Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy is not happy about the new concealed carry laws in Illinois. And now he is predicting that police will shoot citizens who are lawfully carrying firearms.“but when somebody turns with a firearm in their hand the officer does not have an obligation to wait to get shot to return fire and we’re going to have tragedies as a result of that. I’m telling you right up front.”
via Chicago Police Superintendent Says Cops Will Shoot Gun Carrying Citizens Because of His Training.
I love when idiots in uniform open their mouths. I am sure that the press was impressed and dutifully assented with McCarthy without giving it one-quarter of neuron of thought to what he said.
Set aside the threat to civilians: Are cops in Chicago so poorly trained, so Pavlovian in their reaction that they have not given a thought to Blue on Blue shootings? It has to be a bitch to be a plainclothes, undercover or detective in Chicago as any uniformed cop will shoot you like a dog if they happen to see your sidearm. And I imagine that Federal LEOs are not gonna be to happy about it either [snicker]
Oy!
If an officer shoots a citizen who is lawfully carrying, it sounds like the officer’s problem.
If it happens a lot, they’re going to completely run out their good will. I remember a time when hating cops meant you were a hardened criminal. Soon it’ll just mean you aren’t a cop. If that.
No, that would be the citizen’s problem. He’s the one who got shot. He may be dead right.
Yes SuperNintendo McNuggets really is that stoopid.
The police will shoot the citizens for no apparent reason if they have guns or not.
If I made a statement like that and then shot someone I would be charged with first degree murder due to the fact it would be premedited
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He’s going to be even more tickled when the armed civilians shoot back in defense!
Shoot a few citizens and there will be no Cops, Just a Sheriff and his deputies!
Hell, NYPD used to shoot their own plainsclothes and off duty officers, if they carried an automatic or a stainless gun. Because of the NYC gun laws, they were conditioned that “Cops carry blued Colt or S&W .38s, with 3″ or 4″ barrels.”
I foresee the same happening in Chicago. Only there are two key differences:
1. It’s NOT going to be a purely internal investigation involving two officers from the same department.
2. It has been announced as the public policy to gun down armed law-abiding citizens. “Deprivation of civil rights under color of law,” and “Conspiracy to deprive civil rights under color of law.”
This type of thinking is nothing new for our myopic New England police or politicians; they hate the idea of not getting their way when it comes to gun control / safety. I see it is spreading westward, and like a cancer, it needs to be destroyed. The good thing (if you can call it that) is when the city of Chicago police Department is sued for shooting lawfully carrying gun owners, it will only take a few times before it stops as the city goes bankrupt. Now, some of you might say well that is a roundabout way to solve the issue, but it will work because all the government understands is how much money it will cost them for their mistakes.