Law enforcement group tells Fiore she’s ‘unqualified’ for Congress (NV)

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By BEN BOTKIN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

... The Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers told the Republican legislator running for the GOP nomination in the 3rd Congressional District that she’s “unqualified to hold the position of United States Congresswoman” in a letter sent to her on Thursday. The Review-Journal obtained a copy of the letter.

The association cites comments Fiore made earlier this year .. to .. a Review-Journal columnist ... Fiore said: “I would never point my firearm at anyone, including an officer of the law, unless they pointed their firearm at me.”

She also said: “Once you point your firearm at me, I’m sorry, then it becomes self-defense. Whether you’re a stranger, a bad guy, or an officer, and you point your gun at me and you’re gonna shoot me and I have to decide whether it’s my life or your life, I choose my life.”

Those comments distort the Second Amendment and tell her followers “they may point a firearm at a law enforcement officer with impunity and without life and death consequences,” wrote Richard McCann, the group’s executive director ...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/politics/elections/law-enforcement-group-tells-fiore-she-s-unqualified-congress

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