'cop killer' bills making it a federal crime to kill any law enforcement officer

[color of law]

Cotton, Herrell to introduce 'cop killer' bills making it a federal crime to kill any law enforcement officer​

Cotton, Herrell to introduce 'cop killer' bills making it a federal crime to kill any law enforcement officer

GOP Rep. Yvette Herrell of New Mexico is expected to introduce a bill Tuesday that would make it a federal crime for someone to murder a federal, state or local law enforcement officer -- and call for any person convicted to serve life in prison or receive the death penalty, Fox News has learned.

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"GOP Rep. Yvette Herrell of New Mexico is expected to introduce a bill Tuesday that would make it a federal crime for someone to murder a federal, state or local law enforcement officer -- and call for any person convicted to serve life in prison or receive the death penalty, Fox News has learned."

This I would never expect from persons that took an oath to the constitution. Why do they think law enforcement officers are entitled more rights than the average citizen?

 

[Firearms Iinstuctor]

This I would never expect from persons that took an oath to the constitution. Why do they think law enforcement officers are entitled more rights than the average citizen?

They have shown us, most of them do not care, what the constitution says.

 

[KBCraig]

If you've followed Cotton at all, you shouldn't be surprised.

 

[CJ4wd]

Good grief ! What a RINO.

 

[randian]

This I would never expect from persons that took an oath to the constitution. Why do they think law enforcement officers are entitled more rights than the average citizen?​

Let's ask cops in California, who may legally possess and purchase firearms not permitted to the average citizen by California law.

 

[solus]

Let's ask cops in California, who may legally possess and purchase firearms not permitted to the average citizen by California law.

perhaps the six year hiatus from the forum might have slipped your mind, but did i miss your cite for such a statement per forum policy since you alluded to CA statutory criteria.

 

[randian]

perhaps the six year hiatus from the forum might have slipped your mind, but did i miss your cite for such a statement per forum policy since you alluded to CA statutory criteria.

CA Pen. Code, § 32000, subd. (b)(4) permits non-roster handguns being sold to sold to, or purchased by, sworn members of:

• Department of Justice
• A police department
• A sheriff’s official
• A marshal’s office
• The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
• The Department of the California Highway Patrol
• Any district attorney’s office

In addition, any of the following entities or sworn members of these entities who have satisfactorily completed the firearms portion of a training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Penal Code section 832 may purchase non-roster handguns per Pen. Code, § 32000, subd. (b)(6):

• The Department of Parks and Recreation
• The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
• The Division of Investigation of the Department of Consumer Affairs
• The Department of Motor Vehicles
• The Fraud Division of the Department of Insurance
• The State Department of State Hospitals
• The Department of Fish and Wildlife
• The State Department of Developmental Services
• The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• A county probation department
• The Los Angeles World Airports, as defined in Penal Code section 830.15
• A K-12 public school district for use by a school police officer, as described in Penal Code section 830.32
• A municipal water district for use by a park ranger, as described in Penal Code section 830.34
• A county for use by a welfare fraud investigator or inspector, as described in Penal Code section 830.35
• A county for use by the coroner or deputy coroner, as described in Penal Code section 830.35
• The Supreme Court and the courts of appeal for use by marshals of the Supreme Court and bailiffs of the courts of appeal, and coordinators of security for the judicial branch, as described in Penal Code section 830.36
• A fire department or fire protection agency of a county, city, city and county, or the state for use by either of the following:
  • A member of an arson-investigating unit, regularly paid and employed in that capacity pursuant to Penal Code section 830.37
  • A member other than a member of an arson-investigation unit, regularly paid and employed in that capacity pursuant to Penal Code section 830.37
• The University of California Police Department, or the California State University Police Departments, as described in Penal Code section 830.2
• A California Community College police department, as described in Penal Code section 830.32
• A harbor or port district or other entity employing peace officers described in subdivision (b) of Section 830.33, the San Diego Unified Port District Harbor Police, and the Harbor Department of the City of Los Angeles.
• A local agency employing park rangers described in subdivision (b) of Section 830.31.