Conceal and carry has led to more car break-ins

President of the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police Kevin Ahlbrand is a detective with St. Louis Metro P.D. He says conceal and carry has led to more car break-ins, especially where guns aren’t allowed in — such as at churches and sporting events.

This coming from a new article about assults against police on the rise. While it is interesting to note that break-ins are on the rise in areas where guns are not allowed, criminals don't want to get shot after all, it is more distressing to see that cops are being assulted at a higher rate.

He says assaults on law enforcement officers are up 17 percent throughout the U.S. this year

Why is this distressing? Because officers carry a firearm, carry non-letal weapons like tasers and batons, and have the detterence factor of their clothing and badge of office.

So why is this happening? Are cops loosing their awareness of their surroundings due to the power of their office? Are the badguys becominng just more brazen and hostile?

I don't know if the numbers help to show that badguys are becoming more hostile and brazen, seeing as that they are targeting homes and vehicles in places where guns are not allowed. But as to cops not being aware? I can't say anything about that, but I can say that to me it might actually indicate that the public wants cops to somehow be superheros. If a cop shoots a badguy, someone is going to ask "Why didn't he use his taser?" People don't want to face the harsh reality of life and so they impose harsh judging on officers who are trying to save their own lives as well as possibly others.

Stuff like the story of 4 police officers in NY getting yelled at and punished just for tossing around a football with a local kid, and becoming part of the community.

"I don't think throwing a football to a 7-year-old boy is misconduct," said Officer Catherine Guzman, a 17-year veteran of the force. "It was the Fourth of July, it was 96 degrees out and we were interacting with the community.
"Everybody was happy," she added.
That is, everybody except Deputy Chief James McNamara, the commanding officer of the Bronx Housing Bureau. He witnessed the football tossing and gave the cops a dressing-down worthy of Vince Lombardi.
"He was irate and berated us in front of everyone," Guzman recalled. "He said, 'What are you doing? Do you realize you are on overtime?'"

What is to be done? To be honest, I think that people need to be better educated on their rights. The more people who carry guns openly, the more people will stop acting so self-centered and realize what it is like for other people. When you might have to back up your words with your gun, the majority of people will follow Thumper's father's creed: "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." And hopefully stop turning this country into a nanny state.