Do you hardcores out there REALLY think the solution is to give every man, woman, and child a firearm? That's the kind of fear you want your children living in?

The 74 is full auto or not...

I've owned all 3

That's EXACTLY my point. It's because cops know lots of people are packing that they approach even routine traffic stops on a hair trigger. Counter-violence like what we saw in Dallas only makes the situation that much worse.

Do you hardcores out there REALLY think the solution is to give every man, woman, and child a firearm? That's the kind of fear you want your children living in?

Our right to bear arms is important, but I don't believe our forefathers intended us all to carry them around everywhere we go. If the reason the Second Amendment was included in the Constitution ever comes to fruition, we'll have plenty of time to unlock our gun safes and break out the arsenal before the tyrants come calling.

The cops have a hair trigger because so many have been shot and killed in the last couple of years , 28 this year.

Today he sounded like the man I voted for 7 1/2 years ago and not the man I voted against 3 1/2 years ago.

If that were true hundreds of hunters would be shot by game cops every year. It is not the gun that provides the threat it is the perception of guns from an LE perspective that provides the threat.

I've never been perceived as a threat whether armed with a pistol or a long rifle when being pulled over. A couple of times I've even had LE check out my rifles to make sure they were unloaded. Once was with my '66 Centennial 30-30. The cop spent 30 minutes checking it out and talking hunting. But then again I'm white!

It is not a cops job to go home safely!!!! It is a cops job to serve and protect. As long as they are putting their lives in front of citizens lives then we are going to have bad shoots putting even more cops lives in danger and making their ability to do their job that much harder.

Could you imaging a soldier being trained that his or her life is more important than the mission? Our military would be worthless as a force and that seems to be the path LE is going down.

I must say events in Dallas may actually bring this issue forward in a positive way just by how the protesters, the cops (especially that Chief) and first responders have reacted.