Press Ignores FBI Study Saying Gun Laws Ignored by Cop Killers

BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For more than two
months, a damning report on a five-year study by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation about how cop-killing criminals ignore gun laws and where
they get their guns has languished in the shadows, the Citizens Committee
for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms revealed today.
"The public has a right to know the contents of this report, which was
revealed to the International Association of Chiefs of Police last year,"
said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. "According to the Force Science
News, research focused on 40 incidents involving assaults or deadly attacks
on police officers, in which all but one of the guns involved had been
obtained illegally, and none were obtained from gun shows."
The study is called "Violent Encounters: A Study of Felonious Assaults
on Our Nation's Law Enforcement Officers." Waldron called it a "smoking
gun" in terms of revelations about the sources of crime guns. Anti-gun
politicians and police chiefs do not want the public to know as they
campaign against the so- called "gun show loophole," he said.
The newsletter quotes Ed Davis, who told the IACP that none of these
criminals who attacked police officers was "hindered by any law -- federal,
sate or local -- that has ever been established to prevent gun ownership.
They just laughed at gun laws." The Force Science News is published by the
Force Science Research Center, a non-profit institution based at Minnesota
State University in Mankato. The newsletter also stated, "In contrast to
media myth, none of the firearms in the study was obtained from gun shows."
"This is a devastating revelation," Waldron said, "and while Mr. Davis
should be applauded for telling the IACP that criminals ignore gun laws,
we're wondering why the IACP has been quiet about this, and why the
mainstream press never reported this, and probably never will.
"Force Science News calls the gun show loophole a 'media myth,'"
Waldron said, "and that's what gun rights activists have been saying for
years. It's time for the IACP leadership to acknowledge that gun laws don't
stop criminals, that they only restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens,
and that gun shows are not the 'arms bazaars for criminals' as they have
been portrayed."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (http://www.ccrkba.org) is
one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit
organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms
freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating
grass- roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities
throughout the United States.

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Its nothing we didnt already know...I mean honestly, if they're going to kill a cop in the first place, they PROBABLY dont give a damn about the laws they have to "circumvent" in order to kill that cop.

I know, common sense by the federal government is a five year study.

Banning weapons from the civilian populace does not prevent criminals from getting them.

I agree. I feel the same way towards drugs, prostitution, and abortion. If a black market exists for something, that clearly indicates that there is market for it that the government cannot stop and should therefore legalise and regulate.

Prostitution is regulated by state statutes not federal law. There is no federal law that prohibits prostitution, only one that prohibits interstate solicitation. (Little article here to read http://www.bayswan.org/EFF.html )

Drugs are regulated by the FDA. Most drugs undergo a vigorous study before they are released to the public. As for the drugs that are currently deemed illegal. . well we have been down that road already.

Abortion is regulated since you have to have a license to practice medicine. I am not sure how this would be a black market item since most people would not want some guy in a back alley perfoming one on them.

So exactly what else needs to be done? Make people wear a shock collar so they can not break the law?

If someone wants to break the law they will do so, end of story.

RE: drugs, every single one should be legal and regulated.
RE: abortions, when they were illegal there certainly was a black market for them.

But I agree with you mostly.