Calls For New Gun Laws Receive Cool Reception From Cops

A poll of U.S. police and law enforcement chiefs shows gun control is not as popular with cops as some in the media would have you believe.

In the aftermath of the Arizona massacre in front of a Tucson Safeway supermarket on January 8 — a shooting spree that left six dead and nine wounded including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — politicians, gun-control activists and many members of the media are demanding stricter gun control laws.

What surprises many news reporters, politicians, and even some gun ownership advocates is the fact that this latest round of attacks on the Second Amendment do not have the blessings of a majority of police commanders throughout the nation.

For example, in a survey conducted by the National Association of Chiefs of Police of the nation’s police executives, with regard to private citizens owning firearms for sport or self-defense, 93.6 percent of the respondents supported civilian gun-ownership rights.-[source]