Comments on: Gun Raffle To Benefit Shot Copper

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:41:55 +0000

Did anyone ask the the man what he thinks? I bet if he were opposed to a gun sale, it wouldn’t be happening? What a very dangerous job they have.

(which leads to another thought)Cops and Teachers and Nurses and Fireman and a few other frontline service people need to have more of a voice in policy making effecting their workplace… no not their union hacks or retired folk either… The people currently in those positions. For example, every school board should have at least two current teachers on it.

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:27:44 +0000

Actually, the Scentsy basket is a good idea for female cops. I doubt many of the women on the force want to waltz home and announce: “Hi honey, kids, guess what, I won a gun!”

Continued best wishes for a speedy recovery for the wounded policeman.

By: dog

dog — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:05:35 +0000

Makes perfect sense to me. Not only do we live in Idaho the gun raffle for the shot cop is in Canyon County.
What part don’t you understnd?

By: JIMV

JIMV — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:03:37 +0000

Don’t pretend it was Reagan…look to the do gooders for the mentally ill…they took the issue to court and forced the states to let a lot of folk who needed care loose…

Remember, this happened BEFORE Reagan was President…

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-mental-patients-began.html

By: dontcarenomo

dontcarenomo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:01:30 +0000

The target group of the raffle is other police officers to support another police officer who got shot.

If you want to raffle something a cop might actually purchase a ticket for, I would hazard a guess you won’t sell too many raffle tickets for a basket of scentsy candles or the like.

In poor taste? Maybe. But they will probably sell all their raffle tickets will be my guess.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:58:46 +0000

Hi JIMV,
I am old enough to remember when President Reagan cut funding to mental institutions and dumped all the people in these mental facilities out on the streets in the mid-1980’s. It created a situation where the only place these people had when they got their meds out of balance is county jails and state prisons. Most of these people are nonviolent but there are some that are and they do not wear big signs pointing out they are about to nut-up and do something bad.

I am not a fan of big government spending but I did and still do think is was a huge mistake to dump these people out on the streets to fend for themselves in the “land of the free and the home of the brave”. It bothers me that we as a citizen of this country we can’t do better for these people.

Don’t know what the numbers are for mentally deranged people doing bad things was prior to the closing of mental hospitals nor will I pretend to know what they are now but it is something to think about.

By: JIMV

JIMV — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:41:27 +0000

Remember, the courts gave us the mentally ill ‘homeless’ and made it very hard to lock up folk until the actually DO something..

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:01:06 +0000

Yeah, it IS kinda in poor taste. But, that aside, we don’t need fewer guns, we need better people. By better I mean better educated and governed by better politicians who aren’t in the pocket of some corporate lobby.

And to those of you who say that the guy in Tucson was nuts and should have been institutionalized, I say: Are you willing to back that up by changes to mental health laws and increased mental health funding?

By: JIMV

JIMV — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:02:49 +0000

They want to raffle something folk will want and perhaps the Policeman, like most, is aware that the gun didn’t shoot him, some bad guy did.

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:36:58 +0000

Hopefully, the police officer will receive workman’s comp. The raffle of a gun and accessories is in poor taste, in my humble opinion. I bet generous folks, cops and non-cops alike, would contribute to a fund established through a bank. Tough times for this officer and his family. Best wishes to them.

KTA