LAPD Union Asks For Safe Storage Exemption

posted on July 2, 2015

The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL), the union for the LAPD, is seeking an exemption for current and retired LAPD officers from looming firearms storage requirements under consideration by the LA City Council.

Modeled after San Francisco’s handgun storage law, it will require gun owners to lock up or disable any handgun in their home that they are not currently carrying. LAPPL Director Peter Repovich told the city that officers are specially trained to handle firearms, and, “To protect themselves and society … you have to give them the ability to respond quickly.”

We agree that police should have the capacity to ensure their safety in their homes, but why deny that right to other citizens? A carve-out for cops would be the height of hypocrisy on the part of the city council, who apparently believe average citizens should be forced to wear their gun while sleeping, reading or changing their oil.

Latest

caricature of man reading newspaper
caricature of man reading newspaper

How Gun Pollsters Deceive

When the misleading language of gun-control groups is used in polls, it should come as no surprise that the results don’t map properly onto the real world.

A Far-Left Gun-Control Activist Ascends to DNC Leadership

To see how radical Hogg is, all we have to do is review some of his social-media posts.

The Armed Citizen® February 7, 2025

True stories of the right to keep and bear arms

White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention Goes Dark

The Biden administration’s White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention is no more—at least that is what it looks like.

Europe is Waking Up to Its Need for Armed Citizens

More citizens of various European countries are now training with firearms and, in some notable cases, they are doing so with the encouragement of their respective governments.

President Trump Targets Violent Criminals Instead of Gun Owners

Instead of pretending the rights of law-abiding American citizens are the cause of violent-crime rates, as the Biden administration did, the Trump administration is going after actual bad guys.



Get the best of America's 1st Freedom delivered to your inbox.