Posted on 12/09/2011 9:45:45 AM PST by smokingfrog
The right to keep and bear arms is a law that cops are paid to defend. The sheriff of El Paso County, Colorado’s most-populous county, encourages law-abiding constituents to obtain concealed carry permits in order to defend themselves, their families and to help discourage crime. Other sheriffs throughout the state have worked hard to uphold our gun rights.
Former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick Sullivan was an exception. He spent his career trying to erode the Second Amendment — a foundational law that says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Sullivan served as the most formidable foe of gun rights for decades. He rose to national prominence in 1989 when he rescued a wounded deputy during a standoff. Sullivan exploited the incident to promote gun control, holding up a semiautomatic weapon and demanding more gun restrictions. Sullivan used the Columbine tragedy to advocate gun control, even though a few armed teachers could have saved kids that day.
Sullivan is a Republican, which only enhanced the panache of his gray-haired, paternalistic anti-gun work. The National Sheriff’s Association chose him as Sheriff of the Year in 2001, turning the headaches of gun rights defenders into migraines. In 2002, the National Association of School Resource Officers honored this man with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Arapahoe County’s jail bears his name. Sarah Brady, founder of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, frequently called on Sullivan to bolster her gun-ban efforts. David Kopel, a Boulder attorney who’s among the world’s most prominent gun-rights advocates, called Sullivan “the most powerful enemy of the right to bear arms in Colorado” in 1990. Sullivan refused to grant concealed carry permits, forcing the legislature to pass a “shall issue” law.
(Excerpt) Read more at gazette.com ...
Peter-puffing, gun-grabbing, piece of sub-human, CSer filth. Is that “mean-spirited”?
Criminals oppose Second Amendment gun rights - 92%
He may have thought it was OK to infect kids with HIV, addict them to drugs but did not like the thought of armed people defending themselves. Kinda strange that he was put in a jail named after himself.
May he get the max in general population.
Bullet, meet back of head.
‘“I just cannot believe this happened,” said Robert R. Gallagher Jr., a former district attorney for the 18th Judicial District in Colorado, which includes Arapahoe County.’
Quite easy to believe, actually. And he looks quite well suited in his orange outfit.
I wonder if the irony of it ever struck him?
“May he get the max in general population.”
And get “Bubba” as his cell mate.........
Karma is a good thing.
I had forgotten that being a “republican” added to his credentials with the gun ban crowd.
He was always a pile of human debris.
Even the 1989 “dramatic rescue” was staged for the news cameras to pitch for more gun control.
He seems to be a Meghan McCain Republican - a big steaming pile of human debris
Read the story, freep the poll! Colo. scumbag sheriff was anti gun.
“Do you believe most criminals oppose or favor gun rights?
Criminals:
favor Second Amendment gun rights Criminals
oppose Second Amendment gun rights”
hehehe...mean to 'peter' maybe, but the ex sherriff can be secure in the fact that lots of 'lifers' will give him enuff fag sex for a lifetime...
And the top comment is from a lawyer, bashing the NRA, even while he claims to have a concealed carry permit. No wonder so many people hate lawyers.
“lots of ‘lifers’ will give him enuff “
He is out on bond and the rumor is that the powers that be are hoping he will eat a gun or disappear. Many names on his gay sex prostitution ring lsit.
Do you believe most criminals oppose or favor gun rights?
Criminals favor Second Amendment gun rights 8%
Criminals oppose Second Amendment gun rights 92%
Total Votes: 635
Criminals favor Second Amendment gun rights
8%
Criminals oppose Second Amendment gun rights
92%
Total Votes: 673
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