have all that shit and behave just as irresponsibly with it as hundreds of thousands of others in his country?
Is it, like, ILLEGAL to have that stuff in yr pickup truck in Arizona?
I'll assume not. So your bellyaching is based on ...? If he hadn't been a cop, would you be retailing this tale with such zest? Were no firearms stolen from any other pickup trucks in the US this week? Forgive me if I'd think it an unusual week, if so.
Meck said the weapons were the personal property of the El Mirage officer, who until recently worked for Flagstaff police as part of the special weapons and tactics unit. The officer has worked for El Mirage police for a few weeks.
Now, where I'm at, a pece officer would be permitted to have such "personal property" only if he qualified for the appropriate firearms permit -- as either a collector or a sports shooter (both AR-15s and handguns being classified as restricted weapons, lawfully possessed only by people who qualify as one of those).
As a collector, he would be absolutely prohibited from trucking his shit around, unless he were taking it to a show or a sale or such, and had obtained a transportation permit beforehand.
As a sports shooter, he would also be prohibited from trucking it around, except in accordance with the terms of the permit he had to transport it from the premises where he was authorized to keep it to the approved premises where he used it for practice or competition.
http://www.canlii.org/ca/regu/sor98-206/whole.htmlAuthorizations to Transport Restricted Firearms and Prohibited Firearms Regulations
http://www.canlii.org/ca/regu/sor98-209/whole.htmlStorage, Display, Transportation and Handling of Firearms by Individuals Regulations
TRANSPORTATION OF RESTRICTED FIREARMS
11. An individual may transport a restricted firearm only if
(a) it is unloaded;
(b) it is rendered inoperable by means of a secure locking device;
(c) it is in a locked container that is made of an opaque material and is of such strength, construction and nature that it cannot readily be broken open or into or accidentally opened during transportation; and
(d) if it is in a container described in paragraph (c) that is in an unattended vehicle,
(i) when the vehicle is equipped with a trunk or similar compartment that can be securely locked, the container is in that trunk or compartment and the trunk or compartment is securely locked, and
(ii) when the vehicle is not equipped with a trunk or similar compartment that can be securely locked, the vehicle, or the part of the vehicle that contains the container, is securely locked and the container is not visible from outside the vehicle.
Of course, if somebody takes the whole vehicle, well whaddaya do? Random vehicle theft by thieves who hit their lucky day, or targeted theft of vehicle with firearms, in this case?
So now may I blame somebody for negligently making firearms available to bad people even if s/he didn't break the law??
There it was just looking like I wasn't allowed to do that:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=164950&mesg_id=164994The firearm owner gets blamed for being reckless as to what happens to his/her firearm.
Regardless of what actually happens to it.Or may I only do it if the culprit is a cop?