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Originally Posted by hbliam

I'm pro CCW for almost anyone. But when you start going after the judges/reserve PO's you are starting to lose me and I'm sure you'll lose others.

Why? Do you believe that a judge or reserve PO is at any greater risk than the average citizen while standing in line at a convenience store? No one is "going after" them, but as someone else said, there should be no special favors for one group over another. I am confident enough to state publicly that I place AT LEAST as much value on MY life as I do on that of ANY judge or LEO. I don't think they deserve any more (or less) consideration to be afforded the means for self-defense.

Most reasonable people can draw the conclusion that those two classes are in need of a CCW without question.

Really? So, that cop, Peterson who killed how many wives? He should get a CCW "without question" just because he is/was a cop? What about that cop who killed the girl ... Craig Peyer? Please don't try to convince me that cops, judges, reserve LEOs and other folks in law enforcement are somehow cleansed of the potential for evil and thus somehow especially deserving of a CCW. They aren't.

The "cop/judge/Reserve LEO" career choice places no additional weight on any decision I would make about their ability to carry. If they are an honest law-abiding citizen, they should be able to carry, regardless of their career choice.

When you start comparing yourselves to them you start to get a little of the "gun nut" clouding up your cause.

When you create a division between "us" and "them" by placing those people on a pedestal, you defeat your own argument that any citizen should be able to carry. I am not comparing my career to theirs. I am comparing my LIFE to theirs, and their life is not worth one cent more than mine, or one cent less.

Some of you that applied for CCW's have had your lives threatened. EVERY judge and PO has, numerous times.

If a person goes out in public, his life IS threatened. Any person at any time at any place can become a victim of violent crime. Sorry, but I don't buy the argument that their lives are in greater peril than my own, given both us us walking down a public street. Criminals don't consult a website with photographs and biographies of "PEOPLE TO HATE." That is why they are called "crimes of opportunity" and not "crimes of carefully researched victims."

I do see a difference and support the issuance of CCW's to judges and RPO's without delay.

I see no difference, and support the issuance of CCW's to judges and RPO's by giving it the exact same priority and weight as that of issuance to any honest citizen regardless of their chosen career.