said that a fish rots from the head down.  Does anyone know what the current police chiefs of Lincoln and Omaha are like regarding the right to bear arms?

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I don't know about Omaha, but Lincoln's current chief is just as anti-gun as the last one.

00BUCK:

--- Quote from: MissMichella on November 20, 2013, 11:10:07 PM ---+1

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depserv:
Maybe next liberal thought police will start harassing people who openly carry a Bible in public, since liberal cattle are frightened and offended by it.  Or a copy of the Constitution, or Declaration of Independence, both written by evil white male sexist pig slave owners.  If the 2nd Amendment isn't going to be obeyed by our government, why would we expect them to obey any other part of the document?

depserv:

--- Quote from: MissMichella on November 21, 2013, 06:11:39 AM --- First, I would like you to go and look for cases where a citizen and not an LEO had someone even attempt to grab their weapon. Once you've done that then look at the cases where the person was successful in gaining control of the weapon. I can tell you right now that you will find so few cases  that it is nearly a statistical improbability for a citizen to lose their weapon. So while I would recommend anyone that OCs to have at least a level II holster it isn't that big of a deal for citizens.

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That might be because open carry is relatively rare.  I like to remind anyone who advocates OC of some advice written over two millennia ago in the classic book The Art of War: "know your enemy and know yourself, and in a great many battles you will never be defeated."  And here's another one: "All war is based in deception."  These truths have been tested and proven.  It follows that the less your enemy knows about you the more likely he is to be defeated.  The more he knows about your capabilities the better able he is to plan against you.  Having a hidden weapon is a huge strategic advantage, and I wouldn't give it up.  Even in a situation where open carry might be common (like during a breakdown in law and order) I'll still be carrying a hidden pistol.  And during peacetime, I prefer that no one know whether or not I'm armed.

depserv:
I think there should be a state law saying that police officers who harass law-abiding citizens simply for exercising their right to bear arms should lose their badges and serve jail time.  Or better yet, how about a federal law saying that citizens have a right to bear arms.  Oh wait a minute, we already have a federal law that says that.  Well then maybe what we need is a law saying that government people have to obey the law...

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