Back in the '90s, FOP called me looking for money. I asked the Kelly Bundy clone who called what their stance on the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban was. She kept repeating robotically, "We support the officers!"
I kept insisting and she admitted that she didn't know. She said she'd ask a supervisor. I heard footsteps walking away, followed by a long pause, then footsteps coming back.
A guy came on the line and asked how he could help me. I again asked what their positions on the Brady Bill and Assault Weapon Ban were. He asked me, "Are you in the NRA?" I replied, "That's neither here nor there. You called ME asking for money, and I'm entitled to an answer." "He then said, "We support them." I told him, "Thank you. I will NEVER give you money, and will encourage everyone I know to do likewise." I then hung up.
And that was BEFORE the Chicago Lodge of the FOP went on National Public Radio to demand that wife beaters be allowed to own and carry firearms... but only if they were cops.
You can debate whether a cop should support the FOP. There's NO debate about whether I should. They do NOTHING to help ME, and in fact have materially worked to HARM the public by supporting repressive gun controls and enabling domestic abusers.
Not one dime from me, EVER, not even if it exempted me from all laws, local, state and federal.
