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CA-Assembly OKs off-duty guns
Josey1
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Assembly OKs off-duty guns
May 25, 2002 Posted: 06:45:09 AM PDT
BEE STAFF REPORTS
Off-duty and retired police officers could carry guns into stadiums and other public places that prohibit weapons under a valley lawmaker's bill that passed the Assembly on Thursday.
The 52-5 vote included abstentions by 16 Democrats.
Under existing law, places with weapons bans can deny entry to off-duty and retired officers carrying guns.
The sponsor of the bill, the Peace Officers Research Association of California, represents dozens of public safety unions. It contends that weapons are vital to the safety of off-duty officers, who might confront people previously arrested by the officers, and also to protect the public.
Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews, D-Tracy, the bill's sponsor, noted that existing law requires annual firearms tests for retired officers, among other conditions.
But some Democrats still had concerns on the issue. http://www.modbee.com/local/story/2884555p-3704293c.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
May 25, 2002 Posted: 06:45:09 AM PDT
BEE STAFF REPORTS
Off-duty and retired police officers could carry guns into stadiums and other public places that prohibit weapons under a valley lawmaker's bill that passed the Assembly on Thursday.
The 52-5 vote included abstentions by 16 Democrats.
Under existing law, places with weapons bans can deny entry to off-duty and retired officers carrying guns.
The sponsor of the bill, the Peace Officers Research Association of California, represents dozens of public safety unions. It contends that weapons are vital to the safety of off-duty officers, who might confront people previously arrested by the officers, and also to protect the public.
Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews, D-Tracy, the bill's sponsor, noted that existing law requires annual firearms tests for retired officers, among other conditions.
But some Democrats still had concerns on the issue. http://www.modbee.com/local/story/2884555p-3704293c.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878