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Gun Control Reform Activism

rdharma

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3. What "authority"?

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 07:15 PM

Oct 2013

Neighborhood watch has no "authority" that other citizens don't have.

This is just the Sanford PD chief's attempt to deflect criticism from the way they botched this homicide.

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Fla. city bans guns for neighborhood watch volunteers [View all] billh58 Oct 2013 OP

about time gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1

Do they clock in in some way? Decaffeinated Oct 2013 #2

What "authority"? rdharma Oct 2013 #3

It's a voluntary program BainsBane Oct 2013 #5

Excellent BainsBane Oct 2013 #4

That'll cut down on some Zimmerman police wannabe types. Hoyt Oct 2013 #6

I hope so, but it seems like a very narrow rule. Glaug-Eldare Oct 2013 #7