CO Sheriff says he'll undermine gun ban

[Rescue1]

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In the event a concealed weapon is needed for defense of self or others, it would become evident to law enforcement. In that unlikely event, Alderden said, safety trumps legal concerns.

“They say it’s better to be judged by 12 than carried by six,” Alderden said.

Alderden is the sheriff!!

[davidtx]

If you vote on the poll, you can see the current poll results.

[joe817]

Great article and great read! Thanks for posting!

CSU-Fort Collins Police Chief Wendy Rich-Goldsmith, a relative newcomer to the campus, supports the ban.
“I have told the CSU police chief I will not support this in any way,” Sheriff Alderden told The Gazette. “If anyone with one of my permits gets arrested for concealed carry at CSU, I will refuse to book that person into my jail. Furthermore, I will show up at court and testify on that person’s behalf, and I will do whatever I can to discourage a conviction. I will not be a party to this very poor decision.”

You go Sheriff Alderman!

He told her concealed carry would help reduce violent crime in Fort Collins and the rest of Larimer County — a sentiment shared by El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa and a growing number of ranking law enforcement officials regarding their own jurisdictions.

Looks like a lot of Colorado LEO's have their head on straight.

[Who'sJohnGalt]

The author certainly lets you know which side he's on when the first sentence contains "voted unanimously Tuesday to place students at both of its campuses in harm’s way with a sweeping weapons ban"

Look around at some of the other articles in the "OUR VIEW" area. It might be worth getting a subscription. Better than the Austin Statesman.

[GrayGhost]

And better than a Startelgram!

[Fangs]

Wow, 90% voted that the students should ignore the ban.

I like that in theory, but I'm sure it's a lot harder to do when your enrollment money / jail time might be involved.

[LaserTex]

And the sheriff will be powerless to help when the school expels the student.

just sayin'

and it is up to 92% this morning with my vote :-)


Doug

edited to move smiley flag guy

[gregthehand]

I like this part. Well said.

“This ban, which is broad and encompassing, basically denies students at the Fort Collins campus any defensive capacity at all,” Alderden said. “It’s a weapons-free zone for law-abiding people, and it won’t do a single thing to keep armed criminals off of campus. It will only ensure them a lot of defenseless victims. The people who did this are lost in their own world of ideological liberalism. You would think people involved in academia would want to deal in data and experience, but this has been all about emotion.” - Sheriff Alderden

[casingpoint]

Looks like a lot of Colorado LEO's have their head on straight:

It was not always that way. Go back far enough and there were a couple of real LEO nut cases in CO history I know of.

According to The Associated Press, a former officer of Telluride PD admitted to investigators on his deathbed he had ordered or conducted the murder of several local "undesirables" who had come up missing over the years. Hippies never really got a stronghold established in Telluride like they did Aspen.

[s197winstang]

He has my vote for any office he runs for.. We should recruit him to this great State.. Round rock Chief maybe....