National Assc. of Chiefs of Police support gun rights!

[iso1]

From the thread about the South Carolina Attorney General's recent statements (http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=54951), I decided to see if I could find the survey that was mentioned.

And here it is! The full survey can be found here: http://www.aphf.org/survres.html

It's an interesting read. Although, they do seem to favor registration.....

SURVEY OF ALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES

The following survey questions were posed recently by mail to 24,981 Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs. It represents a cross section of professional officers involving every state with a 12.1% response. The survey was conducted for the 13th consecutive year by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Washington, D.C., (202)293-9088. Permission to reproduce in whole or part is given if credit is given to our organization.

FIREARMS
3. Do you believe any law-abiding citizen should be able to purchase a firearm for sport or self-defense? 93% Yes

4. Within the past year, has your agency been called upon to arrest anyone who has made a false
statement on an application to purchase a firearm? 92.6% No

5. Do you believe anyone (such as a convicted felon) in violation of state or federal firearm possession
laws should be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney and, if convicted, receive a maximum prison term? 90.4% Yes

6. Do you believe law-abiding citizens should be limited to the purchase of no more than one
firearm per month? 69.1% No

7. Do you believe criminals currently are able to obtain virtually any type of firearm by illegal means? 97.9% Yes

8. Do you believe any sworn peace officer or retired officer should be permitted to carry a firearm from
state to state? 94.6% Yes

9. Do you believe that the agreement signed by Smith & Wesson which provides a safety lock With each
new firearm sold will reduce accidental shootings? 49.7% Yes

10. Do you believe that every firearm in the U.S. should be registered in the name of its owner as it is sold
or resold? 61.9% Yes

They also don't believe that the war on drugs has been successfull (73.9% No).

Very interesting.

 

[Jeff Thomas]

Too bad they don't lobby consistently with their survey. When I run into these guys in AZ, they are lobbying for anti-self defense legislation. I don't have much respect for police chiefs ... from what I've seen, people like you and me are just statistics to them. Disarmed statistics.

Regards from AZ

 

[Jeff OTMG]

The NACP is a pro-gun organization that was located in Florida and who were led by Chief Gerald Ahrenburg(sp?) back in the mid-1980's when I spoke with them. OTOH, the IACP (INTERNATIONAL not National) is a big time anti-gun group of political chiefs and commissioners who do not consider the opinions of the rank and file officers. They are closely associated with HCI and help support the FOP. FOP leadership attempted to swing support from the group to Gore last November. Just remember NACP and IACP are to completely different outfits.