Well . . . as long as, in a large number of states, Bubba, his drooling cousin, and their pet chicken can all walk into the local police station or whatever, assert their Second Amendment rights, and, as long as they have no felony convictions and their incipient cretinism isn't too evident, can get a permit to carry a concealed firearm, I would feel comparatively comfortable about retired police officers being able to continuing to carry their ordinance. I thought they already could.

Actually, for a number of years I had a concealed weapons permit. This was not because I wanted to go around armed to the teeth, but because it made the legalities of transporting a couple of pistols to and from target ranges and "plinking" areas a whole lot easier.

Don Firth