The heads of both the Minneapolis and Saint Paul police unions went on the record with their views on gun control…<\/p>\n
…and suffice to say, I don’t think either of them will get getting invites to lunch with their cities’ DFL elites.\u00a0 But their statements were heartening;\u00a0someone\u00a0<\/a><\/em>involved in the city’s political class gets it<\/a>:<\/p>\n “Stricter gun laws are not the solution for officers on the street, or the general public, because the bad guys will find new ways to get those weapons anyhow,” Kroll said.<\/p>\n Kroll said the officers his union represents are frustrated because they are making arrests for illegal guns and gun-related crimes, but the offenders are often back on the street committing the same crime in a matter of months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This jibes with what I’ve heard; the Cities’ DFL leadership plead away gun charges partly out of convenience, and partly to avoid giving gun rights groups a win to point to.<\/p>\n “We need to put these habitual offenders away for a long time and not give them chance after chance after chance, which just puts officers and the public at risk,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n