Old Soldier
03-21-2005, 07:31 PM
Vol. 6 No. 12 March 21, 2005
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BANNING COPS FROM WORKING WITH GUNS . . . Off-duty, that is. "We don't want our police officers doing things that could besmirch the reputation of our organization," Baltimore county police chief Terrance B. Sheridan tells The Baltimore Sun. He includes among disreputable activities the lawful, respectable enterprise of firearms and ammunition sales, and is trying to change department policy to forbid his employees from owning or working in gun stores. The action comes after a fatal shooting incident last month where the perpetrator used a firearm sold in 2000 through a store owned by a county police officer. The newspaper says the police and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigators have cleared the store and salesman of any wrongdoing, though a woman was prosecuted for making a "straw man purchase" and passing along the gun to a convicted felon. The county's police union president calls the policy an "unnecessary restriction" and promises to fight the proposal that is to take effect in two weeks. Cole B. Weston, president of the Baltimore County chapter of Fraternal Order of Police, says, "It flies in the face of state law and the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
You'll find Bullet Points on the NSSF Web site each week at http://www.nssf.org
BANNING COPS FROM WORKING WITH GUNS . . . Off-duty, that is. "We don't want our police officers doing things that could besmirch the reputation of our organization," Baltimore county police chief Terrance B. Sheridan tells The Baltimore Sun. He includes among disreputable activities the lawful, respectable enterprise of firearms and ammunition sales, and is trying to change department policy to forbid his employees from owning or working in gun stores. The action comes after a fatal shooting incident last month where the perpetrator used a firearm sold in 2000 through a store owned by a county police officer. The newspaper says the police and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigators have cleared the store and salesman of any wrongdoing, though a woman was prosecuted for making a "straw man purchase" and passing along the gun to a convicted felon. The county's police union president calls the policy an "unnecessary restriction" and promises to fight the proposal that is to take effect in two weeks. Cole B. Weston, president of the Baltimore County chapter of Fraternal Order of Police, says, "It flies in the face of state law and the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."