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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1187048" data-attributes="member: 12952">From the comments section of Slate Magazine ;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.policeone.com/Gun-Legislation-Law-Enforcement/articles/6183787-PoliceOnes-Gun-Control-Survey-11-key-lessons-from-officers-perspectives/" target="_blank">PoliceOne&#039;s Gun Control Survey: 11 key lessons from officers&#039; perspectives</a>&nbsp; or here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cvw2rsj" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/cvw2rsj</a>&nbsp; In March, PoliceOne conducted most&nbsp; comprehensive survey ever of American law enforcement officers’ opinions&nbsp; on topic gripping nation&#039;s attention in recent weeks: gun control.&nbsp; &nbsp;More&nbsp; than 15,000 verified law enforcement professionals took part in survey,&nbsp; which aimed to bring together thoughts &amp; opinions of only&nbsp; professional group devoted to limiting &amp; defeating gun violence as&nbsp; part of their sworn responsibility.&nbsp; &nbsp;Totaling just shy of 30&nbsp; questions, survey allowed officers across United States to share their&nbsp; perspectives on issues spanning from gun control &amp; gun violence to&nbsp; gun rights.&nbsp; &nbsp;Contrary to what&nbsp;&nbsp; mainstream media &amp; certain politicians would have us believe, police&nbsp; overwhelmingly favor an armed citizenry, would like to see more guns in&nbsp;&nbsp; hands of responsible people, &amp; are skeptical of any greater&nbsp; restrictions placed on gun purchase, ownership, or accessibility. &nbsp; officers patrolling America’s streets have a deeply-vested interest —&nbsp; &amp; perhaps&nbsp; most relevant interest — in making sure that decisions&nbsp; related to controlling, monitoring, restricting, as well as supporting&nbsp; &amp;/or prohibiting an armed populace are wise &amp; effective. With&nbsp; this survey, their voice has been heard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1187048, member: 12952"] From the comments section of Slate Magazine ; [url=http://www.policeone.com/Gun-Legislation-Law-Enforcement/articles/6183787-PoliceOnes-Gun-Control-Survey-11-key-lessons-from-officers-perspectives/]PoliceOne's Gun Control Survey: 11 key lessons from officers' perspectives[/url] or here: [URL]http://tinyurl.com/cvw2rsj[/URL] In March, PoliceOne conducted most comprehensive survey ever of American law enforcement officers’ opinions on topic gripping nation's attention in recent weeks: gun control. More than 15,000 verified law enforcement professionals took part in survey, which aimed to bring together thoughts & opinions of only professional group devoted to limiting & defeating gun violence as part of their sworn responsibility. Totaling just shy of 30 questions, survey allowed officers across United States to share their perspectives on issues spanning from gun control & gun violence to gun rights. Contrary to what mainstream media & certain politicians would have us believe, police overwhelmingly favor an armed citizenry, would like to see more guns in hands of responsible people, & are skeptical of any greater restrictions placed on gun purchase, ownership, or accessibility. officers patrolling America’s streets have a deeply-vested interest — & perhaps most relevant interest — in making sure that decisions related to controlling, monitoring, restricting, as well as supporting &/or prohibiting an armed populace are wise & effective. With this survey, their voice has been heard. [/QUOTE]

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