Police unions have done something that you should be upset about.
In fact, it’s something that police officers should be upset about. After all, the unions are supposed to be working for their members.
But in this case, police Unions have taken an action to try to violate our 2A rights and, thereby, oppose police officers’ oath to support the U.S. Constitution. Including the Second Amendment (hat tip to here for the lead).
Mark Chesnut gives us the details:
Concealed Carry Reciprocity legislation currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress is facing opposition from two large police unions that seemingly want officers to be armed and nobody else.
Apparently unaware that all states have laws that allow carry of concealed handguns for self-defense and 29 even have laws that allow carry with permits, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) apparently believe doing away with the current patchwork of state laws would somehow be “dangerous.” The organizations recently sent a letter to Congress asking representatives to oppose HR 38, the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.”
Now, I don’t know who is running these two unions, but they should be getting their heads out of their backsides and tuning in to what their members want… and what their members are required to do as part of their job.
And that includes supporting the Second Amendment, meaning that all adults get to carry firearms in every state of the union.
It’s simple and cut and dry.
But these two unions are taking a position which is the complete opposite of what they should be doing.
Frankly, anyone who is a member of either of these unions should withhold union dues until the union stops doing stupid stuff, or they should withdraw their support for that union completely.
It’s not the unions’ job to push legislation. It’s their job to take care of their members, and pushing gun control doesn’t do that.