re: #13 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Retired cops aren’t going to keep their edge forever.

Older cops came up before a lot of modern practices, drug testing, dash cams, car gps logging, routine IA audits, etc. They came up at a time when society turned more of a blind eye to official abuse, institutional racism and graft. Older cops are old, and majority male, there’s a certain age when an innate crusty grumpiness sets in, why should those guys be presumed responsible enough to own a gun based on a prior life history of asserting nearly unquestionable authority.