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Originally Posted by Pete
If the local cops don't understand the city's gun laws how the hell do they expect a civilian to understand them?
I can understand a cop not being up on minor local laws but guns and drugs?
How can local government expect to enforce laws if the cops don't know them?
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Police are often trained in only specific aspects of certain laws, including gun laws. Sometimes the training may be flawed. We are all aware of varying interpretations of the 2nd Amendment. IMO, it is written in plain english and requires no interpretation, however there are attorneys who make a living trying to explain to everyone else what it means.
Many officers, law enforcement administrations, attorneys, and elected officials interpret laws according to their experiences, political ideologies or by what someone else has told them. To take something simple as an explanation, I don't know how many times I have had to explain the reasons that some speeding violations require one to go to court and others can pay a fine, to other officers. They don't deal with traffic violations that much and often get confused. The same goes for weapon violations, whether it be a firearm or a shuriken. If you don't have that much experience dealing with it, or that area is not your niche, then you may not know.