They're was some new legislation that went thru last year I think, that requires the MR personnel who are LE certified to have the same qualification (whatsit called?) as a Gov LE officer, and something about them falling under the jurisdiction of the Sheriffs Dept. Not sure when it goes into effect, but they gave a presentation at the last meeting. I'll definitely look into that though, I'm open to just about anything that gets me a foot in the door.

You can own handguns fairly easily, my one brother has 5 of them, and I have my license to buy them if I want. The issue is that you can only use them at an approved range.
Always laughed I can take my 338 winmag anywhere or my pistol grip shotty, but a 22 revolver, why thats just plain evil

I couldn't do that Yote, that would make me crack I'm sure. I won't touch Nursing either, or any Medical position at all, I think that watching people die and not being able to do anything about it would weigh to heavily on my conciounse(sp?).

I was trying to plan my vacation trip to Yellowstone, and I made sure to steer clear of Illinois, because I will surely be armed as I go. I don't want to live where I can't carry, much less where I can't own pistols. That said, some of the most beautiful places on this continent are defined in that last sentence. BC, Northern California, etc.

Problem here is 80% of the population live in cities, and the only thing they know about guns is gang bangers.
We also have a large number of immigrants, that come from countries that have strict gun laws, so they don't have that tradition of freedom.

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Yeah, I knew that you could own pistols there, but couldnt' carry them. The US Supreme Court just ruled that cities couldn't just outright ban pistols, so we'll see what changes, but I still wouldn't want to live in a place that I couldn't carry them.

Oh wow, ok, Well good to know MB, I'll let my friend who's in the rangers know about this, although I doubt it will change his mind, but it definitely made me think. Thanks MB, I wouldn't want to do something stupid to compromise my career choice.

Well, I have an early day tomorrow, so I think I'm going to retire for the night. It was great talking with you guys! I will hopefully catch you guys on soon. Have a great night Yard!

Night ECF! Have a great night!

Sometimes, you heard about children that were born with diseases, and how the ministry really helped the child and their families. It sucked, but you knew that the best possible support happened.
But when you saw kids murdered or commit suicide, when the ministry had been aware of the problems for years, well the blood boiled.
Last week in Washington State a stepfather slit the throat of a 5 year old girl. They were on vacation (they lived in the town next to mine).
When the cops arrived he was sitting on the front porch and said I am bi-polar, I can only marvel at the restraint the cops showed.

The ONLY good thing about this is he did it in Washington as opposed to here in BC.
In BC he would not do near the time as down south

good night to you