This difference between you and I, is that I expect everyone to be treated equally. I think of cops and private citizens as being equals.
You have an obvious bias, but at least you're honest about it.
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That's simply not true. I do think everyone should be treated equally, by the government as mandated by the constitution. When these governments abandon restrictive laws that ONLY TARGET LAW ABIDING CITIZENS THAT DON'T HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT JOB OR BACKGROUND, I'll be a lot more sympathetic to your gripe. I'll even write letters to the companies to tell them to start selling to all government affiliated personnel in those states. But, as long as they have those laws, I support these companies taking a stand. In fact, I've decided that I will not buy another firearm from a company that does not have a similar policy.
Is there ever going to be a point in time where you stop misrepresenting the impact this will have on the on duty officers? None of them have to turn in or get rid of what they have. There will always be a source for them, even with some companies taking this stand. I really don't have a speck of sympathy if an active duty LEO or RETIRED LEO in these states can't buy anything for
personal use that regular civilians can't buy. That is ultimately fair to me. When a LEO is off the job, they should be allowed to carry or own only what any another law abiding civilian can carry or own.
It seems to me that you are advocating for special privileges for current and even former LEO's off the job. Not so long ago, I routinely carried an M4 and M9 on the job. I had access while deployed to grenades, AT4's, M2's, Mark 19's, M240B's, and M249's. I've fired all of them outside the borders of the United States, and for a few of those, not just on ranges. I've also fired the main gun on a M1 Abrams. That was just for fun though. The M4 was capable of 3 round bursts. I was not allowed to take it home or own a similar firearm at my home without jumping through a lot of legal and expensive hoops. I didn't have a problem with that. I think fully auto is for people that can't aim or that have an unlimited ammo budget.
When the uniform comes off, we should all be equal. If the government won't make that happen, I have no problem with some companies trying to even that out a bit.
In the long run, it's just good business. The Civilian gun owners from the other 42 states will likely make up for any sales they might lose not selling to government agencies and employees in those states. I'll spend a couple extra dollars to buy from companies that share my opinions on issues.
Be glad you live in TX, you are unaffected and yet oddly perturbed for reasons that I have yet to understand.