MAKING OPEN SEASON ON COPS A GUN CONTROL ISSUE

The August 25 issue of USA TODAY reported that nearly 40% of police officers fatally shot this year have been slain in ambush-style attacks or when they were surprised by suspects with firearms. Of the 50 officers killed by gunfire this year — a 32% increase from the same time last year — at least 19 were victims of ambush or surprise attacks, according to a review of the case summaries and interviews with police officials.

Among the recent attacks:

•San Diego. Officer Jeremy Henwood, 36, a Marine veteran, was killed Aug. 7 while stopped at a streetlight. The shooter, a suspect in a separate attack moments before, pulled next to Henwood's patrol car and opened fire with a shotgun, fatally wounding the officer in the head.

•San Antonio. Like Henwood, Bexar County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Vann, 48, was killed May 28, when a car pulled next to the deputy's patrol car stopped at a red light. Without warning, the suspect fired on Vann with an AK-47 assault rifle.

•Grundy, Va. Buchanan County Sheriff's Deputies Neil Justus, 41, and William Stiltner, 46, were murdered March 13 by a sniper as they responded to a call for assistance.

It’s a sorry state of affairs when there are so many turds in this country that kill cops for no other reason than that they get their jollies by targeting cops. And it’s downright shameful when the Attorney General of the United States tries to make a gun control issue out of these senseless cop killings.

According to USA TODAY, Eric Holder declared that “Too many guns have fallen into the hands of those who are not legally permitted to possess them." That’s in keeping with Obama telling Sarah Brady, “I just want you to know that we are working on it (gun control)….We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar.” (‘Obama To Sarah Brady: …..’ – 8-14-11)

The Obama Administration has no shame in its hidden gun control agenda. There can be no doubt Obama wants to restrict gun ownership of law abiding citizens. Obama and Holder both know damn well that if our citizens were to be deprived of their guns, the turds would still have them. That is why making a gun control issue out of those ambushes on cops is so disgusting!