There Goes Another One
Remember when we were led to believe the sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban would result in the streets being flooded with killing machines? Well, for the second time in as many weeks, a .40-caliber Glock handgun is on the street, courtesy of a negligent police officer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
UPDATE (11/4/04): I have information from a reliable source that the first alleged incident I'm referring to here involved a soft-pellet BB gun, and NOT a police department issued handgun.
No amount of gun control legislation will curb gun violence in the country as long as idiots like THIS are wearing a badge.
Secured, my ass. This officer should be kicked off the force, and his kid brought up on weapons charges. A kid can bring a plastic butter knife or a squirt gun to school these days and get hauled off in handcuffs. Don't hold your breath for the same idiotic zero-tolerance policy to be applied in this situation.
If this happened in the home of one of the "commoners", you can bet that swift legal action would be taken, the least of which being the immediate revocation of the homeowner's firearms license. Remember, according to the liberals on Beacon Hill, we little people don't need guns, the police (like this knucklehead in Raynham) will be there to protect us.
Gee, I feel so safe.
UPDATE (11/4/04): I have information from a reliable source that the first alleged incident I'm referring to here involved a soft-pellet BB gun, and NOT a police department issued handgun.
No amount of gun control legislation will curb gun violence in the country as long as idiots like THIS are wearing a badge.
Raynham police are investigating the apparent theft of an officer's service weapon, which disappeared from his home last week while his teenage daughter was throwing a party in his absence.
"We're working on it," Raynham Sgt. Detective Dave Bonaparte said yesterday. "We're going to pull out all the stops to get it back."
Bonaparte declined to identify the officer, but said the gun is a .40-caliber Glock. The semiautomatic firearm was reportedly secured and unloaded, but ammunition also was missing from the home, Bonaparte said.
Sources told the Herald the weapon vanished after the girl was showing it off to her party guests.
Secured, my ass. This officer should be kicked off the force, and his kid brought up on weapons charges. A kid can bring a plastic butter knife or a squirt gun to school these days and get hauled off in handcuffs. Don't hold your breath for the same idiotic zero-tolerance policy to be applied in this situation.
If this happened in the home of one of the "commoners", you can bet that swift legal action would be taken, the least of which being the immediate revocation of the homeowner's firearms license. Remember, according to the liberals on Beacon Hill, we little people don't need guns, the police (like this knucklehead in Raynham) will be there to protect us.
Gee, I feel so safe.
