Julie on Politics has another case of a gun owner in New Jersey being violated for doing nothing wrong. It's a recurring theme, committed by the same gaggle of goons in silly costumes.
However, in this case I have less sympathy because the guy wanted to be a cop. Yep. He wanted to join the evil gang which ended up violating him. I wonder if that taught him anything about which side he should be on.
If you own a gun, or have any sense, you should stay far, far away from New Jersey. If you go there understand it's like sticking your head in an alligator's mouth- but less enjoyable.
There is a petition you can sign- but as the guy was an aspiring cop, I won't be signing it. Unless I hear of him speaking out against cops and their Blue Line Gang- if he does so, I'll sign. If he still believes cops are the good guys, he's still on the wrong side.
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ReplyDeleteLOL! Horrible!
DeleteIt's okay, that's a specially trained law enforcement allig8tor. Just respect his authority and comply with his lawful commands.
DeleteI think you're being unreasonable about not signing the petition, though it's your prerogative. According to your own logic, the victim in question wanted to become a cop because he didn't know any better, not because he wanted to participate in evil. Many who become cops do so because they want to better their neighborhoods and provide security and stability to the neighborhoods. Obviously you think that's the wrong way to do it. My own opinion is that most police forces do a very poor job of screening applicants and end up accepting a lot of anti-social people who become dangerous. If you think that becoming a cop is a bad way for people to use their abilities, perhaps you can propose other career paths for their abilities.
ReplyDeleteI have given advice to a couple of people looking to become cops. Once that path is started down, it's not likely to be changed. The power and money are too seductive. It's an easy "job", dressed up to look like an accomplishment.
DeleteAnd, yeah, I could tell some "interesting things" concerning a few people I know who became cops. But I won't.
Even though I can't bring myself to sign the petition, I passed the link along, so that others can sign the petition if they disagree with me. I don't think those anti-gun "laws" should be applied to anyone- but I just can't feel too sorry for someone wanting to join that gang when his potential "brothers" violate him. Especially when it seems he learned nothing from the experience and still wants to be a cop.
I'd heard about the case when he first started trying to get a pardon, but I only became aware of the petition because a friend who signed it shared it. I'll tell you the same thing I told him, I'll sign if the guy will answer one simple question: If you become a cop, and at some point in your career stop an otherwise law-abiding citizen for a traffic violation and find he has a loaded gun in his glove compartment, will you enforce the same unjust law that you're now trying to get a pardon for violating yourself?
DeleteI'm even willing to set aside the fact that his solution to not wanting a younger sibling to see him handling a firearm was to stash the loaded firearm in the glove compartment of a car that the younger sibling had access to, and that he then forgot that he'd done so and left the loaded firearm there all day. I'm sure we all use questionable judgement and act carelessly far more often than we'd like to admit. The real problem is that the explicit reason he's asking for a pardon is because he still wants to join the ranks of people who he now knows without a doubt are enforcing unjust laws.
AndyN- I agree with everything you said.
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