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Clear Thinker of the Day

A couple weeks ago I wrote about Tom Casady, the Lincoln, Nebraska Police Chief who -- in an op-ed -- said he didn't think citizens should be allowed CCW. In today's Journal Star, Larry F. Graham takes him to task (second letter):

So now we’re a bunch of blithering morons whose guns might fall out of our holsters. Or we might leave them in a public restroom after nature calls, according to Police Chief Tom Casady. He   would have us believe that 85 percent of the rank-and-file officers in his department also think the concealed carry law is bad and would put more guns on the street.

If the 85 percent number is true, which considering the source is suspect, we need to recruit clearer thinking police officers to Lincoln. Everyone I know who is in support of the concealed carry law knows how to take care of their weapons. Maybe Chief Casady doesn’t, but us regular old law-abiding citizens who take their Second Amendment rights seriously do.

What a pathetic attempt by the chief to denigrate gun owners. He acts as if the general public can’t be trusted.

I think Chief Casady and like-minded politicians are the ones who need the scrutiny. I think it’s time for housecleaning at the Lincoln Police Department. Maybe all handgun owners should begin carrying their weapons on their hip in plain sight and see the uproar that would cause. Think, people.