Who Guards the Guards: Carmel Officer’s Guns Stolen

All too often we report on situations where a law enforcement officer’s guns were stolen, and in many cases it was a result of pure carelessness – such as a leaving a gun in a car, or worse a public restroom. We’re more concerned about a report from KSBW.com, which notes that a Carmel police officer had his guns stolen from his Salinas home. According to the report:

“Five guns, and the officer’s badge, were taken from the Carmel Police Department reserve officer’s home in the 1000 block of Fitzgerald Avenue on Wednesday. The guns that were stolen included two handguns, two rifles and a shotgun.”

This is truly disturbing when a police officer’s home is broken into, and we’re left wondering if he wasn’t targeted by gang members. But the point here is that no amount of gun laws, or gun bans, are going to keep criminals away from guns. If criminals want guns, we see now they’ll go so far as to break into the home of a police officer to get them!