Posted October 1, 2015 10:00 am by Comments

By Johannes Paulsen

Last week, we brought to your attention the story that the Nassau County, New York District Attorney’s Office required its attorneys and other staff, as a condition of employment, to forego their constitutionally-protected right to own a pistol at home. That story had legs, and apparently generated more than a little heat for the Acting District Attorney, Madeline Singas (above). So much so, in fact, that she’s now decided to backtrack: her staff can now own handguns at home without fear of reprisals at work . . .

Professor Eugene Volokh (who reported the story initially) has the full text of memoranda drafted by Albert Teichman, Chief Assistant District Attorney. A few money quotes from the memo:

This policy [banning DA staff ownership of handguns at home] was [originally] established to absolutely avoid the dangers posed by armed, ununiformed lawyers working in charged situations like crime scenes, with other armed law enforcement, without proper firearms training, to prevent friendly fire tragedies like those that have occurred in recent years in Nassau County and neighboring jurisdictions. Including:

* In 2006, off-duty NYPD Officer Eric Hernandez was shot and killed by an on-duty officer after attempting to apprehend suspects who had …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns

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