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Murray Chief Decries Societal Wolves While Disarming the Sheep
(Update for 10/4/13): Murray
police chief Pete Fondaco has a credibility problem that
weakens police-citizen relations.
The Murray
Journal highlighted his remarks at a recent Murray City
council meeting:
"'Police
officers are facing more dangerous situations,' he [Fondaco]
said. 'It’s time the city, and the state, takes a look at the
situation.'
Fondaco is worried residents don’t understand the implications
of the officer-involved shootings during the last year. He
doesn't want people to become complacent, thinking they are
living in a place that doesn’t attract dangerous criminals."
Source: "Fondaco
offers condolences, warning," by Peri Kinder,
Murray Journal, 9/11/13.
What does Fondaco propose citizens do
to avoid becoming "complacent" about violent crime?
Since this story offers few clues, consider what
he does NOT want
citizens to do.
A few
months ago, Fondaco joined outgoing Murray mayor Dan Snarr to
implore governor Herbert to veto HB 76 S1 (Carry
"Unloaded" Firearms Concealed).
If this bill had been enacted, it would have empowered
citizens to carry concealed without a government "permit".
To read their letter to Herbert,
click
here.
Employee Fondaco has no qualms forcing his citizen-employers
to subject themselves to a shameful and degrading invasion of
personal privacy by the state
— along with
potential public disclosure of their information.
His opposition to HB 76 S1 demonstrates that he is content to
arrest, prosecute, and imprison citizens who carry concealed
without such a "permit".
On the one hand, Fondaco enjoys the
benefits of citizens who pay his salary and allow him to carry
a chambered and concealed firearm (again with their money).
On the other hand, he doesn't trust them to carry a
concealed firearm unless a fellow bureaucrat authorizes it.
Meanwhile, in the real world, violent
criminals, against whom we are all entitled to viably defend
ourselves, carry knives and loaded firearms concealed ANY TIME
THEY CHOOSE. Any
repercussions they face are irrelevant to the crimes they
commit
— and the lives they destroy in the process.
Fondaco predicts an increase in
violent crime and greater risk for statute enforcement
officers, but what are citizens to do exactly?
Spend more money on more officers, body armor, and
armored personnel carriers?
Blow whistles?
Dial 911?
Fondaco is so out-of-touch, he
appears to believe that positions like these will magically
generate real public support for his embattled agents.
Not so.
Until he and his agents demonstrate greater respect for the
natural rights of the citizens they were hired to serve,
community support will decrease.
Politicians may continue to give lip service, but when
the rubber meets the road, police are more likely to be on their own.
Appropriate Actions
1) Invite Fondaco to share
his comprehensive violent crime-fighting strategy with you,
and then share your insights with him.
He can be reached here:
Email:
pfondaco@murray.utah.gov
Phone: 801-264-2673
Fax: 801-264-2568
Address: 5025 South State Street,
Suite 206, Murray City, UT 84107
2)
Invite your
city
police chief,
county sheriff,
and police officers to reconsider the mixed messages they are
sending to citizens.
The
Utah Chiefs of Police Association actively opposed HB 76 S1 (click
here
to see how your city officials behaved), and the Utah
Sheriffs’ Association took no position at all on the bill.
3) Network
with local gun owners.
Let people know what is happening. Get them connected
with sites like UT Gun Rights so they can receive critical
information and form their own, independent opinions.
Sign up for our free email alerts and updates at info@utgunrights.com and
"Like" us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UtGunRights
Encourage
others to read, analyze, question, confront, challenge, and
understand what is going on around them. A highly informed
citizen community is required to resist manipulation,
deception, and fraud. Here are two pages they should
familiarize themselves with: 2013
Bill Tracking Page: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,
and our Free
Ammo Page.
4) Organize
into smaller working groups for your area.
Each of your local politicians should receive political
direction from a group of local, determined, solidly-educated
gun rights activists. This group can consider political
action such as establishing local email/phone political action
networks, literature distribution, holding town meetings,
recruiting alternative candidates, and election monitoring and
participation.
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