Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:24:28 -0500 (EST)
From: [g--y] at [rsvl.unisys.com]
To: Multiple recipients of list <[n--b--n] at [mainstream.net]>
Subject: poll of CA LEOs (fwd)

>From: [t--om--n] at [ibm.net]   (Mark Thomen)
>Newsgroups: alt.law-enforcement
>Subject: Result of California poll of LEOs on Gun Control
>Date: 18 Nov 1996 03:26:53 GMT
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CRPA (California Rifle and Pistol Association) just published 
the results of their LEO poll on Gun Control.  The poll went to
all LEOs that belong to CRPA and CPPA (CA Police Pistol
Association).

The questions and results are given here; for more information
(or to join CRPA) contact 1-714-992-CRPA.

1.      Do you support an "assault weapons" ban?
        Y: 5%   N: 94%

2.      Do you support a limitation on magazine capacity?
        Y: 4%   N:95%

3.      Do you support a law-abiding, private citizen's right
        to carry a concealed weapon?
        Y: 96%  N: 2%

4.      Do you believe that armed, law-abiding private citizens
        are a threat to you as a peace officer?
        Y: 3%   N: 97%

5.      Have recent gun laws ("assault weapons" ban, magazine
        limits, and increased waiting periods) reduced violent
        crime in your area?
        Y: 1%   N: 95%

6.      Would you support a point of sale background check for
        the purchase of a firearm?
        Y: 92%  N: 5%
7.      Does gun ownership by private citizens increase public
        safety?
        Y: 95%  N: 3%

8.      Do you believe the criminal justice system needs stream-
        lining and reform?
        Y: 98%  N: 1%

9.      Do you believe in the death penalty?
        Y: 98%  N: 1%

10.     Do you believe that further restrictive gun laws will 
        decrease violent crime?
        Y: 1%   N: 99%

11.     Do you believe gun buy-back or turn-in programs take guns
        out of the hands of criminals?
        Y: 1%   N: 98%

12.     Do you believe that misuse of a firearm in a crime should
        result in stiff, mandatory sentences with no plea
        bargaining?
        Y: 95%  N: 4%

13.     If you belong to a police association (union), has your
        association ever polled its members on firearms issues?
        Y: 4%   N: 97%

Many of the respondents added additional comments explaining that
the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the National Sheriff's Association,
and other national police organizations DO NOT SPEAK FOR THEM.

The article goes on to state that the results of this survey are 
in line with three other surveys conducted nationally that have
been ignored by the media.

Judging from some of the comments made by the participants
on this newsgroup about police attitudes about citizens with guns,
I'd say they seem to be running into the 1-3%;  recent surveys
seem to support the fact that LEOs are, by and large, supportive
of CCW.

  Mark
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