{"id":797,"date":"2010-04-23T08:46:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T12:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=797"},"modified":"2010-04-23T08:46:31","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T12:46:31","slug":"more-on-cops-and-armed-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/more-on-cops-and-armed-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE ON COPS AND ARMED CITIZENS"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week at the annual conference of ILEETA, the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, the anti-gun factions were nowhere to be seen. After all, they have nothing to offer the police sector\u2026and, I suspect, they know that. On the other hand, the National Rifle Association was present as usual with a heavily-attended booth that focused on their half-century history of aiding law enforcement training. The United States Practical Shooting Association was present as well, and their booth likewise drew much interest from the criminal justice trainers in attendance. Much of what has been learned in their practical shooting competitions has migrated directly to America\u2019s police academies and in-service training and qualification ranges.\u00a0 I had predicted as much in this space a short time ago. It is always good to have one\u2019s predictions validated.<\/p>\n

The conference was sited in Wheeling, Illinois \u2013 the greater Chicago area. Colleen Lawson dropped by from the city to visit. Colleen has been mentioned here in the recent past: she is one of the plaintiffs in the landmark gun owners\u2019 civil rights case McDonald, et. al. v. Chicago,<\/em> which challenges the city\u2019s long-standing ban on ownership of handguns by its citizens. She was warmly welcomed by ILEETA director Harvey Hedden. ILEETA had submitted an amicus curae <\/em>(friend of the court) brief in favor of the plaintiffs in the prequel to the McDonald <\/em>case, Heller v. District of Columbia, <\/em>and if memory serves submitted such a brief in favor of Lawson and the other plaintiffs in the current case, as well.<\/p>\n

Theirs is by no means a maverick position in law enforcement. The state attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer at the state level, and many state attorneys general submitted briefs and opinions in favor of the plaintiffs in McDonald.<\/em><\/p>\n

All this is good to keep in mind whenever you hear the false blanket statement that \u201cthe cops don\u2019t want the citizenry to have firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n

This weekend, the superb United States Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma will be host to the National Tactical Conference. This conclave was created and is spearheaded by Tom Givens, a retired cop turned trainer who is proud of how many of his civilian students have survived gunfights with criminals. In the intense classroom and live-fire programs, cops will train alongside private citizens in armed self-defense. Later, they\u2019ll compete against one another in a very challenging and realistic combat shooting match.<\/p>\n

It is significant that the shooting contest is called the Polite Society match. The term comes from science fiction writer Robert Heinlein\u2019s classic statement that \u201can armed society is a polite society.\u201d<\/p>\n

NRA’s law enforcement division was busy at the police trainers’ conference…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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…ditto the USPSA representatives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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