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Let Freedom Ring,
Posted on 12/28/2004 8:02:17 AM PST by bedolido
For a second year in a row, the National Rifle Association's Law Enforcement Activities Division (LEAD) trained a record number of public and private Law Enforcement Firearm Instructors from the ranks of federal, state, and municipal police departments, as well as from the military. These instructors are now helping to train law enforcement officers across the United States and in places as distant as Iraq and Afghanistan. "Over 2,000 public and private law enforcement and military instructors received NRA firearms training or attended NRA-organized armorer schools in 2004," said Ron Kirkland, Director of the Law Enforcement Activities Division. "This instructor program helps improve the training officers receive and makes a direct impact on keeping officers safe," he added.
The Law Enforcement Activities Division of the NRA has trained over 50,000 Law Enforcement Firearm Instructors in police departments and the military since 1960, and over 12,000 NRA Certified Instructors are currently training police officers nationwide. NRA Certified Instructor programs are recognized by the American Society for Law Enforcement Training, the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, and the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association.
(Excerpt) Read more at nra.org ...
Yay for the NRA! Thanks for the post!
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Let Freedom Ring,
Alright, that's my NRA...
I don't mind the pro-2A activism, but I really get a kick out of giving back to our communities, both through the training activities and the grants awarded by the NRA Foundation.
Actually, the NRA needs to do MORE "pro-2A activism" IN THESE TRAINING COURSES, and educate exactly this set of guys in the real Constitutional meaning of the Second Amendment. A significant number of cops and soldiers WOULD WILLINGLY OBEY an order to confiscate all civilian firearms.
I didn't intend to make light of the activism...I'm saying I'm glad we (the NRA) are a multi-faceted organization.
You may note that I chair a Friends of NRA committee...I've helped hand out over a million dollars over the last ten years to help improve ranges, provide training for boy scouts, 4-H, FFA, JROTC, and school kids statewide, provide scholarships to the NRA YES program and the Whittington Center's YHEC, and to support SCI's hunter training camps.
And in nearly all of those situations, the importance of the right to keep and bear arms is brought to the attention of the participants.
BUMP!
I'm not reading that into your comment at all---just saying that this specific group is one that needs a STRONG FOCUS on the idea that the 2A is an individual right, and that any order to seize firearms from the citizenry would constitute an "unlawful order", which should be resisted rather than obeyed.
"And in nearly all of those situations, the importance of the right to keep and bear arms is brought to the attention of the participants."
Yes, but how is that done with this (or these) specific groups??
That I don't know...the police officers I do know are strongly pro-2A men and women.
Then again, my circle of acquaintances are all NRA members.
I have seen a distinct difference between line officers and chiefs of police, the latter being much less inclined to respect the second amendment.
--IMHO, the chiefs usually are subservient to an anti-gun Demotraitor mayor who controls the budget the chief works under -and usually the chief's longevity in the job, too--
In some cases. The man who is currently our CoP is appointed, has outlasted several mayors and city councils, and is virulently anti-gun. He has a display case of confiscated guns in the police station. His officers aren't very fond of his attitude, but manage to work around it.
For the record, we are a smallish border town of about 45,000 serving a military installation and retirement community.
---I was thinking mostly of our large urban sewers. That chief of yours does seem like an anomaly for Arizona--
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